These two artists worked together since 2005 taking images of "The Ruins of Detroit". These are some of the most beautiful images I have ever seen! Here is Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre's website.
"Ruins are the visible symbols and landmarks of our societies and their changes, small pieces of history in suspension. The state of ruin is essentially a temporary situation that happens at some point, the volatile result of change of era and the fall of empires. This fragility, the time elapsed but even so running fast, lead us to watch them one very last time : being dismayed, or admire, making us wondering about the permanence of things. Photography appeared to us as a modest way to keep a little bit of this ephemeral state." Magda Nikx Wasiczek has these amazing photographs that look so amazing that they have to be photoshoped, but they are not. Just beautiful photograhps. Here is her real site in Polish
In light of Osama bin Laden's death, I felt it was appropriate to revisit an inspirational artist, who crosses over to all ages and time. Dan Eldon's journal pages are currently on exhibit, and I had not seen these before, so I felt I needed to share Dan Eldon again. This is the video I show along with him also, which says anything so much better than I can.
Bethany de Forest has always been a favorite artist of mine, so it's about time I poster her. Love the color she captures. I also love the beautiful color, and the endless space she achieves in her images. Her "meat" creations are pretty cool too. Her website gives you a ton of pop ups however, so here is another link as well.
Ryan Tischer is an artist from the Duluth MN area who was recommended to me by a Hayward teacher and artist, Mike Jorgenson. Love his rock photos; the colors and textures are great!
Ann E. Coulter has beautiful large pastel drawings. These pieces are about 32"X32" and larger! They make me want to start painting and drawing from photos again. Nature too, my favorite. Her work is so delicate but yet I feel empowered looking at them.
I think artist Shibakouen Hamutaro just inspired me to look for new subject matter in my photos. I've always liked abandoned sites as subject, but why not abandoned everything else, like amusement parks! Here is a link to a site in English that talks about artist Shibakouen Hamutaro and the Japanese beliefe of the life cycle. Very well put by the creators of websiteKrin Big In Japan:
" Locating an eerie beauty in these deserted locations is the ongoing photographic documentation of Shibakouen Hamutaro. There’s something very Japanese in this ability to appreciate the aesthetic of transience and the process of decay. In Leonard Koren’s book Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers he explains how the notion of completion has no basis in the traditional Japanese wabi-sabi aesthetic because all things are either evolving from or devolving to nothingness. A beauty of things imperfect, irregular, impermanent, rustic, incomplete and ambiguous, wabi-sabi is a distinctly Japanese worldview that shows the vulnerability of material things and is in contrast to the Greek ideals of decadence, monumental beauty and perfection that have informed aesthetic values in the West." Kathleen Frances is an artist I fell upon looking for Alice in Wonderland costumes. That's right she sews, but you'd never guess looking at all her photos. Not only does her site give away dresses or clothing all the time, she offers patterns and simply beautiful photography. I am already a fan.
I was introduced to Carie Ann Wayman through a student of mine at Hampshire. She happened to meet her through Flicker, and surprise she lives in the area. She has a great Flicker site you have to go to. Her photos are beautiful and definately my style. Love all her abandoned areas and mess. I actually know several of these places she has photographed which are of course no longer existing.
I came across Steve Bingham's work a few years ago when I was looking at Ghost Towns, and this is still the subject of his photography which I prefer. I love his saturated colors and images that seem more true to the original picture. Some of his digital collages are not my taste, but still the same an amazing photographer, with the sence of adventure.
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Author: Kelly EggerI am an artist and teacher, so I spend a lot of time looking for cool stuff to inspire teenagers. Contact: [email protected]
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