Wu Zetian, Zhao series
Cornelius, Pondichery series
Au Grand Theatre series
Amboise
Le Boudoir series
Courtesy Ibride
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Gallery of Portraits: Wu Zetian, the Chinese Empress meets Cornelius the Great
These are trays for special occasions and for lavish receptions. They were created by Rachel Convers from Ibride. From the imaginative universe of Rachel, a mysterious bestiary emerges: an aristocratic and eccentric dynasty. Severe looking fowl, elegant deers, feathered duchesses, or horned dignitaries invade service trays. These legendary figures, adorned with amazing fabrics of velvet, damask or starched ruffs, hang on the walls of our drawing rooms, like a gallery of famous ancestors. Each season, the family tree will sprout new descendants and new stories...
Cornelius, Pondichery series
El Querido series
Pater
Mater
Filius
Au Grand Theatre series
Amboise
Bianca
Bernardo
Pia
Le Boudoir series
Isild
Cornelius, Pondichery series
Au Grand Theatre series
Amboise
Le Boudoir series
Monday, October 10, 2011
Art meets Conservation: "On this Earth, A Shadow Falls" by Nick Brandt
For Nick Brandt, the animals are far more than subjects of his camera. The UK photographer has dedicated his life to depicting Africa's animals and nature. Through his craft he grants us an intimate glance into the private world of these gentle beasts. It began in 1995 when Brandt was directing a music video for Michael Jackson in Tanzania, that he fell in love with the country's flora and fauna.
Nick Brandt began photographing in 2001 and, in 2003 he decided to abandon his successful directing career in order to dedicate himself full-time to photographing African animals. Brandt's work is unique in its expression. His aesthetically sublime images tell an important story. Poaching, increased human encroachment, deforestation and global warming threaten the future of the natural habitat of Africa's animal population.
In September 2010, Brandt established the Big Life Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of Africa's wildlife and ecosystems. The rangers holding the tusks of killed elephants in the photos below are 22 of the now 100+ of Big Life Foundation's rangers. All the tusks belong to elephants killed at the hands of man in the six years prior to the formation of Big Life. Since then, their presence in the areas they cover within the Amboseli ecosystem has already resulted in less than a year in a dramatic reduction in poaching within the region.
"On this Earth, A Shadow Falls" is currently on view at Fotografiska in Stockholm. The 65 photographs in the exhibition represent Nick Brandt's ongoing photographic project, which is presented in a trilogy of books that memorializes the vanishing grandeur of the natural world of East Africa. Currently work in progress, the images from the final part of the trilogy will reveal a darker vision of this diminishing world.
"To me, every creature, human or non human, has an equal right to live, and this feeling, this belief that every animal and I are equal, affects me every time I frame an animal in my camera."
~~ Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt began photographing in 2001 and, in 2003 he decided to abandon his successful directing career in order to dedicate himself full-time to photographing African animals. Brandt's work is unique in its expression. His aesthetically sublime images tell an important story. Poaching, increased human encroachment, deforestation and global warming threaten the future of the natural habitat of Africa's animal population.
In September 2010, Brandt established the Big Life Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of Africa's wildlife and ecosystems. The rangers holding the tusks of killed elephants in the photos below are 22 of the now 100+ of Big Life Foundation's rangers. All the tusks belong to elephants killed at the hands of man in the six years prior to the formation of Big Life. Since then, their presence in the areas they cover within the Amboseli ecosystem has already resulted in less than a year in a dramatic reduction in poaching within the region.
"On this Earth, A Shadow Falls" is currently on view at Fotografiska in Stockholm. The 65 photographs in the exhibition represent Nick Brandt's ongoing photographic project, which is presented in a trilogy of books that memorializes the vanishing grandeur of the natural world of East Africa. Currently work in progress, the images from the final part of the trilogy will reveal a darker vision of this diminishing world.
"To me, every creature, human or non human, has an equal right to live, and this feeling, this belief that every animal and I are equal, affects me every time I frame an animal in my camera."
