some very special work from US artist michael flomen who goes out under the cover of darkness to capture nature, the elements, insects and animals on unexposed photo paper and film that is exposed through moonlight alone…
the camera crew above went out with an infrared camera to also catch him at work catching them… wonderful
(many thanks to ‘dominic davies’ for the link)
a clever, interactive smartphone manual/packaging combination from ‘samsung’ (via fontanel)
i am currently making a book for my father (mr. pyper senior) about the history of the small village in france where he lives: paris l’hopital… shown above is his house now and 120 years ago…
the material consists of a fascinating and very broad range of written and photographed documentation of the lives of the villagers from 1850 up to the 1950’s, including diaries and many personal accounts and artefacts
the train station is still standing although the tracks disappeared years ago…
the village blacksmith was the owner of a high quality technical camera which means that there is a huge series of postcard images of every aspect of village life, a fairly unusual occurence for such a small rural village at that time
i recently visited dad in france to scan all of the available material, the images are of such an amazing high quality that it is possible to zoom in endlessely to see details hidden in the background, here are a few examples i wanted to share…
many thanks to the group of students from falmouth art school in the UK (who visited me recently) for sending me a surprise ‘inspiration’ parcel this week… glad you enjoyed the visit
but did i really say all of that stuff?…
