Shapes

Just a photo I had on my iPhone playing around with this app called ToyCamera


VvVAmanda

Vermonster

Sorry I've been so MIA these past few weeks. I've been up in Vermont visiting friends and exploring, which sure was as adventure. I did some great hiking, practiced driving (I don't have my license and it doesn't seem as though I'm going to get it all that soon haha), hitchhiked (kinda), saw some cool animals and ate a WHOLE bunch of awesome food. Because there are so many farms up there, the food is amazingly fresh and delicious. And it just so happens to be home to some of the nicest people I've ever met. Oh yeah, and really beautiful. Don't worry, I'm almost done gushing. 

Back To The Future

So, I have this weird obsession with looking through the bedrooms of people I know. Okay that sounds real creepy, huh? Their books, knickknacks, clothes, and (especially) embarrassing old photos say a lot about the kind of person they are. And if they have weird stuffed animals or a collection of silly-shaped whistles or something, they're great in my books. Irina Werning, a photographer from Buenos Aires, has said herself that she's fascinated by recreating old photos found around people's houses so clearly she's a woman after my own heart. As a part of her ongoing Back To The Future series, Werning decided to reconstruct some fantastic old family photos approximately 15 years later. Check out some of my favourites below:

 Flor, Male, Sil in 1983 & 2010 

 Nico in 1990 & 2010, France 

  Flo, Maria & Dolores in 1979 & 2010

 Flor in 1975 & 2010, Buenos Aires

 Lali in 1978 & 2010, Buenos Aires

Nico in 1986 & 2010, Buenos Aires

Pancho in 1983 & 2010, Buenos Aires 

Check out Irina's website for more, as well as Back To The Future Part II which is coming soon!

♥, Azzara

FRIDAY PICKS

1. interior

2. photo essays

3. outfit

4. pretty food

5. prabal collab

Have a great weekend all!

VvV Amanda

ACCES-STORIES with Beth S.

I'm a long time fan of my friend Beth's photography!  She really knows how to work an SLR.  Here are a few of my favorite snaps and we asked her a few questions so you can get an idea of how she works. 

Emerson Made

images/ Emerson Made

VvV Amanda

Starring Mr. Bill Cunningham...

I haven't been this excited for a movie in forever. I can't wait for Bill Cunningham The Movie to come to NY (on March 16th) at the Film Forum. Uh, I will obviously be pre-ordering my ticket.

Bill Cunningham is a New York City documentarian, photographer for the NYTimes style section, and a complete enigma. It seems like he leads a very solitary, mysterious, yet modest lifestyle, despite his popularity. I'm so surprised that he agreed to do this film because it seems like he puts his privacy first (refreshing, I know!), as well as his art. I guess in order to take good photographs he has to remain semi-anonymous, which has been increasingly difficult since he's been at the top of the game for so long.

I got the chance to see him in person at last summers Governor's Island Jazz Age Lawn Party and so I can't wait for this film to shed more light on the mystery that is Bill C.

He says, "I'm not interested in celebrities with their free clothes, I'm interested in fashion!" You tell em, Bill.

You can and should check out the trailer here.

VvV Amanda

The Sartorialist

Ever want to know more about The Sartorialist aka Scott Schuman? This video gives a little bit of insight on the popular street style photographer. I wish I could roam around the streets for hours a day taking photos as a job. What a life!

VvV Amanda

snowed in on Sunday.

Nicole Dextras Photography

Nicole Dextras is an artist hailing from Vancouver who works as a mixed media artist as well as an art teacher. She creates environmental art focusing on different aspects of nature, using materials typically found in different seasons of the year to construct her pieces. From clothing frozen into ice to dresses made of flowers, Dextras has used nature as her muse for her ephemeral pieces, many which can be seen on her flickr. She has also happens to take wonderful black and white photographs all over the world, which are eerily beautiful. Here are some of my favourites:

all images from nicoledextras.com

Check out Nicole Dextras' blog which details more of her projects, and make sure to check out her exhibitions if you're in the area.

♥, Azzara

Ruven Afanador Makes Bulldogs Beautiful

Ruven Afanador is a Colombian photographer who has shot covers for Vanity Fair, Elle, Marie Claire and a bunch of other magazines as well as lots of advertising campaigns for Lancome, J. Mendel, Aveda, and Sephora... just to name a few. But his most exciting work would have to be his crazy fashion photography. With a hint of surreal, a pinch of questionable lighting and a whooole lot of peculiar, his photos are amazing. I'm in love with them. Really beautiful photographs seem harder to come by now, with the surge of crappy teen magazines full of unfortunately photoshopped neon situations. I mean.. who can say no to girls in massive fluffy dresses hanging in the air with bulldogs underneath made beautiful? Yeah, I didn't think so. Check out more of lovely photos on his website.

Happy weekend!

♥, Azzara

PS - Sorry I confused the bulldogs with pugs.. how RUDE (stupid) of me.

Not Everything Is What It Seems to Be

So I'm really a fan of art that's creative and weird and makes you go "woah, I wish I'd though of that." I'm really digging these inventive photos by Chema Madoz. It's pretty grand that Chema is able to look at a sewer grate and visualise a dish rack.  Check out his website for more stuff, or have a look at his book which has some real gems in it as well. Supposedly he used a Hasselblad to take a bunch of the photos that were used in his books, so maybe I'll just pop on over to Amazon and pick up one for a couple thousand dollars (try $17,000 for some of them) and then take a picture of the man on the moon. Seriously, I wish. 

It's appropriate, and slightly amusing, that among his photos so many of my favourites are food-related (or at least kitchen-utensil-related) as Amanda and I will for sure be blogging about cool food stuff in the near future. And who doesn't love food? So stay tuned for more excitement. Feel free to contact us both via email, we'd love to hear from you! 

♥, Azzara