My favorite band, THE DRUMS, recently took to the stage at Bowery Ballroom. BackstageAT’s Kevin Tachman captured it all with his ever talented lens. Let’s go surfing!
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BY: MICHAEL COHEN
I started shooting Lomography toy cameras during NY Fashion Week as a response to the prevalence of digital image capture. As an editor and trend forecaster, I aim to pursue the most forward concepts of beauty, at any cost. This is just one of the many techniques we need in order to redefine the beauty standards for contemporary men and women. As always, I’m interested to feature regular people doing amazing things, rather than famous people doing regular things.
Shooting film is one way I challenge myself to look in unexpected places. I think fotography and film photography offer deeper and more meaningful connections with both subjects and viewers, when compared to digital methods.
These images were shot with the Diana F+, using medium format film. Double and triple exposures on each frame seek to create unexpected patterns and shifting context. I scan the film and refrain from any Photoshop techniques beyond a basic, color balance. I don’t crop out the unexposed part of the frame. Instead, I see it as part of the image. So in essence, it’s an experiment about how many rules of photography I can bend and break, challenging some aspect of beauty to shine through the muddled and seemingly illogical techniques. The result is intended to feel like a fleeting memory, a warm hand on a soft cheek or a déjà vu that never really occurred.
MORE OF HIS IMAGES BELOW…
Famed photographer Hannes Schmid recently released a new book titled “Rockstars” - chronicling his career documenting the candid shots of some of today’s rock and roll legends. From Queen to Depeche Mode, Schmid accompanied these music greats not as a photographer, but as a “member” of their team, catching everything from their stage performances to their time off. Previously unpublished, this hardcover book (published by Editions Patrick Frey) has a run of 2,500 limited edition signed and numbered copies. With 256 pages consisting of 134 mesmerizing colored photographs, below is a peek at some of Schmid’s work…
A Message from Josh Beech:
Hi this is a very small look at some of the amazing things my eyes have seen over the past few months. The pictures that you see were taken for fun and not beacause i want to be a photographer!!!! I hope you enjoy these images as much as I enjoy the memories.
See you soon…
Josh
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Josh Beech is highly recognized in the editorial and runway worlds, as he has graced campaigns for everything from Levi’s to Fujiwara. Yet is his passion for music (he’s in a band called Hildamay) and photography has taken a secondary role to his fashion career. While he travels the globe as one of the world’s biggest male models (Models.com ranked him #12) - Beech and I collaborated to showcase some of his recent images that he has snapped along his travels. Straying away from fashion - his images showcase a peek into Beech’s personal life - professional, cultural, and political.
19 year old Rodolphe Nantas has a passion for bikes, fashion, and photography. An assemblage of sorts - Nantas fuses his energy alongside Jamie Richards at Monochrome Magazine, who we spoke with earlier in the week. With a deep appreciation for the cultural aspects of Berlin, Nantas documents his life with his treasured camera - and luckily exposed us to some of his treasured shots. A voyeuristic journey through his life…below.
Editor In Chief of Purple Olivier Zahm is also quite the photographer, snapping his daily activities on his magazines blog - Purple Diary. Some highlights from his adventures in Paris, London and New York.
Dan Martensen is known for shooting the raw and candid images you often see both in and outside a glossy editorial. From Wasson and Deyn to Dellal and Truille - Martensen’s got one hell of a photographic eye. Below, a gallery of some of Martensen’s highlights.
ICANTEACHYOUHOWTODOIT is the ultimate in nightlife photography. Documenting the comings and goings of the international fashion and art scene - from Buenos Aires to Denmark, ICANTEACHYOUHOWTODOIT takes some killer pictures…and their founders are still a mystery. Here are some of my personal highlights… READ MORE
What’s there not to love? Jak and Jil is killing it. I mean….just look at the pictures. Enough said. Some of my personal favorites below…. READ MORE
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