Japanese photographer Natsumi Hayashi not only sees the future, she lives it by defying gravity on a daily basis. Her authentic (not photoshopped) levitating self-portraits (and her cat) have become quite the internet superheros. Follow Hayashi's daily posts on her blog, yowayowacamera.com. Find great articles on her work here (MSNBC) and here (io9).
Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts
SeanChron - Chris Jordan's Midway Project
This video comes via photographer Chase Jarvis who is actually commenting on a video by a Riley Morton about the work of another photographer, Chris Jordan. I happen to be a big fan of all of them.
The topic is Jordan's multi-year effort to document the fate of albatross chicks on Midway Atoll who are dying from ingesting large amounts plastic detritus collected by their parents in the Pacific Ocean. The video and project are poignant reminders of the impact human activities have on both human health and the environment. Jordan and Morton's creative work on the natural history of the albatross and how our culture of consumption and waste is affecting the birds is particularly profound to me given my background in conservation biology. It is a great example of the kinds of projects that occur at the intersection of science, design, and culture.
The topic is Jordan's multi-year effort to document the fate of albatross chicks on Midway Atoll who are dying from ingesting large amounts plastic detritus collected by their parents in the Pacific Ocean. The video and project are poignant reminders of the impact human activities have on both human health and the environment. Jordan and Morton's creative work on the natural history of the albatross and how our culture of consumption and waste is affecting the birds is particularly profound to me given my background in conservation biology. It is a great example of the kinds of projects that occur at the intersection of science, design, and culture.
Snowflake snapshots
The striking and graceful images of turn of the 20th century farmer and scientist Wilson Bentley have become the latest rage. There are many museum and other websites devoted to his work and a recent exhibit of his work at Chicago's Carl Hammer Gallery is listing his works at $4,800. Bentley's work proved as far back as the 1800s that art and science can coexist.
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