I have never been to Iceland, but i would like to go. It doesn’t get much better than cold, oceans, ice, and snow. This series of photos makes me feel like i’m standing right there. Beautiful simplicity. No material object could ever match it.
photos by Jan Erik Waider
I watched this a while ago, but was for some reason reminded of it today when i saw an article about Banksy. Most people have seen Banksy’s work somewhere at some time either in person or online or on a record cover…and didn’t even know it. Whatever you think of him, he is definitely iconic! This documentary is less about Banksy, and more about the scene around him and prominently the french guy who tried to make a documentary about Banksy! ha.
90 minutes well spent watching this though! HIGHLY recommended!
This is beautiful and fascinating.
by Daniel Franke and Cedric Kiefer:
The basic idea of the project is built upon the consideration of creating
a moving sculpture from the recorded motion data of a real person. For
our work we asked a dancer to visualize a musical piece (Kreukeltape by
Machinenfabriek) as closely as possible by movements of her body. She was
recorded by three depth cameras (Kinect), in which the intersection of the
images was later put together to a three-dimensional volume (3d point cloud),
so we were able to use the collected data throughout the further process.
The three-dimensional image allowed us a completely free handling of the
digital camera, without limitations of the perspective. The camera also reacts
to the sound and supports the physical imitation of the musical piece by the
performer. She moves to a noise field, where a simple modification of the
random seed can consistently create new versions of the video, each offering
a different composition of the recorded performance. The multi-dimensionality
of the sound sculpture is already contained in every movement of the dancer,
as the camera footage allows any imaginable perspective.
Came across this fantastic photo taken by Mark Thomas of a Triumph TR6 and a big dog….
This is SUCH a cool video!
I really dig these fotos by Mario Pucic. The stark minimalism, the soft colours, the framing, and the sense of space.
to see more lovely fotografic adventures, check out Mario Pucic’s Flickr
all photos taken by Syed IEDEI.
James Nizam has put together a series of installations which play games with light, entitled “Traces Heavens”.
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Buzzfeed has a very cool list of the “33 Most Beautiful Abandoned Places In The World”. Here are some of my favourites from that list. Check out their article for the locations and the rest of the list.
all images taken at different times through different eyes connected to the same mind (IEDEI).
You’re just a spy too, as far as I know.
When i sit quietly staring into my own eyelids, i dream of places like this.
“How long can we respond to our visual perceptions and sound together? Working on the positioning and distance of light, sectioned on multiple reflective surfaces, the installation will be focusing on the idea of dark adaptation and how the contrast with light movements and illumination can heighten our senses. Sound will reflect on the repositioning of light on each reflected panel to create an intensified live performance.”
src: florenceTo via iLikeThisArt
i really enjoyed looking at these series of nighttime photographs by Navid Baraty of nyc streets and intersections. many evenings, you’ll find me glaring out of my own window staring at the intersection nearby. i do think they are fascinating for their motion and for their halt and go premise.
src: behance
all photos taken by IEDEI.
It’s been a while since I posted some new photos. I am exclusively using my 21mm Elmarit on the M8 these days….an amazing wider angle lens, and a whole lot of fun to shoot with:
this is quite simply just a beautiful set of photographs done by Bence Bakonyi in Shanghai, China. Lovely contrast and just a lovely idea.
Have been taking a lot of photos. It never gets old. Creating never gets old.
all photos taken by myself using either a Leica M8.1 or Ricoh GRD3 and an assortment of M-Mount lenses.
Today I had some time to kill while waiting for an annual NYS car inspection for the TT, so i walked over to a bookstore and saw a book of B&W photographs by Tseng Kwong Chi and was struck by their coolness. These photos were taken in the 1980s and published in a series known as East Meets West.
To me, he comes across like a futuristic asian tourist-slash-government official investigator! brilliant.
src: paulKasminGallery
Relaxing by the side of the track! This photo was taken by Bernard Cahier. I don’t know who the relaxing man is sitting at the side of the track.
1961. Grand Prix De L’ACF
src: motorsportsGoldenAge via Dani D.M.
These photos are taken by me, using my Leica M8.1 (M8u) and a combination of lenses including a Summilux 50mm F1.4, CV Nokton 35mm F.4, Chiyoda Kogaku Super Rokkor 50mm F1.8, and a Summicron 40mm F2
Firstly, i detest taking the NYC subway. Having said that, I will concede that it is the most efficient way to get around NYC, as well as the cheapest. But it is dirty, too congested, unpredictable, chaotic, and most of all a deposition of individuals into mass movement. I am not compatible with mass movements or mini-migrations of sorts. I will assume that either you think I am (A) looking down upon commuters or (B) am an elitist. The first is definitely not true, and the second is up for debate.
I did, however, enjoy these photographs by Daniel Zvereff taken in the subway.
Most of these are taken with the Leica M8, although picures #3-7 are taken with my new pocket Ricoh GRD-III (which is great, by the way).
lenses used: Chiyoda Kogoku Super Rokkor 50mm F1.8 and Summicron 40mm F2. The Super Rokkor is total magic, i must say.
I will be posting some M5 photos next week. The first roll was riddled with dust and scratches on the film (although they did look quite tastefully artful i must say).
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