what i’d like summer holidays to look and feel like – cool & blue. click on the images to go to the original.
- by Sergey Neamoscou
- by Hélène Desplechin
- by Feffef
- by Jorge Leon Cabello
- by Howard Koons
- by elena shabalina
- by Ina Halsor
- by Kate Van Brocklin
- by Miemo Penttinen
- by alexis mire
the first photo bomb post (where i shared some flickr favourites) turned out to be pretty popular, so i have decided to make this into a series. the fact is that i discover far too many cool snaps on flickr to allow a post dedicated to each and every photographer, so this is a great way for me to share wonderful work with you.
i’m going to try to make these a bit more theme-y so that there is at least a common thread of some kind… this edition is dedicated to magical girls.
please click on each image to be taken to the original on flickr.
- by Ekaterina Grigorieva
- by Philipp Bartz
- by Maren Celest
- by Alison Scarpulla
- by Marina Refur
- by Tata Uskova
- by Melchior Tersen
- by Anna Arroyo
- by Yana Lozeva
- by Alena Chendler
i’m sure you remember my post about the Bicycle Portraits project earlier this year. Nic & Stan are currently running a kickstarter fund to raise money in order to publish the third and final part of their project which showcases their two year journey of capturing people and their bicycles across south africa.
Stan Engelbrecht & Nic Grobler are publishing the best 165 portraits and stories of the over 500 portraits of cyclists they’ve photographed during their 2 year journey around South Africa. Divided over 3 books, each will contain a different 55 stories, and also two essays each by local South African and major international cycling figures. The books are designed by Gabrielle Guy and they have also collaborated with celebrated South African artist Gabrielle Raaff to create an individual hand-painted watercolor map, based on Google Maps, to indicate the location of each of the portraits.
the video gave me instant goosebumps (how’s that rendition of stayin’ alive!) and the watercolour maps are such an amazing touch to an already beautiful visual story. please support them by pledging to their kickstarter!
boy did i spend a lot of time looking through the portfolio of Paulina Surys, a london based polish artist and photographer who makes use of hand-developing and hand-colouring techniques in the darkroom. the results are simply breathtaking. she is represented by mystery management and you can also check out her flickr stream.
all photographs by Paulina Surys
i love this series of photographs by Monica Sanchez taken with a Nikon FM2 – a film camera that i also use. it makes me want to go out and buy a roll of film (and is also helping the summer psyching). check out her flickr.
all photographs by Monica Sanchez
i’m a huge fan of Mark Peckmezian‘s photography, especially his series of portraits that i end up favouriting every time he uploads a new one. he has a set on flickr dedicated entirely to shots of dogs that will make you smile all day long.
all photography by Mark Peckmezian
Jeremy Kohm‘s photographs are wonderful. you can buy some of his work at 20×200. i particularly love this one… feels like somewhere Margot Tenenbaum would have a swim.
i was reminded yesterday about local photographer Amy Scheepers when Angie posted about her on It’s What I’m Into. i remember being impressed by her work when i spotted a feature on her on 10and5 earlier this year, but since i look at about a billion things on the internet everyday i forgot to share the goodness.
well, i’m sharing now! what impresses me most about amy is that she, like many young rad people, consistently pursues and refines her craft. as a student photographer her work is better than a lot of professional stuff i’ve seen. be sure to visit her website and blog – and if you’re looking for a photographer in South Africa, this is your gal.
if there is a site i browse more than any other it has to be Flickr. i have close to 10,000 favourites on there and i add more every single day. i’m always desperate to share them with you, but most of the time i feel like i need to stick to some kind of mood or have a specific theme in mind when sharing because the blog isn’t supposed to be just a bookmarking site for cool stuff. not today. these are simply some of my recent Flickr favourites – i hope that you discover some great new photographers this way.
edit: i have turned this into a series – explore the photo bomb tag.
- by rosa de weerd
- by fabrizio mingarelli
- by len hurtado
- by zerno roli
- by davide salvi
- by alejandro melero
- by clemens fantur
- by dear claudia
- by xiu xiu
- by vivian hu
- by michael heck
- by heiner luepke
- by jess gough
- by mark peckmezian