~~ Nick Brandt
"On this Earth, A Shadow Falls"
Elephant Drinking, Amboseli 2007. Killed By Poachers, 2009
Copyright © Nick Brandt
Ranger with Tusks of Killed Elephant, Amboseli 2011
© Nick Brandt
Elephants Walking Through Grass, Amboseli 2008. Leading Matriarch Killed by Poachers, 2009
© Nick Brandt
Line of Rangers with Tusks of Killed Elephants, Amboseli 2011
© Nick Brandt
Elephant Skull, Amboseli 2010
© Nick Brandt
Lion Before Storm - Sitting Profile, Masai Mara, 2006
© Nick Brandt
Portrait of Lioness Against Rock, Serengeti 2007
© Nick Brandt
Wildebeest Arc, Masai Mara 2006
© Nick Brandt
Elephant with Exploding Dust, Amboseli 2004
© Nick Brandt
Abandoned Ostrich Egg, Amboseli 2007
© Nick Brandt
Courtesy Nick Brandt / Fotografiska, Stockholm
"On this Earth, A Shadow Falls"
October 7, 2011 - January 8, 2012
This post is also featured on the Huffington Post
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Alinka Echeverria's pilgrimage: The Road to Tepeyac
Each year, six million Mexican Catholic pilgrims journey to the Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico City to pay homage to the Virgin of Guadalupe. In The Road to Tepeyac, Mexican artist Alinka Echeverria photographs 300 pilgrims bearing treasures of the Virgin to be blessed.
A few years ago, Echeverria travelled to begin documenting the event. In an interview with Time, she reflected on this experience: "It is incredible that about six million people walk for up to ten days to reach the Basilica to pay homage to the Virgin on the anniversary of her apparitions and then sleep in the big square in front of the Basilica to sing 'happy birthday' to her at 5am. The event is an incredible mixture of serenity and chaos."
Born in 1981 in Mexico, Alinka Echeverria is a visual artist who is currently based in Paris. Recently, she was named 2011 winner of the HSBC Prize for Photography, an annual prize given by the HSBC Cultural Foundation of France. The Road to Tepeyac is currently on view throughout Europe. Additional informations can be viewed on the artist website.
"I am also interested in the pilgrimage as a socio-political and cultural phenomenon and in the psychological and emotional relationship that each individual has with the Virgin."
~~ Alinka Echeverria
A few years ago, Echeverria travelled to begin documenting the event. In an interview with Time, she reflected on this experience: "It is incredible that about six million people walk for up to ten days to reach the Basilica to pay homage to the Virgin on the anniversary of her apparitions and then sleep in the big square in front of the Basilica to sing 'happy birthday' to her at 5am. The event is an incredible mixture of serenity and chaos."
Born in 1981 in Mexico, Alinka Echeverria is a visual artist who is currently based in Paris. Recently, she was named 2011 winner of the HSBC Prize for Photography, an annual prize given by the HSBC Cultural Foundation of France. The Road to Tepeyac is currently on view throughout Europe. Additional informations can be viewed on the artist website.
"I am also interested in the pilgrimage as a socio-political and cultural phenomenon and in the psychological and emotional relationship that each individual has with the Virgin."
~~ Alinka Echeverria
The Road to Tepeyac, 2009
© Alinka Echeverria
Images, courtesy Alinka Echeverria
The Road to Tepeyac is on view at the Armory Show in New York
March 8 - March 11, 2012
March 8 - March 11, 2012
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Paris Fashion Week: Junya Watanabe S/S 2012
Junya Watanabe's Womenswear collection was stunning, from the flowers embroidered lace dresses, and the bright cyclamen and azure toreador boleros, to the spectacular headpieces, composed of rooster feathers.
Here is a look at these fabulous headpieces designed by Katsuya Kamo.
Here is a look at these fabulous headpieces designed by Katsuya Kamo.
Images courtesy Vogue Fr.
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