some sophisticated food styling from amsterdam-based photographer paul barbera
me news
too fast
well, it would appear that fast company think my citID proposal for amsterdam, is ‘lame’ (fair enough it’s a matter of taste) and too complicated for a city logo… say what? (see previous entry in ‘me stuff’ for the whole project and explanation…
covering an era
i’ve just had a better look through the magazine cover archive which contains some fabulous work and has a nice range of styles covering the various eras in which the magazines were published, worth a visit…
gold leaf, push pins & string
i was back in the photostudio yesterday with my good friend ‘ruud baan’ shooting two new images (in one day) for the dutch national ballet, a busy day, too warm too little time but plenty of fun…
the two new productions are ‘sleeping beauty’ and a triple bill ‘strong voices’, the sleeping beauty one we decided to translate into an over-the-top almost kitsch, abstract gold sun to depict the moment she awakes and for strong voices the idea was to create a sound wave pattern (inspired by the image below) but then in real life
i created a maze pattern out string in the studio limbo and painted the top & bottom sections on the string black to create a graphic wave form with the remaining white string sections, a very ambitious plan which required a lot more time than was available yesterday, the dancer we worked with ‘matthew golding’ was great and we are very pleased with the result, more news soon…
grafik graveyard
the magazine cover archive has posted the series of covers for (the now sadly defunct) grafik magazine