May. 28, 2012 at 10:04am
Good morning Bali… (Taken with Instagram at Ranadi Villa Bali)

Good morning Bali… (Taken with Instagram at Ranadi Villa Bali)

May. 19, 2012 at 2:48pm
Amazing Paul Smith Flagship Store, Melbourne… (Taken with instagram)

Amazing Paul Smith Flagship Store, Melbourne… (Taken with instagram)

May. 18, 2012 at 4:45pm
First Camera… My very first 35mm camera. This Soviet made Cmeha Smena 8M camera was given to me as a Christmas present back in 1980. I guess I could say my passion for photography started with this little plastic box…

First Camera…

My very first 35mm camera. This Soviet made Cmeha Smena 8M camera was given to me as a Christmas present back in 1980. I guess I could say my passion for photography started with this little plastic box…

May. 16, 2012 at 12:17pm

Retro Living…

Nostalgic, classic, vintage and timeless. So vivid, futuristic and warm but also gloomy and grey at the same time. 

May. 15, 2012 at 11:55pm
For those stressful days…

For those stressful days…

May. 14, 2012 at 6:52pm

Rasmus Mogensen Perfectly Natural Exhibition…

Mogensen’s female figures are partially made in the spirit of Italian comic book artist Milo Manara. Depicting blatantly sexualized women in strong female roles is a consistent theme in Manara’s erotic graphic novels.
Mogensen’s comments on his view in creating perfection using images “Photography is for me a search for harmonious shape and composition. What keeps me going is the fact that a creative career is a never-ending evolution in the search for a perfection that does not exist. I love the fact that there is always something you can become better at in the process.”

Rasmus Mogensen - Perfectly Natural
May 10th - June 8th, 2012 
Acte2 Galerie
41, rue d’Artois
75008 Paris

May. 11, 2012 at 3:51pm with 1 note
Leica M Monochrom, What’s the big deal? With a color camera the sensor itself can only detect the intensity of light, but it has a color filter array to allow it to create color images. The process of converting the image to color is called demosaicing - This calculates the color for each pixel based on the color filter, and the results from the surrounding pixels. The color filter array reduces the amount of light reaching the pixels by around 1 stop, and the demosaicing process has an effect on the resolution because of the combining of information. With a Monochrome camera, you don’t need the color filter array, This means that each pixel gets the maximum amount of light thus improving the high ISO characteristics of the camera and the dynamic range. As there is no demosaicing process there is no loss of resolution - each pixel is represented directly in the final image. So what’s the big deal?  Well in short, you get an amazing ISO range, Sharper images, Brilliant Dynamic Range, and almost no Noise even at extreme ISO compared to an M9 or M9-P. This camera will appeal to Black and White shooters who want the feel and look of a Black and White film. Street photographers will love this camera as well as photographers who love to shoot Black and White, and others that simply wish they had one…

Leica M Monochrom, What’s the big deal?

With a color camera the sensor itself can only detect the intensity of light, but it has a color filter array to allow it to create color images. The process of converting the image to color is called demosaicing - This calculates the color for each pixel based on the color filter, and the results from the surrounding pixels. The color filter array reduces the amount of light reaching the pixels by around 1 stop, and the demosaicing process has an effect on the resolution because of the combining of information.

With a Monochrome camera, you don’t need the color filter array, This means that each pixel gets the maximum amount of light thus improving the high ISO characteristics of the camera and the dynamic range. As there is no demosaicing process there is no loss of resolution - each pixel is represented directly in the final image.

So what’s the big deal? 

Well in short, you get an amazing ISO range, Sharper images, Brilliant Dynamic Range, and almost no Noise even at extreme ISO compared to an M9 or M9-P. This camera will appeal to Black and White shooters who want the feel and look of a Black and White film. Street photographers will love this camera as well as photographers who love to shoot Black and White, and others that simply wish they had one…

May. 10, 2012 at 4:41pm

Clutter Chic, Erin Style by The Selby…

Like Architectural Digest for the digital age, Todd Selby’s home-design photo blog, The Selby, brings readers inside the homes of a globe-scattered bunch of designers, stylists and artists.

“I want to make a portrait of people through their things and through the way they live, through what they collect and their books,” Selby says. And the more disheveled, the better. “I’ve shot [homes] that are straight-up messy. I think that’s really chic,”

One of these photo essays by Todd Selby is Erin Wasson’s apartment in Manhattan NY.

