As I write this, I still can’t believe a genius such as David Bowie is gone, but he must have known the end was near as his actions + art seemed perfectly masterminded including the ‘Lazarus’ track, from ‘Blackstar’, his last released album. In fact, the lyrics to ‘Lazarus’ start: ‘Look up here, I’m in […]
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Balloon (Still Life Series) When I first came across Jefferson Haymon’s work, I had to stop to really take hold of the moments captured by this guy. His sense of wit along with the ability to create questions with visuals, makes his artwork special + unique. Take his ‘East River – Hudson River’ picture below, […]
As demonstrated by her pictures, German photographer Corinna Sauer knows how to capture not only different realities but create them. Mostly interested in different realities within society + in a personal photographic approach towards her subjects, Sauer manages to capture them with great dramatic effect by obscuring their perimeter in black negative space. (via FRESHLAND)
Artist + photographer Andres Serrano has been known for creating works of provocation, including using bodily fluids in them. One notable controversial + scandalous work was the artist’s 1987 ‘Piss Christ’. Not only was ‘Piss Christ’ a photograph of a plastic crucifix submerged in a glass container of Serrano’s own urine, it received government funding which ignited a national […]
Today is the birthday of one of America’s most genius + fearless photographers – Nan Goldin. Goldin usually tackled love, gender, domesticity + sexuality, usually shot with available light (light source not supplied by photographer). A lot of her pics (above) seemed like candid shots of the subject’s experiences, not made public to anyone else, not even […]
Especially In This Photographic Series Called ‘Aerial Nudes’ By John Crawford As I am a huge sucker for negative space, upon first sight of these pics by New Zealand photographer John Crawford, I simply just smiled. In this series called ’Aerial Nudes’, Crawford takes an unlikely approach towards the nude model by ‘blurring’ the naked […]