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Recoloring History

22 Feb

Recoloring History

Swedish Artist Sanna Dullaway has made a name for herself recently in the recoloring world. Some love her work and some unfortunately seem to hate her. We’re simply fascinated at seeing these iconic images come to life in color. Some of her subjects include Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Albert Einstein, but she’s also tackled other images from the Vietnam War and more. Larger images of some of her colorization can be found here and if you want her to liven up your own images, visit her site Pastincolour.com.

Via Penguin Creative @leesteffen

Soaking in the Moments
with Chris Burkard

14 Feb

Soaking in the Moments <br />with Chris Burkard

Lonely Leap films tagged along with Surfer magazine Staff photographer Chris Burkard to give us all a glimpse at what inspires Chris to capture images most people can only dream of.

Via clubofthewaves redbullillume

Cameras by the Heads of State

6 Feb

Cameras by the Heads of State

The Philadelphia-based Design duo The Heads of State have created some prints exclusively for sale on Fab and this Camera print (8×10) is available now for $14. Get yours today!

Wish-List:
The Gizmon iCA iPhone Case

1 Feb

Wish-List:<br />The Gizmon iCA iPhone Case

There’s finally a case that makes the iPhone the camera it wants to be. The vintage-inspired iCA iPhone case ($65) available from Four Corner Store is made from polycarbonate and comes with two mock mirrored lenses attach to the front that you can use for self-portraits. One of the coolest features of this case is that it’s shutter buttons actually work your iPhone shutter. It’s available in black, brown, or white.

Via Design Milk

Blending In

25 Jan

Blending In

Peruvian-born, Cecilia Paredes creates these incredible self-portraits using her background as a painter to blend herself seamlessly into the environment.

Via mymodernmet featureshoot

Behind Photographs – Archiving Photographic Legends

20 Jan

Behind Photographs – Archiving Photographic Legends

Feeling a void out there with photographers not getting the credit they deserve for their images, photographer Tim Mantoani set out on his own personal 5-year long project now titled Behind Photographs. He has now photographed over 150 of the most iconic living photographers with the images that made them famous. One unique aspect of the project is that Tim used the mammoth 20″ x 24″ Polaroid Camera to capture the images and allowed the photographers to write a short story about their iconic shots at the bottom of the huge prints.

The final result is a beautiful 220 page, 11″x14″ book, Behind Photographs in 3 versions—Standard, slip-case and special edition (150 cloth bound book blind embossing and case.) If you buy 3 of the standard books ($60) from his site he’ll even upgrade one of them to the slipcase edition ($99).

Via @SamSpratt @Joeyldotcom Wired

Toying with Creativity

17 Jan

Toying with Creativity

Photographer and author Michelle Bates first discovered the Holga camera back in 1991 and has been playing with them ever since. She’s an advocate for analog toy cameras and claims they are:

“the Antidote to the tyranny of Technology.”

This clip from TEDx explores her work and some of her toy camera contemporaries who are using Holgas to capture amazing images from around the world.

Via @holgajen

Shit Photographers Say

10 Jan

Shit Photographers Say

This video, Sh** Photographers say by wedding photographer Jason Groupp had us cracking up today because these are the saying you may hear often around you if you’re in the design or photography world. Enjoy!


Via @photojojo

2011 Holiday Gift Guide – Part 4 -
For the Home or Studio!!!

25 Nov

2011 Holiday Gift Guide – Part 4 -<br />For the Home or Studio!!!

PART 4 of our Holiday Gift Guide is a collection of cool gifts you can use or display in your home, office or studio. Pillows, Posters, Polaroids and pretty much everything else. Enjoy!

Here’s another one of those I wish we had made those products, the Shutter pillows ($48) from Inhabit, available now on Fab.com. (If you’re not signed up  for Fab, you need to to get a cool curation of killer designery products everyday for good prices.)

The Poladarium 2012 tear off Calendar ($34) is a really cool gift for the instant photo lover in your life. It features 366 photos in a collectors box, one for each day and 1 extra to get you into 2013. Not only are you getting tons of variety in the images, you get to learn about the photographer and a brief story about the image on the back of each one. Such a cool idea. (It’s coming from overseas, so order now!)

Accessorize your desk in style with some of these fun camera-infused products.

