Posts Tagged: Photography
Relics of the Future – Toni Hafkenscheid
Relics of the Future is a documentary featuring internationally renowned photographer Toni Hafkenscheid, as he explores the hidden stories behind iconic architectural images once considered “Visions of the Future” from the 1960′s.
Wolfgang Tillmanns
Wolfgang Tillmans is a German photographer and artist who lives and works in London and Berlin. Motivated by aesthetic and political concerns and interested in formulations of reality and truth claims, his work took the shape of portraiture, still-life, landscape and abstract photography that directly addresses the photographic process and its components.
Cameras in music videos … Graflex × Madonna
Remember when Madonna didn’t just copy the style of the month? Alright, never mind. But then, do you remember when we told you about Sir Mix-A-Lot having a Graflex camera in his ’92 video for “Baby Got Back”? Well, Madonna actually did that back in 1985.
When Madonna released the video for “Into the Groove” as part of the promotion of “Desperately Seeking Susan”, it featured the Graflex Super Graphic flashing between scenes.
I don’t know if the clip is just a bit of the motion picture repeated or a part made exclusively for the video, but the camera is a beast none the less.
Photo by Zane H. Healy
The Queen of Pop also has a bunch of cameras in this one, but that only last for about 30 seconds. Then the music starts.
Meet Sergej Vutuc
Doboj born (1979) and Zagreb raised Sergej Vutuc takes skateboard photography to a whole other level.
See more at www.sergejvutuc.com
Cameras in music videos … Konica × Aloe Blacc
The fact that I’m both a father as well as an analog enthusiast is part of the reason that this video for “You Make Me Smile” actually makes me smile.
In it Aloe Blacc plays the part of a struggling photographer surrounding himself with cameras and sporting both the Speed Graphic (Remember Sir Mix-a-Lot?) as well as a Konica S.
Photo by David Broglin
The Konica S, introduced in 1959, was the first semi-automatic rangefinder by Konica.
It had an exposure meter and––in Blacc’s case––an 45/2.8 Hexar lens. Other variants had the 48/2 or 48/1.8 Hexanon.
Photo by Thomas
Also, in the back of the kitchen scene is a bunch of Kodak Portra sheet film. I’m still a little bummed out over the fact that they dropped the NC and VC, but I guess the new ones will do.
Photo by Matt Nuzzaco
By the way, the video is directed by photographer Eric Coleman, but that’s a whole different story.
Speaking of the Congo …
A year previous to the Dear Obama project, Marcus Bleasdale had a book published about the situation in DRC called ‘Rape of a Nation’ (2009).
The amazing pictures tell a grim story of dictatorship, enslavement, rape, and murder.
A different way of raising awareness about the crisis in DRC saw the light of day in July last year, when a bunch of producers led by Damon Albarn travelled to Congo. The purpose was to make an album in 5 days working with local artists.
‘Kinshasa One Two’ was released in October and all profits go to Oxfam‘s work in DRC. Among other things, the campaign to increase phone coverage in the most isolated regions, in order for people there to warn each other of attacks or call for help.
Marcus Bleasdale in Congo
The Making of Dear Obama from marcus bleasdale on Vimeo.
MARCUS BLEASDALE: AVOIDING PHOTOGRAPHIC DANGERS from danilo Parra on Vimeo.
Dear Obama:
Dear Obama from marcus bleasdale on Vimeo.
More here: Marcus Bleasdale
Willy Ronis le bellevillois
You know how one thing leads to another on the internet. A Google search takes you to a site that links to something else, and bada-boom bada-bing you’ve spent hours on YouTube or Camerapedia.
Well, yesterday a Todd Hido podcast led me to the name Willy Ronis, and I wondered, “why have I never heard of this guy before?”
It turns out that Ronis (1910–2009) was a French photographer, born to Ukranian/Lithuanian refugees, who grew up in Paris and later became the first French photographer to work for Life Magazine.
The following is a six-piece selfportrait (according to the title) followed by what has to be one of the last interviews of Ronis.
The last clip unfortunately doesn’t have English subtitles, but is still worth a watch. Profitez!
Willy Ronis – Autoportrait d’un photographe (A Photographer’s Selfportrait)
Interview by Peter Burchett (ca. 2009).
2005 AFP interview. Ronis speaks of his pictures, Le nu provençal (Provençal Nude) and La péniche aux enfants (The Children’s Barge).
Pieter Hugo
The other day I came across a photograph on flickr depicting a barefooded man in black suit and tie, standing like he had just ripped a cow’s throat out.
The person who had posted this image was not the photographer, but was kind enough to mention the name ‘Pieter Hugo’.
I immediately had to find out who was behind this name, and as I dug into the internet, I was amazed.
Have a look for yourself … And oh yeah, check out www.pieterhugo.com
Artist: Spoek Mathambo
Directed & shot by: Pieter Hugo & Michael Cleary
Cameras in music videos … Polaroid × Michael Jackson
In 1983 Michael Jackson escaped the lense of a Polaroid Autofocus 660 in the video for Billie Jean.
Photo by Sean Smith
Surrounding the Polaroid is what appears to me as a bunch of Mamiya Z-series cameras, but what’s more important: Is that a (Dirty) Diana I see there in the upper left corner?! Your expertise is required.
