Tilt-Shift Photography
Believe it or not, the picture above is not a miniature set but a photo of a real scene. The technique used to achieve this wonderful effect is tilt-shift photography. The tilt-shift lens is rather expensive, but you can make your own or even fake it using Photoshop. The link below will take you to an amazing Japanese photoblog that features this technique.
BANFFscape
What you see is not aerial photography but a wonderful landscape made of wool designed by Marianne Desmarais & Liz Sargent. You can find more pics of their project at BANFFscape, along with a philosophical explanation of the concept.
(via MoCo Loco)
Mariko Mori
Mariko Mori is a Japanese video and photographic artist . She worked briefly as a fashion model in the late 1980s.The artist graduated from the Bunka Fashion College “Tokyo” in 1988. Later that year, feeling restrained by the Japanese ethic of uniformity, she moved to London attending the Byam Shaw School of Art (1988-89), and Chelsea College of Art, London (1989-92). Since embarking on an Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1992-93), Mariko continues to work and live there.
Now, Mori has a new installation in New York. Called “Wave UFO”, the work transcends the pop iconography of her earlier efforts and offers an immersive experience that brings together architecture, real-time computer graphics, brainwave technology, sound, and state-of-the-art engineering to create a profound interactive experience. Anyone interested in experience design, and the relationship between art, technology and the future should see it.
Helena Chistensen’s Exhibition
Born in 1968, Helena grew up in Denmark. Aged 18, she left for Paris to pursue a modelling career, and she soon became one of the top models of the 1990s. In 1997 her career as a professional photographer really took off when she became the creative director of NYC fashion magazine Nylon. Since then Helena has worked for many titles such as Italian and French Vogue.
Now, she will presenting her photographies in Paris. But this time, she will be on the other side of the camera. She will exhibit about sixty photos which, according to her, express all the contradiction of life.
Radio Control Digital Camera Plane
The Estes XB 39 Eagleye R/C Digital Camera Plane isn’t just a remote controlled plane. You can take amazing digital pictures from an eagle’s eye view with it. The giant Eagleye has a wingspan of 55 inches, is 34 inches in length and has twin ducted fan jet engines. You can take up to 26 aerial photographs with a simple push of a button on the transmitter.
