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Through The Lens – Steve Carty
Steve Carty is a Toronto photographer. He works in the world of commercial photography producing images for magazines, fashion labels, bands and celebrities. In this world, making a name for yourself is difficult. As with any other form of expression, things get complicated whenever money is involved. Here, vision and voice are the challenges to expression
Edward Burtynsky
Edward Burtynsky is an award-winning photographer. His work records evidence of human civilization, our physical imprint on the planet. The works, it could be said, deliver an environmental message without being preachy. Viewers simply regard their own impact on the planet
Michael Najjar – Augmented Realities
Following up on Michael Najjar, check out his 2008 exhibition at the GEM Museum for Contemporary Art, The Hauge: Augmented Realities.
Michael Najjar – High Altitude
Michael Najjar is an artist working in Berlin. His work is fascinating. It captures our association, interaction and manipulation of modern forms information and its impact on society and human perception. Some of his work deals with deception (information and apocalypse and nexus project part I), some of it with the real impact of information on all [...]
A sense of space and time
When people travel we always look for monumental sites and destinations. Hundreds of people visit these structures daily. Artist Corinne Vionnet combines hundreds of tourist photos of iconic places, creating a sense of time and space.
Hedi Slimane, Phoenix – Album in Progress
While trying to find out what the Versailles rock band Phoenix were up to, I came across Hedi Slimane’s photos of the group. Hedi is a hyper-creative and is involved in fashion, furniture design and photography. The set is called Album In Progress. I am therefore waiting eagerly to hear the new album. Check out the [...]
Making an Icon an Icon
Architectural photography is an interesting thing. Picture the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Guggenheim in Bilbao or the Beijing National Stadium. These are all iconic structures and surely an iconic depiction of each comes to mind. Have you been to any of these places? If not (and even if you have), your perception of these structures [...]
Robert Polidori
One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. In this case, it is not necessarily trash but abandoned spaces. Robert Polidori turns ravaged interiors and exteriors into tranquil yet haunting photography. Jacqueline2o
Andrew Wright, Stefan Rose – Death By Chocolate
Back in 2008, Ottawa artist Andrew Wright got together with Waterloo photographer Stefan Rose to put together this little photoset. Death By Chocolate shows the unfortunate result of chocolatey, lip-smacking, melt in your mouth crimes. Each image shows victims all clad in white t-shirts dripping with chocolate sauce. The images are comedic and imaginative, but [...]