South African Henrick Purienne is the founder of Mirage Magazine. You might also recognize his work from several campaigns he did for American Apparel. Not that I am totally fond of the AA aesthetics, I believe that Purienne’s images are really interesting for their vintage sexiness.
“ Rhodes’ artistic practice connects with the tradition of abstract painting review, carried out primarily by Blinky Palermo: as Palermo, Rhodes also explores the conflict between autonomy and heteronomy of the work and tries to update the mystical and utopian scope of the radical abstract painting of prewar avant-garde.”
Michelle D’Aurizio, The End Magazine, #17.
Terroir is a bespoke bi-annual magazine that seeks to collaborate with and showcase Singaporean perspectives on travel and what various places meant to them.
L’émission La Liste, sur ARTV, convie différents invités à faire des listes de toutes sortes. Aussi, à chaque émission, La Liste demande à des photographes de conceptualiser un shooting selon un objet proposé par l’artiste invité.
En janvier, pour jouer le jeux, le stand-up comic Sugar Sammy nous a fourni des pots d’épices qui lui rappellent la maison durant ses nombreuses absences à l’étranger… Well… Très cute tout ça, mais franchement pas si évident que ça comme sujet…
On a donc décidé de s’amuser et d’inventer une histoire de Polaroïds dont sa coquine mère indienne se sert pour parler à son fils en y écrivant de petits mots franglais. Ces images, elle lui fait ensuite parvenir de temps à autre, de manière très « oldschool », par la poste.
Comme Sammy trippe bouffe, hockey et que ces idôles de jeunesses et fréquentations hollywoodiennes sont très prestigieuses, nous en avons profité pour shooter, dans un décor « kitsch-maman », du poulet tandoori, le CH, Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Chris Rock puis Dave Chappelle!
photo: SPG LePigeon
assistés de: Sophia Belhamer
The Surfer’s Journal has nothing to do with any other types of surfing publication. It is a high quality magazine that refuse to promote the corporate brand-driven aspect that is now way to present in surf culture. Instead, they focus on all aspects of wave riding, all surfing art forms, personalities, profiles and the past, the present and the future of the sport. They also make surf books; Masters of Surf Photography Series with books on Art Brewer, Tom Servais, Jeff Divine, Warren Bolster and Ted Grambeau. Other books include the Pioneer Series, with books on the surf photography of Leroy Grannis, John Severson, and Ron Church. They describe their layout and graphics as timeless and elegant, putting all of the emphasis on content, rather than on flashy trendy designs. The Surfer’s Journal is one of the rare sports publication that is run on authenticity, passion for the surfing culture and values that are going against commercialism.
I have been recently deeply drawn into Steve Bishop’s work. This Toronto native is now establish in London and has a impressive curriculum for his young age. I believe that his work is raising interesting questions about the nature of objects; found, handmade or machine made and about the specificity of materials. His work is dealing with formalism in terms of intrinsic properties and about the visual language expressed by common objects. He is also interested in issues such as branding and product aesthetics.
