creative output

for those who haven’t heard of ryan mcginley yet

also foudn a pretty interesting article/interview of/with rayn mcginley which is definitely worth reading.

“24-7
by Ana Finel Honigman

In 1999, Ryan McGinley, then a graphic design major at Parsons School of Visual Arts in New York, sent his 50-page home-cooked book of urban idyllic photographs The Kids Are Alright, which he had produced on his desktop computer, to 100 magazine editors and artists he admired. At the time, fashion photography was ending its infatuation with gritty photography. Decaying beauty, as found in moody images of slouchy, stoned, skinny girls by artists such as David Sims, Glen Luchford, Mario Sorrenti and Corinne Day, were being wiped off magazine pages in favor of buoyant stylized shots of pretty Brazilian girls with party-ready bodies and supernaturally white teeth.

Ryan McGinleys photographs of his friends exuberantly indulging in irreverent behavior are neither sullen nor saccharine. His early photographs of kids messing around, stealing stuff and getting trashed, were influenced by graffiti, queer culture, skateboarding and sloppy parties without the hard drugs, impending tragedy and romanticized madness of his predecessors generation of self-defining photography. McGinley, who was born in New Jersey in 1977, is never a tourist. He really is an extremely talented photographer with good-looking friends who look like theyd be really funny and smart. They do look alright.” (read the whole article and interview)

please listen whilst having a foam bath.

playlist:

phonique & gui boratto - space cruise
ramon tapia - ufo
anton pieete - players
ramon tapia - tanzgefühl
dub taylor - leakage
martin eyerer & namito - seefeuer
piemont - bastille
paul ritch - aquarel

credits for the picture goes to samuel paul.

it’s such a pity that i can’t find an interview or something similiar of this photgrapher. I’d so much like to get to know more of guy aroch. well his portfolio seems to be unavailable at the moment, so please use this link to view some of his amazing shots.

made an other great find. enjoy the photography of lina scheynius

“When I first saw Swedish-born photographer Lina Scheynius’s work last year, I felt almost shy looking at the combination of frank sexuality and delicate, even fragile intimacy that she captures with her camera. Her photographs are so fearless, pure, and good, they scared me, or at least provoked a kind of awe and timidity in the face of such courage. The visceral quality of her photographs is conveyed through fluid lines, supple colors and deep shadows, and dark, sexy scenes that seem to both whisper and clamor. She takes her camera into a darkened bedroom, a hot, cloudy shower, and then outside, into a reddened sunset. I was immediately drawn into her work and wanted to know the thinking behind her approach, her philosophy toward the medium, and where she would go from here. The following conversation took place via email, from April to July of this year.

Lina Scheynius: My favorite pictures are the ones I have taken completely without having a viewer in mind. When I work on my personal pictures the viewer doesn’t enter my mind until I start the selection process for my website. And even then I try to not think about him or her. If I did, I think a larger section of my work would remain unseen, as a lot of it is extremely personal to me and not initially captured to be viewed by others, but more as you mentioned, to document. Or experiment. I guess that it is my almost forced disregard of the viewer that gives you the impression that I am fearless.” (read the whole interview)

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this portfolio is jsut so awesome guys. i mean i browse through a lot of portfolios but it’s pretty rare to find a portfolio only filled with picture i like. chadwick tyler : )

my good friend alexander otto from frankfurt just updated his portfolio. check out the dope stuff guys! radical and glory!