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dprblog:

Famous photographers pose with their most iconic images

lomographicsociety:

Photogs Pose With Their Famous Photo

 It’s not a question of putting a face to a name but of putting a face to a photo. In ‘Behind Photographs’, a series by commercial and editorial photographer Tim Mantoani, the photogs behind some of our age’s most iconic photographs are the subject, each exposing the individual responsible for images that have, since their publication, been burned into our memory.

retuta:

So I like taking a lot of Polaroids, and I often search for the original film on places like eBay or Craigslist. Once in a while, you’ll get a batch that’s so expired or mishandled, nothing literally develops. In order not to waste anything, I use that film to create a border for some of my 4x6 photographs.

On top of that, some of the usable expired film and products from the Impossible Project aren’t as vibrant as the original film back in its hey-day, and when I place my photos up on my wall, I want that deep, colorful contrast that today’s Polaroids can’t afford.

So here we go:

1) With an exacto knife, cut out the back of the Polaroid — making sure the you don’t cut the clear film in the front of the picture.

2) Place the frame of the Polaroid over whatever photograph you want to use and adhere it (in my case, using rubber cement).

3) Let it dry, then carefully cut the 4x6 picture out — using the Polaroid frame as a guide.

4) Stick it up on your wall.

5) Admire the memories, and say, “In retrospect, that was a pretty damn good time.”

Other times, it’s just cool to draw on Polaroids with a Sharpie. Hone your drawing and typographic skills, yo.

Japanese artist Photographer Hal has stuffed club kids into bathtubs and other cramped spaces in his work before, but this time he’s chosen to shrink-wrap them like living dolls squirming under plastic. With some nude, and some dressed in candy-colored attire, Hal covers his models with a plastic sheeting that he vacuums the air from in order to distort their features and bond them together. It only takes a few seconds for him to snap several images before releasing them, and the results are humorous and somewhat grotesque. More plastic-covered people await you past the break.

 (via Flavorwire)

ianbrooks:

Expérimentation Enflammée by Tom Lacoste

Ready for something to burn your neurons? Tom isn’t actually a professional photographer, he’s just a dabbler who currently attendsthe Bordeaux Circus School in Southern France, where he trains in juggling, acrobatics and hand-balancing. Checks out more of his red-hot work over at his flickr.

(via: My Modern Met)

nabokovsnotebook:

See outer space in 1960’s Kodachrome glory in the newly launched archives of Gemini and Mercury mission photos. The stop-motion video compilations are worth checking out, too.  

Read more (here).