April 2012
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Photo: Black Pepper
Click on the photo to see it full size!  Black Pepper by Benoît Felten
Apr 30th
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Apr 29th
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Apr 28th
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Cyanotype: First Attempts
Madeleine by Benoît Felten For months, I’ve been looking slightly fascinated at cyanotype prints. I was first exposed to them through Sinead McDonald, and then via 500px’s Britta Hershman. I loved the subdued and slightly uneven rendition. So when the opportunity arose to take a lesson with Sinead last time I was in Ireland, I totally jumped on it. This post aims at describing the...
Apr 27th
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Photo: Gijs Levelt
Gijs Levelt (Alternate Take) by Benoît Felten
Apr 26th
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Review: Paul Chadwick's Concrete
I’m currently in the process of re-reading many of the graphic novels that I bought in the 90s and have been on my shelves since then. Right now, I’m in the middle of Paul Chadwick’s Concrete and wanted to share with you how wonderful this series was. I don’t think there’s any other book amongst my graphic collection that is more humanistic than this one. If...
Apr 25th
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Apr 24th
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Photo: Urban Texture
Urban Texture by Benoît Felten
Apr 23rd
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Apr 22nd
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D'Eon Rediscovered →
A portrait of the the quasi-mythical French spy in drag was recently rediscovered. Fascinating. 
Apr 21st
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New Session Americana Album on Kickstarter
Session Americana is an awesome and fun americana band (haha!) from Boston which features a few of my musical heroes including harmonica player Jim Fitting and drummer Billy Beard. I have all of their studio records (although there’s a live album released last year which I missed and need to get) and they’ve just announced today that they’re releasing a new record. They’re...
Apr 20th
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Photo: Will Holshouser Chiaroscuro
Will Holshouser (Square Crop) by Benoît Felten
Apr 19th
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Apr 18th
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Photo: Fiber Optic Horizon
Fiber Optic Horizon by Benoît Felten
Apr 17th
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When the book covers makes you want to read the...
I love books. I may enjoy the convenience of reading on an ipad, but ultimately I love books. If you love them too, watch this, it’s funny, striking and endearing. And it’s about the love of books. 
Apr 16th
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Apr 15th
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Photo: Marc-Michel's Smile
Marc-Michel’s Smile by Benoît Felten
Apr 14th
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Apr 13th
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Neal Stephenson on the Mongoliad →
Just found out about the imminent release of The Mongoliad, a collaborative book series which Neal Stephenson, one of my favourite authors, is involved. This is the official book synopsis:  This May, from the minds of Neal Stephenson and Greg Bear comes The Mongoliad Trilogy, the first installment in the Foreworld Saga, a collaborative series unlike any other that will enthrall fans of...
Apr 12th
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Photo: The Old Till
The Old Till by Benoît Felten
Apr 11th
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Apr 10th
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Check This Out: Silver & Light
As some of you may know I’ve recently become interested in old printing processes, and I fully intend to explore Cyanotype this summer when I have time and sunlight. This guy Ian Ruhter though, he’s doing wet collodion on metal plates, and frigging big ones too. Amazing stuff. The video is really amazing, not just because it shows the process but because it’s all about a man...
Apr 9th
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Apr 8th
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Apr 7th
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Photo: Standing Tall
Standing Tall by Benoît Felten
Apr 6th
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Apr 5th
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Babel Tales
Last year I discovered Peter Funch’s Babel Tales and fell in love with the concept. Essentially, what Peter does is shoot the exact same urban location repeatedly and then use photoshop to rebuild scenes by picking the passers by from the catalogue of shots he has. So you get the scene where they’re all on the phone, all shooting a photo, all dressed in red.  What’s really...
Apr 4th
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Apr 3rd
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Photo: Pink Sunrise
Pink Sunrise by Benoît Felten
Apr 2nd
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Apr 1st