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From London 06/30/09
David Sykes permalinkFeeling a little unprepared for swimsuit season? Take a cue from David Sykes and go for a light breakfast.
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From London 06/29/09
Ben Toms permalinkBen Toms has photographed some of my favorite editorials for Dazed & Confused. I always hope with each month to see a new set of his incredible photos and July does not disappoint, on the right. X - Jen |
From London 06/12/09
Whatever Happened to the Men of Tomorrow? permalinkWith his one-inch installations placed around the streets of London, Slinkachu creates something that is simultaneously cute and a biting commentary on modern life. With Whatever Happened to the Men of Tommorrow?, opened June 4th at Andipa Gallery, his tiny guys are superheros. “I used old and out-of-shape superhero characters to hint at failed hopes and dreams,” he says. “When we are young we think of ourselves as invincible and destined for greatness, but before we realize it we are old and forgotten—like the war hero beaten up at the bus stop for his pension money or the doting father left alone in a care home.” Heavy stuff for tiny stuff.
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From Paris 06/10/09
Estelle Hanania permalinkFrench photographer Estelle Hanania has a way with images, and with creatures, as in her “Demoniac Babble” series.
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From Elsewhere 06/05/09
Anna Morosini permalinkAnna Morosini‘s photographs are beautifully simple and simply beautiful.
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From New York 06/03/09
Kenneth Capello Acid Drop permalinkFrom June 2-13 catch Kenneth Capello‘s show Acid Drop, curated by Tim Barber, at Milk Gallery. Based off of Capello’s Aperture book of the same name, Acid Drop is a collection of skateboarding photos Capello took as a ‘80s teenager in Houston. They’re rad.
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From Elsewhere 06/02/09
Awkward Family Photos permalinkSure, there’s only one dude in the photo on Awkward Family Photos, but we picked it because tye-dye and shredded jeans are so hot right now. |
From Los Angeles 05/29/09
Your Golden Opportunity is Coming Very Soon permalinkPhotographer RJ Shaughnessy‘s book, Your Golden Opportunity is Coming Very Soon, is a simple black and white collection of the aftermath of scrapes and fender-benders. Viewed together, the photos are eerily and unsettling, and serve to remind us that we really never know what’s around the bend—it could be another bend.
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From New York 05/26/09Le Fashion, Le Love, Le Smoking permalinkA trio of well-curated image blogs dedicated to clothes, romance, and cigarettes—two things a girl can’t live without, one that she really should learn how to.
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From Elsewhere 05/26/09
The Next Generation permalinkIf you want to know what the future looks like, ask an intern—so we did. Here, five fashion interns give their take on working hard, playing hard and dressing well. Plus, tips from a couple of pros on how to be the best intern ever. |
From San Francisco 05/26/09
Lamar Langston permalinkLamar Langston‘s photoblog is refreshingly free of all that stuff you expect to see on a young photographer’s blog.
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From Miami 05/19/09
The Main Street Card Shop permalinkSadly, the greeting cards that Bruce Weber created for V Man don’t really exist. But if they did, we’d definitely be sending grandma some male on her birthday. (Via Refinery 29.) |
From New York 05/15/09
Michael Worful and Jason Polan permalinkSt. Louis-based photographer Michael Worful and NY-based photographer Jason Polan just completed their second book of photography, which they self-published. They’ll have copies of the book with this then Saturday, from 2-3pm, when they’ll be at Taco Bell on 14th St. They’ll also be drawing, if you want to join them.
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From Los Angeles 05/15/09
Kitsuné x The Cobrasnake permalinkMark Hunter and Kitsuné have teamed up to release a digital EP, Kitsuné x The Cobrasnake, which drops on June 1. Hunter directed the video for Classixx‘s “I Get You,” and whaddayaknow, it’s like a Cobrasnake photo come to life.
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From Australia 05/12/09
Anna & Boy permalinkBardot eyeliner may not be the most practical makeup for a day at the beach, but as the Anna & Boy swimwear catalog illustrates, who the hell cares?
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From Elsewhere 05/12/09
Lovers & Fuckers permalink"But mom! Why won’t you let me have Lovers & Fuckers?! All the other kids are wearing it!” This crazy-cool collection from Alejandro Corredor and Catalina Godoy in Bogotá, Colombia, is sure to inspire plenty of such conversations. |
From Los Angeles 05/08/09
Michael Schmelling Slide Show permalinkPhotographer Michael Schmelling spent two years accompanying Disaster Masters, a New York cleaning service dedicated to counseling and cleaning up the homes of compulsive hoarders. Collected in The Plan, 490 photographs are printed in black and white on 576 pages of newsprint, and this Sunday, Schmelling will have a book signing and slideshow at Family Books.
