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Metaldudes Cats Book challenges stereotypes of masculinity and the metal culture in general. Now... I think we can all agree that cat photos and videos are a pretty integral part of the internet these days, so it feels a little pointless to describe why you might want to look at more cute cats. DUH! However: Metaldudes Cats Book combines three loves that have a global reach: Kitties, Metal, and Duuuudes." Although metal and cats are
not a new combination on the internet, photographer
Alexandra Crockett wants to take metal + felines to the next level. The AVClub
has more.
posted by Frobenius Twist
on Feb 7, 2013 -
23 comments
Aneta Bartos is a photographer whose most recent show,
Boys, features lush, pictorial images of young men masturbating in the Carlton Arms Hotel (and is on display at the same hotel). All of her work, aside from her commercial portraits, is explicitly sexual, including male and female nudity.
[more inside]
posted by klangklangston
on Feb 7, 2013 -
31 comments
A day before her 32nd birthday, Jill Brzezinski-Conley was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy. She's now 35, and her cancer has metastasized to terminal, stage-4. Sue Bryce won Australian Portrait Photographer of the Year in both 2011 and 2012, and last year's prize was a one-person trip to Paris. After hearing her story, Bryce took Brzezinski-Conley with her to the City of Light for a photo shoot and brought along a videographer. The resulting short film: "
The Light That Shines." (Also on
Vimeo.)
Photos.
(click the open magazine at the top of the page). The video and photos both show a topless Ms. Brzezinski-Conley, and may be
nsfw.
[more inside]
posted by zarq
on Feb 6, 2013 -
25 comments
Auxiliofaux is the photography Tumblr of Richard Auxilio, a Los Angeles-based photog whose current project is symmetrical double exposures.
posted by klangklangston
on Feb 4, 2013 -
9 comments
Lisa Hamilton's
Real Rural project uses photographs and interviews to document the lives of people living on California's farms and in its small towns.
[more inside]
posted by .kobayashi.
on Feb 4, 2013 -
32 comments
Ever made yourself look monstrous by using transparent adhesive tape on your face? Photographer Wes Naman has taken this to a wonderfully creepy extreme in his
Scotch Tape Series.
[via]
posted by quin
on Feb 1, 2013 -
16 comments
NSFW
We like to entertain… ourselves mainly… and it’s a comedy show much of the time, with little more than white walls and floorboards for a stage.
''Old Master'' shoots with just a cell phone or ipad. His compositions are definitely outside the norm, all with a cast of volunteers, no models.
This is amateur dramatics with a difference. (NSFW. BDSM, bondage, fetish).
Some of this work is included in this
online book.
posted by adamvasco
on Jan 31, 2013 -
3 comments
A collection of color photography and film footage of Paris and the surrounding area - from the early 20th century! - has been made available on the
website of the Albert-Kahn Museum.
posted by jph
on Jan 25, 2013 -
9 comments
The Beat Hotel and neighbourhood as seen through the lens of
Harold Chapman.
Another
interview with Chapman.
Amongst the photos Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, William Burroughs, Brion Gysin and Mirtaud the cat.
The Beat Hotel (
wiki) was probably the last Parisian 'Vie de Boheme'.
posted by adamvasco
on Jan 21, 2013 -
9 comments
Born in Africa to French wildlife photographer parents, Tippi Degré had a most unusual childhood.
(Possibly NSFW)
posted by DaDaDaDave
on Jan 18, 2013 -
19 comments
"Every day a PHP script picks a random spot on the land mass of Earth. The nearest photo to that spot is posted
here."
posted by Iridic
on Jan 10, 2013 -
20 comments
"Outcasts are my kind, they try harder. From strip joints to Burlesque theaters, I went on a quest and met the 'Legends', these dominating characters of the quintessential American art of strip tease. Hours of confidence on tapes, intimate photo sessions, they peel off and reveal the hidden layers of their life with throaty emotion. Their memories reflecting the memories of the land. Vietnam vets and bikers are their loyal patrons..."
The Living Art Of Risqué, a photo essay from Marie Baronnet, features portraits of former strippers aged 60 to 95, accompanied by short bio-vignettes in their own words.
[NSFW; nudity] [more inside]
posted by taz
on Jan 10, 2013 -
4 comments
Duane Michals:
An unofficial celebration. From
portraitist and pioneer of the
photographic narrative [Warning: sidescrolling] to
metaphysician and
poet, Michals' work has done much to promote the idea of photography as an inventive art form. As a gay artist, an oft repeated
factoid about Michals is that he has not been involved in gay civil rights; Michals' response to this claim is simple: "I think anybody who does any piece of art or work on a political subject is an activist. A person has to be what he wants the world to be."
[NSFW: Nudity]
posted by Lorin
on Jan 8, 2013 -
2 comments
Daguerreotype portraits were made by the model posing (often with head fixed in place with a clamp to keep it still the few minutes required) before an exposed light-sensitive silvered copper plate, which was then developed by mercury fumes and fixed with salts. This fixing however was far from permanent – like the people they captured the images too were subject to change and decay. They were extremely sensitive to scratches, dust, hair, etc, and particularly the rubbing of the glass cover if the glue holding it in place deteriorated. As well as rubbing, the glass itself can also deteriorate and bubbles of solvent explode upon the image.
posted by Horace Rumpole
on Jan 8, 2013 -
17 comments
