Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts

Monday, January 17, 2011

Paintings Made Up Of Real People

Alexa Meade manages to skillfully comine paint, installation,  portraiture and photography to create an amazing body of work. Instead of using acrylic paint to create people on canvas, she works backwards by applying paint on her subjects, blending them into becoming part of the artwork. Check out these images and video of her work!







Monday, August 24, 2009

Revamping the School Photo


No more stiff poses, dull backgrounds or forced smiles. Isn't this how you would want to remember your kid? Stomping Ground have successfully reinvented the school picture by encouraging kids to "wear whatever they like, bring their favorite toy, dress up in their fanciest costume, dance and jump around". If only they were around for my school pictures!







Sunday, June 21, 2009

Fallen Princesses..


No such thing as Happily Ever After? Dina Goldstein addresses current issues and replaces the "happily ever after" notion with reality... Commenting on the series, Goldstein says

"I began to imagine Disney's perfect Princesses juxtaposed with real issues that were affecting women around me, such as illness, addiction and self-image issues."