Jeff Bark, moving still life

Loving these shots by Jeff Bark. Amazed, actually, to find that they’re photos at all. Meticulously setup, lit and shot they convey a beautifully subtle sense of drama – still life’s that are teeming with movement. via PICDIT [...] posted: March 21st, 2010 | by: tomagotchi | perma: link | tags: , , , | 1 Comment »

Martin Amm -mega amazing insect photography

this is the reason i can’t ever see myself becoming a professional photographer. how the shit can you even hope to aspire to something as seriously amazing as these shots by Martin Amm then again, at least im lucky enough to see these photos. woah. via the lovely folk at TEAiM [...] posted: October 31st, 2009 | by: tomagotchi | perma: link | tags: , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

jim lambie: the found flower paintings series

after researching jim lambie, it appears that his usual creative out-put centers around themes such as brightly coloured taping of floors, and installations of trash/treasure including the kitchen sink. however a recent collection of work has surfaced from mr lambie, which features old chinese oil paintings of floral arrangements, cut up and layered over pop-culture [...] posted: May 28th, 2009 | by: lady worthington | perma: link | tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

robin derrick, cut flowers

you might think over-sized prints of cut flowers sound a little bit naff. a little bit blank-greeting-card, pretty-as-a-picture, something my grandmother would have appreciated. so inoffensive, it’s nice- but in all the wrong ways. well, robin derrick, the creative director of british vogue isn’t too flushed about that. in his 2008 show “cut flowers” he made [...] posted: April 2nd, 2009 | by: lady worthington | perma: link | tags: , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments »