MetaFilter posts tagged with Art and photos

Private and Confidential

Artw — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:56:56 -0800

Bush and Blairline-dancing, The Queen on the loo, Marilyn wanking (nsfw). The phototgraphy of Alison Jackson blends the real and the irreal.

MANY

chunking express — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:27:28 -0800

Many is a collective project exhibiting fine photography found by fine photographers.

Alastair Levy

nthdegx — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:53:49 -0800

Alastair Levy is a photographer.

"And there's a creepy doll..."

grumblebee — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:11:55 -0800

Sleep tight. (I recommend you listen to this while viewing the link.)

Light-Test

ColdChef — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:13:14 -0800

Light-Test: a home for all of our light tests. A website dedicated to pictures of photography assistants at work. Sort of.

A World in a Drop of Water

Orb — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:04:18 -0800

Microworld by Licht. More of Paul's macro droplet shots can be seen at his Flickr gallery and others' macro droplet shots in the Refractions in Liquid Drops group pool.

A Temple of Texts

mattbucher — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:27:54 -0800

William Gass's personal library. The photos accompany this article by Gass about his love of books -- specifically about collecting them over his life and "living in a library." Now in my own home I am surrounded by nearly 20,000 books, few of them rare, many unread, none of them neglected. They are there, as libraries always are, to help when needed, and who knows what writer I shall have to write on next, what subject will become suddenly essential, or what request will arrive that requires the immediate assistance of books on—well—libraries, or the language of animals or the pronunciation of Melanesian pidgin, since my essays tend to be assigned, not simply solicited, and because I am easily seduced by new themes. I can actually say a few things in Melanesian pidgin, none of them polite.

Someday we'll find it

fantabulous timewaster — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:07:48 -0800

Atmospheric Optics. Rainbows, in spray, of moonlight, in reflective paint, without sky, with spokes, twinned, reflected, in clouds, in the fog, more. Halos, horizon distortion, green flashes, pillars, near-contrails. Surface and volume shadows. Waves atop the atmosphere. Mysteries. Picture of the Day. Via. Previously. Still no unicorns.

(limited editions x low prices) + the internet = art for everyone

Manhasset — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:46:15 -0800

20x200
"We introduce two new pieces a week: one photo and one work on paper. Each image is available in three sizes." Limited edition artworks priced $20 to $2000. An interesting concept with some nice pieces.

A quarter century in black and white.

dobbs — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:43:24 -0800

Joseph Szabo has been photographing his teenage students for the past twenty-five years, and has perfectly captured the ambivalence of that time of life. Samples from his books: Almost Grown, Jones Beach, Teenage, and Rolling Stones Fans.

Lucybelle Crater posts to Metafilter

Del Far — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:26:13 -0800

"The Photographer Ralph Eugene Meatyard (May 15, 1925 - May 7, 1972) suffered a fate common to artists who are very much of but also very far ahead of their time. Everything about his life and his art ran counter to the usual and expected patterns. He was an optician, happily married, a father of three, president of the Parent-Teacher Association, and coach of a boy's baseball team." "His images had nothing to do with the gritty "street photography" of the east coast or the romantic view camera realism of the west coast. His best known images were populated with dolls and masks, with family, friends and neighbors pictured in abandoned buildings or in ordinary suburban backyards." His most well known and last photography series "The Family Album of Lucybelle Crater" (1972) was based on the short story by Flannery O'Connor, "The Life You Save May Be Your Own." A Gallery of more of his stuff has been put up by George Eastman House Still Photograph Archive.

Nothing Is Real, not even Real

ThePinkSuperhero — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:16:41 -0800

Patrick Dangin on the work of a photo retoucher . Make no mistake about it: in this age, even Real Beauty is fake.

The Japanese Garden

Effigy2000 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:54:57 -0800

Paradise: The Gardens of Tokyo. A collection of amazing photographs of Japanese gardens as taken by Tim Porter. Impressed and want to see more Japanese gardens? Look here and here for more links to more photos of some beautiful Japanese-style gardens from around the world. For further reading, check out Meditations on the Japanese Garden and The Modern Japanese Garden. And if after all of that you feel inspired to turn your garden into a Japanese garden of your own, The Japanese Garden Journal has you covered. Mind you, building the bridge sounds kind of tricky...

ArkiBlog

dobbs — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:40:17 -0800

Tokyo By Night - Just one of the posts on ArkiBlog, a blog about architecture and design. {via}

Nice photos. Neat shapes and colors. Not sure what I'm looking at.

dobbs — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:33:11 -0800

Interesting photos and film (mpg | avi) on a site that doesn't give context.

Stranger Photos Have Happened

nthdegx — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:03:00 -0800

"Good afternoon, I attached this camera to the bench so you could take pictures. Seriously. So have fun. I'll be back later this evening to pick it up. Love, Jay / The Plug". Stranger Photos Have Happened.

Man versus nature

klangklangston — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:54:20 -0800

Domesticated by photographer Amy Stein explores the tension between settled and wild spaces.

Stranded is another collection of work dealing with the expectations of public and private space.

More self-explanatory: Women and Guns and Halloween in Harlem. She also has a fine blog.

Wow, isn't that... doing...? Wait.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:44:24 -0800

Alison Jackson takes paparazzi shots of celebrity lookalikes. (NSFW) Old news I'm sure, but I hadn't seen a comprehensive post before and I thought it was worth it. Wikipedia. Guardian and BBC links are reasonably SFW (some buttocks).

Just shoot ... and shake!

dobbs — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:10:41 -0800

Polanoid "We are building the biggest Polaroid-picture-collection of the planet to celebrate the magic of instant photography." {stolen from notcot

Photos by Cody Smart

dobbs — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:31:19 -0800

Pictures from hitchhiking across America. {via}

NYC photos 1968-1972

CunningLinguist — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:06:50 -0800

"New York City 1968-1972" Some very compelling black and white street photography by Paul McDonough. via

A tony ward?

klangklangston — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:04:51 -0800

The photography of Tony Ward: Erotic; Candid; Striking; Blunt; Intimate; Whimsical; Louche.

Galleries: Portraits; Alternative; Wasteland; Close-ups; Fashion; Tableaux Vivant.

some images NSFW

The abstract Polaroid photography of GrantHamilton

nthdegx — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:58:14 -0800

The abstract Polaroid photography of Grant Hamilton.

High Quality Photos of Scilly.

Effigy2000 — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:10:31 -0800

Scillywebcam. A frequently updated website with high quality photographs of Scilly. Here are some of my favorites.

Crochet-y

dersins — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:51:04 -0800

Crochet artwork. Some of it's a little violent. Some of it a little kinky (but SFW). Some is just a little...odd. But it's all pretty damn cool.