Monthly Archives: November 2012

More than human?

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Animals. Who doesn’t love them? They’re all cuddly and furry. You just want to hug them all. Only of course if you were to hug a bear or a lion, the chances are you might find yourself severely dead. Which is a condition that could really harm your career. Looking at Tim Flach’s book ‘More …

Southern Exposure

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New Zealand photographer John Crawford has created an interesting twist on the nude with his ‘Aerial Nudes’ series Shot from high above, these nudes lie star-shaped on railroad tracks, furrowed fields and black sand beaches. The result is intriguing, entertaining and also, if done in the less than balmy climes of New Zealand, rather chilly …

Stormy Weather

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For most of us bad weather is a very good reason to stay in doors wrapped in a blanket, watching bad TV and eating chocolate. Not so French snapper Christophe Jacrot. He’s positively turned on by a snowstorm or a rain shower and as used his love of the inclement to create photographs of people …

Tiger!Tiger! Burning Bright.

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Ever wondered what it would be like to be trapped on a lifeboat thousands of miles away from land with a savage, hungry Bengal tiger for company? You have?!! Well you must go and see ‘The Life of Pi’ then, the brilliant new adaptation of Yann Martel’s best selling book. By turns touching, gripping and …

The Art of the Home Screen

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Anyone who’s ever tried to download a screen saver for their iPhone will know the horrific choices that await you. Airbrushed illustration of dolphins anyone? Or a close- up of dew on some blades of grass?  Perhaps an image of the earth from space is more to your liking? So I was more than delighted …

From Russia With Love

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The last time I looked Anna Karenina was a long-assed book; 864 pages of philosophy, love and peasants. Anyone taking on the task of doing a film adaption is going to have to be selective about the story they wish to tell. In director Joe Wright’s film latest adaption he had the help of legendary …

Those Obscure Objects of Desire

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I recently came across this beautiful, evocative set of nudes by the Brooklyn based photographer Maciek Jasik Born in Gdansk Poland, 
his site describes his mission as ‘Seeking to reach a balance between aesthetic, emotional, sub textual and more mysterious concerns’ With these pictures he succeeds in his aims.  The images are part of an …

War Stories

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War what is it good for? Well at the risk of sounding incredibly cynical I’d say as source for some of the most powerful books ever created. I’ve just been reading 2 fascinating looks at two totally different wars. The first is Kevin Powers ‘The Yellow Birds’, a much praised book that is the first …