ahh-so-centric: photography

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tokyo stereographic projections

cool tokyo stereographic projections by photographer Heiwa4126

kazuhiko kawahara

Japanese architect and photographer Kazuhiko Kawahara digitally manipulates buildings to create intriguing imagery.

kimiko yoshida

Kimiko Yoshida is a French/Japanese artist who created a series of self-portrait photos as a bride in different cultures. via trendland.

Timothy Saccenti

Great photography from NYC based photographer/director Timothy Saccenti.

callie shell: obama pics

Beautiful photos of Obama throughout his campaign courtesy of Callie Shell. One week to go peoples!

Guido Castagnoli has a nice exhibition at the Sasha Wolf gallery in NYC showcasing his photo series of small town Japan. The color and environment within these photos feel like a step back in time. Most interestingly, the images challenge typical outsider representations of Japan as either mega-metropolis or serenely minimalist.

chute

Random photo taken by my wife in Philly. Somebody hollowed out a bunch of black plastic trash cans and created a chute from a 5th story window.

keiichi nitta

Keiichi Nitta is a Japanese photographer who worked under Terry Richardson. His first exhibition: "I Think Japanese People Should Be More Open" just hit L.A.

olympics in pictures

Incredible photo collection of the Beijing Olympics. I haven't posted much about the games, but they have been very entertaining - from Baltimore homeboy Michael Phelps (I'm sick of you now) grabbing 8 golds to Usain Bolt's (I hope you're not juicin') brash dash to 3 golds/3 world records and the Redeem Team bringing USA bball back to the top. Not to mention Zhang Yimou's gorgeously epic opening and closing ceremonies which showcased a wonderful depiction of Chinese history and potential through sheer manpower and artistry.

tetrapods

tetrapods...sounds like a word to describe tetris/ipod enthusiasts. actually these are huge concrete structures built to prevent coastal erosion in Japan. Some say these man made blocks actually accelerate coastal erosion and pose a danger to swimmers and boaters. At least they pose for nice pictures!

stop haunt

Indonesian-based artist Tony Ariawan manipulates his photos in photoshop combined with vector art to create his collection - "Stop Haunt Me Everyday"

hedi slimane

beautiful photoblog.

king kong james?

Think this is racist? Its ironic that this LeBron James/Gisele photo is stirring up a racial controversy after being heralded by Vogue as their first cover featuring a black man. LeBron himself is pretty pleased with the picture as it expresses the raw emotions that he typically displays on the basketball court. But anyone aware of media images - specifically those of blacks - can understandably feel compelled to brand this as racially insensitive. It plays into that long standing fear of a savagely dangerous black man and is strikingly reminiscent of King Kong carrying a helpless white woman on top of the Empire State building. No, Gisele doesn't look frightened but that would be too obvious and the purpose of the cover is too generate publicity (positive and negative) not anger. You think they would make Dirk Nowitski, Sidney Crosby or Brian Urlacher pose in a beastly manner?

Even though Vogue is insisting that they simply wanted to pair an elite model and athlete, I'm sure the provocative tone of the photo was carefully planned out - because we all know that provocative covers sell magazines. And I certainly wouldn't be writing about a Vogue cover if it wasn't controversial.

early color

saul leiter's early color collection features photos largely from NY circa 1946-1960

recognize!

Thanks to my sis for alerting me to this exhibit showcasing hip hop portraits by David Scheinbaum. Gallery is currently up at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in D.C. until Oct 26, 2008.

boogie: belgrade to bklyn

Boogie is a Serbian photographer who transitioned from documenting warfare and protests in the former Yugoslavia of the 90s to capturing the street life of Brooklyn, NYC. Raw, honest and powerful work.

More of his work showcases the underbellies of several cities from around the world.