i met photographer judith van ijken last week, she describes her work as ‘staged documentary’
like this project ‘mimicry’ (shown here above & below) for which a book is currently in the make, more of her projects can be viewed on the site…
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rietveld 2010
the ‘rietveld academy’ graduation show opens this week, it is usually well worth the visit and judging by these fabulous posters and flyers (all uncredited) this year will be no exception, through till the 11th of july…
‘photography is an art for lazy people’
this fascinating series of images (above kerouac, below neal cassady) taken from beat poet allen ginsberg’s photo diary have been rediscovered in the US and can be viewed here
i am currently rereading some of jack kerouac’s best books (ranked amongst my all-time favourites) at the moment, so it is particularly poignant to see the two images below of kerouac in ’53 on his rise to fame and then barely 10 years later looking very sad, disillusioned and drunk…
(via ‘silver lining’)
somewhere inbetween
really nice, intriguing poster from mister jona rotting and i’m not just saying that because he’s promised me a copy for my collection… (image shot by frequent collaborator ‘arjan benning’)