Although this year, we personally find the 2012 Pirelli Calendar one of the weakest in years, nevertheless it’s an iconic production worth mentioning. And the fact that this is our personal opinion, it doesn’t take away that Mario Sorrenti has left his mark as a great photographer in past years.
Take a look behind-the-scenes at the 2012 Pirelli Calendar shoot in Corsica with photographer Mario Sorrenti and models including Kate Moss, Lara Stone, Milla Jovovich and Natasha Poly.
Nice find from Bespoke Design Build (www.bespokedesignbuild.com), a London based furniture design company lead by the young and talented Alex Savory. (Facebook page)
Most of us know the name Eames from the wellknow Eames lounge chair. But the name stands for so much more, like for the 10min promotional film made for Polaroid on the SX-70 Polaroid land camera in the 70ies that you can find at the bottom of this post.
Trailer:
In theatres on November 18th
Here’s some Wikipedia info for you: Charles Eames, Jr (June 17, 1907 – August 21, 1978) was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Charles was the nephew of St. Louis architect William S. Eames. By the time he was 14 years old, while attending high school, Charles worked at the Laclede Steel Company as a part-time laborer, where he learned about engineering, drawing, and architecture (and also first entertained the idea of one day becoming an architect).
Ray-Bernice Alexandra Kaiser Eames (December 15, 1912 – August 21, 1988) was an American artist, designer, and filmmaker who, together with her husband Charles, is responsible for many classic, iconic designs of the 20th century. She was born in Sacramento, California to Alexander and Edna Burr Kaiser, and had a brother − Maurice. Having lived in a number of cities during her youth, in 1933 she graduated from Bennett Women’s College in Millbrook, New York, and moved to New York, where she studied abstract expressionist painting with Hans Hofmann. She was a founder of the American Abstract Artists group in 1936 and displayed paintings in their first show a year later at Riverside Museum in Manhattan. One of her paintings is in the permanent collection of The Whitney Museum of American Art.
In the 1950s, the Eames’ continued their work in architecture and modern furniture design. Like in the earlier molded plywood work, the Eames’ pioneered innovative technologies, such as the fiberglass, plastic resin chairs and the wire mesh chairs designed for Herman Miller. Charles and Ray would soon channel Charles’ interest in photography into the production of short films. From their first film, the unfinished Traveling Boy (1950), to the extraordinary Powers of Ten (1977), their cinematic work was an outlet for ideas, a vehicle for experimentation and education.
The office of Charles and Ray Eames, which functioned for more than four decades (1943–88) at 901 Washington Boulevard in Venice, California, included in its staff, at one time or another, a number of remarkable designers, like Henry Beer and Richard Foy, now co-chairmen of CommArts, Inc.; Don Albinson; Deborah Sussman; Harry Bertoia; and Gregory Ain, who was Chief Engineer for the Eameses during World War II. Among the many important designs originating there are the molded-plywood DCW (Dining Chair Wood) and DCM (Dining Chair Metal with a plywood seat) (1945), Eames Lounge Chair (1956), the Aluminum Group furniture (1958) and as well as the Eames Chaise (1968), designed for Charles’s friend, film director Billy Wilder, the playful Do-Nothing Machine (1957), an early solar energy experiment, and a number of toys.
The couple often produced short films in order to document their interests, such as collecting toys and cultural artifacts on their travels. The films also record the process of hanging their exhibits or producing classic furniture designs. Some of their other films cover more intellectual topics. For example, one film covers the purposefully mundane topic of filming soap suds moving over the pavement of a parking lot. “Powers of Ten” (narrated by the late physicist Philip Morrison), gives a dramatic demonstration of orders of magnitude by visually zooming away from the earth to the edge of the universe, and then microscopically zooming into the nucleus of a carbon atom.
From the beginning, the Eames furniture has usually been listed as by Charles Eames; indeed in the 1948 and 1952 Herman Miller bound catalogs, only Charles’ name is listed, but it has become clear that Ray was deeply involved and should be considered an equal partner. The Eames fabrics (many are currently available from Maharam) were mostly designed by Ray, as were the Time Life Stools. But in reading the various books on Eames, and seeing the photos of furniture development, it is clear that Ray’s involvement is absolute. In 1979, the Royal Institute of British Architects awarded Charles and Ray with the Royal Gold Medal.
