Stigma
2014-03-07
© Adam Lach [Napo Images]
Photograph from the series Stigma by Adam Lach. Being originally from Wroclaw, Poland, just like the woman on the photograph, he started to question the stigmata attached to the local Roma community.
After just checking Adam Lach's website. I noticed that he received Award of Excellence for this particular image from Pictures of the Year International [POY]. Rightfully so, his image addresses such a significant Central European issue with rivaling artistry.
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Going Backwards to Recover That Which Was Left Behind
2014-03-06
Fantastic song from Christina Vantzou's very recent album No 2. Four years in the making and voilà, there it is with a video directed by herself. For more information please check out christinavantzou.com
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Artisanal
2014-03-04
Look 14 from Maison Martin Margiela Artisanal Spring-Summer 2014 collection. Photographed backstage by Lea Colombo for DazedDigital.
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Awaiting spring
2014-03-04
"It turns out that Europe - at least pockets of it - has not lost its connection to nature’s rhythms. ... Men - and until recently, it has almost always been men - don costumes that hide their faces and conceal their true forms. Then they take to the streets, where their disguises allow them to cross the line between human and animal, real and spiritual, civilization and wilderness, death and rebirth." [Rachel Hartigan Shea]
Mechkari [bear handlers] in Prilep, in the region of Pelagonia, Macedonia.
Photograph by Charles Fréger from his book, Wilder Mann [Wilder Mann: The Image of the Savage. Kehrer. 2012].
During two winters and carnival seasons he photographed remains of ancient beliefs, in several European countries.
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Hokus Fokus
2014-03-03
"I’m afraid of listening to Kaboom Karavan during the day, because I don’t want the light to seep into the music and ruin the mood. The setting must be grim, damp and arcane; the air a bit stuffy and moist, to better transmit the vibrations; the smells slightly dusty, as that of occult. I’m afraid of listening to Kaboom Karavan during the night, because I don’t want my arcane fantasies to materialize into the metaphysical voices that carry this song. I must leave the door just a little bit open, so that I can escape at the last moment, lest the dreams become real." Review by HC at HeadPhoneCommute
Cover of the album Hokus Fokus by Kaboom Karavan [B].
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Textured
2014-03-02
© Marcel Wanders: Pinned Up At The Stedelijk, 25 Years of Design.
Phoebe 3, floor lamp by Marcel Wanders shown at the Pinned Up At The Stedelijk exhibition. The show runs between February 1 and June 15. For more information please visit the site of the Stedelijk Museum.
Be prepared to bump into the designer himself, he was giving a tour to his guests today, not unsurprisingly to many exhibition visitors.
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Freebird No. 2
2014-03-01
Stop-Motion. Choreographed by Sol León & Paul Lightfoot for the Nederlands Dans Theater [NDT].
Photography by Rahi Rezvani.
Standing ovation and many with tears in their eyes. Superb Programme III by NDT with choreographies by Jiří Kylián, Marco Goecke and Sol León & Paul Lightfoot. For upcoming performances please have a look at their agenda here.
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Freebird No. 1
2014-03-01
Stop-Motion. Choreographed by Sol León & Paul Lightfoot for the Nederlands Dans Theater [NDT].
Photography by Rahi Rezvani.
Standing ovation and many with tears in their eyes. Superb Programme III by NDT with choreographies by Jiří Kylián, Marco Goecke and Sol León & Paul Lightfoot. For upcoming performances please have a look at their agenda here.
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Untitled 130614.
2014-02-28
© Maria Jeglinska in The Drawer. Revue de dessin. Volume 5 - Les Choses
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No pain, no gain
2014-02-27
I rarely see people as excited as my friend when she got these pair of shoes. She had to walk them in, which was painful, but she was handsomely recompensed with all the compliments she got for wearing them.
Maison Martin Margiela Painted Leather Plexi-Heel Laceless Oxfords resting on a vintage Osaka lounge chair by Martin Visser for Spectrum (1960's).
