Le rétour à vitesse modeste…
Posted: January 24, 2012 Filed under: Fashion, Photooo | Tags: fashion photography Leave a comment »After a very long time of disappearance the blog will, once again, be in good shape with updates and charming, beautiful things to enjoy the ‘limitless’ Internet a bit more.
I have been on a long journey through South East Asia, which has been a great source of inspiration, especially in photography and textile. Therefore, at a certain point in the future I will post some of my favorite and most expressive photos on here. It will take a while as the installation of the dark room is going rather slowly – ON A PLUS D’ESPACE A PARIS!
Today I have dug out a very interesting photographer, Ilze Vanaga who impressed me especially by her alternative fashion photography. They are very edgy and capturing the beauty of each and every woman which in my opinion, is always of great importance in fashion life.
Something I strongly and vividly recommend.
Posted: July 21, 2011 Filed under: Art, Fashion | Tags: belgian designers, fashion photography, graphic design Leave a comment »Good afternoon fellow friends,
I have always been an admirer of Belgian fashion – in my opinion it has something odd, peculiar, so well accomplished, with such a focus on precision and detail that it amazes me each time.
Well, today I found something which was like a little anthology of picture books of great Belgian designers. I even forgot my brownies in the oven as I was completely mesmerized by their work.
So what our pretty eyes are being confronted with is unique fashion, graphic design, art, writings, photography, etc etc. Very inspiring stuff.
All of this is the magazine called N°ABCDE and was first launched in 2004. On their About page is written, among other things:
WHY A NEW MAGAZINE?
We want to return to a poetic, fresh and “pure” fashion magazine.
A magazine that makes a statement against homogenisation and for individuality.
A Magazine that is made out of respect for the design and the designer.
A magazine in which we want to question fashion because we are fascinated by it.
A magazine in which we want to share the parameters of the designers we love: their passion, emotion, fascination, spontaneity, craftsmanship and authenticity.
This magazine is initiated by fashion designer Walter Van Beirendonck as one of the fashion statements in the MODE2001 LANDED-GELAND project.
Sounds good to me.
Friends and family, I no longer want to keep you in suspense…
Check it out, it’s well worth it. You got 5 designers.
http://www.abcdefeaturing.com/welcome/
If you have brownies in the oven, take care of the poor things.
when somebody creates art and enriches this world.
Posted: July 12, 2011 Filed under: Art, Fashion Leave a comment »This slideshow requires JavaScript.
Veronika Brusa certainly has an outstanding talent. As you can clearly see, after investigating the fancy (yes, once again) slideshow above, she masters fashion design, photography, graphic design, not to mention art – sketchting, painting, letterpress printing… And all this in an amazing, personal style. Since she is a friend of a friend of a friend of a mate of a buddy of an acquaintance I am having here in Paris, my attention was drawn to her. And how I find her creations great. Veronika has travelled a lot, been in the arts for a while and hopefully, my friend will soon receive her in Paris so we can stretch out by the Canal, sip coffee and philosophize about the esthetics of ink.
Enjoy her work.
the crowd makes it possible!
Posted: July 2, 2011 Filed under: The New Age | Tags: interesting finds Leave a comment »back in the boat i am, feeling fresh as never before – the flowers have shriveled a little bit over these dog days with temperatures over 35 degrees… but now we are back in shape with something fantastic for everyone:
if there is anyone of you having creative projects in mind – in the arts, events, ecology etc, anything you can imagine, but the necessary cash is not on hand (as so often in life), these two websites might be quite helpful. kickstarter is the US version whereas kisskissbankbank is the european one.
how does it work? well, you set up your account with a description (it should be absolutely booom!) of your project, you set a deadline (eg 60 days) as well as an amount needed (eg $3000). if your project is interesting, little by little, people who are into those things will pledge for it and hence, finance it. it matters little if it’s $5 or $2500, the gesture is great to start off with. if you manage to get together the entire amount at the deadline, your project will be realised. if not, bye. you had a good shot trying.
personally, i think this is something quite amazing and should totally be supported. so, everyone with great, crazy, innovative ideas and not enough coins in the pockets, check it out, you won’t regret.
a roll collection.
