Although we live our lives bound by gravity, a great deal of being human is in pushing and rising against it. We exhibit this by indulging in sports. Photographer Ryan McGinley understands this quite well, and it is this defiance against being grounded that he captures in his photo essay and video titled, “The Lightness of Being an Olympian.” (more…)
Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category
Go Ahead and Jump!
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010Silverlens and Wooden Rice Gods
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010In our photo issue, we told you about Silverlens— a former piano factory that transformed into an open gallery of contemporary photography. The latest exhibit they’ll be featuring starting today is Gaston Damag’s Synthetic Reliquaries. (more…)
Doc Marlon’s Fave Shots
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
There are few people in the world who can merge both their scientific and artistic sides together. Doc Marlon Pecjo is one of them. We told you in our photo issue about this radiologist-cum-photographer’s career-consuming hobby. Here, you’ll find out more about him and see more of his photos. Check out his fave shots after the jump. (more…)
Young, Wild, Free
Friday, January 8th, 2010
Ryan McGinley may be fond of shooting people that run around on fields and hang out inside crystal caves in their birthday suit , but he shares that being in the nude just represents the freedom and energy that all young people have. His shots in our photo issue are proof of that statement. His alternate cover seems to be the favorite among those inclined towards the finer and more sublime things in life, aka the artistic souls. Check out more of this eternally young and wild photo-master after the jump. (more…)
A Real Shot
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Maestro Knows is one of our photo issue’s masterminds but guess who’s the mastermind behind his shots? It’s no other that Scott Regan–an advertising , commercial, and editorial photographer. With clients like Puma and Nike–this guy’s definitely sprinting to the goal. (more…)
Anouck Bertin Says Buh-Bye to 2009
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Didn’t Anouck Bertin say in our photo issue that her shots are so girly she could puke pink all over them? Well, her goodbye photo for the year 2009 is no exception. Check out her pictures of Taylor Warren as she claims, “I’ll kick (2010’s) ass!” (more…)
Brooke Nipar Has a Rough Edge
Monday, January 4th, 2010
Our photo issue showed you just why we love Brooke Nipar’s own take on modern-day sexiness and rough but elegant glamor. Here, we bring you her own quirks and habits when shooting for those sexy magazine layouts you see in major publications in LA and New York. (more…)
MangoRED’s Cartoon Wedding
Monday, December 28th, 2009
In our photo issue, photo savant team MangoRED showed us how to add that youthful and otherworldly spice to the world of wedding photography. Their latest gig displayed one of their signature techniques: adding lots of color and light to the shot to make it seem like the couples are cartoonish characters that remind us of our innocent childhood. See the photos after the jump! (more…)
13th Witness 2010 Calendar
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Timothy McGurr, aka 13th Witness, graced our photo issue’s heavy hitter page with his very colorful and super saturated photographs. Remember our red 13th witness alternate cover? For 2010, he starts our new year right as he shares to us his calendar featuring his top pics. See it after the jump! (more…)
Status is Cross-Processed!
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
It was our cover girl Brooke Nipar who said that there’s definitely a difference between a real working photographer and someone who just has a cool photo blog. For our photography issue this December, STATUS made it a point to get the real heavy hitters in the photo industry that have made and continue to make waves in this little blue planet—using images. (more…)
Katy Perry Rocks for Relief!
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Making history tomorrow is Katy Perry Rocks for Relief!, a fund raising concert for the survivors of the typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng. Truly, she’s not just one of the boys as her album says, she’s also one of us. So what better way to spend your Saturday? Watch her live at the Mall of Asia Concert Grounds. But wait, find out about what she has to say in the press conference just held a while ago! (more…)
Pancho Esguerra in the Business District
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Commercial and music director Pancho Esguerra definitely knows his stuff when he’s operating behind the camera. But how does he deal when he’s the one being shot? Read more to find out. (more…)
We Throw A Mean Release PARTY!
