some new work in this week from two photographers a really nice washed out retro looking series by paul d scott of all of the characters from ad agency ‘they’
and secondly some colourful explosions from stills photographer marcel christ
me news
recolorings
an amazing collection of ‘colorised’ black & white images, including several very iconic ones; all beautifully retouched by ‘sanna dullaway’
(link via ‘jean louis denis’)
shine
i came across this classic beer campaign last week whilst working on a job, i don’t post much advertising work on this blog but the ‘miller high life’ from the mid 90′s remains one of the best in its sort, see the whole beautifully written/directed & executed series by director ‘errol morris’ here
men in tights
we spent last friday in a dance studio with mister ‘ruud baan’ shooting the first of the new poster image series for the dutch national ballet (season 12-13)
many thanks to everyone who helped to make it a successful day, including firstly ruud of course but also the dancers (‘anna tsygankova’ from russia, ‘james stout’ from canada, ‘anatole babenko’ from russia, ‘sebastien galtier’ from france and ‘jared wright’ from australia) and my clients ‘ted and sandra’ who all worked very hard to make the image we wanted…
it was quite an unusual idea this one and i’ll post some more image as soon as we have sorted it all out, should be great when finished i think
my evening with marilyn monroe
…originally an inside opener for Rolling Stone cover story of Nirvana in conjunction with the release of In Utero, my first Polaroid (with Negative) was by far the most emotional and revealing of his spirit. Two months later Kurt died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head. This photograph became the memorial RS cover…
the faces behind the ‘faces’ tell their story