This academic year has flown by. An equally exciting and scary thought that I will be embarking into third year when I return to university. This makes my break full of plans. I plan on catching up with the stack of photography related books that I have been collecting, looking into internships (as I have a base in London where I will be spending a lot of my summer) and masters degrees which I will have to plan ahead for, practicing with my own self-directed projects (I should be getting hold of a hasselblad soon hopefully and have the use of a 5d - both mean I can practice with ease), researching and writing for my dissertation (clarksyouth.tumblr.com) and I will finally have time to sit down with my Rosetta Stone and do some intensive French. I will continue blogging my own work, research etc here throughout my break from university, it all helps and I do love blogging!
Another really visual video quite abstract and dream (nightmare?) like, the song itself has a cinematic feel very dramatic with high impact
sigur ros- brennisteinn
great looking video especially the shots of the moving sea and ice, and the close ups on his face
the foals
A visually provoking piece of music, ‘In Ear Park’ by Department of Eagles
Scott inspired by Thomas Ruff passport style portraits
Really beautifully designed editions of classics (below) and F. Scott Fitzgerald novels.
A beauty shot inspired by Vermeer (girl with the pearl earring pictured to the right).
(Ann Street Studio)
I really like the bold use of colour against the white skin in this image, the use of a blue background sets the theme off nicely, without us being too submerged in one colour. The feminine pose speaks beauty with the model’s neck and chin perfectly angled to create a beautiful fluid silhouette (one which could probably be seen in the likes of paintings).
(from Ann Street Studio)
Vanessa Winship -“she dances on Jackson”
‘ a conversation, a lyrical and lilting interaction between landscape and portrait exploring the vastness of the United States and attempting to understand the link between a territory and its inhabitants.’
This photobook really caught my eye, I think the cover is very aesthetic, from the contrasting colours to the placement and typeface of the font. The photographs are black and white, so the addition of the burnt orange creates another visual dimension, the bright burst of colour contrasting with the tones of the imagery. Simplicity is key here, with the title page, clean and basic, the writing effectively placed in the opposite corner as the title on the book cover, the blank space acting as a breath before we can explore the imagery and the place it takes us to. The series is perfectly complimented by the minimal style, each image paired with a blank page beside it, framed well within the pages which creates a great impact. The images relate to the following one, for instance the two tree images above, another is shoes on a table followed by a picture of a shop named ‘Glitter and Glamour’. This creates a nice flow. The journey we embark on, is a quiet thoughtful one slowly viewing the locations as an outsider but experiencing what each image offers.
Karen Radkai, Vogue July 1960
(brought to my attention by littlepearlsofwisdom.tumblr.com)
