GREAT PHOTOS!

"All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in another person’s (or..."

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:48:00 +0100

““All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in another person’s (or thing’s) mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time’s relentless melt.”
- Susan Sontag”

Hilton Head Island, S.C., USA, June 24, 1992 by Rineke Dijkstra

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:30:29 +0100

Hilton Head Island, S.C., USA, June 24, 1992 by Rineke Dijkstra

“Candy Darling on Her Deathbed” (1973) by Peter Hujar.

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:32:39 +0100

“Candy Darling on Her Deathbed” (1973) by Peter Hujar.

Self Portrait with Wife and Models, Vogue Studios, Paris ©...

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:54:03 +0100

Self Portrait with Wife and Models, Vogue Studios, Paris © Helmut Newton

"I am convinced most of us cannot really appreciate what we are seeing. We take too much for granted,..."

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:15:25 +0100

““I am convinced most of us cannot really appreciate what we are seeing. We take too much for granted, because it is all so familiar. We float through our cities and countryside with our eyes half closed. I want to put forward a case for taking more seriously the everyday object, we should appreciate those objects that are so familiar we usually don’t notice them.I would urge everyone to start looking at the world in a different way. Spend some time looking at everyday objects, at their design, their shape, their individual characteristics. Think ahead and imagine their significance. Many are interesting and aesthetically pleasing in their own right, if you just give them some attention. And of course, the discipline of taking out a camera and documenting the things around you on film is a great way to start to open your eyes wider.”
- Martin Parr”

Richard Avedon - Marilyn Monroe, 1957.

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:09:00 +0100

Richard Avedon - Marilyn Monroe, 1957.

"At our best and most fortunate we make pictures because of what stands in front of the camera, to..."

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:06:43 +0100

“At our best and most fortunate we make pictures because of what stands in front of the camera, to honor what is greater and more interesting than we are. We never accomplish this perfectly, though in return we are given something perfect - a sense of inclusion. Our subject thus redefines us, and is part of the biography by which we want to be known.”

- Robert Adams | See his work on LightBox here. (via timelightbox)

I would love to see it! wgsn: Video trailer for the Helmut...

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:59:18 +0100

I would love to see it!

wgsn: Video trailer for the Helmut Newton retrospective show at the Grand Palais in Paris from March 24 until June 17. Le Smoking indeed.

Duane Michals - This Photograph is My Proof, 1967.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:31:38 +0100

Duane Michals - This Photograph is My Proof, 1967.

matthewnewton: “Tricycle in Memphis” (1970) by William...

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:26:00 +0100

matthewnewton:

“Tricycle in Memphis” (1970) by William Eggleston.

PS: Bookmarked for later reading, “William Eggleston, Prophet of Contemporary Color Photography.”

Wim Wenders Presents the Dresden Peace Prize to James Nachtwey

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:08:00 +0100

Wim Wenders Presents the Dresden Peace Prize to James Nachtwey:

On Feb. 11, James Nachtwey was awarded the Dresden International Peace Prize, an award given to those who go above and beyond to prevent violence. Oscar-nominated director Wim Wenders presented the prize.

timelightbox: Rineke Dijkstra: Cruel and Tender (via Tate...

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0100

timelightbox:

Rineke Dijkstra: Cruel and Tender (via Tate Chanel)

Dijkstra concentrates on single portraits, and usually works in series, looking at groups such as adolescents, clubbers, and soldiers. Her subjects are shown standing, facing the camera, against a minimal background.The raw immediacy of these images captures something of the contradictions inherent in this common and yet most singular of human experiences. The women appear at once vulnerable and invincible, traumatised and self-composed. Dijkstra draws a parallel between the two groups of photographs. Both bullfighters and mothers are pictured after an exhausting and potentially life-threatening experience, relating to society’s deepest-held ideas of masculinity and femininity.

See Dijkstra’s photographs on LightBox here.

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Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:03:57 +0100

Ryan McGinley - Julia, 2010

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:55:49 +0100

Ryan McGinley - Julia, 2010

Chris Killip - Father and son watching a parade, West-end of...

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:18:25 +0100

Chris Killip - Father and son watching a parade, West-end of Newcastle, Tyneside, 1980

terrysdiary: Lindsay Lohan outtake #4

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:44:15 +0100

terrysdiary:

Lindsay Lohan outtake #4

Nobuyoshi Araki - My Wife Yoko, 1968-1976

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:06:51 +0100

Nobuyoshi Araki - My Wife Yoko, 1968-1976

Christer Strömholm - Jacky & Adèle Chanel Mannequin, 1961

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:21:02 +0100

Christer Strömholm - Jacky & Adèle Chanel Mannequin, 1961

Joakim Eneroth - Swedish Red #2, 2011

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:32:35 +0100

Joakim Eneroth - Swedish Red #2, 2011

Martin Schoeller - Angelina Jolie, 2003

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:26:38 +0100

Martin Schoeller - Angelina Jolie, 2003