Valeria Vacca photography
"Valeria Vacca is a Rome-based photographer with a lovely dreamy style. Choosing to shoot mostly in black and white her art, which as you can see here alternates between fantastical portraits with a stunning level of contrast and double exposure shots, is like a breath of fresh air." via
Hair Highway
Hair Highway is a China-based project from nomadic design duo Studio Swine exploring the potential of human hair beyond its wildly expanding role in the beauty industry. As the world’s population increases, human hair is re-imagined as an abundant and renewable alternative to diminishing resources such as horn, tortoise shell or tropical wood. By investigating the trade and craft around the hair industry in Shangdong province, Studio Swine explores the potential of human hair by creating new materials and a collection of exquisite objects.
http://vimeo.com/98210665
Natasha Shaloshvili
Natasha Shaloshvili is a Russian fashion illustrator based in St.Petersburg. Here we show a little of her works, just one project named "Back to Basics"
Glitch Art by Alex Kanevsky
Check the glitchy art of Russian born and Philadelphia based Alex Kanevsky. His style is a mix of figurative with cubist-like marks by a palette knife. The relaxed figures break apart into geometrical gestures that imply their movement through the space. Kanevsky credits a range of aesthetically different artists as inspiration, from Van Gogh, Cezanne, Mondrian, Rothko, Kline, to Freud, the list goes on.
Cafe Racer by Laurent Nivalle
One of the leading automotive photographer and art director at Citroën Design Centre - Laurent Nivalle visited Cafe Racer Festival on Autodrome de Linas-Montlhery near Paris. I feel these photos can bring a bit of atmosphere, sound and smell of this event, take a look!
Brain Mash
"Brain Mash" is a graphic art studio based in the "capital" of Siberia - Novosibirsk. Check their portfolios to explore the successful juxtaposition of graphic design and street art
Matthew Simmonds
"The sculptures of Matthew Simmonds give us a direct experience of our being in the present, through a love of the past transmitted in marble and light."
To create a sculpture that catches the light and structure of a building and lets the eye wander, to feel that here my eye could live, here a part of me could stay, is a great achievement. The sculptures give the viewer a different perspective on space. They look different from every viewpoint. You long to be in them, and they seem almost more meaningful for that.
via Yatzer
#OFFFSPB Teaser
For the first time in its history OFFF Festival (e.g OFFF on Tour) is coming to St.Petersburg for a two days in July. Guys from organization (IKRA School) presents the Official Teaser for the #OFFFSPB. Video directed by Rodion Arsenyev
http://vimeo.com/99223887
Mary Wong Bar design and identity
Moscow-based studio FORK set by 4 talented guys created (Pavel Platonov, Ivan Maximov, Kirill Ermoshin and Alexander Nekrasov) created an mouthwatering identity and spatial design for the noodle bar "Mary Wong" situated in the south of Russia.
Portraits in Pantheon by JR
Artist JR started his career illegally posting enormous photographic imagery in the streets of Paris. The French capital eventually approved of JR’s installations and started supporting his artwork in the outdoors of Parisian housing projects from 2004 to 2006.In JR’s latest endeavour, the Pantheon opened this month with his “Au Panthéon!” project. It showcases thousands of portraits taken in March of this year from a photo-booth truck, which made its way to multiple nations. The portraits are arranged in mosaics on ornate ceilings, floors, and exterior of the famous monument. via
Yuri Shwedoff
Young Russian artist and conceptual photographer Yuri Shwedoff has a good set of artworks worth to see on his Behance profile. For this post I selected only one of his works "Audrey" just because it is beautiful.
Supparat Thepparat
"Supparat Thepparat is an art director and designer from Thailand. He is a master at creating eye-catching advertisements for a whole host of different products. As you can see from the examples on this page, he has a distinct visual style which is rooted in surrealism and digital technology. Everything from cities folding like origami paper to miniature mining expeditions on the surface of a fish can be created by this man." via
Peter Hapak photography
Peter Hapak raised in Hungary, is a versatile photographer based in the US. He works for commercial and editorial clients, but his main focus lies on portraiture and the human body. His latest works for "Variety" cover shows the double-exposure technique in action, looks neat. But to understand the photographer's inner world better check his "The Protester" series made for The Time magazine Cover of the Year 2011. Time had named the Protester as person of the year 2011 and commisioned Hapak to travel to seven different countries to portray the protesters. In countries as Egypt, Spain, Greece and Tunesia he set up a makeshift studio in hotel rooms, anarchist headquarters and even in a temple in India. Peter also asked the portrayed to bring mementos of protest. Amongst the objects brought were Iphones, rubber pellets and Maalox, a substance used to counter the effects of tear gas. Another story he focused on were the Chilean miners that were trapped in 2010 which resulted in a strong series of black and white portraits. Peter has photographed a vast amount of celebrities as Robin Williams, Bono and Colin Firth. via
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7jueTQo9tk
Time Magazine 2011 "The Protester"
Variety Covers
Motion Photography by Micaël Reynaud
Freelance designer and stop-motion animator Micaël Reynaud creates animated GIFs unlike any we’ve seen. His process involves the use of video techniques like slit-scanning, time-lapse, and various forms of masking to create what he refers to as “hypnotic very short films.” Indeed many of these animations are pulled from fully realized videos which you can watch over on his Vimeo channel. Reynaud’s work has not gone unnoticed in the art world, the pigeon GIF above was a finalist in the first Saatchi Gallery Motion Photography competition, and he recently won the 2014 Giphoscope International Art GIF contest. You can scroll through dozens of his creations over on Google+.
