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When I got the LomoKino in my hand, I started directly filming with this great camera. But as I did not have any ideas at first, I was just filming around - friends on a holiday or flying seagulls - which is a nice and important approach to get to know the camera. But after a while, I felt that I wanted more. I wanted to create films with a *real* story, which are also for others funny to watch. I had some ideas, which I now want to share with you.
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We've found a bunch of skulls popping up all over the place in the world of Fashion, Sculpture, and Jewelry Design. Each of the finds we'll be sharing with you momentarily are photographed beautifully, each becoming the subjects of photoprojects. Skulls are no longer just for the morbidly curious, or Goths, but an interesting shape charged with an interesting attitude.
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At home, I do not pay attention to ducks, because there are so many of them in the parks. But this one we met in Istanbul was very special. Read on to find out why.
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Izima Kaoru was born in Kyoto in 1954 and is best recognized for his series “Landscapes with a Corpse.” These photos combine horror with beauty in portraying models and actresses acting out their ideal deaths.
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On this day, 31 years ago, former Beatles vocalist and guitarist John Lennon was shot and killed by an obsessed fan in New York City. Learn more about the incident after the jump and take time to remember the legendary English musician whose works remain influential to this day.
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Hans Otte (August 23, 1928 -- April 24, 2007) was my grandfather on my father's side. Looking through some of my old family pictures, I came across a collection of images of his life, which I thought I would share.
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Hollywood Cemetery, hidden away in Oregon Hill Richmond, Virginia, is filled with history and legend, and a great place to wander with a camera.
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In the northern reaches of Seoul, enshrined high on a hill is the tomb of Lee Sang-gil (1556-1637). A civil minister turned leader when he went to fight in the Manchu War of 1637, Lee Sang-gil ended up hanging himself when the Quing invaded Kang-hwa-do the next year. The cemetery is circumscribed by a beautiful traditional Korean wall and has many stoic guardian statues watching over the tombs.
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Open since 1828, the Main Cemetery of Frankfurt offers a place of peace for those who passed on and those who were left behind. It is a place of calm, and one might think it's drowned in sorrow and perhaps to an extent it is. . . for only when directly confronted with death do you realize the magnificence of life.
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On this day, nearly three decades ago, the world mourned over the death of Grace Kelly from injuries she suffered after a grisly car accident. Let us go back in time and celebrate the colorful life of the beautiful Hollywood actress and real-life princess.
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As Jerome K Jerome once said “I take no interest in creeping round dim and chilly churches behind wheezy old men, and reading epitaphs. Not even the sight of a bit of cracked brass let into a stone affords me what I call real happiness.” He did however, admit that for most Brits, a poke around a cemetery was a great way to pass the time. Jerome then would not like Putney Vale Cemetery but I do.
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Lucian Freud, one of the greatest, most influential British painters of our time has died at the age of 88. Get to know him a little better through text and images.
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During the Victorian Era, people honored and immortalized their dearly departed in a unique and rather eerie way--by photographing them moments after death. Take a look at some interesting post-mortem photographs that will make your hairs stand on end.
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The first of London's 'Magnificent Seven', what you'll find in the Kensal Green Cemetary are pieces reminiscent of London's glorious gothic history.
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Seventeen years ago, a grunge rock legend said adieu to the world. His name was Kurt Cobain.
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“Kinbaku (knots with ropes) are different from bondage. I only tie up a woman's body because I know I cannot tie up her heart. Only her physical parts can be tied up. Tying up a woman becomes an embrace.” - Araki
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A walk through an allegedly haunted mill building. Once a booming textile mill, the Washington Street Mills is an amazing place for beautiful and spooky shots. In spite of the refurbishments that have already taken place, it's still as creepy as ever.
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I decided to make a location of one of the most important graveyards in Puerto Rico - the Santa María Magdalena Graveyard. Though it never even occurred to me that by being so close to death, it would take the life of my precious Diana F+.
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I think the reporting of my death is a little premature! I think the same goes for E6 film....
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Kensal Rise cemetery is the final resting place of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It is one of Londons oldest graveyards and has some incredibly ornate mausoleums that belong to the rich and famous from the past. I don't know why but whenever i take pictures of this type of thing i get goosebumps and start to question whether or not i should be snapping away in a place that holds such sadness.