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Revue de dessin
2014-02-27
© Arjan van Helmond in The Drawer. Revue de dessin. Volume 5 - Les Choses
The Drawer is such an inspirational little magazine. Not a magazine, in fact, I don't quite know, if there is a genre that fits this special publication. I like the way the publishers describe it: UNE REVUE • DE DESSIN • MONOMANIAQUE • THEMATIQUE • ARTISANALE • TRANSVERSALE
Anytime you open it, and you will open it again and again, you see something different.
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Transhumance
2014-02-27
The action or practice of moving livestock from one grazing ground to another in a seasonal cycle, typically to lowlands in winter and highlands in summer.
It origins from early 20th century French, from the verb transhumer, based on Latin trans [across] and humus [ground].
Just one more time about Winter Nomads, winner of European Film Academy Award 2012, in documentary category. Fascinating, intimate portrait of men living in nature, respecting it. Rare. Warm-hearted.
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Tranquil
2014-02-26
Guinevere van Seenus photographed by Erik Madigan Hec for the Spring 2014 issue of Muse Magazine. Source: the Fashionography
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Modern Boleyn
2014-02-22
"The focus was on the hips and the heart. I was looking at the 1600s and Anne Boleyn – there was such strength in that period."
Simone Rocha Autumn-Winter 2014 catwalk presentation during London Fashion Week.
Photography by Lea Colombo, source: DazedDigital
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40 years to snatch
2014-02-20
Forty years after Todd Webb's photograph, Matt Weber took another shot.
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40 years to snatch
2014-02-20
Todd Webb’s classic picture of a Pierce Arrow automobile, Harlem, 1946.
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Time marks
2014-02-19
One of the more than 5,000 glass-plate negatives from the archives of Costică Acsinte. He was a Romanian army photographer during World War I, and following his discharge, worked as professional photographer until his passing in 1984.
Cezar Popescu volunteered to restore and digitize the archives in the hope that there is a greater value to these pictures: they document an era, they are of anthropological value.
Please have a look at the entire archive
here.
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Eartha
2014-02-18
Eartha Kitt as Catwoman in the Batman TV show, ca. 1967. Legendary.
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Cocklane Ghosts
2014-02-17
Today, Heads of Woe, the new album by Belgian band Gepetto & The Whales was released.
To listen to the song Cocklane Ghosts please click
here.
The beautiful album cover was designed by Kathleen Lolley. For more information about Kathleen's work please visit her website: http://www.kathleenlolley.com/
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Nomadic quietude
2014-02-17
Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear collection presentation of The Raw at New York fashion week. Source: Style.com
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Hope the cat's alright
2014-02-14
Julia Nobis photographed by Theo Wenner for the Spring/Summer 2014 issue of Purple Fashion Magazine.
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Miao | 苗
2014-02-11
The Miao is one of the 55 official minority groups of China. On the photograph a Miao girl in traditional festive clothes, photographer unknown.
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Paper, writing, letters, words - No. 2
2014-02-09
Calligraphy by Hassan Massoudy.
His body of work is an interesting mix of traditional Middle-Eastern calligraphy techniques and Western influences. Please watch the interview with the artist himself at ArtKillsArtists.
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Paper, writing, letters, words - No. 1
2014-02-09
Without roots, a tree cannot stand. [African proverb]
Calligraphy by Hassan Massoudy.
He started calligraphy as a child at the elementary school and from the age of sixteen he started working as an apprentice calligrapher with several famous calligraphers in Baghdad.
From 1969 he continued his studies at the National School of Fine Arts is Paris [École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts].
His body of work is an interesting mix of traditional Middle-Eastern calligraphy techniques and Western influences. Please watch the interview with the artist himself at ArtKillsArtists.
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Plissé
2014-02-09
Plissé: treated to give a permanent puckered or crinkled effect.
Origins: late 19th century French, literally meaning 'pleated', past participle form of 'plisser'.
Photography by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia January 2014.
Fashion editor: Karl Templer.
Long, silk embroidered gown with plissé motifs by Thom Browne, modeled by Ashleigh Good.
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