Paul van den Hout Work from the series Pixelation. Paul van den Hout’s work, Pixelation, addresses the visual codes of the pixelated image. “The pixel (and pixelation) is a part of our visual code, and a pixelated image has two functions, one denying the viewer access to the complete image, and the other protecting them […]
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Ari Versluis and Ellie Uyttenbroek
Saturday, 4 April 2009
Ari Versluis and Ellie Uyttenbroek work from Exactitudes. Exactitudes is a phenomonal (and phenomonaly large) exploration of photography as typology and visual classification, the website is a huge database of all types. ______________________ Rotterdam-based photographer Ari Versluis and profiler Ellie Uyttenbroek have worked together since October 1994. Inspired by a shared interest in the striking […]
Scarlett Hooft Graafland
Thursday, 2 April 2009
Scarlett Hooft Graafland Work from the pieces, Polar Bear, The Journey, Salt, and Lemonade Igloo (in order). “Using naïve and childlike colour palettes her photographs draw on the language of the surreal showing familiar objects out of context (a llama wearing balloons, top hats flying through the desert and a pair of naked legs entwined […]
Helmut Smits
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Helmut Smits Work from: Dead Pixel in Google Earth, Parking for White Cars Only, FLAMMA and Skirting Board Sunset. I urge you to check out his entire public works section, all of the pieces are smart and compelling. “I believe that every situation, thought or object carries a good work of art in itself. I […]
Jasper van den Brink
Monday, 23 February 2009
I first saw Jasper van den Brink‘s photographs on the cover of Cabinet Magazine’s Electricity issue. Great issue, by the way. The photographs from the “Pigeon Lights” series are intriguing, but I also like the more performance-oriented projects, such as “Bouncing Balls”, in which 200 colored balls are placed on a drawbridge and allowed to […]
Roger Cremers
Monday, 16 February 2009
Roger Cremers Work from the aptly named Auschwitz Tourism project. This is another great photographically referrential project and a commentary on tourism and photography. Found on Conscientious, an amazing blog.