Charles and Ray Eames 10min promotional film on the SX-70 Polaroid land camera:
Ansel Adams, Yosemite Falls & Flowers 1979, 8 x 8 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.) / WestLicht Collection
PRESS RELEASE
28 MARCH 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
IMPOSSIBLE AND WESTLICHT MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY PRESERVE AND LEAD THE INTERNATIONAL POLAROID COLLECTION INTO THE FUTURE
Thanks to the commitment of Impossible, the producer of the new analog instant film material, the Vienna based WestLicht Museum of Photography purchased the International Polaroid Collection. WestLicht takes over 4.400 artworks from 800 artists (from Ansel Adams to Andy Warhol) and will exhibit a fine selection of these iconic images combined with some new contemporary works shot on new Impossible instant film from June 17th, 2011
Formed between 1972 and 1990 by Polaroid, the legendary International Collection disappeared for 20 years in the archives of the Swiss Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne.
Peter Coeln, owner of the WestLicht Museum, has now saved the Polaroid Collection which had been put on the market by the liquidators dealing with the assets of the insolvent company. For almost two years the future of the unique Polaroid collection was fairly uncertain. The spectacular acquisition at the last moment secures the continued existence of this historic collection and presents it to a broad public for the first time.
The future of the yet hidden analog treasure is thus not only saved but also brighter than ever before. After all these years the collection is finally going to be reconnected with its original concept. Dr. Florian Kaps, founder of the Impossible Project, says: “Most important is the fact that we finally found a perfect solution for not only celebrating the incredible potential of all the existing artworks, but that we also formed a great setup to re-start the original concept by inviting contemporary artists to join this ongoing project by supplying them with the new generation of Impossible instant films”.
The first impressions of this collaboration will proudly be presented at WestLicht from June 17th, 2011. This exhibition will for the first time show a complete representative profile of the traditional collection, displaying never before shown pieces. Combined with the first results of the new Impossible Collection, the magic of instant photography will be lifted onto the next level.
ABOUT THE COLLECTION
During the late 1940s the physicist and Polaroid founder Edwin Herbert Land invented the instant film process, which was a revolution for photography. In the following decades the technique was booming. Having the processed image in original size shortly after shooting, as well as the fact that each Polaroid is a unique copy, remains fascinating until today -despite digital technology. Estimated 300 million Polaroid cameras are still in use worldwide. Right from the beginning of his invention Land invited famous photographers and artists to experiment with the material. The company built two unrivaled collections, one based in Europe and the other in the United States. After Polaroid’s insolvency in 2008 both collections were at risk of being torn apart. Sotheby’s in New York auctioned rarities from the American collection in 2010. Due to the commitment of Impossible and WestLicht, the European collection was saved from suffering the same fate. The eye catcher of the collection are the 1.400 large format Polaroids (20×24 inch). These images were taken with a special custom made camera and film material not available on the market. Czech photographer Jan Hnizdo, chief operator of Polaroid, travelled to selected photographers and artists with this camera. Conceptual art such as collages, opulent arrangements and trendy staging reflect the zeitgeist of the 70s and 80s. Next to the big names, there are also many works of outstanding photographers unknown on the art market until now. “I am both happy and proud,” Peter Coeln says, “that it was possible to keep the collection intact in its entirety and make it finally accessible.” The surprise coup was realized in a very special year for the museum. In 2011 WestLicht celebrates its 10th anniversary.
The Nixon ART MOSH European tour landed in Munich for the first time on Sunday 6th and Monday 7th of February in partnership with ISPO and Factory Media.
This latest editon of Nixon ART MOSH took place in Munich Old Post Office a warehouse-style loft space, which was the perfect spot to discover some emerging talent from the German art scene and an eclectic mix of fine artists, graphic designers, photographers and illustrators.
