Nice trick or great work?

I came across these cool portraits by Gium Tió Zarraluki and I think they are really cool. They have a lot of expression and a weird feel to them. I only noticed after a while that they are painted on magazinecovers and parts of the faces are leftovers from the underlying phtographs. This partly makes them so weird, but it also makes the works less special I think. On one hand I like the idea of distorting the 'perfect' portraits on glossy magazines, on the other hand by doing it over and over again it might become a trick. I wonder if the works are created from a certain feeling or from the posibilities the original image offers. Probably both. But i'd like to see what happens if those characters would be recomposed, interact together and become more than a funny portrait. Still very inspiring work all together! Here's lots of 'm!

9 eyes

Great Google street view images: Jon Rafman travels the streets of the world virually and shares some intimate moments. Lots of hookers, arrests and weird snapshots. Pretty cool!

Odd Laboratory Photos

I think everyone here can find something of special interest in this collection of vintage laboratory photos...



(via BoingBoing)

kreuzbronx

In the Marheinekehalle is an interesting Photo exhibition on display with pictures of Wolfgang Krolow. He is known for his socially engaged Photography in Berlin. The exhibition shows Kreuzberg in the eighties. Worth visiting I think. It looks like the Bronx!

Craft: Brandt Brauer Frick

I totally stumbled upon this amazing video of the German trio Brandt Brauer Frick. Paul Frick (the gentleman with the moustache and spectacles) is not only a house/electronica artist, but also a composer of contemporary classical music. He has, for instance, written an amazing piece for harp, percussion and slide projector, which can be heard (and seen) here. It is because of his composition work that I stumbled upon this Brandt Brauer Frick clip.

What really baffles me about this video is that this -- if I understand it correctly -- is totally indie, totally underground. And should be totally low budget. But the craft and technique displayed in this video -- apparently (co-)directed by one of the members of the music trio itself -- is so unbelievably well done that I don't know whether to laugh or cry. It's unbelievable. Is this the result of an enormously huge budget and a big top notch crew, or the result of the democratization of cheap HD-technology in the hands of a couple of extremely talented and savvy individuals? I just don't know!

Check it out in HD, if your computer specs allow you to.

Monster of the sea and sky!

This set of photos of the Ekranoplan "Caspian Sea Monster" really inspires me. The sheer size, the unusal architecture of the aircraft, the aged textures and the whole set is just fascinating. I wonder what it would be like to wander arounds it's wonder...