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Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts

February 3, 2011

Pinguin de afaceri

Photographer Robert McCabe's best shot

The first time I saw this emperor penguin was inside our hut on Ross Island in the Antarctic. He was a full metre tall and just stood around looking at us all, being very friendly. The year was 1959 and I had travelled to Antarctica with the navy at the end of October, when summer was just beginning. We took lots of shots, making the most of the penguin's friendliness. I've even got one of him standing at the bar with all the navy people drinking to his health. He was very co-operative, if slightly bewildered. He just kept acting like he wanted more photos taken.

January 19, 2011

One long photo

























in gizmodo



Artist Jonathon Keats is taking one long photo. His project, a pinhole camera that is taking one continuous picture of a room in the Hotel des Arts in San Francisco, is a mixture of uber-low-tech and ultra-high concept geekiness. As a potential tourist to San Francisco who might want to stay in this room, I wanted to find out if Keats would see me naked (...)

December 8, 2010

Steel, Light, Photography

Carl De Souza is a Swedish-born photographer, based in London, who joined AFP news agency in 2003. He has been working in Pakistan on a three-month assignment. His latest shoot included a set of images of steel workers at a mill in Islamabad.

Photos © The Guardian

September 22, 2010

Secret Lives of the Harvest Mice


It's not quite artistic, but the photos look amazing to me.

Photographers Jean-Louis Klein and Marie-Luce Hubert from Alsace, France, spent one year photographing harvest mice that were released from captivity into the wild.

Photos © The Guardian

Artists and their Set-Up Portraits


This one appears to be a very interesting show. If you happen to be around the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, take a look.

In the meantime, have a preview of Gauguin in an unusual position, photographed by Alphonse Mucha in his studio (ca. 1893-94).

Photo © Ludwig Museum

August 6, 2010

Jordan Matter's Dancers Among Us: guerrilla dancing in New York


New York photographer Jordan Matter's "Dancers Among Us" project features performers from the Paul Taylor Dance Company performing guerrilla dance moves in iconic Manhattan locations.




photos © The Telegraph

March 7, 2010

O lună în expoziţii foto - selecţia New Review

The New Review's Month in Photography
The monthly guide to the 20 best photographic exhibitions and books with photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Don McCullin, Eugene Richards, Irving Penn, Paul Graham, Simon Roberts, and many more.

Un slideshow de excepţie pe site-ul The Guardian.

March 9, 2009

Commonsensual: The Works of Rut Blees Luxemburg

German photographer Rut Blees Luxemburg - whose work has featured on albums by the Streets and Bloc Party - explores the public spaces of cities. Her work is published in a new book, Commonsensual, and features in an exhibition in London.

Galerie on-line prin bunavoinţa The Guardian.


Photograph: © Rut Blees Luxemburg/PR