Black and White Photomontages

10/16/2013 by chicquero

Thomas Barbèy grew up in Geneva, Switzerland, across the street from the “Caran D’ache” factory, the largest manufacturer of art supplies. He started drawing seriously at the age of 13, using black “encre de Chine” and gouaches for color. His influences were Philippe Druillet, Roger Dean and H.R. Giger. Today, he resides in Las Vegas and travels the world, taking his camera wherever he goes. Thomas has been a photographer for over twenty years now and prefers to use his old […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: arts, black and white, cool, interesting, photography, photomontage, surreal, surrealism, thomas barbey

Girls and whale sharks!

10/10/2013 by chicquero

In an effort to raise awareness about conservation and the environment, marine life photographer Shawn Heinrichs collaborated with fashion photographer Kristian Schmidt on this completely awe-inspiring underwater project. The images feature enchanting combinations where human models swim in sync with whale sharks, the world’s largest fish. Involved in the project were Italian model Roberta Mancino, underwater model Hannah Fraser, stylist Fazli Krasniqi, and physiologist and artist Taro Smith. As the models and animals worked flawlessly together, the two photographers captured […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: cool, Kristian Schmidt, ocean, photo, photography, sea, sharks, Shawn Heinrichs, underwater, water, whale, whale sharks

Dream Sequence, again!

10/07/2013 by chicquero

Madame Peripetie explores the boundaries between fashion, sculpture and the human body, experimenting with various fabrics and patterns; whilst infusing high-fashion elements with abstract and conceptual ideas, creating an eccentric escapade of color and texture. In her work she is focusing mainly on the interaction between body, language and new media. Her inspirations include surrealism, dadaism as well as the new wave era of the 80s, British post punk scene and the avantgarde theater of Robert Wilson. Check it out the other Dream Sequence!! “All that we […]

Categories: Artsy, Fashion • Tags: art, avant garde, cool, dream, Fashion, Madame Peripetie, photography, surreal

Ashes to Dust!

10/03/2013 by chicquero

I am Dust + Time of War by Olivier Valsecchi (2009-2012) Inspired by Ovid’s definition of Chaos – a confused mass of liquid and fog, order and disorder, light and darkness – the “Dust” (2009) and “Time of War” (2012) series, part of the “I am dust” project, are about incarnation, resurrection, rebuild what was destroyed, struggling for life. Olivier Valsecchi was born in Paris in 1979. Revealed to the public eye in 2010 by  DUST,  this series earned him the prestigious Hasselblad […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: art, ashes, body, cool, dust, human, naked, Olivier Valsecchi, people, photo, photography

Zoo book portraits

03/21/2013 by chicquero

After studying Fine Arts in Barcelona, with a specialization in Visual Arts, Yago Partal undertook a project with Manel Soto; the creation of a Visual Arts Studio. They spent six years working for brands and companies like Filmax, Chesterfield International, Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, Canal +, and doing some editorial work for fashion brands, as well as submerging themselves in a more artistic environment with several exhibitions showing more personal projects. After this period, he decided to […]

Categories: Laugh, Photography • Tags: Almodovar, animals as human, bad ass, cool portraits, photography, stylish, wildlife, Yago Partal, zoo creatures

Bloody Valentine <3

01/31/2013 by chicquero

Hilarious and grotesque in the same instant, these  “Valentines Day,” series caused somewhat of an emotional response by the viewer.  Wes Naman has been a self taught photographer of ten years before graduating from commercial photography in his home in North Carolina. Since moving to Albuquerque he has been an assistant to photographers such as Chip Simons and Robert Reck before deciding to start his own company, Naman Photography. In between working as a photojournalist for the weekly Alibi, freelancing […]

Categories: Laugh, Photography • Tags: arts, blood, blood paint, bloody, fun, love, painted body, photography, scary, shocking, valentine, Valentines day, Wes Naman, white

Dancers among us!

