Keith Loutit.
Photographer Keith Loutit creates these amazing time-lapse short films using the process of tilt-shift miniature faking. You can see more of his films on Vimeo.
Michelle Vitiello.
Today we launched a website for photographer Michelle Vitiello. The website features both her portfolio and personal work.
Relaunch.
Don’t call it a come back! Ever since Muxtape went down in August we’ve been searching for a way to broadcast our mixes. We found Opentape, an open-source package inspired by the Muxtape interface. Our web mixtape movement continues with a pilot test, Relaunch – an eclectic mix of rhythm & blues, electronica and downtempo.
Search Life.
LIFE and Google have made ninety-seven percent of the Life Magazine’s photo collection, which stretches from 1860 to today, available online.
Albert Neal.
This week, thanks to Facebook, I was able to reconnect with my college friend, photographer Albert Neal. Al’s beautiful black & white photographs can be found in many private, corporate and public collections, such as the Neuberger Museum at Purchase College and The Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture.
His Harlem Series and Vernacular Visions are created traditionally, with film negatives printed in a darkroom in limited editions, number and signed.
Problem Solved.
I have been told that whenever the planet Mercury goes retrograde so do the tools of communication like phones and computers. When it comes to astrology, I’ve always been a little skeptical. I’ll be the first to admit I only believe in the zodiac when it works to my benefit, which I suppose, is very Capricorn of me. After my latest rash of technical problems with email, texts and phones, I’m starting think there may be something to it.
Whether you believe in the Mercury in retro thing or not you take this Capricorn’s practical advice and back it up. When it comes to important files get in the habit of backing up to an external hard drive, burning them to DVD or syncing them to an online service. For online I use Dropbox, also check out Backblaze. Those of you on a Mac who’d like keep track of Mercury can add this widget to your Dashboard.
As for the planet Mercury itself, NASA’s Messenger spacecraft most recent flyby yielded these amazing photographs.
You have three months to get ready, the next retrograde will be from May 6th – May 30th.
Traverse.
This weekend is the D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival.
Art will be everywhere: the streets, sidewalks, storefronts, elevators, lobbies, the water, the waterfront, and the parks. Along with the 65 plus new public art projects, over 100 local artists will open their studios to the public and at the new Galapagos Art Space, video_dumbo will feature a non-stop program of video art.
Last year we spent most of our time in the studios on Jay Street, viewing art, meeting artists, running into friends and at the end of the day relaxing with a good brew at ReBar. If you’ve never been to DUMBO, this would be a great time to visit.
Sign Up.
Inspired by the proliferation of very tall signs in the American Mid-West, Matt Sibert’s Floating Logos seeks to draw attention to this often overlooked form of advertising. References can be drawn to religious iconography, the supernatural, or science fiction.
The project consists of two series. Series 1 is a set of images that do not include the ground below the sign and Series 2 is more in the spirit of traditional landscape photography and shows the signage floating in context.
Naked Eye.
The amazing retouch work of Electric Art.
Richard Gary Photography.
The photography for our portfolio was shot by our good friend Richard Gary.
Check out his work at RichardGary.com.