ALANA PATERSON

Here's some photographs from a Canuck who lives on the islands... Although Alana resides around Vancouver, she has apparently spent some time with her camera on this side of the Atlantic Ocean. Here are some exposures from Denmark and Spain. check out her projects over at:

www.betterthennever.blogspot.com

ONE FROM THE MIRACULOUS... THANK PONTUS.

3D SKATEBOARDS?

 Apparently there are 80 designers turning the typical or conventional skateboards into a piece of 3D work, with the help of laser engraving machinery that would typically be used for cutting sheet metal and such like... 

The Refill Seven exhibit, which recently debuted in Sydney, flaunts the work of hotshot designers like Michael C. Place , Michael Leon  and Mr. Cartoon. Each created an image to be etched into the seven layers of ply. Each design is being burned on up to 50 boards, which will be for sale this fall at the Reed Space gallery in New York for $500 apiece. get yer wallets oot!!

MORE DEAD MANS BONES......

ANOTHER TUNE.

WORLD PRESS PHOTO 2010

Since 1955, World Press Photo has invited press photographers of the world to participate in the annual international competition in press photography. The exhibition provides a platform for creative developments in photojournalism and provides an eyewitness record of world events. This year’s exhibition showcases 167 winning photographs, selected from over 100,000 entries, submitted by photojournalists, picture agencies, newspapers and magazines throughout the world. As well as the World Press Photo of the Year by Italian photographer Pietro Masturzo portraying women shouting on a rooftop in protest at the presidential election results in Tehran, the exhibition includes work by seven photographers from the UK. The winning photographs encompass the horrors of war, natural disasters, sporting endeavours and the beauty of the natural world.

If yer interested in going to see this years exhibition then get yourself down to the Southbank Centre, London.

The exhibition is running until the 5th of December 2010.

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk

New Habitat Graphics?

Artist Piotr Woronkowcz has taken his vision to the world of skateboarding with a series of laser-etched wooden skateboard decks. These boards feature elaborate, detailed etchings of natural scenes, architecture or Jesus Christ himself. Piotrs decks are definately one for above the mantlepiece! Im almost sure that I have seen the building graphic decks being sold in an Adidas shop in Stockholm, and they were extremely expensive. So if ye want some nice pieces for the walls and you have a money tree.........

No matter how much you watch this, it ever gets old...

Heres one for Sam Longmire...

Photobooth Genius?

LET US NOT FORGET

I just happened to stumble across a website that has a variety of shockingly amazing photographs from the second world war, that have been uploaded from families of those who have obviously had relatives that were active during this time. Being not long after remembrance day and all, let us not forget what went on and never to let it happen again.

Get some fresh rags.

Ok folks, So my good friend Jessie manages a wee shop in Los Angeles that enables you to design yer own clothing. If ye like fresh brandless hoodies,tees, vests and so on with YOUR own stamp on them, then check out the website at www.apliiq.com . You may have seen me repping the tee's  I recently received in the post. I have not one bad word to say about the clothing as the tee's are of good quality and these kind peeps donate a nice wee percentage of their proceeds to charities, such as Breast Cancer Support, support in Haiti & Cambodia.

What Apliiq have to say:

apliiq is your favorite hoody. your favorite tee. your favorite dress. your apliiq is different because it's not blasted with logos or excessive graphics. it's different because you designed it, you carefully picked the fabric and color that represents you. everyone asks you where you got it, everyone wants their own.

apliiq is made in downtown los angeles.  we take care to produce the best quality product possible.  every fabric and every stitch has been thought out and we only produce a product once it's ordered.  that means your apliiq was made just for you.

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WE WILL NOT DESTROY.

Harlem. Go listen....

And thats me away offshore folks........

So here's some visuals from my last trip away....

Two snaps from the enjoyable Helicopter journey to and from the installation.

Instrumentation Technician Daniel Smith on the Plant.

Supply boat alongside away to start operations.

The Flare.

An obscene amount of seagulls alongside the rig. 

The best bit.

go and get creative...

Pinhole camera made from yir favourite meal....