01/23/2013 by chicquero

“The inspiration for this book came to me one afternoon as I watched my son, Hudson, playing with his toy bus. I was trying to keep pace with his three-year-old mind as he got deeper and deeper into a fantasy involving nothing more than a yellow plastic box and armless figurines. At least that’s what I saw. He saw frantic commuters rushing to catch the 77 local bus to Australia. He jumped in place, mouth open and slapping his knees, joyously reacting to […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: art, arts, ballet, beautiful, city, contemporary, cool, dance, dancers, dancers among us, dancing, movement, people, photo, photography, urban

Scotch Tape Portraits

01/03/2013 by chicquero

Forget special effects, prosthetics and hyper-detailed makeup; all you need to turn a willing friend into a monster is a little Scotch tape. Photographer Wes Naman used the unassuming office supply to transform human faces into bizarre flesh mashups, creating a unique series both amusing and horrifying, full of deep meaning and metaphor, both negative and positive, a social commentary that defies all common sense. According to Wired, Naman stumbled upon the technique while wrapping Christmas presents with his assistant when the two […]

Categories: Laugh, Photography • Tags: cool, face, funny, hilarious, laugh, office, people, photography, portraits, scotch tape, series, supplies, tape, Wes Naman

Fireworks!

12/31/2012 by chicquero

HAPPY NEW YEAR.. 2013!!! Life is like a firework. You gotta ignite the fuse and make it beautiful. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE Lights never down Man, star and moon Enlightened souls Oh my galaxy! Charm is glow Topographic projections

Categories: Photography • Tags: 2013, beautiful, fire, fireworks, lights, magic, magical, new years, NYE, photography, photos, show, world

Double exposure portraits

12/28/2012 by chicquero

Brazilian photographer Heitor Magno is a really cool visual artist who’s behind some very eye-catching double exposures. He applies many of his double exposed imagery “like a tattoo artist on flesh; the effect is seamless and stunning at times”. Reminiscent of Matt Wisniewski‘s work, Heitor often mixes the human body with various natural elements and he literally likes to “play with fire” in a darker conceptual way. Awesome portraits! Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: brazilian photographer, double exposure, fire, Heitor Magno, natural elements, photography, portraits, tattoo

Fashion Dolls

12/23/2012 by chicquero

Lindsey Wixson plays as a doll for the February issue of Vogue Italia lensed by Tim Walker and styled by Jacob K. Tim Walker’s photographs have entranced the readers of Vogue, month by month, for over a decade. Extravagant staging and romantic motifs characterise his unmistakable style. After concentrating on photographic stills for 15 years, Walker is now also making moving film. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE Lady Cupcake Flashy, Sassy.. Tacky Barbie and Ken in crisis Intergalactic Trick or treat?

Categories: Fashion • Tags: bisque dool, doll, dolls, Fashion, giant doll, girls, Jacob K, Lindsey Wixson, photography, play, porcelain, style, tim walker, toy, Vogue Italia

Animals and interiors

12/20/2012 by chicquero

Karen Knorr was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and was raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico in the 1960s. She finished her education in Paris and London. Karen has taught, exhibited and lectured internationally, including at Tate Britain, Tate Modern, The University of Westminster, Goldsmiths, Harvard and The Art Institute of Chicago. She studied at the University of Westminster in the mid-1970s, exhibiting photography that addressed debates in cultural studies and film theory concerning the ‘politics of representation’ practices […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: animals, architecture, arts, culture, decor, digital photography, heritage, India, India Song, interiors, Karen Knorr, myths, pet, photography, Rajasthan

Spotted subway stations

12/11/2012 by chicquero

Subway architecture is definitely something really cool… tourists all over the world enjoy riding the local subway, checking its stations and architecture. It´s a great variety of shapes, textures, colors, angles and styles. These are some pretty awesome shots of some of the most beautiful subway stations around the world photographed by some truly talented people. Fun! If I ever have to stop taking the subway, I’m gonna have a heart attack. Edward Norton you may also like A minimal […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: architecture, lights, metro station, photography, shapes, subway, tube, world

True reality of 2012

12/05/2012 by chicquero

This is a “Wow” moment… here is a compilation of the Agence France Presse (AFP) most enduring images of this current year. We selected some impressive, shocking, saddening, funny and some very touching imagery as a retrospective of what had happened worldwide in 2012. Check this out! A Dutch local resident, standing in his house, looks to high waters level through his window, in Dordrecht on January 5, 2012. Gale force winds reaching up to 110 kilometres (about 70 miles) […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: Agence France presse, better world, catastrophic, impressive, peace, photography, reality, retrospective 2012, sad, shocking, touching, war, worldwide

