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Photographer Adam Naples embraces the vanlife to explore cross-country Americas

Posted in Art, Photography
By Sam Bathe on 31 Oct 2018

Falling into the vanlife rather than searching it out, Adam Naples is a wedding and editorial photographer roaming northwest USA in his red VW Camper Van. Driving from Pennsylvania to California for their first trip, Adam told himself, “it’s not about the miles, it’s about the smiles,” heading out with his brother to take in some of the most stunning sites the States has to offer. Show the rest of this post…

Taking in the likes of Badlands National Park, Yellowstone, and The Redwoods, with plenty of skateboard stops along the way, Adam captures his trip with real texture to his photography and came out of it as something of an expert about vintage cars. Or moreover, how to get them going again.

Check out more of Adam’s work on his site: www.adamnaples.com

Wally Koval is curating your best life with ‘Accidentally Wes Anderson’

Posted in Art, Film, Photography
By Sam Bathe on 12 Sep 2018

Starting out as a thread on Reddit, Wally Koval’s Instagram feed, Accidentally Wes Anderson, is a greatest hits of the scenes in real life that look like they’re straight out of an Anderson production. Featuring pastel tones, Art Deco facades and never-ending symmetry, Koval features photos from photographers around the world, including where it was shot and the history of the subject. Show the rest of this post…

Check it out at: https://www.instagram.com/accidentallywesanderson

Photo credits from top: @jhogarty_, @kimakimberlin, @veeceecheng, @gidivanm, @concretelibraries, @elizabethdaniels01, @nadinberrrlin, @johnnyhifi.

Planet Earth looks even more breathtaking from the clouds in Milan Radisics’ WATER.SHAPES.EARTH

Posted in Art, Photography
By Sam Bathe on 5 Sep 2018

Whilst urban development dominates the horizon from ground level, up in the clouds, nature is quick to remind us that this is her planet. A project that showcases the most breathtaking sights formed in nature, photographer Milan Radisics’ WATER.SHAPES.EARTH hopes to put a new perspective on our planet, because one day, these sights might disappear. Show the rest of this post…

Check out more of Radisics’ stunning shots at: water.shapes.earth

Artist Felipe Bedoya depicts the patterns of Cartagena’s beach vendors in his series ‘The Walkers’

Posted in Art, Photography
By Sam Bathe on 16 Jan 2018

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Mixing photography with collage and fine art experimentation, Felipe Bedoya‘s series Los Caminantes, or The Walkers, captures the almost rhythmic patterns of Cartagena’s beach vendors. Blending photography with actual sand collected from the region, Bedoya constructed miniature scenes of the vendors at work, selling food, drinks and inflatable toys, up and down the beach. Show the rest of this post…

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Check out more of Felipe Bedoya’s work on his site: www.behance.net/doya

Photographer Sean Lemoine captures California’s rocketry enthusiasts at the Lucerne Dry Lake

Posted in Art, Photography
By Sam Bathe on 2 Nov 2016

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After studying crime scene photography at the University of California Riverside, LA-based photographer, Sean Lemoine, used his investigative eye to capture California’s rocketry enthusiasts. Getting together at the Lucerne Dry Lake for an event last June, Lemoine offsets the colourful rockets and larger-than-life crowd against the washed-out, pastel landscapes. Show the rest of this post…

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Check out more of Sean’s work on his site: www.seanlemoine.com

Photographer Thom Pierce captures the majestic Lesotho townsfolk in series ‘The Horsemen of Semonkong’

Posted in Art, Photography
By Sam Bathe on 19 Aug 2016

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Nestled high up in the Drakensberg mountains, the region of Semonkong, Lesotho, is made up of many small villages, almost entirely inaccessible by car. With villages up to four hours apart, the local population take the routes by horse, to herd, to trade and just go about their daily life. Spending eight days in the region in May 2016, photographer Thom Pierce captures the majestic horsemen and women against the even more astounding Lesotho landscapes. Show the rest of this post…

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Photographers Isabelle Chapuis and Alexis Pichot let off colourful clouds of smoke where you least expect them for series ‘The Blossom Project’

Posted in Art, Photography
By Sam Bathe on 18 Jul 2016

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Shot around the globe from Norway to Morocco, photographers Isabelle Chapuis and Alexis Pichot‘s The Blossom Project is a celebration of the earth and its creative potential. Examining the juxtaposition of natural landscapes and an alien presence, The Blossom Project questions the presence of humans in our world, and what the planet would be like without us. Show the rest of this post…

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Photographer Kasper Nyman celebrates his love of shooting hoops with series ‘Cities of Basketball’

Posted in Art, Photography, Sport
By Sam Bathe on 23 Jun 2016

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Shooting basketball courts from around the world, Danish photographer Kasper Nyman juxtaposes the sacred hoop against backdrops from the project blocks to the beach. Finding a commonality instead in the game on-court, his series Cities of Basketball celebrates the sport going back to its routes, and classic pick-up games against friends and fellow locals players. Show the rest of this post…

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Check out the rest of the series on the Cities of Basketball site: www.citiesofbasketball.com

Christopher Payne’s new photo series, ‘Asylum’, is both haunting and mesmerising in equal measure

Posted in Art, Photography
By Sam Bathe on 9 May 2016

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Traveling to 30 US states to visit 70 mental hospitals, photographer Christopher Payne captures their haunting, eerie atmosphere in his new series, Asylum. As care practices shifted in the mid-20th century, populations of nearly half a million patients in 1948 declined rapidly over the following 30 years, meaning hundreds of insitutions now lie in total decay. Show the rest of this post…

For Christopher Payne, it was a photographer’s dream.

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Check out more of Christopher’s work on his site: www.chrispaynephoto.com

Photographer Kourtney Roy shoots a fictional film noir in rural Canada for book ‘Northern Noir’

Posted in Art, Photography, Shoots, Style
By Sam Bathe on 19 Apr 2016

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Shot over several road trips through Ontario and British Columbia, photographer Kourtney Roy‘s series, Northern Noir, are like stills from a fictional film noir. Wanting to photograph the “non-events that encircle the places where transgressive acts may have taken place,” Kourtney creates a sinister undertone in otherwise mundane situations. The series is published in a book by Editions la Pionniere titled by the same name. Show the rest of this post…

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Check out more of Kourtney’s photography on her site: www.kourtneyroy.com

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