Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Contemplation Of Form



I like the composition of the negative spatial relationship and the usage of the cool hues of these photos. Guy Sargent framed the grand subject within the lens by capturing the beautiful stillness of architectures and nature. He traveled through Ireland, England, Italy, and France, using a 4x5 large format camera on colored negatives with long exposure to capture these high contrasting photos. Guy is a British photographer from London who is self-taught and is inspired by painters, Velazquez, Turner and Rembrandt.





Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Subversive Fantasy


Ana Bagayan's painting style of children with slightly large eyes and the color choice is a reminisce of Mark Ryden.   I saw her "Silence of the Lamb" painting at the Crazy 4 Cult 3D a couple months ago, beautifully framed and dominated the wall of collections.  Ana is from Armenia, Yerevan.  She moved to the United States at an early age.  She graduated from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena with a BFA in Illustration.  She has a solo show in November at Roq La Rue Gallery in Seattle, Washington.  





Sunday, September 27, 2009

Living Rooms On Wheels



These photographs are fun, and I could not get enough of them. The notion of people watching or in this case, photograph while driving, Andrew Bush captured these images in and around Los Angeles while stopped in traffic or traveling in speed up to 70 mph. He would mount camera on a tripod with a strobe light fixated on the passenger seat, driving parallel with his subject, traveling at the same speed... snap. These images brings light to a city where people have a great relationships with their vehicle.

Andrew Bush graduated from Yale University with an MFA in Photography in 1982. His current exhibition of "Vector Portraits" is at M+B in Los Angeles which ends October 15, or you could purchase his book here.