Ann Menke’s approach to travel + fashion photography has always been with a careful eye for location, location, location. Sought after by industry heavies including Condé Nast Traveler + GQ to find exotic locations for fashion shoots, came naturally as an expert global explorer + anthropologist of sorts. Able to create narratives through her lens, […]
Photographs That Follow The Lines
The way German street photographer Siegfried Hansen captures lines is very clever. Coincidence + graphic connections are the subjects here, in public places. (via JUXTAPOZ)
It’s Showtime Everybody, Everybody Clap Your Hands!
For his ‘Showtime’ series, fashion photographer Sam Nixon focuses his lens on the guerrilla dance crews breathing new life into New York’s subway system. It’s mind blowing how these dancers manage to measure their proxemics between seated + standing commuters to their props in the form of poles + overhead bars in a blink! What makes these […]
A Teenager’s Photo Memoir Of Growing Up In New York’s Famous Punk Underground
Lou Reed, the late iconic rock n’roll outsider once said, ‘I wouldn’t want to hear Beethoven without beautiful bass, the cellos, the tuba. It’s very important. Hip-hop has thunderous bass. If you don’t want bass it’s like being amputated. It’s like you have no legs,’ which is how one could best describe New York’s Punk […]
Michael McCollom’s Proof Black Style Then Continues To Inspire Style And Fashion At Large Today
For many, style is often confused with what designer label they’re wearing + how impressive that makes them look to others, but in truth, style is something very personal that you either have or you don’t. In ‘The Way We Wore: Black Style Then’ by Michael McCollom, published by Glitterati Incorporated, you get to see […]
JR & José Parlá: Wrinkles of the City on Nowness.com Wake up + take a trip to Havana, Cuba with longtime collaborators José Parlá + JR in film short, ‘Wrinkles In Time’. Commissioned by the 2012 Havana Biennale, it’s part of a global series of public art installations + expressionistic murals centered around enigmatic portraits of the residents in each metropolis, […]
Photographer Jefferson Hayman Really Knows How To Capture Dreams
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, […]
Photographer Johnny Rozsa Wants You To Look But Don’t Touch
These days, the celebrity image is simply made up of obnoxious excess – too much exposure, too much influence + too much plastic surgery. To best capture this excess in a photograph while obliterating every flaw, before Photoshop, before digital cameras + before publicists, a lot of the shots were ‘airbrushed’ or retouched at best. […]