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buddy & pedro

the symbol for this years ‘gay & lesbian’ filmfestival in amsterdam are two gay penguins

the campaign (previously made by lennert & sander) has this year been developed by ‘dawn’, in theirt own words:
…roze Filmdagen, came to us in dire need of a poster campaign for this year’s edition. Instead of a poster we came up with two pinguins, Buddy and Pedro. Two ordinary African pinguins, living in the Toronto Zoo, who became famous when it turned out they were gay. The Zoo subsequently separated the inseparable two, creating a worldwide outrage. Buddy and Pedro became a symbol for the fight that sometimes has to be fought for love. We thought it fitting to let their story become the theme of this year’s edition. You’ll find Buddy and Pedro everywhere, from posters to booklets and t-shirts…

m / 21-02-2012 08:50 - tags: , ,  

seventies siblings

‘joe cocker’ and ‘elton john’ amongst others, can be seen relaxing casually at home with their parents in this candid series of über-seventies rock stars at home with mum and dad…

m / 17-02-2012 09:16 - tags: , ,  

are you talking to me?

photographer ‘omid golzar’ has a closer look at bugs, up close and personal…

m / 14-02-2012 10:30 - tags: , ,  

chilikov

a new name to me and some beautiful documentary work with a kind of ‘painterly quality’ to it from russian image maker sergey chilikov, he doesn’t have a website it appears but google the name and you should see plenty of his work

(many thanks to ‘dom’ in london for the tip)

m / 09-02-2012 12:23 - tags: , ,  

identity crisis

when my friend martyn needed a model for an archetypal ‘advertising man’ for a full page illustration in todays edition of dutch national newspaper ‘de volkskrant’, guess who he chose; ha ha, hmm not sure if i should be flattered or insulted…

m / 08-02-2012 10:04 - tags: , ,