Dichotomy
A few images from ttv : testify! and houndstooth heels, two of many contrasted photo sets posted on juxtapositioning.
Found via Twitter.com/morganirene
entries Tagged as [photography]
Students: sell your wares or start an art collection . . .
‘Sarah’ by Annie Purpura, silver gelatin print
The brain child of Vincent de Sarthe, CollegeArtOnline is a one stop source for starting a reasonably-priced art collection.
Featuring work by recent college grads or professors (only these two groups can sell at the site) – CollegeArtOnline can be a career launching pad or cultured resource for a lonely wall. Drop by, see what catches your fancy/matches your credenza.
‘No, I Don’t Even Know Your Name’ by Josh Bernstein, india ink & digital print
‘29’ by Becca Ahlf, digital photography
Found via Nylon, August 2009
Not Ben Franklin
Photographic Quaker Oats advertisement, 1897
I always thought the Quaker Oats guy was Benjamin Franklin.
He actually started as a printer’s cut – clip art, in today’s terms – that was selected to go on the Oats packaging to show ‘purity.’ Quakers always looked pure, let’s sell some oats with that in mind.
Benjamin Franklin was really smart, not quite pure though.
TETRO and typography
Watch this beautiful title sequence for Francis Ford Coppola’s TETRO. Designed by SFAUSTINA. Both avant garde and not at the same time.
And . . . I’ve always wondered why so many motion picture title sequences end with a shot of a bus.
Found via Twitter.com/Typegirl
Make your own Polaroids!
Photo by Live2Ski
The Polaroid instant camera is no more, the film factory shut its doors June 2008; taking with it the smelly magic that came from a photograph that would develop right in front of your eyes.
While an Impossible Project may bring the technology back (Polaroid’s chemical components are no longer available), one can still get the basic effect thru a nice little digital-manipulation thing called Poladroid.
Found via Ashley Simko’s blog.
FEEEL: An Exhibition of New Media_
I’ve been working on this one for a few months and as I write this we’re about 1/2 way thru set up. [Read more →]
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