It’s been a full year since we’ve first pointed you to Yves Marchand’s and Romain Meffre’s fantastic photographs from the ruins of Detroit. About two weeks ago the british Guardian ran a great story about their work and their book “The Ruins of Detroit”
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Today the german Spiegel Online also has a lengthy article on Detroit’s major architect Alber Kahn with even more photos by Marchand and Meffre.
These are absolutely worth reading and especially seeing! Beautiful photographs that hint at numerous and unfortunately sad stories from the urban America of the 20th century.
Auf die fantastischen Fotos von Yves Marchand und Romain Meffre aus den Ruinen von Detroit haben wir Euch schonmal vor ziemlich genau einem Jahr hingewiesen. Der Guardian hatte vor 14 Tagen einen tollen Artikel über ihre Arbeit und ihr Buch \"The Ruins of Detroit\" (Amazon Affiliate Link). Zum Artikel gibts auch eine Bildergalerie ...
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Tom Lowe creates timelapse photography. Of rocks. Canyons. Clouds. And Light. And what he creates looks so utterly fantastic that you have to watch it with your own eyes. In his blog he writes up on the strains of shooting and all the technical challenges he has to deal with during production. And I am so not surprised that along the way Tom expresses his sincerest admiration for filmmaker Ron Fricke. I can only and truly underscore his words.
An now, let’s close our eyes for a moment and imagine shots like this on a big screen in a darkened theater. In 3D. Especially in 3D. And we will get a slight idea of the direction where THE AMERICAN BACKROOM (at least in parts) is going to take us… Mark my words 
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Tom Lowe macht Zeitrafferaufnahmen. Von Felsen. Canyons. Wolken. Und Licht. Und das sieht sowas von fantastisch gut aus, das muss man mit eigenen Augen gesehen haben. In seinem Blog berichtet Tom von den Strapazen und technischen Herausforderungen, die mit der Produktion einhergehen. Und es überrascht mich überhaupt nicht, dass er ...
American Ruins in 3D! That sounds almost like a scene from THE AMERICAN BACKROOM… or rather like a photo project by Matt Bergstrom. He’s creating three View-Master Sets of abandoned buildings in decay.
“American Ruins” is a three-dimensional, photographic series exploring unusual, abandoned buildings — like a candy factory! — to be viewed on an old-fashioned View-Master. Both an exploration of architectural history and a fun throwback to childhood, backers will receive their very own View-Master viewer and a complete set of reels!
Matt needs a little financial support to get things started so he launched his project on Kickstarter: American Ruins in 3D! How cool is that. Definitely worth our support. Click the image below to check it out:
Amerikanische Ruinen in 3D! Das klingt ja fast wie die eine oder andere Szene aus THE AMERICAN BACKROOM... oder wie das Fotoprojekt von Matt Bergstrom. Der plant nämlich, drei View-Master Sets von verlassenen bzw. verfallenen Gebäuden in 3D zu produzieren. Der View-Master ist ein tragbares Bildbetrachtungsgerät für stereoskopische Dias, die auf einer rotierenden Scheibe ...
Wow! The Denver Post put together an amazing set of color photographs taken between 1939 and 1943 in post-depression era America. Some of the only color pictures that take a close look at the effect of the Great Depression on rural America. Color photos from times long ago are a treat anyway, but these ones are even more special. They’ve been taken from the archives of the Library of Congress, in particular from the color set of the 1930s to 1940s. Head on over to flickr to browse through them for yourself, but be warned, it’s a whopping 1,615 photos in this set alone.
Wow! Die Denver Post hat eine tolle Fotosammlung mit Farbbildern aus der Zeit von 1939 bis 1943 zusammengestellt, die vor allem die Auswirkungen der Großen Depressionen auf das ländliche Amerika festhalten. Farbfotos aus längst vergangenen Zeiten sind allein schon super, aber die hier sind nochmal ganz besonders toll. Und stammen allesamt aus dem Archiv ...
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At age 18, Mike Brodie took his Polaroid camera and began exploring the US by train. On his three year voyage he saw a part of America that can hardly be further away from what normally inflates our collective memory of US pop culture or tourist hearsay. It’s the world of vagabonds, hobos and freighthoppers. Brodie calls it “travel culture” and he came home with hundreds of amazing Polaroid pictures of an alternative American way of life between track beds and freight depots. He became known as the Polaroid Kidd, and his photographs can be seen at exhibitions all over the world.
Needles & Pens has an online collection of his pictures here and here, there are more at Arteven, and DryInk Mag did an interview with The Polaroid Kidd.
Mike Brodie hat sich mit 18 Jahren und einer Polaroid Kamera im Gepäck aufgemacht, die USA per Zug zu erkunden. Auf seinem rund dreijährigen Trip hat er eine Seite von Amerika kennengelernt, die kaum weiter vom allgemeinen Popkulturverständnis und den Touristenpfaden entfernt sein kann. Es ist die Welt von Vagabunden, Obdachlosen und v.a. schwarzfahrenden ...
Keith Davis Young is a young designer and photographer from Austin, TX, and I just finished clicking through his flickr set bearing the rather inconspicous title 35mm. I had starry eyes. He captured a fantastic set of impressions and fragments of daily life. RVs, parking lots, diners and restaurants, people, furniture, all kinds of moods. Go take a look!
Keith Davis Young ist ein junger Fotograf und Designer aus Austin, Texas, und ich habe mich gerade mit glänzenden Augen durch sein Flickr-Set mit dem eher unscheinbaren Titel 35mm geklickt. Fantastische Impressionen und Fragmente des alltäglichen Lebens hat er da eingefangen. Wohnmobile, Parkplätze, Diners und Restaurants, Menschen, Möbel, Stimmungen. Gleich anschauen gehen!Keith Davis Young ...
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