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From New York 05/08/09
New York Photo Festival permalinkThe New York Photo Festival kicks off next Weds, May 13, with five days packed with lectures, events, exhibits, workshops, awards and portfolio reviews. Artists, curators and advisers include Tim Barber, Jody Quon, David Benjamin Sherry, Grant Worth, René and Radka and Edith Maybin, among numerous, numerous others.
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From London 05/05/09
Viktor Vauthier permalinkOh yes, you would be forgiven for thinking that Viktor Vauthier only photographs perfectly-disheveled sexy women, but then all of a sudden he’s mixing it up with a shadow-boxing kid in a bowler hat and a milkshake flying through the air and you’re thinking ‘Man, this dude is awesome!’ Or something like that.
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From Philadelphia 04/29/09
Family Matters by Nikki Sneakers permalinkFamily Matters is Nikki Sneakers’ deliberately out-of-focus family photos, and they have the same slightly creepy air of the dad on The Wonder Years. Catch a slide show and exhibition of them this Friday at Juan & Juanita‘s, along with a performance by Andy Giles, Us Girls and Dan DiMaggio.
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From Boston 04/29/09
You Call It Being Poor permalinkYou Call It Being Poor, I Call It Being Free is a group show with work by Andrew Lauman, David Whitaker, Justin Kelly and Mikaylah Bowman at FiveSevenDelle in Mission Hill, curated by Andrew Lauman and Ian Colon. Catch it while you can.
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From Los Angeles 04/28/09
The Cobra Shop permalinkMark Hunter + killer vintage handpicked from around the world and up for grabs=The Cobra Shop. |
From Elsewhere 04/28/09
Elena Kalis permalinkBased in the Bahamas, photographer Elena Kalis‘s work presents a good argument for us all packing up and moving to an island.
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From Paris 04/27/09
Hedi Slimane at Coachella permalinkYep, Hedi Slimane went to Coachella, and the photographic results are just as good as you’d expect.
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From London 04/21/09
Unordinary People permalinkUnordinary People opens today at the Royal Albert Hall, and presents photos and videos documenting British youth culture from the 1960s to present day, culled from the Photographic Youth Music Culture Archive. The PYMCA collects photos from around the world of every type of youth subculture you can imagine, and spending an hour browsing their archives brings to mind one very important question: Why does growing older have to mean growing up?
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From Los Angeles 04/20/09
UO Shoots: Coac(d)hella permalinkWhat do you get when you send popular modeling blog Confessions of a Casting Director to Coachella? A bunch of hot street-style pics, for one. We teamed up with COACD to have them report back on all the sun, fun and fashion, Indio-style. Here, their selects reveal that there’s no shortage of beautiful people at Coachella, but someone might have stolen all the shirts. |
From Australia 04/16/09
The Grafik Museum permalinkRecently launched site The Grafik Museum is dedicated to the best in Aussie art, design, photography and models. FYI: The awesomeness above is an oil painting, not a photograph. Down Under is ripping it right now.
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From New York 04/16/09
UO Shoots: Skye Parrot & Valentine Fillol-Cordier permalinkIn addition to their photographer+model relationship, Skye Parrott and Valentine Fillol-Cordier are also close friends and frequent collaborators. In an editorial for Dossier Journal—a magazine that Parrott co-founded with Katherine Krause—Parrott and Fillol-Cordier paired up once again to present their take on Kim Gordon’s Mirror/Dash collection. The resulting images are just as dreamy, romantic and rock ‘n’ roll as we would imagine them to be.
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From Los Angeles 04/16/09Coacd at Coachella permalinkThere aren’t many people out there who we’d trust to cover Coachella for us, but we’ve found some dedicated emissaries in our fashionable friends at COACD. During the festival, you can follow them on the UO Twitter, and then check back next week a dose of Coachella-fied street-style. Hella yeah. |
From Elsewhere 04/14/09100 Abandoned Houses permalink100 Abandoned Houses is the project of photographer Kevin Bauman, who’s been documenting empty houses in Detroit for more than 10 years. Bauman captures falling-down mansions to dilapidated shacks in a city that’s had a hard time catching a break. |