The Say Cheese Camera Tape Dispenser ($21.99) | Retro Camera Pencil Sharpener ($14.99) | Photo Fanatic Key Cover ($11.99) | Snapshot Pencil Case ($15.99) | Camera Pencil Sharpener ($19) | Camera Stamps ($9)

Got some fun photographs or art to display Creative Walls ($29.99) will lead and inspire you.

You have to hold your cards somehow, why not with this Camera Card Stand ($9.99).

Know someone who’d likes to send pretty pictures in the post? Grab a box of 20 different Pretty Polaroids Notes ($10).

The 35mm ($85) and 16mm ($125) are both hand-made of concrete as part of the “Future Fossil” collection by artist Bughouse and available now at Henry Road.

This 2012 Polaroid Calendar by @xo_azuree ($20) is a fun 5.5″ x 5.5″ calendar for that instant lover who has everything else.

Shiny aluminum camera of yesteryear ($49.95) Need I say more? It’s not small, with measurements of 11.5″ x 8.5″ x 3.5″ available exclusively at Zgallerie.

Got some tables you want to keep nice from drinks and spills? Just use these ceramic Polaroid coasters ($11) from justnoey on Etsy.

1. Starmite on Red - 16″x16″ on canvas ($200) | 2. Icons 101 – 8″x8″ print ($18) | 3. Hawkeye in Red – 4″x6″ framed print ($25) | 4. Smile Yellow on A3 paper ($34) | 5. What Pictures are Made of -12″x12″ on wood ($200) | 6. Photographic Memory - 8″x10″ print ($28) | 7. Stay Focused – 8″x8″ on wood ($100) | 8. Old Camera - 11″x14″ ($50 – Unframed) | 9. Hawkeye on Yellow – 12″x12″ on canvas ($150) | 10. Cameras – 7″x10″ print ($15) | 11. Glitch Part 2 – 13″x13″ print ($36) | 12. Photographer’s Dilema – 11″x14″ print ($50) | 13. 8 1/2 – 11″x17″ poster ($35) | 14. Vintage Camera Hasselblad - 8″x10″ Print ($15) | 15. 28 Camera Drawings – 11″x14″ ($50 – unframed) | 16. Starbright, Starmite - 5″x7″ framed print ($35)

Know of additional camera-infused products you’d want for your home or office? Let us know by commenting below. If you want to see more from the 2011 Gift Guide, check out Part 1: cool cameras under $400, Part 2: Cool Camera, iphone and computer accessories, Part 3: Cool Camera and photography infused Wearables like shirts, bags and more.

2011 Holiday Gift Guide – Part 3 -
Wearables !!!

23 Nov

2011 Holiday Gift Guide – Part 3 -<br />Wearables !!!

PART 3 of our Holiday Gift Guide is all about showing your Camera love on your sleeve—fun camera & photography-inspired wearables!  T-shirts, watches, bags and more!

Carry your vintage camera love with this really cool Vintage Tote ($20) by artist Christine Berry. It also comes with a fun little pouch with the same pattern.

Wear your photography love with this sweet F-Stop Watch ($35). It’s so clever we really wish we had thought of this!

Here’s another piece of fun camera jewelry that also keeps time ($29).

Keep wearing the love with Photojojo’s Polaroid and SLR strap tees ($20).

Get your very own camera man necklace ($65) made of silver and resin.

Carry your camera or most anything else in this Photo Op Case ($29.99) available over at shop ruche.

Threadless always has some cool tees and this holiday they’ve got some fun photography-inspired tees. Here are our selection from the top left 101 Cameras by Afef ($20), Photographer by Lim Heng Swee ($20), Captured Nostalgia by Chalermphol Harnchakkham ($12), Striped Bird by Sebastian Guadarrama Gomez ($10),  Night Sky Projector by Ben Chen ($12).

Here’s are some fun camera totes from the Brooklyn design duo One & The Same. The Photographer ($26) and the Filmmaker ($26) are both available in natural and black.

Here’s one way for the camera lover in your life to wear their love … on their arm literally. This cool temporary tattoo set called Memory Makers ($25) and comes in a gift box from the fun Brooklyn-based Tattly.

Know of additional wearables you’d add to your own Holiday Wish list? Let us know by commenting below. If you want to see more from the 2011 Gift Guide, check out Part 1: Cool cameras under $400, and Part 2 Photography Accessories for your DSLR, iPhone and Computer.

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