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Sat, 18 May 2013 23:12:11 +0200

Why Can't We Take Pictures in Art Museums?

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:57:00 +0200

Why Can't We Take Pictures in Art Museums? : In an attempt to balance copyright restrictions and...

On Facebook photographer Harry Watts announced that he is having...

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:39:00 +0200

On Facebook photographer Harry Watts announced that he is having a sale on his three self-published books. His book Studio is one of my favorites. This picture is taken from the Studio series by Harry Watts.

GREAT NEWS! I am have a sale on my three self-published books. STUDIO is only £5 (+P&P) http://tinyurl.com/d6nge8f and FINDS 1 http://tinyurl.com/ce24p8u & 2 http://tinyurl.com/cl5ewcv are just £1 (+P&P)

Conscientious | Redheaded Peckerwood, III and some thoughts on photobook editions

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:53:00 +0200

Conscientious | Redheaded Peckerwood, III and some thoughts on photobook editions: In this post the...

Last week I paid a visit to &Foam and there I bought a copy...

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:05:00 +0200

Last week I paid a visit to &Foam and there I bought a copy of Car Crash Studies by the Danish photographer Nicolai Howalt.

Interesting enough a couple of years ago Swiss photographer Raffael Waldner published a similar book wih the same title Car Crash Studies: 2001-2010. Howalt made his series in 2009.

Where Howalt focuses on details like scratched paintwork, blown airbags and interiors, Waldner provides a more exhausting documentation of crashed cars. He also included shots of frontal and rear impacts and engines. Most of his subjects are fast and expensive cars from brands like Ferrari, Aston Martin, Porsche Lamborghini and Maserati. In Switzerland these kind of cars are not uncommon.

The pictures of car interiors in Howalts’ book are truly haunting and clearly show what impact a car crash can have.

Both books are highly recommended. The Howalt book will be a bit more difficult to get as it is limited to 300 copies, but there are still copies available here and there. And if you dive into the subject do not forget to take it to a different level with Crash by J.G. Ballard or the adaptation of the novel by David Cronenberg.

Why, Mister Why?

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:50:03 +0200

Why, Mister Why?: The number of digital photo books is increasing. Photographer Geert van Kesteren...

Visit Foam | Artist talk Stephen Gill

Wed, 08 May 2013 07:48:06 +0200

Visit Foam | Artist talk Stephen Gill: Friday May 17th Foam organizes an Artist Talk with...

thingsorganizedneatly: SUBMISSION:MESA by Herman De Vries at...

Mon, 06 May 2013 17:27:00 +0200

thingsorganizedneatly:

SUBMISSION:
MESA by Herman De Vries at the Kröller-Müller museum in Otterlo

When artist Ruth van Beek gave a talk about some of her favorite artist books at Van Zoetendaal in December last year, she also brought the fascinating book Mesa by Herman de Vries documenting all the so called power objects that you see in this picture.

Studio Pile (2012) by Sara Cwynar I like this work by Sara...

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:42:23 +0200

Studio Pile (2012) by Sara Cwynar

I like this work by Sara Cwynar. It is part of the exhibition Everything In the Studio (Destroyed) at Foam in Amsterdam. This work is somewhat different compared to the other work on display in that the other works contain mostly still lives of three dimensional objects like fruit and all sorts of household goods and other stuff.

Always a surprise what these kids collect in their pockets....

Mon, 06 May 2013 10:12:37 +0200

Always a surprise what these kids collect in their pockets. Composition inspired by Herman de Vries.

A couple of pictures of the exhibition Tí by Koos Breukel &...

Sun, 05 May 2013 12:26:52 +0200

A couple of pictures of the exhibition Tí by Koos Breukel & Roy Villevoye at Foam Amsterdam. Highly recommended. Breukel and Villevoy created portraits of all the inhabitans of Tí, a small village is situated on the upper reaches of the Unir river in the northeastern part of the Asmat in in the Indonesian part of New Guinea.

His Majesty the King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty the Queen...

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:14:09 +0200

His Majesty the King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty the Queen Máxima, April 2013, © RVD, photo by Koos Breukel

After the gossip about Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, it is time for some royalty news on On Almost Every Topic. Photographer Koos Breukel created two official portraits of the new King and Queen of The Netherlands. You are allowed to download the high resolution photo’s for private and educational use.

I’d say download your copy, print and frame it with a nice gold frame and you have a real Koos Breukel and even better a picture of the Dutch King and Queen on the wall. There are also a couple of good portraits of Máxima by Erwin Olaff on the site of the Royal House, but at the time she was just a princess.

Kim Gordon Sounds Off

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:32:34 +0200

Kim Gordon Sounds Off: In an exclusive in ELLE’s May issue, Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon...

Using Maven Alfresco SDK with the Enterprise edition

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:55:40 +0200

Using Maven Alfresco SDK with the Enterprise edition: Alfresco Consultant Maurizio Pillitu wrote a...

The Afronauts on iPad or iPhone

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:58:00 +0200

The Afronauts on iPad or iPhone: The Afronauts, the widely acclaimed photo book by Cristina de...

Nice Warhol corner in the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. In 1968...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:22:51 +0200

Nice Warhol corner in the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. In 1968 there was a now famous exhibition of Warhol in this museum. The pile of Brillo boxes at the time of the exhibition in 1968 was much higher as you can see on the photo published here.

There was also a nice small exhibition Hattfabriken/Luckenwalde by photographer Gerry Johansson.

On the business of literature

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:48:38 +0100

On the business of literature: Via: Boing Boing

SPBH Book Club Vol III by Cristina de Middel

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:32:37 +0100

SPBH Book Club Vol III by Cristina de Middel: Self Publish Be Happy will publish a new book by...

Stephen Gill Exhibition in Foam Amsterdam

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:10:24 +0100

Best Before End – A major solo exhibition of Stephen Gill’s various London series will be on show at...

Alec Soth and Brad Zellar are in California exploring Silicon...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:10:55 +0100

Alec Soth and Brad Zellar are in California exploring Silicon Valley.

lbmdispatch:

The Graceland of Silicon Valley. 2066 Crist Drive. Los Altos. This is the garage of Steve Jobs’ family home, where in 1975 he and Steve Wozniak built Apple’s first personal computer.

Why don’t you go on west to California? There’s work there, and it never gets cold. Why, you can reach out anywhere and pick an orange. Why, there’s always some sort of crop to work in. Why don’t you go there?
—John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, written in Los Gatos, 1938-39.