Creaming.

Such desire is this... Alex Prager

Momma never taught me nothin'

If something ate your hand would you forgive it? I would if it looked like these little guys, made by Joshua Ben Longo. It would have been my own fault anyways.

Dingen die gaan bult.

Another consistent obsession, Eastern European literature and folklore. Segue to Annick Ligtermoet, a photographer who lives and works in the Netherlands. In particular, I am in love with her "Zapovedniy" series. A set loosely based on mysterious creatures, and the people who live with/are them.

P.S. another obsession google translate.

caught @ melaniephotoblog

I Dig You...

Brendan Austin.

Ready for my close up Mr. Toledano.

Issue 10 of Fraction magazine is online now. In it is Photographer Phil Toledano. A New York based photographer. His images that I find most striking are those of elective surgery patients. They are not on his site but they are in Fraction. The subjects make me uncomfortable and I love it.

Do Good Things

Maryland born, New York based, currently doing work based on dream journals, Brea Souders. Her photographs stem from ideas based on the psychology of human nature, both conscious and unconscious. From her documentary work titled "Living Water" to her dream journal interpretations titled "Islands & Streams". Look at her work here. Also, there is an interview here.
The image above is from her series titled "Time Between"

An Entirely New Field

Play-dough, Gak, Floam I loved all of these easily manipulated materials as a child. One other form of expression was Polymer clay. While my memories are of creating miniature fruit bowls, and discolored bead necklaces, Meredith Dittmar has something else to say. Her ornate sculptures using this medium are beautiful and serene. Reminiscent of Tibetan art, with the use of mandalas and ethereal beings, they have shed new light on what I have always assumed as being a craft item. Read her interview at FF here.

Nice work Canada!

Mark Peckmezian.

Beauty in Soot

You know those things that continuously pop up in your life, and you keep seeing them, and loving them, but never connecting them. That's what happened with Robert Longo. I have seen his work multiple times. I am just now connecting the dots. He recently had an exhibition at Metro Pictures. Showing a set of gorgeous charcoal drawings. The show is down now but his site is very inclusive.

image via Robert Longo

Makes me Damp.

On a recent visit to yet another lunch break gallery, I wandered into the Bruce Silverstein Gallery. The current show is Leonard Freed, showing photographs of racially divided America. Nice show with classic B&W photos. Now on to the good stuff... I came upon, in the back room, this amazing photograph. It is rather large in size, incredibly sharp and beautifully printed. The photographer is Shinichi Maruyama, he creates amazing works utilizing liquids. He seems to effortlessly pull these dynamic shapes out of something so... well, shapeless. A visit to the gallery just for this one image is worth it.

Jason John Wurm

Jason John Wurm is a photographer, and musician? Lives in NY? So I don't know much about him but I like his work. The unfortunate thing is that his site goes to a page for buying Zoloft, intentional? I am not sure. His work is nice and a decent coverage of it can be seen at Forsythian Press. Which Is an independent book distributer.