Tag: Photography
Where some may have seen an unimpressive little house on a barren hill, Italian photographer Manuel Costentino saw the perfect canvas for Mother Nature’s dramatic expressions. To create Behind a Little House, Costentino went to the same location for two years straight to capture the ever-changing scenery behind the tiny home from a consistent angle. A simple […]
The finest food and drink in New York has to end up somewhere, but even the fanciest of restaurants seem shy about sharing their bathrooms. This series documents those rarely discussed amenities. Post Office 188 Havemeyer St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Two Door Tavern 116 N 5th St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Rye 247 S 1st St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Parish Hall […]
City of Sound had self-produced and self-published a beautiful looking book featuring the work of fifteen young Iranian photographers, documenting the “interior life” of Iran. Not only does the photojournalistic book serve as counterpoint to the generalized, if not demonized media narrative surrounding Tehran and its people, it looks to be full of intimate, insightful […]
Tender, erotic, and grotesque all at once, “Symbiosis” is a new multimedia series from Chicago-based photographer Rik Garrett. Through a fairly simple union of photos and acrylic paint, Garrett is able to conjure strange and complex visceral reactions, reminiscent of Francis Bacon. The images explore “ideas regarding love, relationships, magic, Alchemy and mutually beneficial partnerships […]
Sometimes you just want to grab hold of those buildings, throw yourself at the sidewalk and ugh, ugh, ohhh. Amirite Steve Levitch? Photographer Nikola Tamindzic’s newest project Fucking New York is about fucking New York, that powerful appreciation for whatever it is that makes you tolerate this city’s many flaws and fuck-ups, that love manifesting itself physically as a […]
Dronestagram, a new social network for the proud owners of unmanned aerial vehicles–not to be confused with a much less cheeky project of the same name–allows users to share their collective explorations in the realm of aerial photography, sharing their breathtaking photos of cityscapes, nature, sports, or whatever else may tickle their fancy, sans shameful Instagram […]
Because there’s never a bad time for a reminder of how lonely and insignificant our lives are in this vast cold universe we call home, here are two brand new photos of Earth, taken from Saturn and Mercury, respectively. The Saturn photo, above, is fucking breathtaking and beautiful and heart-stopping and makes you want to […]
Before there was Humans of New York, before there was The Sartorialist, there were these guys: OG photographers like Ricky Powell, Martha Cooper, Jamel Shabazz, and Jamel Freedman, who captured the raw, beating heart of New York in decades past through its artists, graffiti writers, junkies, and street people. Everybody Street, a new documentary featuring the […]
Photographer Allen Skyy Enriquez came up with a brilliant technique for merging several different perspectives of his native NYC into one stunning photograph — and it doesn’t involve multiple exposure or fancy editing software. His secret is a 6-inch glass prism, which Enriquez aka The Zartorialist holds in front of his camera lens to bend the light coming into the […]
Japanese photographer Miyoko Ihara‘s series depicting her grandmother Misao with her soulmate Fukumara are very touching. Fukumara happens to be a cat. Misao adopted this mystical fluffball after discovering those piercing two-toned eyes in her shed some years back, and the pair have been inseparable ever since. From working in the fields to reading the morning paper to (of course) their […]
