Monthly Archives: August 2010

image pile up

all images from various sources

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Before / After

Before: After: coming soon from Quality Peoples. Special thanx to local Sayulita surfer Israel Preciado.

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Mark Rothko

a selection of work from Mark Rothko. always beautiful, always raw.

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Pictory: In Deep

Pictory is a new, amitious photo story mag/site created by Laura Brunow Miner. Each feature is curated by a different person and has a central theme that brings together the work of a range of different photographers. In Deep is a series that explores peoples’ relationships with water, curated by Youngna Park: Most of my [...]

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color as pure emotion

Not_Critical looks at the highly controlled and extremely expressive use of color in Antonioni’s Red Desert (1964). below are a selection of color palettes used in the film. More at Not_Critical (our new favorite film blog): Michelangelo Antonioni once said of a Mark Rothko painting, “It’s painted anxiety.”… Rothko is an apt partner for Antonioni. [...]

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Laura Flippen

polaroids / minty tea / tall tales / surfing  / flip flops / road trips / the desert / postcards/ people with obsessions / mexico / french toast /good storytellers / aussie slang / hot springs/ making soup / reading in bed / vintage pottery/ a good manhattan / gardening / beach days – but loves taking pictures most [...]

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Power of Three

Another beautifully done surf doc featuring Tom Lowe, Fergal Smith and Mickey Smith, set against a backdrop of Ireland’s most punishing surf and bad weather. See the full doc at Relentless Energy. side note: I found Huntington Beach on a small day during the summer to be too punishing. Mexico has its advantages. These guys [...]

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