jump*

see someone who jumps make my day : wow !

JUMP by Philippe Halsman:

an exibition at Laurence Miller Gallery

(the last two are Audrey and B.B)
via

look at me*

2 years ago, when I began to write this blog, one of the first post was about Look at me project , a collection of found photos. I'm re-posting it now , because I think it's a great project.

ebony ivory*

Hello everybody, have a nice week! Here are some fab pics from japanese catalogue ebonyivory.

note et silence*

Hallo everybody, have a nice week with beautiful photos of japanese label Note et silence.

simply breakfast*

It looks very beautiful the book Simply breakfast by talented Brooklyn based photographer Jennifer Causey. When breakfast becomes art.

japan...again*

Beautiful catalogue by japanese shop Galerie vie.

a world of nature*

Beautiful works by photographer and textile designer Marielle Leenders.Maybe you have seen her works on Bloom!, Li Edelkoort's review on flowers(one of my favorite review!. Her works(textiles and photos) are all about nature. Very interesting: the new developed materials with pressing techniques, you can see them on Marielle Leenders' site!

3191*

Many people know 3191 a year of mornings , but I want to feature here, because this blog try to feature works done with passion and heart and in the section photo of heart* I tries to feature photo projects (like Flower project or Look at me,if you have missed them, check them out!) that express positive feelings and 3191 succeeds in doing this every morning.
3191 a year of mornings is the photoblog of two friends, Stephanie and Mav, who live 3191 miles apart. They love to wake up early in the morning. To feel more closer, these friends post every day a photo with simple details of their everyday life.
3191 photos express the beauty in the little things: a flower, coloured ballons in the sky,breakfast....I love them, they make me feel relaxed and ...light!!!
3191 is a relaxed moment with morning coffee: to see every day!
Have a nice sunday!

a w-e to plan: Les Recontres Arles*

A week-end to plan at Arles(France)for Les Recontres Arles (3th july - 16th sept.2007)to discover new talents in photography, photography workshops to do, expositions to see and,above all, the Photo Folio Review(3th-8th july):a great opportunity for all photographers to submit their portfolio to leading international photo experts!

people have the flowers!*

photo (c) Kiyotaka Hatanaka

When I saw "Flower project" by Kiyotaka Hatanaka , I felt in love with it. I think that "Flower project" photos, so simple and natural, express the interior beauty of the shooted people.People seems to have given up the external appearance and the agressivity; they express only a sort of interior beauty and calm.
This photo project was born in Columbia flower market, east London. Kiyotaka went there and the atmosphere was so nice that he wanted to try finding where it comes from. Then he started taking portraits of people carrying flowers and plants, just bought.
According to Kiyotaka, getting flowers for someone(a friend, a girl friend,the family,etc) is a very beautiful habit: it is thinking of someone with warm heart. In Columbia flower market Kiyotaka realized this: if all the people in the world thought of someone, the things would go well. What have I to say more? I love this way of thinking and for that I love Kiyotaka's photography so much!

Quando ho visto la serie di foto del progetto "Flowers project" di Kiyotaka Hatanaka, me ne sono subito innamorata! Penso che queste foto, così semplici e naturali, riescano ad esprimere un qualcosa della bellezza interiore delle persone fotografate.Sembra quasi che queste persone abbiano abbandonato tutte le maschere esteriori, le difese e l'aggressività che normalmente ci accompagnano nelle relazioni con gli altri; queste persone sembrano l'espressione della loro bellezza esteriore e di una certa qual serafica calma.
Il progetto è nato in un mercato dei fiori nell'east London, il Columbia flower market. Kiyotaka andava là alla domenica e ci trovava un'atmosfera molto serena e così volle capire quale fosse la causa di questa serenità...
Incominciò a scattare foto alle persone che compravano fiori e piante. Secondo il fotografo comprare fiori per qualcuno(per degli amici, per una fidanzata, per la propria famiglia,ecc) è bellissimo: è pensare a qualcuno con affetto.Facendo foto nel Columbia flowers market, Kiyotaka si è reso conto di una cosa molto importante:se tutte le persone nel mondo pensassero a qualcuno, le cose andrebbero meglio!
Cosa posso dire? Io amo questo modo di vedere le cose e sarà per questo che mi piacciono tanto le fotografie di Kiyotaka!

look at me*

Il progetto Look at me è una collezione di foto trovate per la strada o in una scatola comprata in un mercato delle pulci.Il progetto inizia con delle foto trovate da Frederic Bonn e Zoe Deleu in una strada di Parigi nel 1998. Nel 2001 Frederic Bonn crea il sito Look at me ed incomincia ad ingrandire la collezione con foto mandategli da altre persone. Ora la collezione conta 612 fotografie.
Penso che la bellezza di questo progetto stia nel fatto che delle fotografie buttate via da qualcuno riacquistino dignità e nuova vita in questo progetto di memoria collettiva.
Dal punto di vista estetico,poi, c'è una bellezza nascosta nelle foto vecchie:i vestiti, le vecchie città ed anche la stessa carta di stampa ed i colori sbiaditi parlano di vita.
Look at me: per nostalgici e sognatori.

Look at me project is a collection of photos found on the streets, or stacked in a box, bought cheap at a flea market. The project started with a few photos found by Frederic Bonn and Zoe Deleu in a Paris street in 1998. Frederic Bonn built the site in 2001 and started taking submission from other people. Now the collection contains 612 photos. I think the beauty of this project is that photos thrown away by someone regain dignity and life in a project of collective memory. Moreover from the aesthetic point of view, there's a hidden beauty behind old photos: the clothes (urban clothes as well as country clothes), old environments, the papers and their faded colours talk about life.

Look at me: for homesick and dreamers.

cinq: the japanese art of display*

Navigando sul web ho trovato Cinq, uno shop giapponese, ovviamente non sapendo il giapponese non è possibile comprare, però vale la pena vedere le foto che presentano i prodotti: sono d'ispirazione!

Surfing the web I've spotted Cinq, a japanese shop. You must be able to read japanese for shopping, but Cinq has a site that is worth surfing for the so inspired pictures!