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Photojournalist Willy Ronis was born in Paris to a Lithuanian piano teacher and a Ukranian studio photographer. He worked in his father’s Montmarte studio until the father’s death in 1936. He then closed the studio and joined the photo agency Rapho, with Brassaï, Robert Doisneau and Ergy Landau.

In 1953 Edward Steichen included his work in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art titled Five French Photographers—the other four were Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, Izis and Brassaï. Ronis was also included in the Family of Man exhibit in 1955. In 1957 Ronis was awarded the Gold Medal at the Venice Biennale.

Willy Ronis passed away on September 12, 2009.

And if you happen to speak french here’s an interview with Willy Ronis:

Beijing based artist Li Wei combines wires, scaffolding, mirrors and photoshop to defy gravity. His photographs has him flying off of buildings, diving head first through windshields, and floating above ground. Li Wei literally takes his art to new heights.

Check out his website for more of his awesome art.

The other day I was browsing around in the local secondhand store, when I came across a little beauty hidden in a corner. It was a fully functional Fujica Z1 single-8 camera. Hardly a scratch on it. It even came with an unexposed film cassette. And with a price tag of only 50kr (about 80 pesos) I simply couldn’t resist.

Not quite sure about what to do with it, though. Films tend to be a tad expensive and hard to find, and then there is this whole ordeal with transferring it to digital, etc.

Below you’ll find a few examples of some stunning 8mm videos from vimeo. It’s really something special about that medium, don’t you think?

The great Irving Penn, father of modern fashion and portrait photography, passed away this wednesday.

Penn worked many years doing fashion photography for Vogue magazine, and he was one of the first photographers to pose his models in front of just a simple white or grey backdrop, favoring simplicity before complexity.

Although Penn found success photographing advertising and celebrities, he also enjoyed portraying indigenous people around the world with his portable studio.

Irving Penn became 92 years old.

Today’s photographer is Vladimir Longauer, a 28 year old  from Slovakia but now based in Ireland, who snaps some darn cool photos with his analogue cameras.

Joan Miró

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.” Helen Keller

inspirational quote to help you get through the day:

“…believe that the sort of life you wish to live is, at this very moment, just waiting for you to summon it up. And when you wish for it, you begin moving toward it, and it, in turn, begins moving toward you.” Suzan-Lori Parks

Cada mañana inmediatamente después de abrir los ojos la primera cosa que hago es prender mi computadora. Hoy no fue la excepción. Cuando estaba checando mi correo vi uno de Andy con la hermosa frase del principio. Está llena de inspiración ¿no creen?

Gracias a todos los que participaron en nuestro concurso. Mañana les enseñaremos todos los outfits enviados para que voten por su favorito, ustedes decidirán el ganador.

Each morning immediately after open my eyes the first thing I do is turn on my computer. Today wasn’t the exception. When checking my e-mail I saw one from El Andy with the beautiful quote above. Is full of inspiration and truth isn’t it?

Thanks to all of you that participate in our Outfit contest. Tomorrow we will show every Outfit for voting, you will decide the winner.

Many worry about what camera they have, that it’s not good enough and that they need a new better one. But, here’s a little secret: the best camera is that one you always carry with you.

The photographs below are a great example of this. They are all taken with iPhones.

[Muchos se preocupan acerca de su cámara, que si no es la mejor y que si necesitan comprar una nueva y mejorada. Pero, aquí les dejo un secretito: La mejor cámara es la que siempre cargas contigo.

Las siguientes fotografías son un perfecto ejemplo de esto. Todas fueron tomadas con IPhones.]

by Snapitup

by arenjey

by seolchan

by aledigangi

by M. Burrows

by JayJayKlees

by ideo2004

by fishroscoe