Archive for the 'Art & Photography' Category

Missing Flickr Features

9/09/2007

I wouldn’t say I’m an amateur photographer, I have a couple of cameras, one of which is comfortably above your typical point-and-shoot and I think about my pictures a bit more than most, so I seem to get some praise for them, but I don’t avidly go out looking for shots. Anyway, recently it [...]

Donna the Artist

17/08/2007

A friend of mine has just sent me the link to an online art show she was asked to submit some pieces for. I love her work, it’s great. It’s the first time I’ve seen the pieces (I knew she was a hobby artist but I’ve never had the privilege of seeing her [...]

My Kid Could Paint That

11/08/2007

On Apple trailers I stumbled across an upcoming documentary called My Kid Could Paint That, about Marla Olmstead, who started selling her work at the age of four. Marla makes modern art not unlike Jackson Pollack (better in some of the works I’ve seen). The documentary looks at the reception of Marla. [...]

Presenting Eric Joyner

28/11/2006

I don’t remember how I came across Eric Joyner’s art, only that I did. You’ll know if you’ve seen his work because a lot of it (certainly the stuff I think he’s most famous for) features images of old school robots coming to life in a variety of situations (oh, and donuts). [...]

Stephen Wiltshire

6/11/2006

I remember seeing something about Stephen Wiltshire years ago, he’s a guy who can look at something, memorise it and draw it back in minute detail at a later date (sometimes a long time later).
He managed to remember the entire layout of Rome (via Kottke) after circling it once in a helicopter. He’s also [...]

My Views on Modern Art

3/10/2006

On my recent trip to the Peak District, I visited Chatsworth House, where the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, who are fans of modern art, were hosting numerous sculptures in their gardens.
I have to confess to disliking the bulk of modern art. I can attribute this to a trip to the local art gallery [...]

It’s a Scream

1/09/2006

I’m not sure I believe this myself, but I was only reading yesterday that Mars was offering two million dark chocolate M&M’s for the safe return of Edvard Munch’s painting The Scream, which was stolen from a museum in Norway back in 2004.
Today I read that The Scream, along with another stolen Munch painting, Madonna, [...]

Flickr Enhancements

20/04/2005

I got an email from the Flickr crew (aka The Flickreenies) recently explaining that, as I’m a Pro account holder I was being rewarded with an increase in my upload transfer allowance (from 1 to 2 GB), a doubling of my account lifespan (I paid for two years I now get four) and two free [...]

I’m a Pro

9/04/2005

Right, I finally bit the bullet and have upgraded to a Pro account on Flickr. In honour of this achievement I have added some more photos and will try and upload a few of those I have wandering about on my machine but haven’t got online. You can see my photos here.
I’m also [...]

Building Big

23/03/2005

I’m loving the images of Hong Kong’s architecture by Michael Wolf, some mind-bending stuff. Hat tips to Kottke and Lens Culture for bringing them to my attention.