As defined in the previous blog, the muse is a person who is the source of creative inspiration for artists. Artists are attracted to some special quality that they alone may notice. In both the female artist and male artist, these traits often spark creativity, imagination, inspiration and often leads to obsession. In Greek mythology…
Category: Photography
Prostitutes in Art
From Sirens and Pirens, we move on to their surrogates, the prostitutes. Muses will be considered in a future blog. Both prostitutes and muses have been and are still subjects for the visual artist. When society requires a more realistic substitute for the succubus, incubus, siren or piren, they often substitute the prostitute. In the…
radiography of the matter. herman kolgen + the sound perception
{article by Enrico Pitozzi via Digicult, featured image Herman Kolgen – Inject (2010) – Photo by Herman Kolgen} Among the interesting figures of the artistic panorama, Herman Kolgen lives in Montreal (Quebec, Canada). Audiokinetic sculptor, he works starting from the relationship between sound and image creating, from their divergence, works presented as installations, performances, sound…
father’s perspective
“Drei” is the third segment in photographer Fred Huening’s visual trilogy. The earlier portions, “Einer” and “Zwei,” followed Huening as he fell in love with his girlfriend and later, more tragically, as the two gave birth to a still born child. The final installment captures life after the birth of his healthy son, documenting the…
alien beauty of jellyfish :: alexander semenov’s new photos
via boredpanda, article written by julija k. Russian marine biologist and underwater photographer Alexander Semenov (previously here) is back with some new extraordinary photographs of the deep sea aliens. Alexander is currently leading a team of scientists on a three-year-long Aquatilis expedition to explore the deep waters around the world. The aim of Aguatilis expedition is to reveal…
beyond sochi :: photos of russia by russians
Valeriy Klamm felt the preconceived images of Russia were too narrow. So he started a photography website to change that. By Grant Slater, via NPR February 22, 2014. The gap between how foreigners view Russia and how Russians view themselves is wide and as old as the country itself. Russian photographer Valeriy Klamm felt that…
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