My blogger-christmas-winter-sleep is taking revenge now. The sculptural photographs by Szymon Roginski und Kasia Korzeniecka have already be shown at different web corners. Never mind. The creative duo photographed and re-puzzled the landscape and fashion photographs in such a fresh way that i can`t get enough. Also highly mentionalbe is a view on the “Fair Trade” series, also created by Roginski and Korzeniecka.

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Some days ago, i was talking to a friend about how Patrik Budenz impressed me by visually broaching the issue of death. This friend didn`t even have a look at the photos. Instead, he gave me the feeling to be morbid while saying he doesn`t want to talk about death and no matter how interesting the photo documentation might be, he will not like it. Today, this friend mourns because a loved one died one year ago and he fears with some buddy who might have a serious disease because of unhealthy lifestyle. This all came up today. While i was able to understand the ritus of  “drinking a shot together” to remind the death friend, i didn`t understand at all the “making-the-others-pre-griefing” words by this sick friend who is pretty alive at the moment.  At least so alive that he could write pathetic emails which provoce pathetic reactions. (Read on) (more…)

15 years of setting up bags, clothes, sunglasses and jewels in still lives without getting bored – this needs a huge portion of passion. 15 years of developing fresh ideas, of avoiding repetition but continuously upgrading the level of visual storytelling – maybe this is pure genius.

Like no other, New York-based artist Bela Borsodi ads character and identity to lifeless fashion pieces. His still-life series are storytelling artworks, the protagonists: clothing and accessories. (more…)

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If you thought Hitchcock Barbie was a stunner, then you might be truly amazed by Kristyna Milde´s photo series called cUMENI. The Czech artist used historical paintings as a stage, with woman represented by the Barbie doll, to allude to stereotypical forms of representing woman in the past and in the present. (more…)

Since 2005, Korean artist JeongMee Yoon explores in her ongoing “The Pink and Blue Projects” color trends in cultural preferences and the differences in the tastes of children (and their parents) from diverse cultures, ethnic groups as well as gender socialization and identity.
The work also raises other issues, such as the relationship between gender and consumerism, urbanization, the globalization of consumerism and the new capitalism.

Here´s the artist herself, describing the project:… (more…)

Why naked, when it can be pixeled? French Photographer Jean-Yves Lemoigne pixeled all the pretty, naked models for his series for Amusement Magazine. Well, at least the most important things are still visible – the accessories. I wonder if everyone agrees ? (more…)

What else to say than WOW to Akihiro Furuta´s family portraits… (more…)