Irina Werning: Back to the Future 2
Tue, 15 Nov 2011
Buenos Aires based Irina Werning returns with part 2 of her Back to the Future photo series, where she re-enacts an old photo using the same subject, location and style. In this series she’s branching further out from her hometown and covering more of Europe and the US and has plans for the next lot to be taken around the middle-east.
I just love these photos and the wonderful juxtaposition created from such a simple concept. The fact that she manages to recreate even the lighting and tones of the photos so perfectly is also bloody amazing. Be sure to check out the rest of the series at her website.
Things around the place
The Keaton Music Typewriter was first patented in 1936 (14 keys) by Robert H. Keaton from San Francisco, California. Another patent was taken out in 1953 (33 keys) which included improvements to the machine. The machine types on a sheet of paper lying flat under the typing mechanism. [source]
The artwork measures 30cm x 20cm and represents 9 minutes of the earthquake. The sculpture will be presented at the Jerwood Space in London for a show called Terra. Exploring how data is read and can be represented and interpreted, the artwork is one of a series of data visualization sculptures Jerram has recently created. [source]
Photographers
Fri, 28 Oct 2011
I’m gonna need to start coming up with better titles for all these posts. Anyhow, each links to a photographer’s gallery and clicking also dispenses candy from your optical disk dive.
Photographer: Bruce Davidson
Thu, 27 Oct 2011

Blindly came across this guys work, but damn I’m a fan now. Bruce Davidson is an American based photographer who started out at the age of 10 when his equally top shelf mum built him a darkroom and ever since has been snapping photos with an incredible documenting eye for emotion and humanity.
That’s kinda all I can say towards my quick researched summary on the guy, cause really, if your interested there are much more insightful and extensive write ups and interviews to be found here, here and here. Also, some online galleries portraying his works can be found here, here and here; and be sure to check out what there is from his East 100th Street set while your at it.
Also, here’s a retrospective video on the guys work during the civil rights movement…
A couple more favourite images…
And finally, something that pleasantly surprised me, he was responsible for the cover image of the Beastie Boys’ Ill Communication. Boosh.
Shawn Smith
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Lego Houses by Mike Doyle
A nuclear explosion, less than 1 millisecond after detonation
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