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jakestangel: Michael George

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:15:14 -0400

Michael George

actegratuit: Just only 13 years old, Zev (Fiddle Oak) creates a...

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:14:12 -0400

Just only 13 years old, Zev (Fiddle Oak) creates a fantasy dreamland through his photographs. His camera is named Betsy. Zev’s sister and assistant Nellie is 17. They enjoy working and creating together. The magic of Fiddle Oak cannot be described in words; no word that already exists can accurately sum up the extreme talent and wonder of Zev and Nellie.

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karmacomae: Annie Leibovitz

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:12:55 -0400

karmacomae:

Annie Leibovitz

ALL OF YOUR ARE REBLOGGING CAKE AND COOKIES WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS AHHH

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:08:15 -0400

ALL OF YOUR ARE REBLOGGING CAKE AND COOKIES

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS AHHH

hoppip: Feelings in motion!

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:07:29 -0400

hoppip:

Feelings in motion!

galasai: Kurt Manley Untitled, 2012

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:29 -0400

galasai:

Kurt Manley

Untitled, 2012

izzes: kids these days with their euro direction and one vision

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:54:45 -0400

izzes:

kids these days with their euro direction and one vision

mydarkenedeyes: Hand studies

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:58:29 -0400

mydarkenedeyes:

Hand studies

1000scientists: Untitled, 2012Kane Hopkins

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:38:49 -0400

1000scientists:

Untitled, 2012
Kane Hopkins

urbanautica: LUO DAN‘Simple Song’ M97 Gallery,...

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:32:55 -0400

urbanautica:

LUO DAN
‘Simple Song’

M97 Gallery, Shangai
11.05.2013 - 23.06.2013

For his “Simple Song” project, Luo Dan employed the traditional collodion wet plate photographic process invented in 1850, spending several months traveling with a portable darkroom in remote and mountainous regions of China’s southern Yunnan Province. Looking to capture the purity of this photographic process, Luo Dan was able to reflect the authenticity found in rural life for many of China’s yet undeveloped regions, where the way of life has remained largely intact for hundreds of years. More than 100 years ago many of the villages in this region were influenced by early Christian missionaries, resulting in many of the local villagers becoming people of faith and devout churchgoers, often seen dressing up in their ethnic garments, or Sunday’s best. By bringing a reverence to both this antiquated photographic process and subject matter, Luo Dan’s “Simple Song” series is an effort to capture a sense of timelessness. An incredibly popular process in the mid-nineteenth century, wet plate collodion could render exquisite detail for photographers, but the laborious process of exposure and development also led to its decline towards the end of the century.

An acclaimed portrait and documentary photographer, Luo Dan has won numerous awards and recognition for his works “On the Road - Highway 318” (2006) and “North, South” (2008). Luo Dan was born in Chongqing, China, in 1968 and graduated from the Sichuan Fine Art Academy in 1992. He was given the Gold Award for Outstanding Artist at the Lianzhou International Photography Festival in 2008 for his body of work “North, South” (2008). This year he was recently awarded the Hou Dengke documentary photography prize, as well as voted best new photographer at the Dali International Photography Festival (2011). He currently lives and works in Chengdu, China.

© M97 Gallery

nikolawashere: Stunning crop art has sprung up across rice...

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:01:22 -0400

nikolawashere:

Stunning crop art has sprung up across rice fields in Japan. But this is no alien creation - the designs have been cleverly planted. Farmers creating the huge displays use no ink or dye. Instead, different colours of rice plants have been precisely and strategically arranged and grown in the paddy fields.

As summer progresses and the plants shoot up, the detailed artwork begins to emerge.

odditiesoflife: A Woman of Art and Science April 2nd marks the...

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:56:41 -0400

odditiesoflife:

A Woman of Art and Science

April 2nd marks the birth of a very important female scientist that was ahead of her time. The artistic and scientific explorations of German artist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717) helped pioneer the way for other women in science. Enterprising and adventurous, Merian raised the artistic standards of natural history illustration and helped transform the field of entomology, the study of insects.

In 1670, she and her husband moved to Nuremberg, where Merian published her first set of illustrated books. In preparation for a catalogue of European moths, butterflies, and other insects, Merian collected, raised, and observed living insects, rather than working from preserved specimens.

At the age of 52 and divorced, Merian and her younger daughter embarked on a dangerous trip to the Dutch colony of Suriname, in South America, without a male companion. Merian spent the next two years studying and drawing the indigenous flora and fauna within their natural habitats. Forced home by malaria, Merian published Insects of Surinam, her most significant book, in 1705. The lavishly illustrated book forever established her international reputation as an accomplished woman of science.

art21: “It was important that people come to value light as we...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:16:55 -0400

art21:

“It was important that people come to value light as we value gold, silver, paintings, objects.”
—James Turrell

New video from the Exclusive series: James Turrell, our current 100 Artists featured artist, describes the values and perceptions of light while revisiting one of his “skyspace” works, Second Meeting (1989).

WATCH: James Turrell: “Second Meeting”

IMAGES: Production stills from the Exclusive film, James Turrell: “Second Meeting”. © Art21, Inc. 2013.