a variation on the ‘holland festival’ series 2013 from maureen mooren and photographer johannes schwartz above, the one below is uncredited
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sweet
…magnum photographer, Martin Parr returns to using a film camera in this wonderfully engaging documentary about Teddy Gray’s sweet factory in Dudley in the West Midlands.
Established in 1826, Teddy Gray’s has always been a family owned and run business. Five generations have worked and contributed towards the business of keeping the traditional, hand-made methods of sweet making alive…
(thanks to ‘jihaa’ for the sweet link)
tableaux d’intimites
french artist anne-laure maison shoots people’s windows at night and creates large-scale collages; which are somewhat reminiscent stained-glass church windows to me
abandoned
an artist’s impression of amsterdam central station 100 years after a disaster, nicely done although i have the feeling there would be way more vegetation after so much time…
(via local TV station ‘at5’)
bang bang
much like arguing that the swastika is one of the strongest and most effective logos ever made (it is) saying that guns are beautiful (as objects) can be a difficult thing to admit… even to yourself, i must admit however that the ‘gun series’ from dan tobin smith really does remind how aesthetically alluring guns are… which paradoxically reminds me how terrible & ugly they also are
