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Photography: In Between by Julia Fullerton-Batten
Julia Fullerton-Batten has done a wonderful project called In Between. She has exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, and is rapidly developing a reputation as one of the leading young photographers in the country. The stage for her latest project is The Crescent House, an icon of modern architecture in the UK.
Photography by Julia Fullerton-Batten at The Crescent House, Wiltshire, United Kingdom, by Make Architects
Cassini Photographs Saturn’s Tiny Moon Enceladus
Saturn’s tiny, icy moon Enceladus has recently been visited by NASA’s Cassini orbiter, the images show the wide variety of this distant moon’s geology. Subtle differences in color may indicate different ice properties.
Boston.com has collected images of this gem of a planetary body.
Enceladus, Saturn, Solar System, more images at boston.com
Julius Shulman Photographs Case Study House #21
A resident of Los Angeles since 1920, Julius Shulman has been documenting modernist architecture in Southern California and across the globe for nearly eight decades. His images of Pierre Koenig’s Case Study House No. 22 (1960) in Los Angeles and Richard J. Neutra’s Kaufmann House (1947) in Palm Springs are among the most recognizable and iconic architectural photographs of the 20th century.
Photography: Case Study House #21, Los Angeles, USA 1958, by Pierre Koenig, at Wright
Photography: Landscapes by Lightmark
Light painting is achieved by leaving the shutter of the camera open, long enough to expose the background and then ‘painting’ the scene with flashlights, LED’s or other light emitting objects. The results can be stunning.
Photography: Light Painting, by Cenci Goepel & Jens Warnecke, at Lightmark
Wallpaper* Selects—Limited Edition Prints from the Magazine
Wallpaper* magazine is offering limited edition prints of their unique archive of work by Jonathan de Villiers, Mauricio Alejo, Jonathan Frantini, Christopher Griffith, Stefan Ruiz, Daniel Stier, Benedict Redgrove and Joël Tettamanti. Produced in editions of 10, 20 or 30 and signed and numbered by the artists. All of the works have appeared in Wallpaper*, having been commissioned especially for the magazine, but have never before been available to buy.
Wallpaper* Selects Limited Editions
Photography: Sato Shintaro Twilight Zone in Tokyo
Views of Tokyo taken from emergency staircases.
Twilight Zone, by Sato Shintaro
Photography: Volkswagen Wolfsburg Plant
The German Car Giant Volkswagen, has built the largest motor vehicle factory under one roof in the world. The machine is building the machine.
Photography by Benedict Redgrove, of the Volkswagen factory, Wolfsburg, Germany for City
Branislav Kropilak, When a Billboard is Not a Billboard
The main theme of Branislav Kropilak’s work is investigating the way in which modern technology has shaped the human environment and our lives. He is inspired by industrial design, architecture and urbanism. It has been said that his work betrays his roots as an advertising professional; the images produced being cool, stark and unforgiving.
Billboards, by Branislav Kropilak
Via: Designboom
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