Detroit: Now and Then

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Detroiturbex.com explores and photographs abandoned buildings & places in and around the city of Detroit. One of its recent projects focuses on the Lewis Cass Technical High School, which had its building devastated by a major fire in 2007 (the building was subsequently demolished).

“By combining old photographs of the Detroit High School with new views of the abandoned buildings, it offers us a unique look into two different times simultaneously; one of a vibrant campus, and the other that shows the empty ruins of what remains…”

Derek Wood photography

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"Derek Wood scandalously maneuvers the camera like two illicit lovers rendezvousing under an island’s darken sky. Provocatively, ravenously, and succinctly his snapshots blithely illustrate tales. Wood doesn’t just snap vignettes you gaze upon, he seductively engages the observer to sense what is before them. He has a propensity for making the viewer climactically merge with the scene. Wood caresses each edgy image with authenticity, piquancy, and whimsicality…leaving the onlooker replete, yet begging for more." via Whitezine

The Porcelain Sculptures of Kate McDowell

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"In her delicate crafted porcelain sculptures conceptual artist Kate McDowell expresses her interpretation of the clash between the natural world and the modern-day environmental impact of industrialized society. The resulting works can be equal parts amusing and disturbing as the anatomical forms of humans and animals become inexplicably intertwined in her delicate porcelain forms." via Colossal

Drawings by Paul Alexander Thornton

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This hand drawn flower by UK-based artist, illustrator, and surface pattern designer Paul Alexander Thornton pops off the page with miraculous detail. The artist says he has "a love affair with ballpoint pens and felt-tips." Ever since he was a child, Thornton has been drawing and so, from an early age, he always knew that he would grow up to be an artist. http://www.behance.net/PaulAlexThornton

Black Light Graffiti

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Conceived by the advertising agency W+K from Sao Paolo, the following video presents graffiti artists putting their art everywhere, without even destroying the city landscape. he whole thing is part of the newest campaign for Smirnoff that answers to the quote “Don’t wait for the extraordinary night”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-3N1_WBl1QI

Source: Films of Fashion

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"Films have been an integral part of fashion marketing for sometime now but recently we're seeing them taking a much more prominent role in fashion retail. Films of Fashion is a new website that aims to archive the world's largest collection of fashion films. Including films from current seasons as well as past collections, each film is accompanied by detailed retail information allowing the viewer to purchase any of the pieces in the video. " says Protein

Chasing Ice

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I think today is a perfect date to think about our small blue planet Earth. This documentary is a good case to think about it again not from a view point of a snowboarders slicing the ice, but the explorers showing how fast it disappears. Chasing Ice is the story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of climate change. Using time-lapse cameras, his videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL0bSMv2XEzaQuzeuaSHvxroPBvgYPAQ5S&feature=player_embedded&v=eIZTMVNBjc4