“THE ROBOT SERIES” BY THOMAS JACKSON
Jackson writes: “In this series of photographs, I’ve combined elements of science fiction literature and film with storytelling motifs from Medieval tapestries and altarpieces to create a darkly humorous narrative about a lone robot’s failure to co-exist with the natural world. Against that backdrop, the work explores the uneasy, opposing emotions Mother Nature provokes in […]
SELFISH
SELFISH is a multi-medium group exhibition that focuses on the existential significance of self-portraiture and the role it plays in an artist’s creative process. Self-portraiture is sometimes viewed as a casually vainglorious practice⎯the conceptual stroking of the artist’s ego, a pretentious selfie. This couldn’t be any more further from the truth. The self-portrait is a […]
JOE BROOK: DEFINING A DISTANCE
Joe Brook grew up skateboarding in Detroit and moved to San Francisco at the end of high school with just $500, a duffel bag, and a skateboard. Soon after arriving, he moved into 824 Hyde St. which what was to become an unofficial San Francisco skate hostel. Numerous icons of the skateboarding world passed through […]
SILENCE/SHAPES
The Italian artist Filippo Minelli is a master of contrasts. With his photography project he started in 2009, the artist, who inspired by political demonstrations, managed to create colourful and vibrant smoke-bombs by igniting them within Romantic landscapes. Capturing the events on camera, he transforms this traditionally violent act into a vision of tranquillity. The purpose of […]
Aesthetica Art Prize Call Mansoureh Pakzad 2016
Attracting thousands of entries from all over the world across a range of media, the Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of art from across the globe, and is now open for entries. It offers both emerging and established artists the opportunity to showcase their work to a wider audience, and further their engagement with […]
ROLLING THROUGH THE SHADOWS
“I’m super honored to be a part of the Leica Gallery LA show, and excited to see my friends’ images together – multi-generations of skateboard photographers condensed into one amazing exhibit,” said Brook, who has traveled the world on skateboarding teams, Leica forever in hand. “Thomas [Campbell] and Tobin [Yelland] were big influences on me […]
Elizaveta Porodina
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MAÏMOUNA GUERRESI
Guerresi’s subjects appear mystical, infused with references to Sufi Islam, a religion she converted to from Catholicism when she married a Senegalese man. On her work, Guerresi says, “My moods are expressed in my work as faces, color, and emotions, where the body is no longer a prison of the soul, but rather like a […]
DS1 Dual Shot Camera Mount System
The Dual Shot (DS1) is a camera mount that houses both a GoPro and practically any DSLR camera. Currently seeking funding on IndieGoGo, the DS1 features a detachable three-axis stabilizer with a rechargeable battery that can be mounted to bike helmets or any other mount, a DSLR camera style mounting bracket which is adjustable to […]
ADOBE’S 2016-17 CREATIVE RESIDENCY
Adobe is accepting applications for their 2016-2017 creative residency! The residency offers you a year to work on your creative passion project without distractions. As a Resident, you’ll receive a full salary and health benefits along with access to tools and mentorship to guide you along the way. From Adobe site We’re looking for artists and […]
Angela Sairaf Contemporary Photographer
Angela Sairaf is a Spain based photographer born in Porto Alegre, South Brazil. She is PhD in Techniques and Processes in Imaging (Madrid´s Complutense University) and Master of Contemporary Photography (EFTI). Received three training scholarships at the International University Menéndez Pelayo where she studied visual poetry, creative processes of a reporter and the nature of photography. Deeply […]
Urban Terrain
Drawn to bold structures, shapes and lines, self-taught photographer Jürgen Schrepfer (b. 1962) explores cityscapes with a camera, uncovering moments of artistic beauty in the modern metropolis. Schrepfer is a mechanical engineer, which explains the attraction to the constructed corners of urban landscapes. Developing an interest in photography in 2005, he has heightened the architectural […]
DREW NIKONOWICZ @ APERTURE GALLERY
Until February 8, a collection of images from the series This World and Others Like It by photographer Drew Nikonowicz will be on display at the Aperture Gallery in NYC. Nikonowicz was recently the winner of the 2015 Aperture Portfolio Prize as well as the first place winner of the 2015 Lenscratch Student Prize. The […]
Poster Design by Babak Safari
Babak Safari was born in 1986 at BandarAbbas city of Iran. Babak graduated in Graphic Design from Isfahan city. His work is mainly focused on poster design. As a poster designer, Babak Safari, has been participated in many poster competitions worldwide, such as: Work Right Competition, France; Self Promotional Posters, Isfahan; Warsaw International Poster Biennale, Poland; Positiv Poster, Australia; Felicity, Italy; 4Block, Ukrain; Social Poster Design, Italy; ISPB International Student Poster Biennale .Lublin, […]
TIM BARBER’S “BLUES”
The galerie du jour agnès b. is pleased to present Blues, an exhibition by Tim Barber opening November 5. The solo exhibition from the New York-based photographer will feature a series of traditional cyanotypes, made from a printing process that produces a cyan-blue print. Tim Barber grew up in Amherst Massachusetts, lived for a few years […]
