Music Video Art Stars

Roger Ballen, the acclaimed photographer from S. Africa that’s known for his photographs of the strange looking people in his country just directed a music video for fellow S.Africans Die Antwoord called ‘I Fink U Freeky’. It’s fantastic seeing people … Continue reading

Experimentation

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I have a friend who I frequently have talks with about making music, films and photographs. He’s the kind of creator who plans, writes, thinks, rewrites, analyzes and then creates. The result is often stunning and he gets a very … Continue reading

New work, old friends

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This last month, a fantastic surprise happened. An old friend of mine from Madrid was going to be in detroit and let me know he’d be flying in to Chicago for a few days. Since leaving Madrid, Marcus Hurst started … Continue reading

The edit : Darrick Thompson

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This guy’s about to blow up. He’s been working all year on an album, swinging mics above his head to create stereo effects, banging out jangly strat tones and singing sweet, sweet melodies. He takes americana, adds a bit of … Continue reading

The edit : Tesa Cigar Shop

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I shoot regularly for Gilt City here in Chicago. It’s a bit of a challenge as normally I get an email 24-48 hrs before I need to schedule and shoot the images, and occasionally have another day to get the … Continue reading

Lomokino!

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Lomo , the company that helped bring the Holga to its throne, pusher of all cameras russian and smelly (open up a fed 5 and tell me it doesn’t smell bad) has done it again, but this time its a … Continue reading

Donald Weber from VII agency

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    Donald Weber talks about the changes in documentary photography in recent years in this video I found via The Photo Editor blog and it raises some interesting questions. He talks about how now there are so many outlets … Continue reading