photographer crush: Wayne Levin
These photos take my breath away. So cinematic, serene and surreal and so powerful.
Wayne Levin is a Hawaii based photographer (of course), b. 1945, he studied Photography at the San Francisco Art Institute, and the Pratt Institute and founded the photography programme at the La Pietra School in Honolulu. His career has led him to working with leprosy settlements, traveling the world, and his ongoing preoccupation with sealife: the creatures and the people who play there.
Through a Liquid Mirror (1997), Levin’s first book of black and white underwater work is most definitely on my dream bookshelf list.
I struggled to choose a snapshot selection, they are all too good!
See more of Levin’s incredible survey of the sea here: Wayne Levin.
choice angst - the disease of modernity
Glaucus Atlanticus (blue sea slug)
spill
Loving the colour and sploosh of Bianca Brunner’s 2010 series Spill - beautiful and deadly.
Brunner is Swiss born and graduated from the RCA with an MA in Photography (2007).
today
Barbie chandelier at the Grand Connaught Rooms, Holborn and PANTS RODEO opposite today.
Boyd and Evans: b&w as never before
Boyd and Evans are a UK photography duo who began working together in 1968. These photographs from the series ‘Colour in Black & White’ (2003) are just magical, their specific use of colour to highlight and used sparingly only where absolutely necessary work to incredible effect.
Water is wetter, rust is richer - I am not usually a fan of this kind of editing but Boyd & Evans do it spectacularly, and showcase work that couldn’t be done any other way.
‘Looking at the world through the filter of his (Rene Magritte’s) work, moments in everyday life began to look just as startling. So, someone looking up over their shoulder became dazzlingly strange and complex as they made a physical connection between the earth and the sky, appearing simultaneously optimistic and apprehensive. There was already a story both factual and emotional. We attempt to collect such moments with a camera’ - Boyd & Evans
Paper and Chain
I’m in love with Paper and Chain’s simple and well executed jewellery, I am definitely placing an order for a couple of the Vega rings (top), which come in silver and brass, skinny and thick.
Paper and Chain are Issy and Naomi, two friends who decided to launch their company to fill the gap in the market for beautiful fine jewellery at affordable prices.
‘We think jewellery is something to be treasured, coveted, and given in celebration which is why keeping our prices at a reasonable cost is important to us. We want to give people the opportunity to own a special piece of their own or get an interesting and unusual gift for a friend.’ - Paper and Chain
Top two pieces from the Vega collection, bottom from Capella.
Rachel Alliston at the Royal Academy Summer Show 2012
Our girl Rachel Alliston from Exhibit B at Bearspace is in the Royal Academy Summer Show 2012 and she won the British Institution Award for Sculpture!
TheKrampus sculpture, takes the form of a bag big enough to hide inside of hand sewn leather. It even works pretty well with the retro orange bin.
You can visit the Summer Show 4th June - 12th August - I can’t wait to see it.
