Serial Cut Studio is a growing team of professional artists specializing in a variety of visual-communication-based fields such as photography, design, motion-graphics, and 3D design. It is based in Madrid and was founded in 1999 by Sergio del Puerto. The studio works with both big and small companies, combining type and image in an innovative way to exceed the designers’ and clients’ expectations.
Promo image for an imaginary music group to promote the new range of colors of Jotun. Real types with fresh paint colors were added to get a wetter appeal. Photography: Paloma Rincón.
FAD, the anti-drugs Spanish Association, wanted to spread the message of "You know where the fun part begins, but not where it will end", so Serial Cut created three roller-coasters to represent each drug. Special guest designer: Jimmy Andersson.
Made in collaboration with Mr. Oso®, this still life is made by real type in jelly blocks. Special guest designer: Kristian Touborg. Photography: Paloma Rincón.
Gather around the campfire children. Let grandfather tell you of a time long ago. Televisions used to have antennas and only two colors. If you wanted to make a telephone call, pulling something out of your pocket was not an option. In fact, you would have to call an “operator” to have them connect you with someone else. You could treat a date to the movies for under $3. It was during this time that America, being the vain beauty queen she is, fell in love with the most mundane details about herself. White picket fences. Pick up trucks. Having one sheriff, a deputy and a moron policing your town. Small towns were what America was all about. Leave it to Beaver was a state of mind. John “Cougar” Mellencamp even mockingly accepts their existence in his song “Small Town.” I say mockingly because Cougar knew that America had been keeping a dark secret…
Small towns kill.
Think about it. Everyone with the exception of Larry Bird (French Lick, Indiana) complains about being from a small town. The unwillingness to settle usually does one of two things. The first being it drives the individual to escape the confines of the small town. Freedom becomes a rallying cry. The second thing that could happen is everything turns into the flea market version of Apocalypse Now. People get addicted to mashed potatoes that come in a cardboard box. Bowling Alleys become overly popular. Too many people trying not to spend their Friday nights in the parking lot of Blockbuster. I’ve seen the carnage firsthand and lived to tell about it. I’m one of the lucky ones.
Another one of the lucky ones is Photographer Steve Davis, an artist from American Falls, Idaho. His family moved there when was 10 years old. Davis jokes that “none of his family members that chose to stay in Idaho got out alive…” Over the course of three years, Davis ventured back to American Falls to take pictures that capture the spirit and struggle of Small Town, USA. Cue the bass line from “Another One Bites the Dust.” Cue the Movie Voice-Over Guy:
“In a world where having one stoplight can signal your doom…” [video: Old woman who has fallen asleep knitting on her porch...]
“And there’s no way of stopping corporate retail giants…” [video: People protesting and picketing the coming of Walmart...]
“What will happen…” [video: A kid drops his ice cream cone in the dirt and begins screaming.]
“Are you ready to go to church, have babies and die….?” [video: Footage of a small town Veteran's Day parade. A small kid flicks off the motorcade and gets smacked by his mom who is smoking a cigarette.]
AS AMERICAN FALLS. Steve Davis exhibit is currently showing at the James Harris Gallery until February 26th. Steve Davis is the Coordinator of Photography and faculty member at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. His work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, The 50 States Project and is in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, George Eastman House, the Tacoma Art Museum and the Musee de la Photographie in Belgium. This is the third time he’s been featured at the James Harris Gallery. For his previous work at the gallery click here.
The line, “It all started from a kindergarten finger painting class” marks the opening page of his website. Well Todd, I think its safe to say you’ve come a long way.
If you ever wanted to smash the shit out of your alarm clock, no longer imagine. Part photographer, part mechanic, Todd McLellan is certain to always bend the norm. Characterized by his versatility, McLellan’s work highlights subjects ranging from cars and motorcycles to unique scenery to advertising material. However his most intriguing and original pieces capture various broken down machines – I know, doesn’t sound very artistic in the traditional sense, but trust me, just check it out.
Wanna see more? Hit up http://www.toddmclellan.com/
Nothing has inspired the eyes and minds more throughout the 20th Century than National Geographic. (Obviously is still is legit today, but my personal favorites to peruse are back issues from the mid-1900s.) Back in the days when the American family didn’t travel abroad and depended on the collection of adventurous photographers, anthropologists, scientists etc to decipher the confusing, tribal, and complicated natural & social world around them. I must admit I’ve dug through many-a-stack of old NGs over the last decade to collect magazines to get illustration inspiration from, and I found this small clean file of great pics at Sara Gossett’s Flickr.
Keeping it real, Portland-based photographer, Anna Verlet.
I found this lady recently and she rekindled my love for nostalgic nature imagery, and with spring coming up, she inspires me to save up for polaroid film (not on the cheap side), and drive out to the penninsula (or down 101 as far as I can go) stopping to make memories along the way. Cheers to 2011 adventures.
Keith Loutit is a photographer and filmmaker from Sydney. He is said to be the pioneer of the tilt-shift / time-lapse technique. He makes mini worlds using tiny model figurines that force the viewer to take a second look at their surroundings while “challenging people’s perceptions of scale, and helping the viewer to distance themselves from places they know well.” His attention to atmospheric perspective helps give us a sense of space while his rigorous detail put into each element of the scene (the tides moving in the water, movement of crowds, flags blowing in the wind) create the illusion of a real-life video recording. Check out his website and his facebook page for more information and more of his work – it’s definitely worth it.
Originally from Kendal Park, New Jersey, young photography Howie Gordon has a bright career ahead of himself. Here are a few of his fantastic photographs.
There are so many other fantastic photos if you go and check out his facebook and flickr
Interested in seeing more from Howie? Check out his facebook and flickr
Check out the exquisite images created by Greg Martin. His photographs are absolutely stunning, as are his planet illustrations done in Photoshop. By clicking twice on the images in his gallery you can read a description of the picture and what Martin encountered in the process. Images are available for download to use as a fancy new desktop background, or purchase one to make a fancy new addition to your home!
Gorgeous video of time lapse photography all done by Sean Stiegemeier. Very beautiful photography and video put together by this man, the music often goes great with the scenes. Really calming and beautiful work, give them all a view.
Time Lapse Round One from Sean Stiegemeier on Vimeo.
Stomacher – Untitled/Dark Divider from Sean Stiegemeier on Vimeo.
Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull – May 1st and 2nd, 2010 from Sean Stiegemeier on Vimeo.
Matthew Albanese creates small-scale detailed model landscapes out of materials such as earth, sugar, cotton, steel wool, spices and much more. With each landscape, the viewer can’t help but place themselves in the world Matthew created because of his carefully practiced photographic techniques. Visit his website for details on how each landscape was made.
“Wildfire”
“Icebreaker”
“Everything We Ever Were”
Tornado
Paprika Mars
Burning Room
“Fields, After the Storm”
Aurora Borealis
