10 TIMES ROSIE

Rankin lenses a captivating and diverse set of moody images of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley for Qvest #42, calling her the next Kate Moss. He also says she’s got boobs and a great ass, comments that would offend many but not us. The images are part of a new book on Rosie called "Ten Times Rosie". I added many new images to this collection of fabulous Rosie Huntington-Whiteley photos, as Rosie assumes the persona of many captivating women. Rankin works in that choice range of art and fashion photographers who consistently make a woman more than the sum of her body parts. Gorgeous photos!

book: Ten Times Rosie, Rankin

COLOURS CLASH

 

 

What a set of amazing imagery by professional photographer Eliot Lee Hazel. Eliot is based in Los Angeles, and he has an exquisite eye for finest of details. I sense he likes to create drama in his photography, using a mixture of grunge and darkness, then flipping it with light hearted fun. Scrolling through his portfolio gave me different emotions, some pictures were funny and very nostalgic, some quite dark and interesting. It makes you want to know the story behind each and every character, leaving you on a slight cliffhanger. I also really enjoyed the way the tones and colours clash, the imagery is very experimental and is something to be praised.

http://eliotleehazel.com/

LAYERED SOCIETY

Michael Karcz' early fascinations of painting and photography were combined into one piece, with use of digital tools. This digital photography and software gave him the opportunity to generate unique realities that are impossible to create with ordinary dark room techniques. There's always a dark layer in his work, a dark layer about our society.

http://afhakers.nl/media.asp?x=8232

INVICIBLE INFRA

Making invicible light vicible, it sounds impossible, but it excists in the infra red photography. For a project I visited the gallery the Dubbelde Palmboom in Rotterdam, an exhibition by Hilde Maassen "A Shiny Neighbourhood". Analog Infra red photographs of the green that turns into white, persons who transform into an angellike object, surreal visualisations of a real world we can't see made by just a thin filter.

art newspaper: Historisch Schielandhuis Museum Dubbelde Palmboom

INDIAN GLOW

Known for her captivating photographs of the less obvious side of Indian society, Dayanita Singh's images range from the life of a Delhi eunuch to portraits of upper middle class families to the empty interiors of homes and museums. Publishing has also become a significant part of her practice: in her books, often published without text, she experiments with different ways of producing and viewing photographs. Until now Singh has used primarily back and white photography  'Dream Villa', her new show in London, presents the largest single body of the artist's colour work shown to date.

newspaper: NRC Handelsblad