Maskimum

Shoot for Sleek magazine

stylist Sandra Berrebi

My tinker* tee-shirt

Photo taken by Ben at the "Before The Wilds" show,

pretty cool customer.

Vice show at 12 mail

Episode 2 - Vice from ICONOMANIE on Vimeo.

more soon

Tinker street* show still in nyc for 10 days

09.10.10 SCP/EV ZINE INSERT from N amesak E on Vimeo.

a show + a cool catalogue + some scary tee-shirts = many reasons to go.

Tinker street* team at work

Introducing, Peter Sutherland, Ben Pier, Nick Haggard on these images stolen from Peter's blog... working on the Tinker Street* show " BEFORE THE WILDS" at Ed varie.

from 6pm to 9pm

Ed. Varie

208 E. 7th ST West Storefront

New York, NY

group show with the tinker street gang...
awesome art and ltd. ed. zines, tshirts and prints to boot.
you better come.

Tinker street * THE SHOW !

If you're in NYC the 16th , this is going to be great!

Peter Sutherland, Ye rin Mok, Ben Pier, Nicholas Haggard, Matty Siddle,

Thobias Fäldt and I

Vice + photos + friends

Peter Sutherland

Maciek Pozoga

If you haven't checked the Vice photo issue yet, then it's time.

It's always great to be surrounded by people you like.

Nice reviews on photobooks about Myriorama + Kaugummi zines

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  Myriorama - Estelle Hanania
  

  I’ve been a fan of Estelle’s work for a while now, and after some unsuccessful attempts to get hold of her work in print form (e.g. shops having sold out after I placed my order) I was delighted to see this publication made available.

  Like everything else published by Gottlund Verlag, the book itself is a work of art. The cover is letterpress printed and you can see where the ink has run through to the inside of the front cover on my copy. It lends a certain tactility to the book that engages you, before you’ve even got to the photographs.

  The images in this book deal with costume and ritual, and in the same way that these can transport us through time and space, so the book achieves the same in its portrayal of these concepts.

  I especially like the shots in which the illusion is spoilt - by trainers showing from underneath the costume, or the photo where the man has taken the mask off to smoke - because these apparent flaws in the façade only heighten the air of surrealism that exists throughout the book.

  I love the mysticism that Estelle conjures up in these images, and I can only imagine what it must be like to stumble upon one of these rituals being performed, especially in a car park of all places.

  This is a really strong set of images, presented in the typically high Gottlund Verlag tradition, and a wonderful addition to my collection - and yours too?

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  NOTES

  Family Zines (2010) - Various (Kaugummi)

  This set of five zines was launched at an event at Family, Los Angeles. Due to geographical constraints I was unable to attend, but fortunately the zines were made available online and I picked up all 5.

  Of these, I was particularly interested in two of the zines, those by David Horvitz and Estelle Hanania. There’s nothing wrong with the other three but as they’re not photography based they simply don’t interest me as much.

  David Horvitz is known for his long term art projects (e.g. the 2009 project in which regular mini art project ideas were sent out to email subscribers) and his collaborations with the band Xiu Xiu. This zine contains a series of black and white photos printed onto bright yellow paper. It sounds like it shouldn’t work, but it does. The last image is particularly striking, but all the images contain subjects which are - arguably - mainly yellow, so it’s a clever use of the medium.

  I’ve been fascinated with Estelle Hanania’s work for a long time. This zine appears to focus on her work with Attila Csihar, specifically his elaborate costumes. Costumes in general form a theme throughout Estelle’s work, which I’m hoping is explored in more detail in her book which arrived yesterday. The choice of paper doesn’t appear to play as big a part in her zine, but the colour doesn’t detract from the images in any way.

  Overall, this is a really nice set of zines. I wish there was more photography in there, but for those who are interested in art zines in general (as opposed to photography zines in particular) there’s a lot to like.

  Despite mainly being interested in 2/5 of the set, I’m perfectly happy to support Kaugummi because they work hard consistently to produce superb photography books and zines, and publish artists we might not otherwise have access to.

Photo Eye + Myriorama

Great review from Photo Eye about "Myriorama":

"Recently arrived at our warehouse is Myriorama by Estelle Hanania, published in an edition of 250 by Gottlund Verlag on the occasion of a recent exhibition at FAT Galerie, Paris. Hanania is a Paris-based photographer much renown for her playful editorial and fashion work, and her fiercely creative gallery exhibitions. The work presented in Myriorama is a twisting world of photographs both made and taken. The blend of ambiguous full-figure costumes, minimal sculptural formalism and shadowy realism seem united under the banner of ritual, each photograph like a piece of devotional evidence depicting the moment or effect of unknowable ritual acts — acts undertaken by subject and photographer alike. Digitally printed and hand-sewn with a letterpress cover, copies of Myriorama are now in stock."

Kim Gordon "carte blanche" for Sportmax

I shot this in Northampton,Massachussets last july. I had the honor to meet and photograph Kim Gordon at home, wearing her special line "Carte Blanche" for Sportmax