The Tank Man of Tienanmen Square. Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston in victory. The portrait of the Afghan Girl on the cover of National Geographic. Many of us can automatically recall these photos in our heads, but far fewer can name the photographers who took them. Even fewer know what those photographers look like.Update: Mehr Fotos gibts auf der Webseite von Tim Mantoni (Achtung, Flash ...)
Die Serie "übergang" hat einen autobiografischen Ansatz. Ich habe in meiner Jugend geschlossene Grenzen erlebt. Vor einigen Jahren stellte ich dann verwundert und fasziniert fest, dass es den Moment des Haltens an der Grenze, die Konfrontation mit den Grenzbeamten in Europa kaum noch gibt, dass meine Erfahrungen der Grenzübertritte, die ich mit vielen Menschen teile, obsolet geworden war. Diese Erfahrung, die Erleichterung aber auch das Befremden wollte ich visualisieren und fand es wichtig, diese Erinnerungen durch meine Arbeit wachzurufen.(via Ignant)
"Eiterquellen" is an ongoing project about Viennese Diners and the little different Viennese fast-food-culture. Most of the time these Diners are isolated islands of food supply in an ancient surrounding with plenty of cultural heritage. Isolated both in the sense of appearance as well as in resisting global operating fast-food chains. But the "improper" their architecture and appearance may appear, the much heritage they actually hold themselves ...(via Beautiful Decay)
Once a bright apparition in the southern hemisphere dawn Comet Lovejoy is fading, but its long tail still stretches across skies near the south celestial pole. Captured on the morning of December 30th ... the image was created from a 12 frame mosaic used to construct a spherical panorama. The type of stereographic projection used to map the image pixels is centered directly below the camera and is known as the little planet projection ...
Rainbows are revered as religious signs, the subject of ancient poems, adopted by social movements, formally described through science, and spread through memes. The fascination with rainbows is endless, transcends human categories, and embodies intense positivity. We created the Rainbow Machine to share our joy of light art. We set the machine up at events for people to have their photo taken with it. Those who have their photo taken are given a card with a URL to find their photo online to keep as a momento of the event.
When wishes are out of reach, simulation is taking over our leisure time and our holidays. Imaginary worlds are created, often under massive technological exertion, in order to offer us experience as reproducible merchandise. Although the quality of these adventures on demand sometimes proves to be rather dubious, the boom does shed light on one thing: the yearnings and dreams underlying people’s daily lives.(via Ignant)
"Ich weiss auch so, dass der Himmel blau, die Wolken grau, die Rauchwolke weiß, die Flamme aus den Tanks gelb ist und so weiter… Aber so entsteht auf einmal eine Aufnahme, die ich nicht schon hundert mal gesehen habe ..."
