Flights of Fancy

More beautiful images of damaged and discarded books - this time from Cara Barer.  She says on her wesite: 

“With the discarded books that I have acquired, I am attempting to blur the line between objects, sculpture, and photography.” 

I am fascinated by the Starn twins. They are twin artists who have worked together for over 20 years. I love their aesthetic but I think it is the fact that they are twins that makes them so intriguing. M is a twin and he and his twin couldn’t be more different if they tried. I can’t imagine them collaborating on anything, let alone work this beautiful. The above images are from one of my favorite of their series, Attracted to Light.

I think this is such a cute idea.  Now to find enough empty wall space…

 Via Emmas Designblogg.

Robert and Shana Parkeharrisonmake some hauntingly beautiful and erie photographs.  Robert stars in the photos as “Everyman”.  They only produce about 10 a year, because from conception to execution, they are so time consuming to make.  These images are hand crafted.  Remember the darkroom?  They build and photograph the sets and make paper negatives from collages of these photographs.  They add paint and beeswax to the finished prints.   They also make photogravures.  I love this sort of elaborately staged photography.  It combines elements of sculpture and theatre.

Until recently, I was only familiar with the Architect’s Brother Series.  It seems they are now working in color.  I don’t know much about this new color work.  They are C prints, but I am not sure if they digitally altered or not.  I was shocked to come across pieces in which Everyman was not present.  A woman appeared in a few of the images.   The sets are less elaborate in the color work, but it is an interesting departure.  

Here is some of their color work.

I would love to know more about their new process and if it has changed much. 

See more here and here.  Buy their book here.

For the first time i think ever, I want to paint my walls white.  I mentioned this to a friend and her response was “Who are you?”  I don’t know.

There were about 4 or 5 different wall colors in my last apartment.  When we moved into our current apartment, we asked our landlord to not paint over the brown that the previous tennents painted the walls.  It wasn’t our first choice, but I figured it was better than white.  I was wrong.  We hated the brown walls pretty soon after we moved in, but I was pregnant, so we couldn’t do anything about it.  Then the baby came and we didn’t want her to breath the fumes and we were also in that new parent daze.  Well here it is a year and a half + later and still with the brown walls. I didn’t realize how much of our “stuff” is brown.  With the brown walls, it’s pretty drab.  Our main living area is long and narrow with windows on only on wall, so it’s pretty dark as well.

My heart skipped a beat when I saw this photo set.  This is what I want!  A crisp white back drop is just what our “stuff” needs.  I’ve always been a cozy girl.  Maybe it’s the thought of the approaching Spring, maybe it’s the shiny happy girl who now shares our space, but I am craving light airiness like never before. 

Photos from Decor8’s Flickr.

I love the photography of Rodney Smith - charming, whimsical, and a touch surreal.  See more images here and here.

This series has inspired me on many levels. Cindy Sherman is one of my all time favorite artists and her Untitled Film Stills are my favorite of her works. See more here and here.