A few things I've seen today
Okay, okay the last one I have seen yesterday.
Faces in Places
A few Faces in Places that I collected during the last few days. Some cool little fellas me thinks.
REAL Street Art
Sorry I have no idea who created this photo or the street art - I just found it on the web and HAD to post it, cause I think it's genius.
"The Only Limit is your Imagination"
This is how photography manipulation genius Erik Johansson ends his TED talk in which he explains how his fascinating images are created. I am sure some of them you might have come across already.
I have today however discovered the below video in which he explains that all the tools are out there to create realistic looking fantasy-worlds like on his images - all you need is to have imagionation. I wholeheartedly agree. With the technology already available everything in image manipulation is possible. You can be God - or however you want to call it - of your own visual universe.
But especially after watching this video I would definitely also like to add that you not only need a lot of fantasy but also the willingness and persistence to turn your ideas into reality.
And this - as we probably all know with some form of guilt - is the point where most of us could do with a kick up our backsides.
Erik spends sometimes months from the moment the creative spark hits him until the visualisations of his concepts are finished. His aim is to make everything look as if an actual photograph could have been taken - despite it being sometimes totally un-realistic scenarios.
And that's for me what makes them so striking.
Check out his website for all of his other projects: http://alltelleringet.com
World's Longest Photograph: 1km
London will soon have the longest photograph in history on display just in time for the 2012 Olympics. It was created by the artist and designer Clare Newton who spent 21 months photographing more than 109.000 people jumping in the air and then seemlessly stitching their portraits to one 1000 m long image.
The photographs were taken across London in shopping malls, parks and other open spaces inviting people from all walks of life to take part.
It will be first exhibited at ExCel Exhibition and conference centre in London Docklands from 1-9 June.
Another great example for a simple idea but executed on such a scale and with so much passion that it becomes something incredibly powerful.
I will defnit check it out.
Official website. www.jump4london.co.uk