Small Worlds: Strange & Shocking Miniature City Scenes

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Urbanist

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[ By WebUrbanist in Art & Sculpture & Craft. ]

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There is no unifying theme to these surreal depictions of urban architecture and landscapes, save perhaps their imaginative improbability and singular creator, Frank Kunert, a German photographer and his bemused sense of wonder.

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Each is at once clearly a model yet quite lifelike, lovingly crafted, painted and photographed. Some show impossibilities seemingly for shock value alone, while others contain a subtle message – some commentary on politics, religion, television or other aspects of everyday life.

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The resulting scenes question function, accessibility and the role of architecture, exterior and interior design in shaping both public and private experience.

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It is also worth noting, too, that none of them are post-edited – they are created sans Photoshop and shot with an analog camera. The process and product are closely related, and each creative choice is made carefully by hand.

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5 Instagram Accounts We’re Enjoying This Week – LA, NY, Surf & Turf

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Luis Ruano

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5 Instagram Accounts Were Enjoying This Week LA, NY, Surf & Turf

More than just a daily visual journal, Instagram serves as a platform that allows anyone and everyone to be a photographer. Simple and effective, the San Francisco-born mobile app, along with its many supporting third party components, is a fun and engaging way of sharing adventures, good eats and plenty of embarrassing moments in between. Since Instagram is a favorite social media platform of ours, we decided to share some of the people we find inspiring in our latest weekly feature, Five Instagram Accounts We’re Enjoying This Week. Feel free to let us know in the comments section on why you feel your account should be featured next week and be sure to follow us at @highsnobiety.

5 Instagram Accounts Were Enjoying This Week LA, NY, Surf & Turf

@jr – Get an inside look into the life of Parisian artist JR as he travels across the globe delivering his message through art and photography.

5 Instagram Accounts Were Enjoying This Week LA, NY, Surf & Turf

@vinnypicone – Madbury Club photographer Vinny Picone captures the East Coast to a t.

5 Instagram Accounts Were Enjoying This Week LA, NY, Surf & Turf

@cobra24 – Los Angeles captured through an iPhone 4S.

5 Instagram Accounts Were Enjoying This Week LA, NY, Surf & Turf

@stevenderson – Beautiful, cold tones throughout a great array of scenic snaps from up north.

5 Instagram Accounts Were Enjoying This Week LA, NY, Surf & Turf

@estevan_oriol – No introduction needed, Estevan Oriol’s LA influence is on full display.

5 Instagram Accounts We’re Enjoying This Week – LA, NY, Surf & Turf is a post by Luis Ruano on Highsnobiety.

‘How To Photograph Women’ A Book by Oliver Zahm

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Georgia Reeve

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Olivier Zahm is the co-founder and editor of the magazine Purple Fashion. For the regularly published section Night of the magazine and his own website, Purple Diary. Zahm continuously produced personal photography work. His new book How To Photograph Women contains these personal photos, conducted over the past seven years, capturing nightlife scenes, parties, friends, sex, celebrities, landscapes, architecture and more. His photographs are in the majority in black and white, snapshot aesthetic images, charged with erotic references. The book is available for pre-order on Amazon.com.

‘How To Photograph Women’ A Book by Oliver Zahm is a post by Georgia Reeve on Highsnobiety.

Colorware Customizable Service for Leica D-LUX 6

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Maude Churchill

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The classic design of the Leica has rarely needed a makeover over the years, that is possibly up until now. Colorware are now offering snap-happy customers an endless list of customizable color options for 10 different components that make up the outer shell of the Leica D-LUX 6. In 21 ‘Solid Color’ or 25 ‘Pearlised color’ options. Take a look at some more of the many personalised options on offer over at Selectism.

Colorware Customizable Service for Leica D-LUX 6 is a post by Maude Churchill on Highsnobiety.

Abandoned Star Wars Film Sets in the Tunisian Desert

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Brock Cardiner

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Visual artist and filmmaker Rä di Martino visited the Tunisian desert in order to capture the abandoned film set of the legendary Star Wars film series. The project began when the photographer learned it was common practice to leave film sets without tearing them down to let them crumble over time like ancient ruins. With a bit of luck and the help of a local police station, Martino was able to find what remains of Luke Skywalker’s childhood home and capture what you see above.

Abandoned Star Wars Film Sets in the Tunisian Desert is a post by Brock Cardiner on Highsnobiety.

‘Cut Food‘ – A Photo Series by Beth Galton and Charlotte Omnès

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Fritz Radtke

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Offering a whole new persepective on everyday objects, New York based still life and food photographer Beth Galton and food stylist Charlotte Omnès took amazing photographs of of different dishes including ramen noodles or corn dogs cut in half. Refraining from digital retouching the photos were made using only gelatin to solidify the liquids. Check out the amazing series in the gallery above.

‘Cut Food‘ – A Photo Series by Beth Galton and Charlotte Omnès is a post by Fritz Radtke on Highsnobiety.

LIFE Opens up their Archives and Explores Skateboarding in 1965 NYC

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Alec Banks

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Skateboarding, LIFE opined in 1965, is “the most exhilarating and dangerous joyriding device this side of the hot rod. A two-foot piece of wood or plastic mounted on wheels, it yields to the skillful user the excitements of skiing or surfing. To the unskilled it gives the effect of having stepped on a banana peel while dashing down the back stairs. It is also a menace to limb and even to life.” Above, LIFE looks back at the early, thrillingly anarchic days of a quintessentially American sport and pastime that, over the years, has been embraced by millions around the world while still, somehow, retaining its rebel cred. The stunning black-and-white images serve as a juxtaposition between old world hijinks and fun, and this new and invigorating way to navigate New York City terrain.

Check out the entire set of images here.

LIFE Opens up their Archives and Explores Skateboarding in 1965 NYC is a post by Alec Banks on Highsnobiety.

[RH Photos] Mathien at The House of Blues 5/3/13

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Virgil Solis

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Photography by Tom Olson

Chicago-based group Mathien played the House of Blues this past Friday to celebrate their newest release “Darling Television”. Opening acts included Paige and the Reverent Few, Jackpot Donnie, How Far to Austin, and Zaramela. Lucky for us our photographer bud Tom Olson was at the show. Hit the jump to check out some of Tom’s photos.

[RH Photos] Mathien at The House of Blues 5/3/13

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Virgil Solis

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Photography by Tom Olson

Chicago-based group Mathien played the House of Blues this past Friday to celebrate their newest release “Darling Television”. Opening acts included Paige and the Reverent Few, Jackpot Donnie, How Far to Austin, and Zaramela. Lucky for us our photographer bud Tom Olson was at the show. Hit the jump to check out some of Tom’s photos.

Vertical Horizon: Urban Photographs Turn City Upside Down

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Urbanist

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Hong Kong has to be one of the most-photographed cities on Earth, but these shots present a rarely-seen perspective by documentarians or pedestrians … unless they look straight up.

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From Vertical Art Space: “Romain Jacquet-Lagreze is a French graphic artist with a Masters in multimedia and art from East Paris University. His interest in photography began during his period of working in Los Angeles and Tokyo, and subsequently blossomed into a passion after his arrival in Hong Kong.”

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His Vertical Horizon series emphasizes the vast scale of tall structures, but also the “heterogeneous character” of the built environment – traditional alongside modern, scrappy versus refined, small set against large.

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While some of his images are taken from the top down, or at an angle, many of the most powerful ones are straight-up vertical captures. Somehow, these more predictable approaches lack the striking gravitas of their deceptively-flat cousins.

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