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Lost Ceremony – Ghosts in the Workshop by Adam Marelli

I haven’t covered an exhibition in a while and I thought this specific project perfectly summed up the inspirations here on the site, actually it’s almost uncanny the parallels between the two. The project as a whole focuses on Japanese Master Craftsmen as an endangered species, and has been part of photographer Adam Marelli’s multi year study on the uncertain future of ancient traditions. As …

Lost Ceremony – Ghosts in the Workshop by Adam Marelli

The Shirt Photographed by Koto Bolofo for Margaret Howell

Routing around this morning I came across a series that I viewed earlier in the month taken by photographer Koto Bolofo for Margaret Howell. At the time I really enjoyed the selection but I didn’t really get a chance to see the full series as such, so when I floated across to the Japanese version of the Margaret Howell website and viewed these in full screen I …

The Shirt Photographed by Koto Bolofo for Margaret Howell

Food Stills by Jason Lowe

Award-winning food and travel photographer Jason Lowe is a genius in my eyes, his works are always something special and really captivate my attention. There’s not one photograph that I’ve seen of his that disappoints, today I thought I would present a little series of food stills which are all in black and white. Jason has won many awards for his food photography over the years and has worked with some of the fine …

Food Stills by Jason Lowe

Yuri Pleskun & Co in a Mens Editorial for Wonderland Mag 2010

Yuri Pleskun is one of the many stars featured in a new editorial release for Wonderland Magazine. They come through with a recurring aesthetic for the upcoming season, one we have seen previously by LOfficiel Hommes Germany featuring James Smith.
These are basically a set of portraits, with the models styled in some dapper clothing, in my eyes replicating a book titled Crooks Like Us. …

Yuri Pleskun & Co in a Mens Editorial for Wonderland Mag 2010

Imagery By Joel Tjintjelaar

Dutch photographer Joel Tjinjelaar consistently produces looks simular to the ones we see here which are mysterious stark and surreal, his flickr account is in fact littered with this style of work. He says he loves black and white photography because “with the removal of color the essence of objects, situations, sceneries and people can become more visible”. His workings are hardly created to document …

Imagery By Joel Tjintjelaar
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