Sponsored by Depositphotos: Famous Images Recreated in Joakim Cortis & Adrian Sonderegger’s Project
Our friends and sponsors Depositphotos launched a brand new blog "Bird" dedicated to the world of Photography. They asked us to come across their latest content presented both on Russian and English and select the interesting portfolio for our readers. Welcome Joakim Cortis & Adrian Sonderegger. Joakim was born in Aachen, Germany, Adrian is from Bülach, Switzerland. Both graduated from Zurich University of the Arts.
We both make our living through photography; we do commission works, but two years ago we decided to do something for our own pleasure. The “Icons” project started with Andreas Gursky’s photograph “Rhein II” that was at that moment the most expensive photograph in the world. Initially, we had an idea to recreate only the most expensive photographs. Then we realized that it is too difficult – it is too much hard work trying to recreate a human from a picture by Cindy Sherman or Jeff Wall, for example. Besides, the choice of simpler images is not so big.
Jean-Philippe Lebée
Super talented lifestyle and fashion photographer and director Jean-Philippe Lebee will overdose you visually from personal website, Tumblr, Instagram and Behance
http://vimeo.com/71004215
http://vimeo.com/59348483
Tjalf Sparnaay Art
Dutch master of hyper realism Tjalf Sparnaay known for his epic canvases depicting fast food in all its grace
Derek Swalwell Photography
Lifestyle and architecture photographer Derek Swalwell has an epic eye for beautifully composed lively shots.
The Atlas of Beauty by Mihaela Noroc
Romanian photographer Mihaela Noroc is on a mission to capture portraits of women from every country in the world in order to shed light on the beauty that exists everywhere. A little over two years ago, at the age of 27, Noroc quit her job, withdrew all her life savings, and embarked on an incredible journey across the globe with little more than her camera and backpack. Her travels so far are documented in The Atlas of Beauty, an ongoing project that features a diverse array of local women from 37 different countries and almost every single continent.
The Iterative Method
The video is about how math and physic can be a key to explain human life and perception, even the feelings that we can not quantify, like love, that goes beyond time and space dimensions. The project created by LeonardoWorx that has an eye catchy portfolio worth to visit and explore more on Behance
http://vimeo.com/119177617
Preservation by Blake Little
Friday is good for weird and beautiful. "When people showed up to Blake Little’s studio in response to a Craigslist ad calling for actors, the amateur thespians didn’t realize what they were in for. Fascinated with honey as a symbol and an artistic medium, Little asked his subjects to strip naked and pose in front of a monochromatic backdrop while his assistants doused them in gallons of the sticky, viscous substance. The experiment yielded a striking photo series in which people with a diverse array of body types and aesthetics appear transformed into statues. Little will exhibit the results in is solo show, “Preservation,” opening March 7 at Kopeikin Gallery in Culver City, CA." says Hi-Fructose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wVRClZhYxA
Surf and Adventure Photography by Chris Burkard
Chris Burkard is a photographer based in California, whose work is layered by surf, outdoor, lifestyle and travel subjects. Burkard’s images are punctuated by energized landscapes and moments of bliss, by adventure seeking and the lifestyle that ensues, by movement and intuitive light-working capabilities. via
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO7RRN-_LL4
Ricardo Bofill La Muralla Roja
In 1973, the Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill built La Muralla Roja (The Red Wall in Spanish) in Calpe, Alicante, Spain. The building was deeply inspired by North African architecture known as the Casbah. Discover the 50 apartments complex with intermingling stairs, bridges and colorful platforms. via Trendland
The Wonders Taste by Francesca Fattori
The Wonders Taste was inspired by a René Magritte’s picture named “The Invisible’s Taste”. Artist Francesca Fattori often take inspiration from the surrealist art. Fattori objectifies ordinary food ingredients by relating them to her personal perceptions of sinuosity; extravagance; limitation and fragility. The pictures are still scenes from a play and removed from their fluid natural sequence, which she likes to call “Metaphysical Landscapes”. via Trendland
Watercolours by Alexandra Becker-Black
"Fascinated with classical art and the work of Michelangelo from a very young age, American painter Alexandra Becker-Black creates dream-like watercolours that seek to convey a quiet power and effortlessness, in the same way that old masters did. " via Yatzer
Rubik’s Snake Lamp by Oikimus
Introducing the Rubik’s Snake Lamp, designed by Oikimus Maria and Ivan Zverev, of Oikimus Design based in our lovely city of Saint-Petersburg.Just like the toy Rubik’s Snake (a hit of the seventies, really), the lamp is made up of elements interconnected by hinges that allow the parts to rotate 360° to create various two- and three-dimensional shapes. Do note that the lamp’s case is made of plywood, outfitted with LEDs inside that illuminate through frosted Plexiglas.
http://vimeo.com/114147738
Jie Ma Digital Art
Join the imaginary digital world of concept artist Jie Ma based in Shanghai. Meet you in his epic environments that may exist in a post-digital era very soon.
Escif at Street Against
Spanish street artist ESCIF reveals his latest murals on StreetAgainst website and recently in the ongoing book "Elsewhere - An ESCIF Solo Book"
Small World of Manuel Archain
Manuel Archain born in 1983 in Argentina is an emerging star in contemporary photography. Here is a series of his photomanipulations titled “Small world”.
Walking through thoughts, cars, books, streetlights, bikes, people, breakfast, dinner, travel landscapes, inner landscapes… So fast, so anxious we could be in the middle of a scene before we even get there. We could even go through it and be back without even noticing it. The usual, everyday dream, our out of scale perception and how each one of us is so into our personal world that we cannot see what is happening around us. The size and weight of things is so distorted, we can even manage to move into a small world. Why the size of a truck could not be the same as my personal scale of a tea cup? What is after the end of the table?
Mag + Art by Eisen Bernard
I think I found a heaven for visual and art addict like me. Check out the hundreds of talented collages where modern vanity fair juxtaposes with classic art to create a satyrical clash for a modern society. Meet Eisen Bernard and his "Mag + Art" project
"My Mag + Art series is a collection of magazine cover and classical painting mashups. Famous paintings of artists like Boticelli, Ingres, Klimt and Picasso were overlain with iconic covers of popular magazines like Life, Time, Harper’s Bazaar and Rolling Stone to produce funny and interesting visual combos. This ongoing project on Tumblr is my way of giving homage to the magazines – as venue of human artistic expression and vehicle of popular culture."
