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giselle

a rainy saturday was spent in the photo studio with ‘ruud baan’ yet again for the last photo we are making for this year’s ballet season: ‘giselle’

lots of dry ice and ghostly poses from russian ballerina ‘anna tsygankova’ who flew in from hungary for 24 hours, the result was worth the trip…

m / 02-11-2008 00:31

sunny side up

for any ‘satellite image’ trainspotters like me, here are some interesting close-up images (and an animation) of the sun

m / 01-11-2008 17:50

off the record

the amsterdam ‘municipal art acquisitions’ programme for 2009 is being curated by ‘hans aarsman’; the theme is photography, but then of the sort that wasn’t made to function as art, i.e. functional photography or images that were created for a wholly different purpose, a difficult subject and one which i’m very curious to see the outcome of… the (dutch only) entry form can be downloaded here

m / 01-11-2008 17:47

too much telly

yet another beautifully executed (but very formulaic and predictable) ‘color like no other’ commercial by sony, shame all that effort has gone into selling something as banal as a TV though…

m / 01-11-2008 17:39

the big fat duck cookbook

my friend & photographer dominic davies mailed me a link to his restyled website and some images from the fantastic book he’s just made for the infamous ‘fat duck’ restaurant in london…

i’ve yet to see the book but judging by these images it’s going to be worth the effort…

m / 31-10-2008 20:52