Pete Eckert is an incredible guy...he went from being an accomplished carpenter and artist with a bright future to becoming completely blind and needing a guide dog. This however, did not stop him from taking up photography and becoming completely hooked...
"I view my work during the event of taking the shot in my minds eye. I “see“ each shot very clearly, only I use sound, touch, and memory. I am more of a conceptual artist than a photographer. My influences come from my past memory of art and what I now find in the world at large."
"I am trying to cut a new path as a blind visual artist. Sighted people don’t help me make the art. They do give me feedback before I do the final large prints. I shoot the image, develop the film, and I do the contact print."
"I do what I call sample prints. There is a clear dividing line. I need the feedback loop to afford making large final products. I could cut sighted people completely out of my process. I could do a write up about the event of taking the photos."
"The negatives, contact sheets, and write up about the event could be the final product. I like doing the dramatic large prints better. I want sighted people involved. It is a good bridge between the blind and sighted. I want to be included in the world and accepted."
Thanks to Adriana Wong for the info.
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Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts
Monday, February 14, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
James Dawe Photo Collage
James Dawe is an illustrator & image maker who grew up and still operates out of East London. James specialises in contemporary photo collage, working both digitally and analog with a tendency to assemble imagery in the form of portraits. Pride is taken in composition and interpreting the everyday in a surreal & fantastical way....Clients have included Tim Exile (Warp Records), Illustrated Ape, Rojo Magazine, GQ Style Mag & Sky Sports.
Thanks to James from Studio Creme for the info!
Thanks to James from Studio Creme for the info!
Labels:
Art,
Artist,
Design,
Photography
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Hood-Lum Site
Really feeling the pictures/portraits HERE...I usually wouldnt post about these infinity scroll wordless blogs who don't link back to anything, but this one really caught my attention...nostalgia all the way...
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
1920's Criminal Portraits from Australia
I was in awe of this series of "photographs of commitment" from the archive of the Sydney Justice & Police Museum. "They are beautiful, timeless, and peculiarly expressive. These vintage "mug shots" are just brimming with the individuality and personalities of a motley array of people who passed through Australia’s criminal justice system back in the early part of the 20th century .... creating unintentional art 90 years later!" - source
See lots more incredible portraits HERE.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Looking Into The Eyes Of Nature
A British photographer, Jonathan Griffiths risked his life as he captured these wildlife shots on a nature reserve in Canada......nutter!
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Benjamin Lowy Photography
Incredible photography by Benjamin Lowy....he really captures the dark-side to the world in vivid colour. "Benjamin Lowy received a BFA from Washington University in St. Louis in 2002 and began his career covering the Iraq War in 2003. Since then he has covered major stories worldwide. Benjamin's work from Iraq, Darfur, and Afghanistan have been collected into several gallery and museum shows, his work has shown at the Tate Modern, SF MOMA, Houston Center for Photography, Invalides, and Arles."
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Monday, January 17, 2011
Alex Fakso New Book Fast or Die
"Fast or Die" - New Book Release
"Fast or Die is Alex Fakso’s latest photographic project, which came to life after four years of travelling around the world, from London to the US, and as far as Russia and Japan. Metropolitan narratives are immortalized in 60 shots: portraits of people running, taking the subway, sleeping on docks, sneaking into tunnels. Fakso follows his subjects taking part in the action, moving along with them, following them until he manages to document instants and moments of their days, thus creating snapshots that contain stories, details and sensations. This time Fakso expands his view beyond graffiti and tracks a robust framework of the metropolitan scenario embracing the people who inhabit it. Here are Images of ordinary people, common people plunged into the underground chaos; Fast or Die is a powerful photo strip describing the world through the subways. A reportage of the contemporary underground...."
by Alex Fakso
text by Andrea Caputo
Alessandro Zuek Simonetti
978-88-6208-164-1
language: english
pages: 112
illustrations: 50
binding: paperback
release: spring 2011
"Fast or Die is Alex Fakso’s latest photographic project, which came to life after four years of travelling around the world, from London to the US, and as far as Russia and Japan. Metropolitan narratives are immortalized in 60 shots: portraits of people running, taking the subway, sleeping on docks, sneaking into tunnels. Fakso follows his subjects taking part in the action, moving along with them, following them until he manages to document instants and moments of their days, thus creating snapshots that contain stories, details and sensations. This time Fakso expands his view beyond graffiti and tracks a robust framework of the metropolitan scenario embracing the people who inhabit it. Here are Images of ordinary people, common people plunged into the underground chaos; Fast or Die is a powerful photo strip describing the world through the subways. A reportage of the contemporary underground...."
by Alex Fakso
text by Andrea Caputo
Alessandro Zuek Simonetti
978-88-6208-164-1
language: english
pages: 112
illustrations: 50
binding: paperback
release: spring 2011
Labels:
Art,
Book,
Graffiti,
People,
Photography
Saturday, January 8, 2011
PhotoGraff Collective
Photograff Collectif are a bunch of photographers who take great pics of graffiti. Based in France, they run a great blog with loads of cool images & artists....




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Sunday, January 2, 2011
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Georges Rousse
Georges Rousse (born 1947 in Paris), is a French photographer who likes to superimpose precise geometrical shapes into desolate or abandoned places....






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