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Disturbing Photos of US Landmarks Ruined by Rising Sea Levels

By Chloe Pantazi on

To look upon artist and researcher Nickolay Lamm‘s global warming-conscious renderings of renowned sites across the US submerged in water (which we discovered on PSFK) is a shock to the system indeed. Lamm’s images of what our nation’s landmarks might look like in 500 years, when sea levels are predicted to rise by 25 feet, hit close to home with a very clear message about the dangers of climate change. Take a look through our gallery below to see before-and-after shots of how New York, Boston, Miami, and DC might end up if we — and our government — aren’t careful. … Read More

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The Ethics of Disaster Photography in the Age of Social Media

By Tom Hawking on

Like everyone else in America, we were appalled and saddened by the bombings in Boston yesterday. We’re an entertainment publication, and we don’t presume to provide any sort of coverage of yesterday’s tragic events. But from a purely photography-related point of view, we have followed the debate about publishing graphic images of the event, and pondered what it means for photojournalism and for the the role of the mainstream media in the 21st century, when the ubiquity of camera phones, social media, and always-on Internet connections means that images — often graphic and disturbing ones — spread with terrifying speed. … Read More

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Mind-Bending Photos of Nude Bodies Contorted Into New Shapes [NSFW]

By Alison Herman on

French photographer William Farges claims to be more interested in reflecting “the relationship between body and mind” than “cultivating particular fantasies,” but that doesn’t make his Chimeras series any less visually intriguing. The artist splices together two nude photos of the same individual, creating a novel and not-quite-human form from a mosaic of extended legs, arched backs, and draped arms. Farges describes the result as “the beginning of the spectator’s imagination,” inviting the viewer to see what they want in the “Chimeras” he creates from components of the human body. Like the creature that gives the series its name, the photographs are more than the sum of their parts: even though we can identify each body part, the end product is creepy, beautiful, and fascinating at the same time. Click through for a look at Farges’ work. … Read More

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Stages of Decay: Gorgeous Photographs of Destroyed Theaters

By Emily Temple on

In Julia Solis’s newest book, Stages of Decay, the renowned photographer of ruined buildings and underground spaces collects gorgeous, unsettling photographs of over 100 stages in the US and Europe. Taken over several years and including everything from the stages of community centers to once-grand movie palaces, these photographs are haunting and lovely — an ode to what once was, but also an ode to what is. … Read More

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Charming Portraits of People with Their Favorite Things

By Alison Nastasi on

Photographer Michael Warren, who Design You Trust introduced us to, photographed his subjects with their favorite things. Somebodies depicts the strange and lovely things we cling to, because of their personal meaning. For some, that meant an old doll and a tube of cherry chapstick. Other people were photographed with their pets and a bag of used Kleenex that belonged to their late spouse. See more of Warren’s charming photos in our gallery, and visit the artist’s website to read the stories behind them. … Read More

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The Reality of Artificiality: Photographs of Celebrities Driving

By Chloe Pantazi on

When we think of celebrities driving, the mind jumps to Lindsay Lohan coating her lips with gloss – or perhaps to Ryan Gosling’s reticent character in Drive, for whom driving is a performance of life, his identity. Photographer Michael Butler’s provocative series Rodeo Drive (which we discovered at Lenscraft) calls upon the celebrity driver to incite questions of public and private, with the car cruising both these spaces at once. … Read More

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Thought-Provoking Photographs of Burned Books by Matej Košir

By Emily Temple on

In Matej Košir’s series Arthistory, which we spotted over at Book Patrol, the Berlin-based photographer is burning books in order to investigate “our contradictory relationship to the violence, namely the use of violence in order to control it (either to stop it or to prevent its reappearing).” His violent act against art reflects the historical concept that the “winner of the violent conflict always has justified reasons to be violent, because he uses his dominance to (re)write the history. Art is, more often than not, instrumentalised, depicting winners as idealised heroes while the loser’s depictions are exposed to iconoclasm.” Click through to check out violence in action, and then be sure to head on over to Košir’s website to see more of his work. … Read More

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Ghostly Cardboard Dioramas of Desolate Towns

By Julia Pugachevsky on

Much like a filmmaker, Italian photographer Francesco Romoli creates a set, adjusts the lighting, and shoots a world that is unknown to us. He just does it on a smaller scale in his series, Imaginary Towns (which we discovered via Junk Culture), creating miniature dioramas of depressing, abandoned buildings and blocks. The final touch? Through photo manipulation, Romoli places a lone person or couple in each shot to absorb the sullen landscape. Browse these evocative scenes, and check out Romoli’s other work at his website. … Read More

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Lovely and Provocative Photos Representing the Stages of a Woman’s Life

By Julia Pugachevsky on

Self-taught French photographer Alexandra Sophie is only 20 years old, but her Jardin Fleuris series is all about exploring the stages of a woman’s life in an unexpected way. For this ongoing project, Sophie’s photographs depict various women’s nether regions, covered by delicate objects like flowers, feathers, and — most suggestive of all — a cluster of red berries dripping with juice. Marvel over these lovely and provocative photos after the jump, and visit Sophie’s website to learn more about her work. … Read More

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Photographic Meditations on the Paintings of Edward Hopper [NSFW]

By Chloe Pantazi on

These arresting images from the artist Richard Tuschman’s series, Hopper Meditations compose a startling and powerful response to Edward Hopper’s paintings. Tuschman’s project (which we spotted via This Isn’t Happiness) was born of the artist’s great appreciation for Hopper’s work. ”I have always loved the way his paintings, with an economy of means, are able to address the mysteries and complexities of the human condition,” Lenscratch quotes the artist as saying. Above all, Tuschman seems to value the theatrical quality of Hopper’s art, casting his subjects as actors emulating the painter’s enigmatic characters. Tuschman’s project itself is also performative, insofar as his work seeks to mimic Hopper’s, thus dismantling the “fourth wall” of the earlier artist’s paintings to put us in the frame. Blowing the dust off the originals with his own series of intimate yet reserved scenes, Tuschman poses new mysteries in addition to those Hopper left for us to untangle. … Read More