I first really read about JR with his 28mm project a couple of years back. Saw stuff popping up on the interwebs and loved the way it made people think about situations time and time again. Its that subtle form of social criticism that makes JR one of those artists that keeps drawing peoples attention and I [...]
Categories: Art,Codes,DIY,Documentary,Everyday life,Graffiti,Heroes,OutoftheBlog.com,Photography,Politics,Portraits,Rebellion,Street art
Tagged: africa, artist, brasil, cambodja, french, interview, JR, NY Times, Photography, portraits, ted prize, tedprize, wheat pasting, winner
- Published:
- February 28, 2011 – 20:49
- Author:
- By Andrew
The City of Angels has got a lot to offer (or so is said as I have not experienced this firsthand yet) and like each city, its a place where people with different backgrounds, cultures, interests, and lifestyles live next to each other. I Am Los Angeles gives us a great series of portraits and stories told [...]
Categories: Art,Branding,Codes,Connectivity,DIY,Documentary,Everyday life,Gathering,Heroes,Looks,Movies,OutoftheBlog.com,Photography,Rebellion,Skills,Street art,Street culture,Tattoo,Travel,Urbex,Youth culture
Tagged: BMX, Echo Park, El Clasico Tattoo, Fallen Fruit, fixed gear, fixed gear bike, fixed gear bikes, fixed gears, fruit trees, I am Los Angeles, Joris Debeij, LA, Los Angeles, mapping, portraits, public, Salvador Preciado, Sean Martin
- Published:
- February 21, 2011 – 19:00
- Author:
- By Andrew
Many twitterati put me on to Theophilus London a couple of months back after I had more or less immediately fallen for Humdrum Town. Ever since I have become a fan and try and follow all new stuff that gets released by Mr London. One of the things I picked up a while back was [...]
Categories: Advertising,Art,Branding,Codes,DIY,Documentary,Everyday life,Heroes,Looks,Music,OutoftheBlog.com,Photography,Quickie,Sports,Street art,Street culture,Youth culture
Tagged: 5 borrows, documetaries, humdrum town, new york, nike, NYC, portraits, theophilus london
- Published:
- September 7, 2010 – 20:00
- Author:
- By Andrew
The Bicycle Portraits project was initiated by Stan Engelbrecht (Cape Town, South Africa) and Nic Grobler (Johannesburg, South Africa) early in 2010. Whenever they can, together or separately, they’re on the lookout for fellow commuters, and people who use bicycles as part of their everyday work, to meet and photograph. They’re finding out who rides [...]
Categories: Bookreviews,Codes,Consumer goods,Documentary,Everyday life,Photography,Quickie,Skills,Sports,Street culture,Trailers,Travel
Tagged: bicycle, bicycles, Photography, portraits, south-africa
- Published:
- June 8, 2010 – 10:00
- Author:
- By Andrew
