The Everyday Lives of Villagers in Indonesia by Herman Damar
Photos by Herman Damar
Indonesia is a completely unique country, with a reported population of 246.9 million people, made up of 13,466 islands, surrounded by two oceans and plush with nature, capturing it all is mind boggling. Based in Jakarta, it's nation capital city, self-taught landscape and portrait photographer Herman Damar, set out to photograph the everyday live of villagers in Indonesia, and share it's beauty with the world.
Damar's photos feel genuine, crisp, and warm-hearted, and he captured the essence of the people and culture wonderfully. Check out the following photos, and find more of his work here.
[Via Demilked]
Amazing Animated Portraits by Romain Laurent
Photos by Romain Laurent
Aside from any of his personal and commercial projects, New York City based photographer Romain Laurent, challenges himself to create amazing animated portraits. The animation works by looping multiple images together, creating a gif, and the project continues as he posts an image a week on his tumblr page.
Each image is entirely different from the other, and each subject creates its own visual story. Laurent says that the bizarre and unique images are a low-pressure way to experiment and be creative without expectations. Specifically, he notes, “As far as the intention of the series, it’s a way for me to explore a hybrid medium, experiment and being spontaneous while still sticking to a short weekly deadline. There isn’t a common concept between each loop, I just ‘go with the flow’ and see what comes to my mind each week.”
Check out a few of our favorites below, and be sure to check out this continual weekly shares on his tumblr and website.
[Via ThisIsColossal]
Evocative Portraits of Holy Men in India by Joey L.
Photos by Joey L
Joey Lawrence (known as Joey L) is a Canadian commercial photographer, director and published author based in Brooklyn, New York. Although he is recently best known as the creator of the Twilight movie posters, he is also known to have a deep interest in endangered cultures, traditions and rare religious practices. As a personal project, Joey traveled to Varanasi, India to create images for a series called, “Holy Men". While focusing on featuring religious ascetics in one of the oldest cities in the world and the “epicenter of the Hindu faith”, he was able to capture evocative portraits of actual holy men for this series.
In addition to the portraits, he was accompanied by filmmaker Cale Glendening, and Ryan, a close friend/assistant, to also create their documentary titled, “Beyond". The short film features a behind-the-scenes view of their experience in this third world, along with an emphasis on the photographer’s subjects, and mesmerizing and sometimes bizarre lifestyle.
Most of the portraits focus on the Aghori, a sect known for engaging in postmortem rituals, such as covering themselves in human ashes, meditating on corpses or crafting jewelry from human bones. “The Aghori have a profound connection with the dead. Death is not a fearsome concept, but a passing from the world of illusion,” says the photographer. Check out the photos below and find more on his website. Also be sure the see the eye opening documentary here.
[Via Demilked]
[RH Photos] Behind The Scenes: Chance The Rapper's "The Social Experiment" Tour Rehearsal Part II
Photos by: JFrank
A continuation of our pictures published yesterday from behind the scenes of Chance The Rapper’s “Social Experiment Tour” rehearsals that took place at The Metro Sunday and Monday, today we bring you shots courtesy of Jeremy Frank (JFrank). The set is really shaping up, with almost every song re-arranged and an obligatory sign warning of the intensity of the stage’s strobe lights-anyone who has seen Chance and crew to this point will certainly be re-introduced while new fans will be given a healthy dose of Acid Rap, the way it was supposed to be heard. Check out the photos below and keep it locked to RH for all sorts of Social Experiment news.
????? Fall 2013 Women's Lookbook
The cool think about when brands are gearing up to release new collections is that there is always a lookbook that gets dropped along with it. The lookbook is where brands get that one shot to stand out and separate themselves from the competition. Sure you get your lack luster efforts and then you gets ones whose themes are recycled again and again but there are brands that keep fresh with different ideas. I like lookbooks because not only do you get to see the brands newest creations but you get some great photography along with it. So with that in mind I thought I'd share ?????'s Fall 2013 women's lookbook filled with some awesome clothes and photos. The back drop is a dressing room with a variety of ladies styled in the current men's collection for women. You get an array of prints, jackets and so much more from the collection so check out the photos and for more head on over to ????? here.
[Photos by Tara Chacón] [Via ?????]
Miley Back In The Studio With Terry
Miley is back in Terry Richardson's studio this time with a little less twerking, but it's still Miley being Miley. As we come to expect from the pair, in these second set of photos Miley is wearing next to nothing with lots of tongue action and the signature poses Terry is known for. The photographs have been released in anticipation of Miley’s new music video for “Wrecking Ball” directed by Richardson which you can see here. All eyes have been on Miley, and I'm sure she'll continue to give everyone something to talk about so. For the rest of the photos visit Terry's Diary here.
[Photos by Terry Richardson] [Via Terry's Diary]
Orchard Beach: The Bronx Riviera By Wayne Lawrence
Wayne Lawrence is a documentary fine art photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. His photography work focuses on his relationship to communities that are often overlooked. For six years Lawrence has made his way to Orchard Beach in the Bronx to capture the beaches visitors. As he states, "I felt compelled to engage with this community of working class families and colorful characters." Orchard Beach has a reputation for being New York's trashiest beach and he set out to change the public opinion of the beach and the often misunderstood people who visit. Check out some of the portraits below and for more visit Institute Artist here.
[Via Institute Artist] [Photos by Wayne Lawrence]
L'Agent By Agent Provocateur Photography Campaign
Agent Provocateur is going strong to promote it's L'Agent collection with various campaigns for its newest lingerie line. Recently they enlisted the help of model Irina Shayk too kick off the campaign with some very sexy visuals that we posted last week which was directed by actress Penelope Cruz. Now they have followed it up with a photography campaign that is just as visually appealing as the video featuring several models posing in a variety of lingerie pieces. Check out some of the photos below and for more visit Highsnobiety here.
[Photos by Agent Provocateur]
