online publisher ‘blurb’ have published the winners of their online photography book competition, you can browse the whole selection online and even order one if you like…
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anarchic german graphic design collective ‘hort’ often use collage in their album sleeves and other artwork, i really love this magazine piece they have produced for a show entitled (funnily enough) ‘collage’ in NY
…through the removal and deconstruction of the existing layout, new images appear while flipping through the magazine allowing the viewer to redefine their way of seeing and creating…
the amateur ‘look’
the continuing revival of the weathered or old, lo tech, amateur photography ‘look’ can be witnessed through the popularity of ‘lo-mob’ and ‘polaroid’ effect apps for the iphone, this article analyses the whole phenomenon again, as it applies to album cover art…
…a lot of indie artists lately have felt something similar, it seems. Artists who sound about as different from each other as Vampire Weekend and the Dum Dum Girls– have embraced the look and feel of old, amateur photography, often featuring images of childhood and family. Stuart McLamb of the Love Language found this great image of his mother– literally beaming in the unintended glare of a too-hot flash at night, and thought it the perfect album cover…
the second industrial (type) revolution
i posted the americana photo blog ‘shorpy’ back in april ’09 but typographer (and ornamental type collector) ‘nick sherman’ went through the whole blog again with a different aim: selecting random bits of old type and vintage signage in the street scenes he found
you can see and read about his ‘type’ finds here, the ‘woodtyper’ blog itself is also worth a look…
aop 2010
the finalists for the 2010 AOP awards have been posted online, including one from local photographer ‘maurice heesen’ (congratulations and good luck)
p.s. the images above are not his just random choices of mine…