Guy Bourdin is becoming more recognized as a Fine Art photographer. In looking back at Exhibit A, a 2001 publication by Guy Bourdin’s son Samuel Bourdin and Fernando Delgado, it is apparent Bourdin’s great reputation as a commercial and editorial photographer was deserved.
The interlacing relationship between Fashion photography and Fine Art photography is a [...]
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Pick up a copy of the new Modern Home + Living issue at newsstands everywhere. The creators of Dub Magazine launched MH+L, with the intent of combining Architecual digest and MTV Cribs. The result is fun, stylized and appeals to a wide audience.
Clearly the best article in the latest issue is towards the [...]
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Untitled, 2009, Found photographs, Left: 4 x 6 inches, Right: 4 x 6 inches, Stamped on verso
The profound influence of vernacular images on photography and print-media cannot be denied; Whether in the fine arts, fashion, or pornography, the signs and status of the “amateur” are constantly invoked, providing for images with both an economy [...]
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Waffle Iron Flats, 2008
David Trautrimas, a 30-year-old Canadian artist, takes apart old kitchen mixers, hole punchers, waffle irons, staplers, and other household objects; photographs the pieces; and then ‘reassembles’ them digitally, into what he calls ‘Habitat Machines’.
Photo-Eye has recently published a limited edition book by Trautrimas, entitled Habitat Machines. The book is beautifully made [...]
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