Munich ART MOSH not only brought together artists from South Africa, Spain, Germany, USA, Italy, UK, Belgium and Denmark, it also transcended the traditional barriers between different media, by exhibiting photography, painting, design, illustration and prints in an eclectic exhibition.
About Nixon: Founded in 1997 in Encinitas, CA, Nixon is the premium watch and accessories brand for the youth lifestyle market. Focused on making the little stu better, Nixon began with a small line of team-designed, custom-built watches sold exclusively in specialty boardsport and fashion retailers. Currently distributed in over 40 countries, Nixon’s product range has grown to include select men’s and women’s softgoods, leather goods and custom headphones.
LONDEN - Het zebrapad van Abbey Road in London is woensdag uitgeroepen tot Brits erfgoed.
Het zebrapad vormt sinds 1969 een toeristische trekpleister. In dat jaar verscheen het Beatles-album Abbey Road. Op de hoes van de plaat steken de vier Beatles het zebrapad over.
Minister van Toerisme en Erfgoed John Penrose zei dat de oversteekplaats op de erfgoedlijst is geplaatst als getuigenis van de internationale roem van de Beatles. Talloze toeristen laten zich fotograferen terwijl ze net als John, Paul, George en Ringo Abbey Road oversteken. De aan de Noord-Londense straat gelegen Abbey Road Studio’s werden begin dit jaar al tot Brits erfgoed uitgeroepen.
Lady Gaga has spoken about the pressure of being followed by photographer Terry Richardson throughout the recent US leg of her ‘Monster Ball’ tour.
The pair have teamed up to release a 181 page book documenting the live show however Gaga found some of Richardson’s methods hard to get used to.
She told Japan’s Vogue Hommes magazine: “He wanted to make a book about the ‘Monster Ball’. He wanted to shoot me backstage, not onstage, and look at who I am offstage. He’s on the bus with me. He just follows me everywhere. He’ll photograph me when I’m changing — those quick changes during the show. And sometimes I’ll have to pee during the show, and I’m always screaming, ‘Terry, get out!’
Gaga went on to claim that she is worried that the book will ruin some of the illusion about herself for the fans, saying:
“If only my fans knew I was peeing in a beer cup backstage.”
Danish photographer Nina Maria Kleivan has provoked with a series of images she took from her own daughter dressed up as some of humanity’s worst despots that lived in the 20th century. In this controversial photo series called “Potency”, Kleinvan dressed her daughter Faustina -who at the time was a few months old- as Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Saddam Hussein, Ayatollah Khomeini, Chairman Mao, Idi Amin, Augusto Pinochet and Adolf Hitler.
Kleivan’s aim was to illustrate that we all begin the same. “You need to be conscious that your actions have consequences that impact on your fellow human beings. The people I let my daughter portray didn’t give a damn about the human cost, the casualties, their thoughts caused,” Kleivan says.
“The responsibility is yours alone. You can’t throw it away – as a parent, as human beings – and say that you just followed orders.”
Kleivan’s father was a member of the Norweigan resistance movement who had been held in a German prison camp.
As a result, she grew up with a ‘tremendous hatred’ of the German’s and fantasised about killing the guard who imprisoned her father.
Kleivan insists: ‘This is not a deliberate provocation, it calls for reflection. Even though comical, you’re not supposed to only laugh at these pictures. You need to contemplate them, ponder where this evil comes from.’
Renowned photographer Terry Richardson shares some images from his latest photoshoot with popular snowboarder Shaun White, shot for Rolling Stone Magazine. This is the second time the Olympic Gold Medalist has been featured on the cover, with his last time being back in 2006. The latest issue of Rolling Stone is now available via your local booksellers.
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From the beginning, the Eames furniture has usually been listed as by Charles Eames; indeed in the 1948 and 1952 Herman Miller bound catalogs, only Charles’ name is listed, but it has become clear that Ray was deeply involved and should be considered an equal partner. The Eames fabrics (many are currently available from Maharam) were mostly designed by Ray, as were the Time Life Stools. But in reading the various books on Eames, and seeing the photos of furniture development, it is clear that Ray’s involvement is absolute. In 1979, the Royal Institute of British Architects awarded Charles and Ray with the Royal Gold Medal.
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