LIFE Archives | Hunting in the Old Days

Yesterday the LIFE Archive was gracious enough to present us with some of the best pictures of “Hunting in the Old Days”. Between picture of Papa Hemingway and Ike (Eisenhower) we are given a very American (at least those are the pictures I chose to feature) perspective of hunting when the Remington or the Winchester was a man’s best friend.

Northern Austrailia, 1931

Theodore Roosevelt on African Safari, 1909

John Lachenmaier (left) with safari trophies, 1951

Ernest Hemingway on African Safari, 1937

Dogs and Hunters, 1946

Goose Hunt in Louisiana, 1955

Ike and Coke on quail hunt, 1961

Father and son, 1955

Beautiful Decay

There is something very beautiful in this seemingly post-apocalyptic decay of the once decadent hometown of fellow blogger Mr. Moy of Getting Beat Like You Stole Something. French photographers, Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre takes us on a photographic tour of Detroit’s once decadent now decaying past.

Michigan Central Station

Farwell Building

Donovan Building

Bank Vault

United Artists Theater

St Margaret Mary School

Fisher Body 21 Plant

Ballroom, Lee Plaza Hotel

Weekend Fun | Polaroids at Space 15 twenty

EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE: A Polaroid Group Show

Gallery Space presents EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE: A Polaroid Group Show

In conjunction with the release of the special edition Polaroid film and camera kits, Gallery Space at Space 15 Twenty in Los Angeles is hosting a month-long group show of Polaroid photography. The original Polaroid instant photographs on view in Everything is Possible will reflect the unlimited possibilities of working with this unique format. Everything is possible.

The exhibition features work from

Alana Celii

Ali Bosworth

Andrew Post

Arthur Ou

Brad Troemel

Cass Bir

Charlie Engman

Dusdin Condren

Hasisi Park

Jackson Eaton

Jason Rosenberg

Jessica Williams

Kava Gorna

Leon Batchelor

Lina Scheynius

Madi Ju

Marcelo Gomes

Margaret Durow

Mark Borthwick

Michael Hemy

Mikaylah Bowman

Mordechai Rubinstein (AKA our very own Mister Mort)

Nicholas Gottlund

Nicole Lesser

Peter Zachary Voelker

Serge Leblon

Sylvain-Emmanuel Prieur

Vava Ribeiro

Wai Lin Tse and

Ye Rin Mok

Opening Reception: Friday August 21st, 2009 from 7-9pm

With a special live performance by Mark Borthwick

A limited edition zine of the show will be available for purchase at the event.

Gallery Space 1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90028

RSVP: info@space15twenty.com

Check out the flyer here.

A New Perspective | Tilt Shift Photography

My Father and I used to work on HO trains when I was young always changing the town to be something a little bit different. Whether it was trying to recreate my Father’s hometown of Utrecht, NL or some perfect imaginary town of your wildest dreams. But we were to indecisive and in the end the train tracks, houses, store fronts, barns, hotels, cafes and fake plant life were put into their respective boxes and placed in the garage. As a kid I was so tired of looking up at everything so to have the perspective of looking down at something made me feel larger than life and I loved it. So when I found this tilt-shift motion picture of East Los Angeles I fell in love. The angle, the shift, and the tilt make this whole video seem like you are looking down at an HO train track and it brings me back to the days of ol’.

Tilt-shift photography, a technical mix of mechanics that boggles my mind, and Smallgantics, a post production digital effect where each level of the image is blurred respectively, are the techniques used in this video and other such as the Harrowdown Hill video by Thom Yorke. These effects can trick the mind into assuming that the relative size of an object is different than it actually is, kind of like a when guys use a raised truck or a large gun to trick the…well, you get the idea.

The Book Report | Into the Sunset: Photography’s Image of the American West

Of all the photography books there has been none done so well as the MOMA’s compilation of images from artists ranging from Edward Ruscha to Ansel Adams to Julius Shulman to David Hockney. The list goes on and on of the contributors of to Into the Sunset: Photography’s image of the American West. Not only does the inside warrant looking but it breaks the “don’t judge a book by it’s cover” rule. The cover caught my eye and the title dragged in. I don’t have to reiterate my love for the American West and the South West but this book exemplifies everything beautiful that once was and what has become. The foreword by Glenn D. Lowry the Director of the MOMA and essay from the author of the book and curator of the MOMA exhibit of the same title Eva Respini really sets the pace for the compilation. Have looked through book 6 times already since I bought it a day ago I will find myself looking through this many times more for inspiration.

More pictures of the book and select pictures from the book after the jump.

Ansel Adams. Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada, from Mansanar, California. c. 1944

Eadweard J. Muybridge. Valley of the Yosemite from Mosquito Camp. 1872

Robert Frank. Covered car – Long Beach, California. 1955

Julius Shulman. Case Study House #22. 1960

For more check the book out yourself and enjoy the 133 photos from over 60 different photographers. There are some gems and some even more precious photos to inspire you over and over again. Jump in and get a feel for American West the way it is meant to be felt.

Capturing Los Angeles | LeRoy "Granny" Grannis

Being born and living in Los Angeles except a short hiatus for my studies in Oregon has taught me a lot. One is that the most beautiful of places are not that way because of the place itself but for the people that make it up. And to capture Los Angeles in a limited space can be difficult. You could place a picture of the Eastern Building or the Hollywood sign or even traffic on Sunset but what represents the West Coast feel are the people and the attitude they express in the simplest of activities.

Who better to capture that attitude than Los Angeles native LeRoy “Granny” Grannis. Avid surfer and reknowned photographer took his camera to the sea to capture the freewheeling 60’s spirit of Californians at their best. Having plenty of his work published in magazines and a few collections published by the likes of Taschen he certainly has the ability to…Capture Los Angeles.

Capturing Los Angeles | LeRoy "Granny" Grannis

Being born and living in Los Angeles except a short hiatus for my studies in Oregon has taught me a lot. One is that the most beautiful of places are not that way because of the place itself but for the people that make it up. And to capture Los Angeles in a limited space can be difficult. You could place a picture of the Eastern Building or the Hollywood sign or even traffic on Sunset but what represents the West Coast feel are the people and the attitude they express in the simplest of activities.

Who better to capture that attitude than Los Angeles native LeRoy “Granny” Grannis. Avid surfer and reknowned photographer took his camera to the sea to capture the freewheeling 60’s spirit of Californians at their best. Having plenty of his work published in magazines and a few collections published by the likes of Taschen he certainly has the ability to…Capture Los Angeles.