May. 9, 2012 at 6:55pm
How interesting would it be for two industry titans working in different trades to have a dialogue with each other? Tune in as Ms Christensen investigates the inspirations and the passion behind that Lindbergh imagery. Helena Christensen: Most of your fashion shoots tell little magical stories. Do you ever dream these stories? Peter Lindbergh: Nothing comes from dreaming. My dreams, if I ever remember them, are so complex, that I wouldn’t try to turn them into a story for a fashion magazine. There are too many rules you have to follow. Just the fact, that every new picture needs a different outfit, will make a lot of ideas impossible. I think you can use your Dreams to create images, when you don’t have the limitations of Fashion photography, and you work for yourself or your gallery. HC: My favorite story that I ever did was the one we did together for Italian Vogue with the little alien. Where did this particular idea for the story come from? PL: The idea to shoot this story was born in my dentists waiting room in Paris. Someone left a small pile of tacked together Xeroxes on the table, with images and notes from UFO watchers all over the world. One of them was Mr. Kienzle, close by the El Mirage Dry Lake. I was fascinated by these images, mostly just reflections on the Sky, I guess and decided to do a Martian Story. That was exactly when you passed by my studio for the first time to show your pictures. I was stunned…..by you!! The perfect new face for the story just walked into my studio! The only thing left was to Write a Story, with a beginning and an end, and fly to L.A to shoot it. HC: You have a way of photographing women that make them seem like strong, fierce and independent women. Is this important for you to convey about women to the viewer? PL: To define and to propose a very personal view on Women, has always been very important for me. I think that this is the most important and exciting part of fashion photography. When you look back, every Decade has defined a certain type of women, basically through the work of one or two photographers not to mention the work of designers, editors, hair and make up etc. During each decade, there is a lot of experimenting going on, by many photographers. To come back to your question, only these photographers who had the sensibility “to put the pieces together”, to define the women who represents a certain decade, are the ones we still know. HC: What kind of light do you prefer working in? PL: Every light has its own beauty…. HC: Mention 3 contemporary artists you would like to exchange your art with for theirs.. PL: Michael Heizer, Gerhard Richter, Joseph Kosuth. HC: What has been your favorite location over time to photograph in and why? PL: My favorite locations to work, you should know, are the deserts and dry lakes, large and unromantic beaches, movie studios backlots, and down town Los Angeles. I like any place which adds something interesting to a Story I have on my mind… HC: Why do you think photography is such an interesting art-form? PL: I wouldn’t say that photography is an especially interesting Art form. It is just one out of many, and by accident the one I fell into and stuck with, because I can express myself perfectly with these little black machines… HC: What is the most amazing visual or moment you have ever seen that you didn’t photograph? PL: When I was twenty, My mother looked into my eyes for quite a moment, she was dying…  Helena

How interesting would it be for two industry titans working in different trades to have a dialogue with each other?

Tune in as Ms Christensen investigates the inspirations and the passion behind that Lindbergh imagery.

Helena Christensen: Most of your fashion shoots tell little magical stories. Do you ever dream these stories?

Peter Lindbergh: Nothing comes from dreaming. My dreams, if I ever remember them, are so complex, that I wouldn’t try to turn them into a story for a fashion magazine. There are too many rules you have to follow. Just the fact, that every new picture needs a different outfit, will make a lot of ideas impossible. I think you can use your Dreams to create images, when you don’t have the limitations of Fashion photography, and you work for yourself or your gallery.

HC: My favorite story that I ever did was the one we did together for Italian Vogue with the little alien. Where did this particular idea for the story come from?

PL: The idea to shoot this story was born in my dentists waiting room in Paris. Someone left a small pile of tacked together Xeroxes on the table, with images and notes from UFO watchers all over the world. One of them was Mr. Kienzle, close by the El Mirage Dry Lake. I was fascinated by these images, mostly just reflections on the Sky, I guess and decided to do a Martian Story. That was exactly when you passed by my studio for the first time to show your pictures. I was stunned…..by you!! The perfect new face for the story just walked into my studio! The only thing left was to Write a Story, with a beginning and an end, and fly to L.A to shoot it.

HC: You have a way of photographing women that make them seem like strong, fierce and independent women. Is this important for you to convey about women to the viewer?

PL: To define and to propose a very personal view on Women, has always been very important for me. I think that this is the most important and exciting part of fashion photography. When you look back, every Decade has defined a certain type of women, basically through the work of one or two photographers not to mention the work of designers, editors, hair and make up etc. During each decade, there is a lot of experimenting going on, by many photographers. To come back to your question, only these photographers who had the sensibility “to put the pieces together”, to define the women who represents a certain decade, are the ones we still know.

HC: What kind of light do you prefer working in?

PL: Every light has its own beauty….

HC: Mention 3 contemporary artists you would like to exchange your art with for theirs..

PL: Michael Heizer, Gerhard Richter, Joseph Kosuth.

HC: What has been your favorite location over time to photograph in and why?

PL: My favorite locations to work, you should know, are the deserts and dry lakes, large and unromantic beaches, movie studios backlots, and down town Los Angeles. I like any place which adds something interesting to a Story I have on my mind…

HC: Why do you think photography is such an interesting art-form?

PL: I wouldn’t say that photography is an especially interesting Art form. It is just one out of many, and by accident the one I fell into and stuck with, because I can express myself perfectly with these little black machines…

HC: What is the most amazing visual or moment you have ever seen that you didn’t photograph?

PL: When I was twenty, My mother looked into my eyes for quite a moment, she was dying… 

Helena

May. 5, 2012 at 12:07pm with 1 note
Anton Corbijn Fotografiska Exhibition Poster… Very happy to receive my original poster from the exhibition in Stockholm of Kate Moss photographed by Anton Corbijn in 1996. Thanks to a friend in Norway…

Anton Corbijn Fotografiska Exhibition Poster…

Very happy to receive my original poster from the exhibition in Stockholm of Kate Moss photographed by Anton Corbijn in 1996. Thanks to a friend in Norway…

May. 2, 2012 at 11:13pm with 8 notes
I Leica you…

I Leica you…

Apr. 28, 2012 at 2:52pm with 1 note
My ride for the day- I wish!!! DB5 (Taken with instagram)

My ride for the day- I wish!!! DB5 (Taken with instagram)

Apr. 27, 2012 at 1:18pm
Afternoon quick fix… (Taken with instagram)

Afternoon quick fix… (Taken with instagram)

Apr. 26, 2012 at 7:38pm with 3 notes
Princes Pier, Melbourne 2012…

Princes Pier, Melbourne 2012…

7:04pm with 1 note
Pillars on the Historic Princes Pier, Melbourne 2012…

Pillars on the Historic Princes Pier, Melbourne 2012…