Miscellaneous Orphan Images

This is just a dyslexic batch of miscellaneous images that I keep collecting online and never quite seem to find the right post to publish them. They just keeping clogging my computer and after looking at them for weeks & weeks in a row it's time to unload them in this ADD format. I tend to be very attracted to certain images and save them as I browse the web for future blog features. I like tongue-in-cheek humour, saturated colors, cute stuff, nostalgia, etc. Feel free to e-mail me images that you think I would like to post here at the blog!

Make Me a Supermodel: NSFW Video

Here are the images from the models last assignment on "Make Me A Supermodel" by photographer Mathew Rolston. I am also including an YouTube video recap of their NSFW photo shoot. Perry had the most daring challenge by enduring a tuck-job but the final images show that it was all worth the humiliation. The final episode will be two weeks away as the next show will be the 12-model reunion and probable bitch-fest (I hope).
Enjoy!

Sometimes Overwhelming

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Before gentrification, New York City was a gritty and inspiring place. And in its midst was Arlene Gottfried, whose eye for the sublime caught it all. SOMETIMES OVERWHELMING, her second powerHouse book, is a manic yet romantic ode to the people of New York City in the 1970s and 80s. From Coney Island’s eccentric denizens to a Hasid at Riis Beach’s nude bay to the disco nights of sexual abandon and the children in the original Village Halloween parade, SOMETIMES OVERWHELMING is a delightfully lighthearted look at the most outrageous people, in the most original milieu, you might ever see.

"Arlene Gottfried is a photographer with an eye and a mind on the city streets—an ‘insider’ with an ability to capture images of life that are raw, real, hard-edged, and caustic, and at the same time affectionate, funny, and loving." (Photo Review)

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The Art of Zhang Pen

These cute/creepy little Asian girls are the brain-child of Chinese artist Zhang Pen, that through photography and painting creates these eerily beautiful tableaux. Some images can be a bit unsettling as the mix of little kids and blood-like fluids as not an usual visual choice. The doll-looking girl holding the large knife in front of a birthday cake is my favorite image, with it's icing done with several dead gold fish. Creepy!!!

To see her more of her cool work pay a visit to her site.

Via Ectoplasmosis

M-People By Rodolphe Simeon

Vancouver based photographer Rodolphe Simeon's M-People series is quite a sight to behold.
The M-People serie is about people living behind a Mask or Makeup. They live under the influence of Matthew, Mickey Mouse, Marilyn, Marie-Antoinette,Mick and Marianne, Miles and Magritte, and many others...or so Simeon describes it. It is gory and violent at times, with S&M touches and a slight gay innuendo.

To view more of his great work visit his site by clicking here.

Via Who Killed Bambi

Ruben Toledo For Nordstrom

Nordstrom has teamed up with fashion illustrator Ruben Toledo for their Spring/Summer 2007 ad campaign. Toledo painted 20-by-30 foot walls to serve as a backdrop for the models which were shot by fashion photographer Ruven Afanador. These images are breath taking and very inspirational. I also love the fact that Toledo also painted on the models themselves, adding a surrealist touch to the whole photo shoot. I was in Paris once and while visiting the much-hyped boutique Colette I saw this great Ruben Toledo mural that they had leading up to the second level.

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Via NOTcot

Carousel

I am fascinated by carousel animals and these I found at the Palm Beach Zoo really caught my eye. Besides being beautifully done, they have a vintage charm that appeals to my "always nostalgic" mood. But if I were a parent I would be concerned if my little boy - or girl - threw a temper tantrum by insisting on riding on the "big black cock". You know what they say...

Plastic Animals

A small selection of some faux animals I've come across in the past few weeks. Since I was a kid I've been fascinated with mascots, statuary or anything fake that resembles animals or people, hence my toy collection. I do like when they try to be realistic looking but sometimes the faker they look the better they become.

I tend to carry my camera wherever I go as one never know when that one-of-a-kind moment will pop your way. Maybe I'll run into a celebrity or I'll be able to catch a news-worthy incident, but usually it's just pictures of kitschy colorful stuff. I have a small Sony digital camera that is just the right size (and weight) to keep in your pant pockets and not be a burden. I prefer cargo pockets if I know I'll be walking around a lot or I'll carry a man-purse when I go to work.