Subtlety

Years ago, I set up a deviantART account in order to get my photography, albeit amateur, "out there". Now, looking through those photos makes me cringe but I'm glad to see just how far I've come from over-editing a photo of the sky into what looks like a hallucinogenic nightmare. (Seriously though...what was I thinking?) I grew tired of the website after a couple years and abandoned it. About a week ago I decided to login to delete my profile and instead found myself browsing the site's photography section. I came across Lilyana Karadjova's gallery and loved what I saw. The chick really knows how to use light to her advantage. This picture is one that I keep coming back to - the understated elegance and simplicity get me every time. 

Whoa.

This is pretty genius. Marcus Wallander, an interactive art director at Hyper Island in Stockholm, collaborated with WeSC to create this interactive window display. Passersby are detected by a thermal camera hooked up to a computer, which then triggers the backlight projector to play the video (projected onto a screen in the shop window) in sync with the viewer's movement. THE FUTURE IS HERE. 

Let's hear it for the Swedish

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This, my friends, is 27 year-old Swedish photographer Carl Kleiner. 

I wasn't able to find any sort of biography for him so details are scarce, but after looking at his portfolio I felt like that was all I needed to know. His work spans a number of genres ranging from still life to cut paper art. In his own words, "When you don't create yourself a niche you never get bored of what you are doing."

His still life photographs, which appear to be his specialty, come across as formal and structured but what I love is that he doesn't limit himself to just that style. He is able to successfully branch out into other genres and  methods. For example, his portraiture feels candid and relaxed and his cut paper photographs are great examples of abstract minimalism.     

Kleiner recently photographed for Ikea's new cookbook, Hembakat är Bäst in which Evelina Bratell's food styling is a perfect match for his fresh photographic style. The image on the right is from a series he did titled The Big Blur. This picture struck my fancy mostly because of a recent series I did involving food-colored milk. Unfortunately, I have yet to photograph a psychedelic milk spill as elegantly as Carl.

I hope that Kleiner will be photographing for a long time, because he creates some really beautiful work. Check out his website, http://www.carlkleiner.com/, and be sure to click on the "Diary" link to the left of the page to see some of his more casual work.

{images via http://www.carlkleiner.com/}

Yep, another one.

You may be wondering why I decided to create a new blog rather than stick with my old one. First off, I simply grew tired of the other one. It was like a self-indulgent brain dump, a nasty blight on the interwebs. I also intended to use it as my photography portfolio...that didn't work out. Plus, portfolios deserve a bit more respect than that. Since I'll be graduating with my bachelor's in photography this May, I wanted to keep myself motivated to continue research on it as well as keep tabs on what other people are shooting so I don't become redundant. That's where this blog will come in handy. Aside from posts about art/photography, I'll do occasional "life posts" just to shake it up. Enjoy!

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Photo by Joy Newell

Happy new year, everyone.