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
You heard it on the radio, you read it all over the social networking sites and saw it plastered on the plethora of stickers this weekend; we have finally released Issue 09, our love letter to music! (more…)
Rocksmith All Around the World
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Rocksmith definitely got streetwear down, dropping their newest look book for Holiday 2009 aptly dubbed All Around the World. Making sure to call out their hot musician friends out to party, it features shots of M-1 (Dead Prez), Curren$y, Wiz Khalifa, X.O., Ninjasonik, DJ Iron Lyon, Conroy Chan (24 Herbs), and a whole lotta others. (more…)
Gaga Meows
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
C’mon, you’ve seen her wear (and date!) Kermit the Frog, thousands of him. What’s so funny about Lady Gaga wearing Hello Kitty? Well, nothing. Except she’s also wearing some crazy pair of BIG anime eyes as shot by Markus and Indrani. (more…)
So Long, Irving
Monday, October 12th, 2009
Whenever I’m looking at an Irving Penn photo, I feel his poetic preciseness transcribed into image—those blank stares, enigmatic poses—that bear a calm singularity of vision and pureness of thought that strike just as the shutter clicks. With his death at age 92, what he left with us are his photographs transcending his own time and space. And in a sense, he still lives just as the images he captured—from Pablo Picasso to Kate Moss—he’s shot ‘em all. (more…)
Red Alert
Sunday, October 11th, 2009
Seems like in Tinseltown, you really gotta step up your game and be a jack-of-all-trades. The former model, turned Oscar and Golden Globe nominee, Chloe Sevigny, now focuses her creativity towards fashion design as she releases her new collection for Opening Ceremony. Sevigny transforms her winter catalogue into a bibliographic project on redheads, aptly naming it “Reds”. A sight for sore eyes? I think so. (more…)
Sweep Shots
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
DSLRs might be all the rave nowadays, but sometimes, nothing beats having a slick camera you don’t have to hang around your neck. The light and thin Sony DSC-TX1 is just the kind you can easily fit in your pocket, ready for that random moment that needs capturing. (more…)
Supreme Fall/Winter Collection 09
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
There’s just something cool about the way Supreme does their editorials. It makes me want to jump into these boy’s hoodies and jackets (and dude, I’m a girl ok?). Check out what they did for Japanese magazine Cool Trans, styled by Angelo Baque and photographed by Kenneth Cappello. Maybe it’s the way they layer it. Maybe it’s the way they pose. Or maybe, just maybe, it’s the way these boys look like they don’t give a F*ck. Damn Supreme, you did it again. (more…)
Building’s Shrewd Man
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Inspired by Julius Schulman, the lensman behind the iconic photographs of structures made by Frank Lloyd Wright and other modern architects since the ’30s, Eric Bricker’s documentary Visual Acoustics has already won a series of awards around the festival circuit. His name cannot be missed when talking about the modern SoCal landscape. (more…)
Gathering Light
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Before there is color, there must first be light. Without light, everything just fades into one giant splotch of black. Artist Michael Bosanko from the UK melds these two concepts of visual art by using rays of light as his paint brush. His canvass—the dark space around him. (more…)
Medium is the Message
Sunday, September 27th, 2009
Whatever haters say about toy cameras and lomography, a good photo is still a good photo. Because in the end, it’s the photographer’s skills that matter. But it doesn’t hurt if you have a cute camera to capture decisive moments with. (more…)
Tag Tim
Friday, September 25th, 2009
Just a short while before his MoMA restrospective this November, Tim Burton is paid tribute to in this fashion spread in Harper’s Bazaar photographed by another Tim, Mr. Walker. In time for Halloween, his well-loved/feared characters are portrayed in a more glamorous light, or darkness. (more…)
Vicarious Thrills
Friday, September 25th, 2009
When a person reaches a certain level of material wealth, chances are he already has his own way of showing it off. Maybe it’s by getting a membership in some exclusive country club or by donning the latest designer pieces. Acclaimed photographer Martin Parr from UK doesn’t hold back in exposing the nasty and yet strangely intriguing habits of how people flaunt their money in the most blatant ways possible. (more…)
What’s Next: Rony’s Photobooth
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009“I make a living off documenting my life.”
Check out this video of photographer Rony Alwin. Very cool clip.
