Pics by Mark-Taylor Hutchinson from this years Glastonbury. More can be seen here

“the couple captured in an intimate embrace references french photographer robert doisneau’s ‘le baiser de l’hôtel de ville’ from 1950″

all images © michael wolf
image courtesy of galerie wouter van leeuwen

‘paris street view’ is an outdoor exhibition in amsterdam’s zuidas area by german photographer michael wolf. the exhibition consists of 24 extremely large-format works  installed in the streets for public viewing.

Over his years of living and working in hong kong and paris, michael wolf has concentrated on anthropological issues with a focus on urban living. contemporary visual culture features  prominently in the meaning of his work and subjects such as population density, privacy and voyeurism are recurrent themes. ‘paris street view’ deals with the cultural identity of paris. with the aid of google street view technology, wolf investigates the concept of representation and symbolism. by using pixelated images from the internet, he breaks through paris’ nearly universally recognizable photographic iconography and suggests a new way of reading the city.  two people embracing on a busy paris street, for instance, are a playful reference to robert doisneau’s ubiquitous ‘le baiser de l’hôtel de ville‘ from 1950. but cropping out parts of  images on google street view, ‘photos of photos’ are created that shed a new light on a city in which nearly everything has already been photographed.

(Helicopter part from 1.20 onwards is blates the best bit)

“Tilt-shift photography” refers to the use of camera movements on small- and medium-format cameras, and sometimes specifically refers to the use of tilt for selective focus, often for simulating a miniture scene.

Sooo, I just looked into buying a Tilt-Shift lense myself, and why helloo, at £900 a pop I’ll have to think about it. Maybe next month.

Sweet Andy Summers, sweet.

Teaser SOKO zine Calendar 2010 from POGO on Vimeo.

POGO seem to think shooting beautiful women and making them into a calender is just all in a days work. Sweet lifestyle you got there.

Concept: Five models represent the contrast between the inside and the outside of a person, beyond beauty there is always scars.

Art Direction: POGO. Photographer: Battellini. Models: Jorgelina Airaldi, Belen Bergagna, Paula Bertolini, Azul Caletti & Juliana Rossa. Stylist: Cecilia De Santis.Hair: Juan Beltran. Make-up: Antonella Constante. Location: POGO studio, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Shoot date: Jan 15, 2010. Video: POGO

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Some cool typographic photos at Lettermade.

Does it just have to be about Sex?

FETISH –noun
1.an object regarded with awe as being the embodiment or habitation of a potent spirit or as having magical potency.
2.any object, idea, etc., eliciting unquestioning reverence, respect, or devotion: to make a fetish of high grades.
3.Psychology. any object or nongenital part of the body that causes a habitual erotic response or fixation.

essentially, some quite beautiful projections of exteriors in interiors.