Underwater photographer, Elena Kalis, takes us down the rabbit hole
Ninja September 18th, 2009
I came for Elena Kalis‘ haunting underwater photographs.
And stayed for her Alice in Wonderland series.
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Things That Aren’t There
Ninja September 10th, 2009
Things That Aren’t There is a collaboration between photographer Zak Zavada and illustrator Kristen Leonard.
F&Gs excite me
Ninja August 28th, 2009
Hallo dear friends! I hope you’re doing very well!! Oh, the past few months have been quite busy for NvP! Please, please forgive us for our irregular posting schedule.
What have we been working on? While Penguin’s been very good about posting the progress of his projects, I’ve been keeping mum about mine. You know I don’t like to keep secrets from you, but I can’t divulge any juicy information on my current illustration project just yet.
In the meantime, let me show you a couple of the finished projects. Some of my hair illustrations will be featured in the book, Hair’em Scare’em
Also, some of my photos will be in Mr. Stefan G. Bucher’s upcoming photo book, The Graphic Eye: Photographs by Graphic Designers from around the Globe
I consider it a huge honor to sharing pages with some of my hair-master and design heroes—Yuko Shimizu, Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir (aka Shoplifter), Marian Bantjes, Paul Sahre, Deanne Cheuk, Debbie Millman, and Grafuck (Fiel Valdez/ Peter Vattanatham) just to name a few.
BIG, heartfelt thanks to Stefan for including me in his lovely book and to Ophelia and Jeff for posting about my work (which is how the folks at Gestalten found me).
Ta for now,
Ninja
Dark Night Of The Soul
Ninja July 30th, 2009
I just ordered my copy of the book, Dark Night of the Soul, a project which combines the talent of powerhouses, Danger Mouse (Brian Burton), Sparklehorse (Mark Linkous), and David Lynch. This 100+ page, 2-pound book contains Lynch’s eerie, beautiful photographs.
The music album that accompanies the book features contributions from the Shins’ James Mercer, the Strokes’ Julian Casablancas, the Flaming Lips and Iggy Pop. The entire album is streamed at NPR’s site.
You can download 3 of the tracks here:
+ Revenge (featuring The Flaming Lips)
+ Little Girl (featuring Julian Casablancas of The Strokes)
+ Daddy’s Gone (featuring Nina Persson of The Cardigans)
Purchasing link
+ Dark Night of the Soul (Hardcover book ONLY), $31.50
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Liu Bolin’s camouflage art
Ninja July 28th, 2009
No Photoshop here! Beijing-based artist, Liu Bolin, covers his subjects from head to toe with paint so that they blend into their surroundings. This camouflage collection is an exploration of human nature and animal instincts.
Most animals live in harmony with their environment, creating habitats and protecting themselves through concealment and adaptation. Humans conversely seek to manipulate and destroy natural environments to best suit our needs, or the remove ourselves as far as possible from our base form. Through presenting humans camouflaged in artificial surroundings, Bolin questions whether we ourselves are natural, or artificial? We seek to elevate ourselves outside of the natural world, but this in turn alienates us and upsets the balance from which we came.
Artist’s education
In in 1995, Liu Bolin graduated from the Art Department of Shandong Arts Institute with a bachelor’s degree. In 2001, he Received a master’s degree from the Sculpture Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing.
Via Telegraph
Related postsPictures: Solar Eclipse
Penguin July 22nd, 2009
Yahoo has a gallery of yesterday’s solar eclipse, the longest solar eclipse for another 2 lifetimes.
A few of the choice photos follow:
Photography: On the Street
Penguin July 21st, 2009
On the Street, is the result of 2 years of walking and talking with and photographing the people who call the streets of Chicago their home. Many, I have come to know by name and I still see and talk with them often. Others come and go like ghosts and I never knew their names.
Kelly, abandoned by her boyfriend in Chicago.
Via: @visualpro
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Related postsLight test
Ninja July 20th, 2009
Light tests are rarely shown and usually feature assistants posing with calibration charts. Luke Lanter of Capture This wanted to share his goofy, behind-the-scene test shots and started the blog, Light Test.com. Most of the photographs on this site come directly from the photographers.
Via kottke
Happy Monday & happy snapping,
Ninja
Bubble Caught in Mid Burst
Penguin July 13th, 2009
Photographer Richard Heeks captured the following pictures of a bubble popping. They’re gorgeous!
- Penguin
Related postsDina Goldstein’s Fallen Princesses
Ninja July 6th, 2009
Dina Goldstein is best known for her photograph series—The Gaza Strip, The Trackrecord Project, and David Series. Her most recent photograph series, Fallen Princesses, takes a look Disney fairy tales striped of their happy endings.
These works place Fairy Tale characters in modern day scenarios. In all of the images the Princess is placed in an environment that articulates her conflict. The ‘…happily ever after’ is replaced with a realistic outcome and addresses current issues.
As a young girl, growing up abroad, I was not exposed to Fairy tales. These new discoveries lead to my fascination with the origins of Fairy tales. I explored the original brothers Grimm’s stories and found that they have very dark and sometimes gruesome aspects, many of which were changed by Disney. I began to imagine Disney’s perfect Princesses juxtaposed with real issues that were affecting women around me, such as illness, addiction, and self-image issues.
–Dina Goldstein
Belle from The Beauty and the Beast under the knife
Rapunzel in chemo
Snow White and her new brood
A still slumbering Sleeping Beauty has been moved into Prince Charming’s senior’s home
Via JPG Magazine
Thanks again for the tip, Ray!
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