Category: Photography

Shot by Italian graphic designer and photographer Paolo Pettigiani, his series titled ‘SHAPEGUARD’ capture different colorful rescue towers in Florida.

After hurricane Andrew devastated the city in 1992, architect William Lane designed 29 of 31 lifeguard rescue towers, which were placed along the shore from South Point to 87th street. Each tower has an unique design and striking color combinations that differentiates one from the others. These towers are characterized by unique shades and pastel colors but also by an eccentric architecture.

Instead of shooting the full architecture of an entire tower, Paolo focused on little details such as specific shapes or colors. The pictures show only detailed views, which are contrasting with the environment. Today the towers are icons of the city.

Designed by Grafika, the project named ‘House 33.2’ is located in a typical suburban setting 20km South-West of Sydney’s central business district. The client commissioned the architect’s office to develop an additional house toward the back of an existing residential dwelling.

By incorporating a courtyard to the front of the new building, accessible by a large glazing area to the northern side of the residence, the sun is able to flood the main living area. The use of the colour black added another layer, representing program and function of the residence. The façade’s movement begins with a deep extrusion that acts as the main entrance and opening to the courtyard. An exciting motion is created by the push/pull function of the façade against a monotonous block. The concept of the project was to create a minimal exterior that has been cut open showing the textured and warm feel of wood that generate a stark contrast of the black elements. Using steel as the exterior skin also provides a contemporary feel to the project and adds a high level of reflection from the sun.

Salva López‘s series of still images from a short movie called ‘Rem’ shows the mysterious story from the photographer’s perspective.

The movie, directed by Ana Cuba, Adriana Dumón, Javier Ferreiro and María Sosa Betancor, tells the story of Alicia and Eva, two narcoleptic sisters who receive instructions in their dreams. “My idea was not to make shots like those of the film, but to recreate the story in my own way, taking advantage of the production and script. Also, I used a medium format Rolleiflex to achieve both different texture and format,” says the photographer, known for his intimate and evocative works. Capturing the story in his distinctive, evocative style, López created a nostalgic journey through the enigmatic space between the reality and the dream world.

Set in the city of Grazalema, Spain, the residence designed by the renowned studio Fran Silvestre Arquitectos will stand out from the regular houses of the region.

The city’s mountain range creates the wall to high humid winds that come from Atlantic Ocean. Thanks to that, this part of Spain has one of the highest rainfall index from all Iberian peninsula. The proposal drawn by Fran Silvestre’s practice would be located on a large plot with an excellent view to the landscape from Sierra Nevada to African coast. Standing away from the white houses known in the area, the project reminds the cave-like structure, “carved by the rain and time in shades of grey stones that exist in the area,” as the architects explain. Planned as a sinuous building with a huge space, it is supposed to frame seven tiered gardens, from which it took its name – ‘House of Seven Gardens‘.

One of their trips took them to the magical island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean where they spent one month traveling across the country in a camper…
“There’s so much to be said about New Zealand and so many pictures to show, yet there’s no way we can really do this unbelievable country justice. How often did we just stand there in amazement, overwhelmed by nature, which within just a short drive transformed from rough, black, sandy coastline to bush where fireflies glow at night among all the moss-covered trees. Everything else suddenly seems trivial, and the here and now is more present than ever before.

Sulfur-fuming landscapes are balanced out by soft, grassy hills and mountains, broken up by trickling glacier water which flows into crystal-clear, one-of-a-kind blue lakes. The sound of large ice masses crashing down reverberates in your ears and the fog against your face — the power and willfulness of nature shake you to the core. Everything else suddenly seems trivial, and the here and now is more present than ever before. Galaxies of sparkling dots keep you up at night, because you just can’t turn away from the beautiful sight. Everything seems so perfect that you feel like you’ve traveled much further than just once around the world.”

French photographer and videographer Vincent Pflieger discovered his interest for taking pictures when his dad gave him an old analogue Yashica FX-D camera. “It was actually the same camera that captured my first steps when I was a child. I just tried this antiquity for fun, and actually liked it“, remembers the photographer.

“It was actually the same camera that captured my first steps when I was a child. I just tried this antiquity for fun, and actually liked it“ 
He took up towards photography just because he got fascinated with pictures as a way of expression. As a consequence, he started street photography in Paris which he continued after having moved to New York City in order to study journalism.

From then on, Pflieger strolled through the streets of New York to capture people in everyday situations and chance encounters. In the beginning he experimented with black-and-white photography as well as with color photography. But after gaining more and more experience, he found out that he preferred colors.

Built entirely out of wood, the summer house designed by Jonas Lindvall‘s Malmö-based architecture practice corresponds with the local architecture while gently standing out with its modern and minimalist style.

“Our aim was to create a building that is rooted in history, but at the same time totally modern.”
Situated on the west coast of Sweden, once a popular holiday direction, ‘Villa N1’ consists of five interconnected pavilion-like volumes, organized in a sequence. The project, while being inspired by the typology of the traditional pitched-roof barn, represents a much more modern language. “Our aim was to create a building that is rooted in history, but at the same time totally modern. Its style is particularly apparent within the interior,” say the architects. The architecture of ‘Villa N1’ follows sloping topography of the site, while its rhythm is achieved by mixing the depths of each volume. More than that, the choice of materials was also integral to the whole concept. The austerity of materials, including Carrara marble used in the bathroom or Pietra Serena stone floors applied within the hall and main areas, creates a luscious contrast to untreated wood, allowing the materials to stand out without distraction.

Born in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia, fine art photographer Hengki Koentjoro is best known for his breathtaking landscape photography of Indonesia amidst the shades of black and white.

Through his work, Koentjoro discusses his true purpose in life’s journey of expression, exploring along the borderlines of light and shadow, such as yin and yang. His focus lies on complexity in the minimalist, diving into the spiritual and the physical.
Koentjoro exerts Miksang, a special form of photography in which the artist uses the camera to express his visual perceptions exactly as he experiences them. Translated from the Tibetan, Miksang means “good eye”, asking the beholder to see the world in a new way, without overlays of meaning and value, pleasure, dislike, or disinterest. Miksang photography tends to bring the observer back into the original contemplation state of the artist’s picture. By bringing our mind’s attention, our awareness, in our sense of sight, it is possible for us to see vivid and mind stopping insights fully and completely without distraction. If this state is reached, the beholder connects with what he sees deeply and intimately.