Posts tagged "photography"
Exhibition setting by Fabio Novembre for Steve McCurry at MACRO museum

Exhibition setting by Fabio Novembre for Steve McCurry at MACRO museum

Italian designer Fabio Novembre has created an exhibition setting for the solo exhibition dedicated to Steve McCurry at the MACRO Museum in Rome, Italy. The setting is inspired by the nomads’ village with structures that merge with the aim to restore that sense of solidarity that you can breathe in McCurry’s photos. The exhibition setting...
Klaus Enrique Gerdes' recreation of the work by the artist Arcimboldo

Klaus Enrique Gerdes’ recreation of the work by the artist Arcimboldo

During a photo shooting of a human eye that was peeking out amongst hundreds of leaves, it occurred to photographer Klaus Enrique Gerdes that he could actually utilize leaves to construct portraits or masks. He researched what other artists had created along these lines and discovered Giuseppe Arcimboldo, who made paintings with this concept in mind over...
Sol LeWitt on the walls of the Lower East Side

Sol LeWitt on the walls of the Lower East Side

Morgans Hotel Group and Paula Cooper Gallery have just announced a permanent outdoor installation of photographs by Sol LeWitt at Mondrian SoHo, entitled: SOL LEWITT: On the Walls of the Lower East Side. The installation on the wall of Mondrian SoHo (150 Lafayette Street) consists of 120 photographs of New York’s Lower East Side taken by LeWitt...
Travel snapshots from around the world

Travel snapshots from around the world

We have been travelling quite extensively lately and have just touched base again. Hence a bit slow on updates lately. We have been invited to do keynote presentations, been part of visitor programs, jury and curator work, moderating and chairman assignments, facilitator of workshops and also some events of our own. These activities during the last...
An exhibition that celebrates coffee, photography and beauty

An exhibition that celebrates coffee, photography and beauty

The latest project signed by Fabio Novembre is the complete art direction of the project Lavazza con te partirò at the the Teatro dell’Arte della Triennale of Milan. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of its calendar, Lavazza presents the 2012 edition with a great exhibition that celebrates coffee, photography and beauty. The art direction by Fabio...
Loch Ness, non-site by Gerard Byrne

Loch Ness, non-site by Gerard Byrne

Loch Ness, non-site is an investigation by Gerard Byrne into the role of photography today and its undermined credibility as a form of evidence in the digital era. Gerard Byrne is best known for using film, photography and installation to explore indicative moments in our recent history. In his films the casts re-enact conversations originally...
Inside North Korea

Inside North Korea

David Guttenfelder, chief Asia photographer for the Associated Press, along with Jean H. Lee, AP bureau chief in Seoul, were granted unprecedented access to parts of North Korea as part of the AP’s efforts to expand coverage of the isolated communist nation. The Atlantic has collected some of Guttenfelder’s images from the trip that provide...
The new Leica M9-P: The essence of discretion

The new Leica M9-P: The essence of discretion

Leica Camera AG is presenting a new version of the world’s smallest, full-frame digital system camera: the Leica M9-P. This new model will sit alongside the Leica M9 in the company’s rangefinder portfolio. Providing an alternative, even more discreet and resilient design that further reinforces the classic nature of the M9, the M9-P specifically meets...
New issue of Intermission magazine

New issue of Intermission magazine

Stockholm based quartely Intermission magazine which writes about issues in the area of fashion, music, art and culture is out with a new issue June 21. Among the stories are interviews and photography of Peter Philips, Chirstophe Lemaire, Bob Recine and Ezra Petronio. It’s not about celebrity or news factor, but photography and enduring stories....
New York from a slightly different angle

New York from a slightly different angle

We recently got a nice selection of New York images from a slightly different angle, by photographer Frederic Bourret. Below is a a few of them. You can see more at his dedicated New York webpage. When I took these pictures, I had in mind to have a different view of New York, my New...