Branislav Kropilak Architectural Photography
Branislav Kropilak has begun receiving notoriety for his architectural photography, despite choosing relatively mundane subjects for the bulk of his work. Where most architectural photographers seek the latest work from prominent architects, Kropilak focuses primarily on industrial scenes, bringing a fresh perspective to everyday objects. His pictures of parking garages, windmills, airports, and gas stations implement long exposures, interesting perspectives, and digital retouching to achieve the desired dramatic effects.
More of Branislav Kropilak’s Architectural Photography after the jump.
Audi Sculpture by Gerry Judah
The Goodwood Festival of Speed 2009 is an Audi sponsored event in commemoration of its centenary year. The company commissioned this sculpture from artist Gerry Judah to serve as a visual centerpiece. The sculpture is the artist’s interpretation of swooping tire tracks, punctuated at either end by an Audi automobile. At one end sits the renowned 1937 Auto Union Streamliner, and at the other, the recently released Audi R8 V10. The sculpture soars 105 feet into the air and weighs nearly 50 tons. Thus far, Judah’s sculpture has proven a popular attraction for visitors and a fitting tribute to Audi’s 100th anniversary.
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Bansky Exhibit vs. The Bristol Museum
Bristol Museum has a remarkable Banksy exhibit featuring more than 100 of his personal works now showing until August 31st. It is the largest showing of Banksy artwork ever made available to the public – free. Many of Banksy’s recent works feature animatronics. Fishsticks swim in a fishbowl, a hot dog cools off and chicken nuggets are hatched and feed on dipping sauce. Banksy is a master of finding humor and absurdities in everyday life. He often uses ironic bits of reality to create artwork that stimulates political discussion based on topics such as the business ethics, war, environment, civil and animal rights. These pieces are unforgettable, thought-provoking originals.
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Greg Williams Photography
If you’ve opened a magazine in the past decade, chances are you’ve seen a Greg Williams’ photograph. His cinematic lens–he shoots with film industry lighting, not strobe–has captured Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Robert Downey Jr., and more for portraits in such magazines as Vanity Fair, GQ, L’uomo Vogue and Esquire; created campaigns for Tommy Hilfiger, Dunhill, and Lacoste; and produced all the posters (and most of the publicity portraits) for the last three Bond films. Williams also was the creative force behind Esquire’s June feature on Megan Fox, shot with a RED ONE camera, which resulted in photographs captured from high-res digital video. Here we celebrate his latest work for British lingerie brand Agent Provacateur, with model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. And resist the “body of work” puns, please.
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Max Ernst Museum by Smo Architektur
At the former Brühl Pavilion, a museum has been opened in memory of surrealist painter Max Ernst, 33 years after his death. The new museum includes a remodel of the neoclassical pavilion as well as a thoroughly modern addition. From the exterior, the pavilion itself remains largely unaltered, save for some restorative efforts. The addition, however, is a steel framed glass volume that abruptly intersects the center of the original building. Despite the odd exterior coupling of styles, modernism becomes the cohesive theme once inside. Extensive subterranean display spaces stretch beneath the site, utilizing tall concrete walls, glass railings, and steel detailing to create a vault-like atmosphere. Given Ernst’s surrealist roots, the union of old and new is quite appropriate.
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Bryan Adams Photography
This is Bryan Adams. An esteemed photographer who has a wealth of experience having shot for the likes of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Vanity Fair for nearly a decade. This is also the Bryan Adams who penned pop-rock classics such as “Everything I Do (I Do It For You)” for the “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” Soundtrack.
We are not featuring any particular body of work in this post, but you’ll easily find his works in any major fashion, lifestyle or celebrity publication. Adams has been prolific these last ten years shooting the world’s most famous actors and models. He has developed this craft for quite some time now and is regarded very highly in this line of work.
Proceed to the jump to view selected images from his impressive body of work.