Posted: May 28, 2011 Filed under: Photooo | Tags: photography by me, puces 2 Comments »
Here we can see a roll collection of spring back to winter – a change of Parisian seasons. The ‘winter roll’ was lost in the huge apartment of mine, ehem, and now found again and it was a great pleasure to see the pictures. The colour pictures were taken with a film roll from the puces de Montreuil which I bought at 1 Euro, expired in 2001 and I think it turned out quite nicely. Nevertheless, I am becoming more and more disappointed with the work of the photo laboratory (missing pictures etc, high prices) so I am gathering pieces together for a darkroom in my bathroom. We are excited. Enjoy this rather chilly spring Saturday.
comebacks always fail. attempt no. 1
Posted: May 20, 2011 Filed under: Musica, Photooo | Tags: 1920s, 1930s, 1980s, b/w photo, bauhaus, german gang, musica, new wave 2 Comments »
Lux Feininger 1928
Andres Feininger '28 / Margit Kallin '29
Anonyme - Portrait Johannes Itten 1924 / Umbo Autoportrait 1926
Lotto Beese - Portrait of Hannes Meyer 1929 / Paul Citroen - Portrait of Estella Read 1932
Lazlo Moholy-Nagy 1926
Lazlo Moholy-Nagy 1926
Fritz Schleifer 1928
Walter Peterhans 1929
Walter Peterhans 1929
Gertrud Hantschk(-arndt) 1930 Autoportrait
Werner Feist 1929 / Heinz Loew 1928
Heinz Loew & Franz Ehrlich 1928
Theo Balmer 1930 / Kate Both 1931
Hannes Meyer 1928
The urge for temporary disappearance was felt and in this period I have been out and about the city spending moneys on books… The small Parisian living space is diminishing by piles of books and magazines and cash is doing the same, but at least treasures of photography and art are becoming mine, such as the book from which I extracted the pictures above. A rare gallery booklet from ’83 with fantastic Bauhaus photography, something which has not really been getting to much attention in a movement primarily focused on architecture and design. This is what ‘they’ – whoever ‘they’ may be – associate with it.
“Le Bauhaus n’est ni un style, ni un concept formel, ni une academie d’architecture ou de peinture; le Bauhaus est une idée qui se transforme, qui évolue avec la personnalité avec ses différents directeurs, maitres et étudiants [...] “
I enjoy these pictures a lot, they seem very léger yet endless in ideas. Well
A little song I have come to enjoy this afternoon with coffee(over)consumption and scanning.
This one is not to be missed out either. Duh. Makes me feel good.
die verbundenheit.
Posted: April 22, 2011 Filed under: Cultura, Musica | Tags: 1980s, 1990s, german gang, musica, new wave Leave a comment »
artworks for vinyls from atatak records, via website or gute luft
holger hiller – jonny (du lump)
der plan – gummitwist
pyrolator – die haut der frau
hello everybody!
back with fantastic german tunes. neue deutsche welle / german new wave music has been getting very close to me. bands such as ‘der plan’ are just overwhelming in their experimentalism and lyrics are, for some reason, very up to date – see gummitwist for the german friends.
you should get into it! it’s fun.
bye.
the best you’ve seen today.
Posted: March 30, 2011 Filed under: Art | Tags: italia connessione Leave a comment »This slideshow requires JavaScript.
This is a novelty. Slideshow and jaws-on-floor for Edoardo de Falchi. And these are just a tiny part of the collages. Much more gold on 1ND3X.
And you will loose yourself and spend hours. I have slightly trimmed down on the amount of text I am writing here on the blog and I am not yet certain whether I enjoy it or not. Well, less words spoken which will reduce the risk to be tracked down to the smallest cave in no-man’s-land, yes. This is certainly a bizarre thing about the internet, especially things such as blogs and facebook, this wild beast. Every word being typed is out there……. So rather than pouring you my heart out and having sore fingers from all the typing, I prefer to do that to myself and wait for very special moments when I get exxxxtremely eager about something. Such as now obviously. Nighty.
eye sight
Posted: March 22, 2011 Filed under: Art, Cultura | Tags: 1960s, surrealism Leave a comment »
this is the so-called ‘Machine à Privilèges’ – comprehensible for everyone.
and this is ‘La Base et le Sommet’
‘Dynamisme de l’Invisibilité’
Uhla. How mesmerizing. These are some works of the great Victor Brauner, a Surrealist Painter. I managed to find a gallery brochure from 1965 in Paris with these strange paintings. I enjoy them very much. You might, too.
He said that each painting that he makes is projected from the deepest sources of his anxiety.
Ciao!
another indian storybook.
Posted: March 13, 2011 Filed under: Photooo | Tags: photography by me, travels 1 Comment »
MUNNAR
OOTY
MYSORE
KOCHI
MUMBAI
HAMPI
ON THE ROAD
Sunrise at Bangalore bus station.
Bangalore's road humps
No lights needed for now. Bangalore.
Some are in the sun, some are in the shade. Bus trip to Munnar.
Stop-over in no-man's-land.
A 'gathering' seen from the bus.
As you can imagine, this is the 2nd part of my photos from India. I do not need to add much, the pictures are what matters. The other color part and the B/W part are worth looking at, too. I am guessing, to complete the collection…
Saturday night, ho!
