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Dancers among us!

01/23/2013 by chicquero

“The inspiration for this book came to me one afternoon as I watched my son, Hudson, playing with his toy bus. I was trying to keep pace with his three-year-old mind as he got deeper and deeper into a fantasy involving nothing more than a yellow plastic box and armless figurines. At least that’s what I saw. He saw frantic commuters rushing to catch the 77 local bus to Australia. He jumped in place, mouth open and slapping his knees, joyously reacting to […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: art, arts, ballet, beautiful, city, contemporary, cool, dance, dancers, dancers among us, dancing, movement, people, photo, photography, urban

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Scotch Tape Portraits

01/03/2013 by chicquero

Forget special effects, prosthetics and hyper-detailed makeup; all you need to turn a willing friend into a monster is a little Scotch tape. Photographer Wes Naman used the unassuming office supply to transform human faces into bizarre flesh mashups, creating a unique series both amusing and horrifying, full of deep meaning and metaphor, both negative and positive, a social commentary that defies all common sense. According to Wired, Naman stumbled upon the technique while wrapping Christmas presents with his assistant when the two […]

Categories: Laugh, Photography • Tags: cool, face, funny, hilarious, laugh, office, people, photography, portraits, scotch tape, series, supplies, tape, Wes Naman

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My body is a landscape

12/04/2012 by chicquero

Californian photographer Jean Paul Bourdier creates haunting photo graphics that show his viewers the environment from inside out by painting the bodies of the models, which makes them look like one with the desert landscape. Bourdier is the author of Bodyscapes (introduction and dvd by Trinh T. Minh-ha), co-author with Trinh Minh-ha of Vernacular Architecture of West Africa, Habiter un monde, African Spaces and Drawn from African Dwellings. Production designer of seven films and co-director of two films directed by Trinh T. […]

Categories: Artsy, Photography • Tags: abstract, art, arts, artsy, beautiful, body, colorful, desert landscape, Jean Paul Bourdier, landscape, modern, painted, paintings, people, photography

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Photo impressionism

11/07/2012 by chicquero

Josh Adamski has captured stunning images and turned them into works of fine art with his keen eye. He was born and raised in the UK and is now based in Israel. Much of Adamski’s work is focused around water as he lives near the beach and draws inspiration from the sea. After a photograph is taken, editing takes place to make the image more abstract and turn it into something even more powerful. The colors that Adamski brings out […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: abstract, art, artsy, beach, colors, fine art, images, impressionism, josh adamski, ladscape, nature, people, photo, photography, stunning, sunset

Little People Project

11/03/2012 by chicquero

The ‘Little People Project‘ started in 2006. It involves the remodeling and painting of miniature model train set characters, which I then place, photograph and leave on the street. It is both a street art installation project and a photography project. The street-based side of my work plays with the notion of surprise and I aim to encourage city-dwellers to be more aware of their surroundings. The scenes I set up, more evident through the photography and the titles I […]

Categories: Artsy, Photography • Tags: arts, characters, city, cool, creative, little people project, miniature, people, photography, small, street art, tiny, urban, urban art

Flesh and acrylic

10/08/2012 by chicquero

“Flesh and Acrylic” is Ben Heine’s latest project (started in 2011). Ben creates abstract acrylic paintings on large wooden panels. The main idea is to create a surface blending the model with the background. Indeed, the particularity of the project resides in the fact that a living person is integrated in the artwork and is part of the whole composition. The end result is often wild and very colorful. Once the painting is finished, Ben takes pictures of it. The photos […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: abstract, acrylic, acrylic paint, art, arts, artsy, Ben Heine, blending, body, colorful, flesh, large, modern, paintings, panels, people

Ashes and Snow

10/03/2012 by chicquero

Ashes and Snow by Canadian artist Gregory Colbert is an installation of photographic artworks, films, and a novel in letters. The work explores the shared poetic sensibilities of human beings and animals. Ashes and Snow has traveled to Venice, New York, Santa Monica, Tokyo, and Mexico City. To date, Ashes and Snow has attracted more than 10 million visitors, making it the most attended exhibition by a living artist in history. Each exhibition consists of more than fifty large-scale mixed media photographic artworks and three film installations. The photographic artworks measure approximately 3.5 […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: africa, animals, arts, artwork, ashes and snow, cheetah, earthy tones, elephant, Gregory Colbert, humans, India, monkeys, most attended exhibition, people, photo, photography, sepia

My house burnt down.. again!

02/26/2012 by chicquero

If your house was burning, what would you take with you? It’s a conflict between what’s practical, valuable and sentimental. What you would take reflects your interests, background and priorities. Think of it as an interview condensed into one question. The Burning House This is the second post about this project, we love everything about it. Also check it out: What if your house was burning Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire. Arnold H. Glasow >>>YOU […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: belongings, cool, culture, emotional, interests, nostalgia, objects, people, priority, sentimental, The Burning House

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Opposite attraction

12/29/2011 by chicquero

I believe unresolved patterns attract In America (and all over the world), the chasm between rich and poor is growing, the Clash between conservatives and liberals is strengthening, and even good and evil seem more polarized than ever before. At the heart of this collection of diptychs is my desire to remind us that we were all equal, until our environment, circumstances, of fate molded and weathered us into whom we have become. “Created equals does not airbrush out the scars […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: american, extreme, groups, mark laita, opposites, people, photography, tribes

Variety is the spice of life!

10/03/2011 by chicquero

It´s so inspiring when you face different ways to express the art you have inside your heart… in particular, this project “Couples” by Nacho Rojo from Madrid, Spain. I could not find out if it´s one single artist or a group of artists working with art direction, illustration and photography. Anyways, creating characters according to the huge diversity of people in this freaking globe is something very eye-catching and really makes me wonder in which tribe I should include myself… and also it´s so cool to […]

Categories: Laugh, Photography • Tags: art, art direction, art from Spain, arte, beliefs, characters, cultures, diversity, foto, fotografia, illustration, madrid, Nacho Rojo, people, photo, photo shoot, photography, variety

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