Feet and Paws, an ongoing series about the relationship between humans and dogs from a different perspective from Alex Beker.
Photography
Kalaripayattu Fighters photographed by Armand Poblete.
First I observed the light and the action of the fighters. The dimly lit arena just gave it that feel of an ’80s kung fu poster, and I wanted to keep it that way. After a few camera adjustments and a few hundred missed shots I finally captured the two fighters in midair.
(via National Geographic)
Head in the Clouds, a photography series of Parisian monuments and buildings by Kaitlin Rebesco.
Paris seems to always exist under a thick blanket of grey clouds. Sometimes, when the sky opens up, it is really incredible.
(via Faith is Torment)
Arizona-based photographer David Emitt Adams uses a unique, 19th-century process to create detailed photographs on the bottom of tin cans. The project, entitled Conversations with History, compares the past and present of photography as it relates to the desert landscapes of the American West. Adams collects discarded cans, some dating back to the 1970s, that have been scattered across the desert.
For this body of work, I collect discarded cans from the desert floor, some over four decades old, which have earned a deep reddish-brown, rusty patina. This patina is the evidence of light and time, the two main components inherent in the very nature of photography. I use these objects to speak of human involvement with this landscape and create images on their surfaces through a labor-intensive 19th century photographic process known as wet-plate collodion. The result is an object that has history as an artifact and an image that ties it to its location. These cans are the relics of the advancement of our culture, and become sculptural support to what they have witnessed.
(via This is Paper)
Reconstructing the View, a collaborative project which involves combining modern day photos of the Grand Canyon taken by Klett and Wolfe with old postcards and 19th century images shot by photographers such as Ansel Adams and Edward Weston.
Shapes, an ongoing project by Filippo Minelli is stunning.
Decontextualization of a violent tool changing quickly the surroundings, creating chaos, blinding the eyes, used in natural landscapes. The result proves that beauty can be found in clashing visions with an approach and aesthetic similar to romanticism. Showing the power of nature with the implication of religious aspects. Juxtaposing violence and beauty as a political statement. Giving silence a physical shape to be aware of its presence in the age of information and communication technology. The idea of ‘hidden manifest’ is contemplated in most of religions: Orthodox, Islamic, Catholic, Jewish mysticism, ‘Yin Xian’ for Taoism, and also in great philosophies like Buddhism.
