Happy Earth Week

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Beautiful Heat

Today was the first official day of spring, but it feels like summer.  It was nearly 100 degrees and I hit the pool to enjoy the sunshine.  It was definitely one of the more beautiful days California has seen this year.

A Photographer Worth Noting

Diane Arbus

East Coast Fashion

I have always envied the fashion of people on the east coast.  Maybe it’s the more consistent weather, it could be that they have more options, or that they are just more stylish people in general.  Whatever it is, I love it. See more Here

filmwasters.com

This site is dedicated to showcasing and promoting the creative side of film-based photography. It is a 100% independent operation designed, managed and financed by 5 friends and it is their likes, dislikes, enthusiasms, prejudices, limitations and energy that inform its make-up.

-text via filmwasters.com

This web site hasn’t been updated in a while, but the photography that is on there is so good.  The people that run this site don’t believe in advertising on their site, so it’s not the greatest, but the photography is well worth it.

Nostalgia

This is a good friend of mine, Trevor.  I was going through some of my old things when I stumbled on these dance photos of him from high school.  I love these pictures.

Sweet Fashion

Artist, designer, and photographer Massimo Gammacurta has just released his newest creation: high end fashion lolipops.

Each lolipop features one of four high end fashion brands (Gucci, YSL, Louis Vuitton, Chanel). The flavors include: Gucci juicy pomegranate, YSL caramel, Luis Vuitton watermelon slice, Chanel luscious lilac, YSL wild cherry, Chanel green apple, and more.

– text from LOLA New York

Even more so, check out the rest of his portfolio to see the other images inspired by famous films such as Clockwork Orange, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Exorsist, The Shinning, and more.  There is an ironic sense of life in his photography that, at the least, is eye-catching.  I particularly like a work entitled Trick or Treat, The Chocolate Story

Contemporary

French photographer Cedric Delsaux is not only a great photographer and artist, but has captured one of my favorite movie series of all time, Star Wars, and placed some of the characters in contemporary settings.  Although he has become rather famous for these Star Wars related works, his other work is, to say the least, very good.  Make sure you take the time to browse his web site and enjoy the splendid work he does.

An American Self-Portrait

Running the Numbers looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (thirty seconds of can consumption) and so on. My hope is that images representing these quantities might have a different effect than the raw numbers alone, such as we find daily in articles and books. Statistics can feel abstract and anesthetizing, making it difficult to connect with and make meaning of 3.6 million SUV sales in one year, for example, or 2.3 million Americans in prison, or 32,000 breast augmentation surgeries in the U.S. every month.

-Text from ChrisJordan.com

Visual Communication

I know this might be a little outdated, but last December there were some riots in Greece.  The cause of these riots is unclear, but there are some stunning photographs that were taken during the process.  Boston.com has a large collection of these images, and they are powerful.