We’ve always enjoyed dance, and the graceful way dancers can move and pose their bodies—holding their arms or legs just so—is beautiful to behold. But dancers can also do amazing, athletic feats as a result of their years of training. Dancers Among Us is an ongoing project by New York photographer Jordan Matter which captures [...]
We’re not sure where to begin with this amazing story. In 2007, 20-something real estate agent John Maloof bought several boxes of negatives at an auction. What he discovered is a trove of hundreds of thousands of negatives (including 20-30,000 undeveloped rolls of film) by Vivian Maier. After moving from France in the early 30s, [...]
Chema Madoz is a Spanish photographer whose work we thought we stumbled across today. However, after finding out more about him we realized we’d picked up a postcard for our collection featuring one of his photographs many years ago and it’s been hanging in our office for three years now. Mr. Madoz creates beautiful black-and-white [...]
We came across this photo on Scouting New York and wanted to post it. It’s a “ghost sign” or a sign for a business that no longer exists. It has great atmosphere with the old building behind and then the style of the letters with that touch of rust…add the snow on top of it [...]
In his series “Primates” French photographer Ruben Brulat reminds us that, in relation to nature, humans are just another type of animal. Brulat photographs himself nude in vast landscapes devoid of other human constructs to emphasize our frailty and our often-forgotten symbiosis with the planet. The results are beautiful and striking. Also check out his [...]
It’s no surprise we’re fond of food around here. Sometimes we even like to make it. (This weekend we made a batch of our famous cookies!) Maybe it’s just because we’re hungry, but while trying to figure out what to post today we remembered one of our favorite food sites, Smitten Kitchen. Not only does [...]