Visual Art and Photographic Impressions

National Wildlife Photo Competition Winners

rudischu — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:16:05 +0000

The NWF Photo Contest winners are in and as usual there are some stunning wildlife shots by pros and amateurs alike.

Many of the winners are quite amazing action shots:

The photographers were either in the right place at the right time:

Or waited a long time for the shot to be perfect:

All photos courtesey of nwf.org

Living Sculptures

rudischu — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:10:42 +0000

Plastic surgery is not a new thing and every time I am in the USA I am amazed at how “normal” it seems to have become. Philip Toledano‘s portrait series”A New Kind of Beauty” shows people who have gone under the knife and submitted to “extreme platic surgery”. Merble, it seems, is an outdated medium where sculpting is concerned. It has been replaced by flesh.

Toledano’s photos photos capture his subjects beautifully. The decision whether they themselves have been made beautiful, he leaves to the beholder.

Plastic People

There is a great collection of Phillip Toledanos work here.

Photo courtesey of Phillip Toledano

Storefronts become Galleries

rudischu — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:52:17 +0000

No Longer Empty is a non-profit organization that “was conceived as an artistic response to our present economic condition and to revitalize empty spaces and areas around the venues by bringing thoughtful, high-caliber art installations with accompanying programming to the public.”

They have been using old storefromts to disply art. Their newest location is the old Tower Records location on Broadway, which has been vacant for 3 years.

“Diaspora" by Paul Villinski, courtesy of Morgan Lehman Gallery.

Goofy T-Shirt War in Stop Motion

rudischu — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:48:28 +0000

Stop-motion videos are like modern-age flip-books:

What is a photographic wall panel?

rudischu — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:11:55 +0000

“Photographic wall panel” is a general term for photographic products generally offered by printing services. Various printing substrates can be used in photographic wall panels, the most common being canvas. Acrylic panels are becoming a popular alternative. Other types of panel include metal composites often aluminium or alloy and more lightweight foam-core panels.

An acrylic panel: printed directly on durable plastic sheets, images have an almost three-dimensional appearance.

There are several advantages to photographic wall panels:

No framing necessary
Durability
Easy installation
Weather resistant (e.g. acrylic, metal)
Stylish & modern

Here is one supplier I have used for photographic wall panels. It only took about a week between order and delivery.

Soviet-Land, Redcot Center, CCCP Studios

rudischu — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:26:23 +0000

Zoltan Arva-Toth of the Photography Blog posted about an upcoming exhibition by Nick Hannes in Antwerp called Red Journey. He travelled to 15 Soviet countries and photographed the way they live.

I found one of the photos intriguing, because it shows a massive sculpture that was clearly communist-inspired and a group of young unifomed individuals marching (out of sync) in front of it. To me this looks like a soviet version of Disney Land or one of those historical recreations like at Plymouth or Upper Canada Village. I’d love to know the background of this photo!

by Nick Hannes

Photographer Protests in London

rudischu — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:22:50 +0000

The Re: Photo Blog has an interesting post about the Not Terrorists campaign. The blogger estimates 1500 photographer took part in this protest on Trafalgar Square!

Photographers fight back

rudischu — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:19:56 +0000

Here is an interesting campaign by photographers who are being harassed or stopped by law enforcement liberally interpreting anti-terror legislation.

See http://www.not-a-crime.com/ to learn how to get involved.

Make buildings come alive

rudischu — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:18:46 +0000

This is a really great video about a dutch company NuFormer Digital Media who creates great projections on buildings.