My body is a landscape

12/04/2012 by chicquero

Californian photographer Jean Paul Bourdier creates haunting photo graphics that show his viewers the environment from inside out by painting the bodies of the models, which makes them look like one with the desert landscape. Bourdier is the author of Bodyscapes (introduction and dvd by Trinh T. Minh-ha), co-author with Trinh Minh-ha of Vernacular Architecture of West Africa, Habiter un monde, African Spaces and Drawn from African Dwellings. Production designer of seven films and co-director of two films directed by Trinh T. […]

Categories: Artsy, Photography • Tags: abstract, art, arts, artsy, beautiful, body, colorful, desert landscape, Jean Paul Bourdier, landscape, modern, painted, paintings, people, photography

Pop pop bang bang project

11/20/2012 by chicquero

Pop Pop Bang Bang is an incredible project created by a great collaboration between photographer Thomas Brown and creative director Anna Burns. The former describes it as a mix of “film, photography, and pyro”. Together, the two focused on three themes that seems to always find their way into movies: explosions, guns, and girls. With this idea they decided to create their own conceptual, visually arresting settings in three different London locations. Very eye catching! Drama is very important in […]

Categories: Artsy, Photography • Tags: Anna Burns, art direction, art installation, explosion, girls, guns, london, photography, pop art, Thomas Brown, umbrella, video

Hyperphotos

11/14/2012 by chicquero

Jean-François Rauzier, French artist, born 1952. Fascinated by photography from an early age, Jean-François Rauzier graduated from the School Louis Lumière in 1976. He has since been working as a professional photographer, while developing a personal creative work. J.F Rauzier was immediately captivated by numerical photography when it penetrated the professional market 15 years ago. He has been exploring the multiple opportunities offered by computer’s retouching since then, turning himself into a “virtual” painter. In 2002, he created the “Hyperphoto”, a concept […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: architecture, art, arts, artsy, city, cool, Design, digital, Europe, hyperphoto, Jean François Rauzier, manipulation, photo, photography, photoshop, retouching

Photo impressionism

11/07/2012 by chicquero

Josh Adamski has captured stunning images and turned them into works of fine art with his keen eye. He was born and raised in the UK and is now based in Israel. Much of Adamski’s work is focused around water as he lives near the beach and draws inspiration from the sea. After a photograph is taken, editing takes place to make the image more abstract and turn it into something even more powerful. The colors that Adamski brings out […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: abstract, art, artsy, beach, colors, fine art, images, impressionism, josh adamski, ladscape, nature, people, photo, photography, stunning, sunset

Little People Project

11/03/2012 by chicquero

The ‘Little People Project‘ started in 2006. It involves the remodeling and painting of miniature model train set characters, which I then place, photograph and leave on the street. It is both a street art installation project and a photography project. The street-based side of my work plays with the notion of surprise and I aim to encourage city-dwellers to be more aware of their surroundings. The scenes I set up, more evident through the photography and the titles I […]

Categories: Artsy, Photography • Tags: arts, characters, city, cool, creative, little people project, miniature, people, photography, small, street art, tiny, urban, urban art

Trashy & sexy by Terry

10/24/2012 by chicquero

It sounds like a cliché but Terry Richardson always find a way to surprise us with his sexual poses, inviting facial expressions, pubic hair, crotch touching, macho posing, spread legs, tongs, FUCK signs, fetishes, knives and nudity type of thing – Terry Richardson in all his creative glory. This is a new spring/summer 2013 campaign for the Brazilian label Sergio K featuring sexy Tony Ward, an international model, entertainer, actor, representation of what is bold and beautiful and one of Madonna’s ex-boyfriends, is […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: ad campaign, branding, men´s fashion, photography, Sergio k, Terry Richardson, Tony Ward

Beautiful and repulsive portraits

10/23/2012 by chicquero

Photo artist Oleg Dou is a multi award-winning based in Moscow. He is celebrated internationally for his staggeringly unique vision. His focus on artistry and craft is transformative. Oleg was born in Moscow on 19th of August 1983. His mother was a painter, and I he spent a lot of time among artists, though not particularly interested in their activities. “I felt an urge for arts and creation some time ago, when I was working as a web designer, which pushed me to study […]

Categories: Artsy, Photography • Tags: artist, arts, beautiful, beauty, creepy, digital, graphic design, kids, Oleg Dou, photography, photoshop, portraits, repulsive, young