Ikea 50-Year Exhibition
IKEA has opened a showcase of its designs in Stockholm, giving consumers a glimpse of the company’s past. Exhibits vary from the first flat-pack table of the 1950’s to the latest designs found in stores. Aside from showcasing products, the exhibit’s curator Steffan Bengtsson says that IKEA hopes to reveal “how we live our lives.” Much of the older furniture in the exhibit is being loaned to the museum by its current owners.
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The Hergé Museum – Brussels, Belgium
A spectacular new museum dedicated to Hergé, the pen name of Georges Remi, who created the comic-book hero Tintin, opened in the Belgian town of Louvain-la-Neuve on June 2nd. It was designed by Christian de Portzamparc architects, a Pritzker-Prize-winner, and boasts a modern ode to the vibrant works of Remi.
The museum is located at the edge of the Source woods, with a viewing platform overlooking the town. The Hergé runs around a central atrium formed of curving walls in bold colours, pierced by high metal walkways. An internal lift shaft at the core of the atrium is painted with a chequerboard pattern, evoking the moon rocket in one of Tintin’s bestselling adventures. The structure stands on stilts in a park and visitors enter across a long wooden footbridge.
Amidst the museum’s architectural victories, the museum has another ambition: to cement the claim that Hergé, who died in 1983, was an important artist in his own right, whose talents as a graphic designer, painter and typographer were somewhat eclipsed by the runaway success of ‘The Adventures of Tintin.’
More images of Remi’s work and the museum are available after the jump.
Benn Watts’ “Teddy Boys” Gallery
British photographer, Benn Watts, has been relative in the fashion industry since the early 90’s. His stellar work has graced the pages of every fashion magazine from Vogue to GQ.
Today, we present some original works featured on the Photographers Limited Editions (link below) site. One of the striking galleries was the “Teddy Boys” collection of black and white profile photographs. The subjects all possess strong and intense facial expressions while also demonstrating an incredible fashion sense.
The British Teddy Boy subculture is typified by young men wearing clothes inspired by the styles of the Edwardian period. The subculture started in London in the 1950’s and rapidly spread across the UK, soon becoming strongly associated with American rock and roll music of the period.
Teddy Boy clothing consisted of: long drape jackets, usually in dark shades, sometimes with velvet trim collar and pocket flaps; high-waist “drainpipe” trousers, often showing brightly coloured socks. Favoured footwear were chunky brogues, large crepe-soled shoes, often suede (known as brothel creepers). Plus a high-necked loose collar on a white shirt (known as a Mr. B. collar because it was often worn by jazz musician Billy Eckstine); a narrow ‘Slim Jim’ tie, and a brocade waistcoat. These clothes were mostly tailor-made at great expense and paid for through many weekly installments. Preferred hairstyles included long, strongly-moulded greased-up hair with a quiff at the front and the side hair combed back to form a Duck’s Arse at the rear of the head. Another hairstyle was the Boston, in which the hair was greased straight back and cut square across at the nape.
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Photographer Christopher LaMarca – Forest Defenders
In 2003, photographer Christopher LaMarca began documenting the activities of activists and loggers to provide a commentary for these tireless and committed groups. They live in the back-country for several months at a time, sacrificing modern conveniences and comforts of their normal everyday lives in order to defend their beliefs and way of life. What he managed to capture in this series of photographs provide a compelling narrative and dramatic backdrop for these opposing sides.
LaMarca has compiled the photographs in his book, Forest Defenders: The Confrontational Landscape, which is now available from PowerHouse Books.
His works for this collection have garnered numerous awards including PDN’s 30 Emerging Photographers, PDN annual 2009 and NPPA’s Best of Photography. His Forest Defender project was featured in the 2006-2007 ICP triennial, Ecotopia; along with being published in both Aperture and Art Review.
Christopher LaMarca studied Environmental Studies and Biology at the University of Oregon. He has a long and distinguished list of clients which include Volvo, GQ, New York Magazine, Fader, Time, Newswee, and National Geographic Adventure.
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