Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present opens today at the Brooklyn Museum. One of the first major museum shows to give rock 'n' roll photogs their due, this is something we can't wait to check out.
So, once you stop hating your parents and think they're ruining your life, you start to realize 'Hey, my parents are actually kinda cool.' Then, later, it hits: That inevitable moment when it suddenly dawns on you that your parents were not only awesome, but probably cooler than you.
Shinichi Maruyama's precise photographs of water and ink-droplets are stunning in both their beauty and technical dexterity. How does he do that? (Via How We Develop.)
The lookbook from the Lyell fall-winter collection is now online, and it's as sublime as one would expect. And we're pretty sure we want to live in that house.
The ever-lovely Frankie magazine just released their first limited-edition photography book. It's full of all the hazy colors and sweet scenes Frankie is know for.
Todd Selby hit Georgia, New Jersey, Brooklyn, Tahiti, Minnesota and Florida to photograph athletes in their homes for Nike 6.0. From the looks of it, everyone he shot leads a pretty sweet life.
Ron Lau doesn't have a cat, but that doesn't stop him from taking lots of cat pictures. (Via Lomography.)
With brief intros—"Noah Kalina is 29 and conserving electricity," "Carson E. Fisk-Vittori is 22 and real normal"—the Mossless blog offers up an interview with a new photographer every other day.
Tell Mum Everything is Ok is a photography zine from Editions FP&CF. The first issue, which has just dropped, features 40 works culled from 1,500 submissions, and the call is out now for the second issue.
Motivation to get off the computer and go outside: Howies Look, a tumblr of outtakes from Howies' gorgeous catalogs.
Photographer Dominic Episcopo dishes up some "United Steaks." What carnivore wouldn't want Texas to land on their plate? (Via Oh Joy!)
It's already the stuff of legend: Artist finds garbage bags full of vintage Versace (where else but Miami?) and heads to the woods for a nine-day photo shoot. See the results in Naomi Fisher's show The Brave Keep Undefiled, A Wisdom of Their Own at Leo Koenig Gallery through October 24.
Placing everyday, indoor objects outside, artist Rune Guneriussen manages to turn an ordinary table lamp into a thing of indescribable beauty.
Ryan McGinley's latest book, Moonmilk, is now out for pre-order and will surely sell out fast. I have to say that the photographs from the book are just so mind blowing you can't even believe they're real and that they were just a stop on one of his annual summer drives cross country. X - Jen
Corey Arnold is a photographer and commercial fisherman who spends the fishing season on the Bering Sea. Currently, you can catch (haha) his work on display at the Soho Dunderdon store in NY.
Tonight from 7-9pm at the New Museum, catch a book party for Shoot: Photography of the Moment, an art tome that includes a forward written by Stephen Shore and work by Kenneth Capello, Dash Snow, Ari Macropoulos, Juergen Teller, Nan Goldin and 20 more. Editor Ken Miller focused on photographers whose work captures a specific organic instant in time rather than a controlled, precise set up—photography of the moment.
Ellen Rogers ethereal photographs look like dreamy 19th century antiques—all effects she manipulates manually in the darkroom.
The Pop Up Store exhibition in Chelsea Market showcases works from up and coming Dutch artists, including photographs from Isabella Rozendaal. The exhibition and shop open today and runs this weekend only, so catch her while you can.
Yes, you read that right. This photo blog compares Alaska to New York. We're not sure who comes out on top.
If James Mountford's incredible 'Darkness Falls' editorial wasn't clue enough that he's an insanely wonderful photographer then go peruse his whole portfolio and you'll quickly see you've been adoring his shots for a lot longer than you even realized. X - Jen
