Photography

"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.

Dear Photograph is a site where people can submit photos held over their original locations and address the picture with thanks for the memories it holds. Lovely idea well executed.

Many, many more at the Dear Photograph website.

Via Naive Weekly.

How to print an image "using photosensitive material from plants under the influence of light," a/k/a an anthotype:

More from Edd Carr if you're interested in sustainable photography.

Christopher Soukop's series, A Dimly Lit World, is absolutely sublime. Plenty more on Soukop's site. Christopher also has a Flikr Photostream.

Some stunning work in Saroyan Humphrey's Nightlight series of photographs. Many more under the link.

Chronolog is a website for archiving "Time lapses of Earth powered by community science." Essentially, they're fixed phone placeholders where passersby can position their phone and take a picture. Then, the photo can be uploaded to the Chronolog website and, over time, you can see a "time lapse" of the location. Because the placeholder is "permanent," essentially every user's phone has the same point of view, forcing the perspective to be fixed, at least in theory.

Toronto only has one Chronolog. Unfortunately, it's placement is terrible. It overlooks Grenedier pond in High Park. It's one of my favorite places in the park, and therefore the city, but just about any other place on the pond or in the park would have been a better choice than this:

I walk by this space daily and though the distant greenery does change a bit, it's mostly a wasted opportunity and I hope High Park, or whoever paid for this particular Chronolog, moves it to a more dynamic location.

If you want to check your area for Chronologs, use the search feature on their site or browse the map.

Some truly remarkable winners in the Sienna International Photography Awards.

Plenty more on the official site of the awards.

Bet you didn't realize these were miniatures!

More pictures and info on Hernandez's site.

Via The Nag On the Lake.