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alves

young portuguese designer sergio alves seems to share my interest in found materials and i also like the lack of ‘over-polishing’ in his work, i.e. leaving the messy bits and mistakes

this post is a bit of a ‘spoiler’ if you are attending my talk at papier hier tomorrow afternoon in amsterdam

m / 16-11-2012 08:53 - tags: , ,  

valli

some beautiful travel imagery from photographer eric valli

(via ‘uwe’)

m / 14-11-2012 09:50 - tags: ,  

one cubic foot of green

…how much life can you find in an ecosystem of one cubic foot?…

a question photographer ‘david liittschwager’ decided to answer when he set off around the world documenting living organisms within a single cubic foot of space all over the planet, nice idea… see also here and here for further reading

m / 12-11-2012 14:17 - tags: , ,  

views on photography

together with my good mate ‘lukas göbel’ we spent an inspiring afternoon yesterday meeting a group of enthusiastic young photography students (kabk academy, the hague) at this studio to share some experiences, view portfolios and generally share our views on the photography profession…

it was our third ‘network week’ get-together is as many years and as usual good fun…

m / 09-11-2012 15:37 - tags: , ,  

decisive colour

interesting exhibition due to open in the UK… based around ‘henri cartier bresson’

a question of colour features 10 previously unseen works from the man himself and some 75 international photographers including ‘fred herzog’, ‘saul leiter’ and ‘helen levitt’

see also the related creative review piece

m / 06-11-2012 09:44 - tags: ,