a snippet: phillip toledano

In a series of intimate portraits taken over three years, Phillip Toledano recorded the final chapter in his father’s long life – his sense of humour, his struggle with memory loss and, above all, his unfailing spirit. Photograph: Phillip Toledano “My mum died suddenly on 4 September 2006. After she died, I [...] posted: May 17th, 2010 | by: lady worthington | perma: link | tags: , , , | No Comments »

mix and match

model: daria werbowy photographer: terry richardson posted: May 8th, 2010 | by: lady worthington | perma: link | tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

Artist Interview: Michael Barolet

The two halves of this site rarely unanimously love a piece of art. We have our different backgrounds, sensibilities and opinions on what makes a good image. however we both agree that Michael Barolet takes amazing photographs. He hails from the Northern Virginia/ Washington DC area and takes exquisite portraits and nudes of close friends captured [...] posted: May 4th, 2010 | by: tomagotchi | perma: link | tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

Nick Veasey, x-ray

From a Boeing 777 to a Mini Cooper and a even a fruit bat, Brit artist and X-ray boffin Nick Veasey has captured them all. Veasey uses a cargo scanner to make the images, some of which cost thousands of pounds to produce. Goes to show how complex and creepy things are when [...] posted: April 10th, 2010 | by: tomagotchi | perma: link | tags: , , , | 1 Comment »

filled with the holy spirit

A good blog needs a clear editorial policy. Unfortunately you might like this doesn’t have one, becuase really it’s just a mish mash of stuff we like. But we like it like that. looking through the archives of holy ghost reveals how they have slowly evolved from a bunch of great photographs, to a bunch of [...] posted: March 25th, 2010 | by: tomagotchi | perma: link | tags: , , | No Comments »

Alethea Everard, an age of photography

Alethea Everard, is a 15 years old photographer from Australia. While it’d be easy to dismiss her snaps as a straightforward capture of the mountains she lives near, coupled with a deft hand at enhancing through photoshop.. there is undoubtedly something unique in her composition. The rule of 3rds rings true, and they lend her shots [...] posted: March 24th, 2010 | by: tomagotchi | perma: link | tags: , , , | No Comments »

self-portraits on 4th & Bleeker

At first glance, they’re the standard shots you might see in glossy fashion mags – a pretty blonde showing (just enough) flesh, a highly stylised stance and mouth agape drawing attention to it and all the connotations that follow. I imagined a Terry Richardson or Rankin at the helm. Not so. The 4th&Bleeker blog features self portraits [...] posted: March 23rd, 2010 | by: tomagotchi | perma: link | tags: , , , | 3 Comments »