A few weeks back Pablo Delfos launched his new website. The page (designed by Bas de Boer from Urform Studio) gives a good overview on his wonderful work. He always inspires me with his rough and uncompromised black and white pictures, collages, and experiments - often hopping by at our studio, sharing his latest studies, playing with paper and light in his studio. Enjoy this video and a little interview we did - after the click. And more at Manja Otten x Cake. [ Continue reading ]

An incredible project by Berlin based artist Stephan Tillmans – ‘The Luminant Point Arrays show tube televisions in the moment they are swithed off. The television picture breaks down and creates a structure of light. The pictures refuse external reference and broach the issue of the difference between… [ Continue reading ]

Now and then I really feel the need of going just somewhere. A remote place, far away from everything we know. Three years ago I traveled to Libya, something you wouldn’t do at this moment, but back then it was one of the safest places one could… [ Continue reading ]

Last weeks I started following A Noble Savage, a blog by marketing and styling studio/showroom. They started collecting and sharing beautiful vintage items, photographing them in neat compositions all available for rent or purchase. ‘The studio is a unique space doubling as a showroom for a constantly… [ Continue reading ]

Next month Galerie Gabriel Rolt will host a new show by Ryan McGinley – Somewhere Place. It will be his second solo exhibition in the Netherlands (the first one was at Foam). ‘McGinley’s elaborate and rigorous process of photo-making creates moments of… [ Continue reading ]

Travelteq asked New York photographer Trevor Triano to make a small series of pictures with their Trip. Resulted in some lovely pictures of the extremely stylish and comfortable Trip, in the beautiful light of the Big Apple. (and be sure to visit… [ Continue reading ]

While working clock round to finish the last bits and pieces of the new Journal we had to share a preview with you. Our friend Thomas Tukker created a denim masterpiece for the new North American issue of our Journal de Nîmes. The Dutch photographer… [ Continue reading ]

You probably saw it before, but I stumbled upon it this weekend and just needed to share it again. The absolutely stunning series of images from his book ‘Hot Splinters of Glass; le tour d’Afrique’ and the images of the Giro d’Eritrea of 2009 by Dutch photographer… [ Continue reading ]

Wired shared this short photographic tour of very large and very utilized underground caverns where things are kept cold, safe and secret. The image above is a 10,000 square feet of a 1,000-acre abandoned limestone mine where the Corbis Film Preservation Facility is currently kept at… [ Continue reading ]

These beautiful images by Nadav Kander of the desert in Jordan remembered me of my time in the desert of Libya. I’ve had the idea to go again, but I guess I’d better wait…… [ Continue reading ]

“Loading my SX70 and duffel with some of the last remaining packs of the film in the world I set out to gather as many portraits of the folks I had photographed over the years using this unique film before it disappeared forever” We wrote about him… [ Continue reading ]

I'm always impressed by the 'lookbooks' by Urban Outfitters, and I always forget to write about them. The Spring Preview 2011 just hit the doormat and here it is. A really nice production by director and producer Harmony Korine for Urban Outfitters. [ Continue reading ]

Something for the sunday afternoon: Lovely colors and beautiful images by Paris based photographer Elise Boularan. [ Continue reading ]

If you’re around make sure to visit foam (The Photography Museum Amsterdam) with this beautiful exhibition on W. Eugene Smith (US, 1918−1978) ‘More Real than Reality’. ‘Smith has been hailed as the founder of the photographic essay. His extensive pictorial narratives, accompanied by captions… [ Continue reading ]

Always love these kind of projects: ‘Disassembly’ by Todd McLellan. Reminds me of Things Organized Neatly, a good sunday night visit…… [ Continue reading ]

Isn’t this just a wonderful picture?! A gun, firing a projectile in high speed, taken by Gjon Mili (1923 – 1984). Gjon Mili was a pioneer in the use of photoflash to capture a sequence of actions in one photograph together with Harold Eugene… [ Continue reading ]

I love this picture by Sparrow Salvage. …“a rather substantial collection of random little interesting things…”… [ Continue reading ]

These works by French duo Aurélien Arbet and Jérémie Egry made me think of this new dutch brand who recently won the Green Fashion Award during the Amsterdam International Fashion Week, last week. Oat Shoes made these biodegradable sneakers that will grow flowers and… [ Continue reading ]

Now and then Yamandu pops up for a short break on his project ‘Europeans’ to update us, and share some new amazing images. For this project he crosses Europe to capturing culture, sports and nature; collecting stories, notes, characters, motives and landscapes that are… [ Continue reading ]

I love the work of Danish-American photographer Peter Sekaer (1901 – 1950). Resently Steidl published his first monograph called Signs of Life by Peter Sekaer. ‘Sekaer’s early work combines dispassionate images with others that show his concern and intuitive grasp of the human condition. [ Continue reading ]

Red Wing Shoes released a video preview today on their photo-exhibition ‘From the Heartland’ by Tim Adler and Wytse Hylkema. A beautiful photographic documentary featuring Red Wing Shoe Company’s craftsmen and women. `From the Heartland’ will be exhibited during Berlin Bread & Butter and Copenhagen… [ Continue reading ]

Love the book and love the flickr set: Rolling Homes: Handmade Houses on Wheels by Jane Lidz, published in 1979 by A & W publishers Inc. Now lets try to get my hands on one of those rare hardcover first prints…… [ Continue reading ]

Underscore Magazine released their second issue, The Constant Issue, at the end of last year. Contributions by Christopher Colville, You Li, Nicholas Gottlund (a.o.) made it a fantastic second issue. Get your hands on it and don’t forget… [ Continue reading ]

A new issue of Nomenus Quarterly just went online. Definitely my favorite in this issue is the series pictures by Lovisa Ringborg. ” The journey into the unconscious is an art that few artists master without falling into exhibitionism or over-determined symbolism. Lovisa Ringborg… [ Continue reading ]