Tag: photography
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London Design Biennale creative campaign
For the second consecutive edition of London Design Biennale, the Domenic Lippa team at Pentagram has created the visual identity and promotional materials. As with the previous identity, a restricted colour palette of orange, black and white is used.
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Planet of Plastic
The newest cover of National Geographic is set to become one for the ages. As the world continues to drown in single-use plastic, the iconic magazine has launched a multi-year initiative called Planet or Plastic? The newly unveiled June 2018 cover illustration by Jorge Gamboa is a heartbreaking visualization of the reality we’re collectively facing.
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Science and art: creating new immersive environments
What happens when art meets technology? Meet two companies using their specialties in photography and virtual reality to bring viewers inside the works of Damien Hirst and Zaha Hadid.
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Fragments
Currently on show at the Gladstone Hotel is Ryerson University’s third-year Image Arts photography students have come together in a collaborative effort to present Fragments, a visual dialogue which centers on human experience.
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Can I get a Witness?
Through large-format photographs, and over the course of several decades, Edward Burtynsky has chronicled the massive impact of manufacturing on the environment. Since the early 1980s, he has been documenting sites in Ontario, across Canada and internationally. Most recently, he has focused on global oil fields as well as the dramatic impact increasing demands for…
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Johnathas de Andrade – On Fishes, Horses and Man
A fish dying in the arms of a man is what first strikes us upon entering Jonathas de Andrade’s exhibition. The film O peixe (The Fish) depicts in ten vignettes fishermen cradling their catch, the two species merged in a morbid embrace of sinew and scale. The scenes in the film, simultaneously brutal and tender, confront the…
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Tokyo at Night
Alleyways, lanterns, neon signs and merchants are the cinematic backdrops of local Japanese photographer and artist Masashi Wakui. His quite and intimate moments provide the spectator with a view of Japan that is appreciated by those who like to wander the streets and discover cities on their own accord.
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Souvenir d’un Futur
Souvenir d’un Futur documents the life of senior citizens living in the “Grands Ensembles” (large housing projects) around Paris. For the most part erected between the 1950s and the 1980s to address the housing crisis, urban migration and the inflow of foreign migrants while meeting modern comfort needs, these large estates are today often stigmatized…
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An aerial view from Los Angeles
Aerial videographer Ian Wood has created a cinematic short exploring all Los Angeles has to offer by way of architecture, street art and natural beauty. “I continue to be awe struck by how much of this vast city I have partially or completely overlooked before undertaking this video. And like most voyages of discovery, I’ve realize there’s…
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Instagram’s Urban Explorer Movement
A younger generation of urban explorers are rediscovering NYC and posting their exploits on Instagram where they have thousands of followers. These New Yorkers are scaling to the tops of bridges and exploring below the streets of New York in abandoned subways. Filmmaker Jeff Seal focuses on eight New York-based Instagram photographers who partake in the…
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Passing of Time
New York photographer Richard Silver travels the world shooting well-known buildings over the course of a single sunset and splicing the pictures together to create a single image – a technique he describes as slicing time. The project started in 2010 in New York, where Silver originally decided to photograph iconic buildings in the city…
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Down the River
In Paris, tourist boats called “bateaux-mouches ” cruise down the Seine river, offering sightseers a unique view of the Eiffel tower, the Louvre, the Notre Dame Cathedral and other well-known monuments. In his series, “Down the River” photographer Adrian Skenderovic captures the life on The Seine, by looking down on tourists looking at Paris.
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Vincent Laforet captures New York from above
Something he has “dreamed of capturing for decades,” Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Vincent Laforet has released a stunning set of images that captures his hometown of New York in a way that has never before been seen. Taken from a nauseating 7500-feet above the city, Laforet’s “Gotham 7.5K” series reveals the unrelenting, pulsating energy that radiates…
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Crowd-sourced timelapse of London
On December 6, 2014, 40 photographers came together to create the most ambitious crowd-sourced timelapse of all time – all in a single day. Here the bustle of the throbbing city is captured in some 35,000 individual images, creating a streamlined portrait of London.
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Barcelona GO!
Rob Whitworth is a prominent urban filmmaker. He is responsible for creating awe-inspiring videos that reveal locations in a powerful and compelling manner. His works instantly identifiable style has gained widespread critical acclaim, and received over 5 million online views. <p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/98123388″>Barcelona GO!</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/kwhi02″>Rob Whitworth</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p> Whitworth captures the many faces…
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Gunkanjima – island decay
In the South China Sea, 15 kilometers off the southwest coast of Nagasaki among the thousands of verdant landmasses that surround Japan, lies a mysterious island. From a distance, Gunkanjima, resembles a battleship with a geometric silhouette with a dark grey hull and hundreds of perforated small windows. The island looks like a Japanese version…
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Hamilton by Joseph Hartman
“Hamilton” is photographer Joseph Hartman‘s largest body of work to date; it spans seven years and includes more than 40 photographs captured with a 4 x 5 view camera on colour film. Hamilton, a city best known for its steel industry, a town I grew up in, is now in a state of transition as…
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China by Scott Conarroe
Canadian photographer Scott Conarroe is showcasing his third solo exhibition at the Stephen Bulgar Gallery entitled “China”. When Conarroe first visited Beijing in the wake of the 2008 Summer Olympics. He returned to China briefly the following year and in 2012 he began photographing that nation against the backdrop of a railway expansion that rivals…
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Looking through the lens with Iwan Baan
“What makes this place relevant, and why do people come here? What brings people together in this type of architecture and built environment?” – Iwan Baan
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North Korea Exposed
North Korea is not only wonderfully interesting, but also surprisingly accessible. The following photo series showcases a traveler’s week in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Exclusive travel is an understatement here because less than 5000 western tourists visit this Asian country annually. Pristine public spaces and epic monuments capture a mixture of tastes and…
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A Quick Dip
Shot from doorless helicopters from around the world, the collection looks at a diverse range of swimming pools and how it can become a blank canvas for a new world of art.
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Kitchen Table Landscapes
Luke Evans has traveled the world from his kitchen table by exploring the visual qualities of common household materials: shaving foam, glycerine, flour, bricks, and more.
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Captured Moments in Thailand
Thailand is known for its great food, tropical climate and vibrant culture. Its diverse landscape attracts a variety of visitors because you can find almost anything there.
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Intersections – New York City at Night
High above the towering buildings from the ‘city that never sleeps’, New York-based photographer Navid Baraty captures a series of images that look down from the dizzying heights to capture altered perspectives of the familiar yet chaotic street rhythm below.
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It’s a small world by Slinkachu
The following series features images from UK-based artist Slinkachu. The tiny installations consist of small painted train set characters which are positioned, photographed and left on the urban streets.
Richelle Sibolboro 