A few weeks ago the film geek internet lost its mind because Tony Zhou made the first new episode of Every Frame a Painting in many years. Though I thought the episode was fine, my favorite of his is the one below.
If you're not a film buff and have never really understood what makes one film dynamic and another a bore — of if you're unaware of what a director does, or what blocking is, give it a watch:
And if you enjoyed that, the whole series is here.
Street photographer Meryl Meisler's got a new book, Street Walker. It's available from Eyeshot and they're only printing as many copies as are pre-ordered.
Elvis & Kresse make bags, wallets, and rugs from upcycled firehoses, parachutes, and rescued Burberry Leather. I find their size decisions to be rather odd (for instance, the bag below does not fit a Macbook Air) and I've never been a fan of companies gendering their products, but I can't deny they make gorgeous items that are intelligently and thoughtfully designed. Wonderful details.
Elvis & Kresse
David Szauder creates these Anatomy Sweaters using AI, which unfortunately means you can't purchase them.
You can, of course, view more on David's Site.
Amazed I hadn't heard this story before: in 2011, the Chelsea Hotel did a massive renovation. Recognizing the history here that the hotel seems to have missed, Jim Georgiou, a homeless man, rescued the doors from demolition and spent seven years storing and researching who had lived behind them. Once complete, he sold them at auction and donated half the proceeds to City Harvest food bank.
Guensey's, the auction house, handled the sale:
Guernsey’s will be offering 52 original doors from New York City’s legendary Chelsea Hotel. The hotel was the haunt and home of some of the most iconic individuals in history. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Andy Warhol, Jim Morrison, Jackson Pollock, Jerry Garcia — these are only some of the names linked to these doors. The doors to the rooms where Warhol shot his movie Chelsea Girls, where Cohen and Joplin had a one-night stand, and where Bob Dylan wrote songs for Blonde on Blonde are all included in this sale!
Some of the prices: Bob Dylan, $125,000; Janis Joplin / Leonard Cohen, $106,250; Andy Warhol / Edie Sedgwick, $ 65,625; Jack Kerouac, $ 37,500; Madonna / Isabella Rossellini, $16,250; Jimi Hendrix, $16,250; Joni Mitchell, $10,000; Bob Marley, $8,750; Jackson Pollock, $8,750; and an unattributed red door with a striking painted eye, $12,500.
Here's a gift link to the April 12, 2018 NYT article on it.
Richard Sandler's exquisite NY photography spans decades.
Many, many more on his website.
Great 12 minute doc on Amie Dicke's methods and intentions:
It's easy to find desolation in Los Angeles, if you get up early enough. It's not a late night town.
I remember the first time I'd ever seen a coyote in person was on Hollywood Boulevard about 4:45 in the morning. It was just walking down the Walk of Fame, not a care in the world.
For about 3 and a half years, between 2008 and 2019, I lived all over Los Angeles County. I've been to every location Christopher Thomas photographs in his series, Lost In L.A., but I've never seen it presented like this. Wonderful stuff and lots more behind those links.
Matthew Hansel's killing it with these colorful nightmares, a series he calls Me, My Shadow and All Our Friends.
A few more here.
Cody Ellington's extraordinary nighttime photography of Japan thrills me, probably because I suck at nighttime pictures.
More pictures are on Ellington's Webflow site and a list of his other projects is here.
He's also a collaborator on Wander the Night.
