Art

Michael Massaia's gorgeous architectural photos:

“For Xiaodan” — Early morning portraits of tenements scattered throughout New York City’s Chinatown.

He writes that, "All images are split toned and tinted Gelatin Silver prints."

Plenty more on Massaia's site.

Roger Deakins is best known as a cinematographer, but his black-and-white still photography is quite gorgeous.

Deakins also has a film-related podcast, Team Deakins, that he co-hosts with his wife James. The great thing about the podcast is how they often interview the rarely-interviewed film professionals: cinematographers, Costume Designers, VFX people, etc.

Deakins' official site is here, but the still photography is viewable as part of The Hulett Collection.

Nico Sawatzki's paintings manage to be both organic and industrial at the same time. I imagine that in person one would want to reach out and touch them.

More on Sawatzki's site.

Kumi Oguro has taken photos of segmented bodies for more than 20 years. I find them oddly compelling.

Many more on Oguru's site.

Two Pages is a series of nomadic sketchbooks shared by designers, artists, and illustrators around the world.

Since 2012, Two Pages connects local and international creative communities through raw creativity and spontaneous mark-making. It is an ongoing effort to record, spread and exchange ideas through the hand-to-hand journey of each book.

Past cities include Barcelona, Tokyo, Antwerp, Mexico City, Tehran, Cape Town, London, and many more. Toronto is happening right now.

You can read an interview with creators on It's Nice That and view Sketchbooks from all cities on Two Pages.

James Lake is known for his phenomenal cardboard sculptures, some of them self-portraits.

His latest piece is stop-motion animated short called Another Day. Lovely work:

More on Lake's site.

Summer Wagner's Midamerican Fever Dream is a narrative series that, surprisingly, is made of photos, not paintings.

The entire series is here. Wagner's other work can also be viewed on their site.

Frank Moth is an Artist duo based in Veria, Greece. "They explore universal concepts of love, humility, truth, nostalgia and forgiveness in colorful, surreal floral portraits and futuristic retro compositions." Much of it is fantastic, in both senses of the word.

"Over almost a decade, Guillaume Simoneau has documented high school students from Lévis, Quebec, on graduation night, resulting in a series of formally posed portraits that belie the emotional and alcohol-fuelled chaos of the actual “bush party” event."

More on Simoneau's site.

I first saw Guillaume Simoneau's work yesterday: Untitled (Kanazawa 02), Ishikawa prefecture, Japan at the Bulger Gallery in Toronto. Stunning piece, which you can see below.

Yesterday, after injuring my toe yet again, I hobbled over to the exhibit, People, Places, Things — Part II at the Stephen Bulger Gallery in Toronto. It was recommended to me by David Liss and it was great. There's a wonderful variety of work. Well worth a visit.