This week on the web: your street photos, a special report on selfies, man’s impact on the alps by Etorre Moni, a wonderful fashion portfolio by Gabriele Vietere, portraits of 21 emotions and the bonus of the week.
► Join Hipstawalk on May 10th, 2014
http://blog.hipstamatic.com/post/83121957780/get-ready-hipstamatic-fam-because-on-may-10-we
Get ready Hipstamatic fans, because on May 10 we unite across the world to take on the streets with a global #hipstawalk! It’s been far too long since we’ve organized a gathering of hipstographers going out in the streets, collaborating and shooting beautiful photos, so we’ve got a big one planned! If you’re not able to join us in San Francisco – no problem! Organize your own May10 #hipstawalk at meetup.com/hipstamatic and follow the instructions there
[Photo 01]
► Special Report: What’s a selfie? A fashionable phenomenon? A has-been? An art form?
A “selfie” is a self-portrait taken with a mobile phone and shared on social networks. Here’s a short brief overview of this tech phenomenon
– An exhaustive article on the subject here (french only)
[Photo 02]
– Museum Selfie is a project by Alli Burness, who travels and writes about museums. She is currently exploring the experience of visitors to museums in Australia, Europe and South America. Everyone is invited to post a selfie taken during a visit to a museum.
[Photo 03 & 04]
– Andy Warhol art selfie. Andy was a forerunner, ahead of his time, with his Polaroid selfies taken in the 1970s. He took many selfies throughout his life. A wonderful collection of them is now on display at the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.
[Photo 05 & 06]
http://ackermansfineart.com/blog/pop-art/andy-warhol-an-early-trend-setter-for-the-selfie/
http://annex.umma.umich.edu/post/80737306362/the-original-king-of-the-selfie-andy-warhol
http://www.garuyo.com/trend/selfies-de-andy-warhol-fotos
– Self-portraits and selfies: an online exhibition in several episodes on Lenscratch.com, organized by Grant Gill. For 2014, the plan is to ask photographers to share their self-portraits AND their selfies. The interesting thing is that the selfies are just as terrific as the self-portraits. They’re still accepting submissions no matter who you are, no matter what camera you use. We really liked Hanna Kozak et Jonas Yip (http://jonasyip.com/photography/gallery/self-imposed/).
[Photo 07, 08 & 09]
http://lenscratch.com/2014/03/2014-self-portraitselfie-exhibition-part-3/
– Image of the First Selfie taken in space
http://www.today.com/tech/selfies-space-first-instagram-post-iss-2D79499941
[Photo 10]
– A analysis of the relationship between selfies and narcissism here (french only)
http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/joelle-menrath/selfies-narcissisme-adolescents_b_4382349.html
– A very intimate selfie: #aftersex is the latest hashtag on Instagram: the post-coital selfie. While modest, these portraits of happy couples approach the limits of self-exposure on the web.
http://iconosquare.com/viewer.php#/detail/703996595646199332_1012501244
[Photo 11]
– Follow SELFEED: created by artists, www.selfeed.com is a real-time feed of images tagged #selfie on Instagram. Each selfie appears for a second, a never-ending flow that will make you dizzy..
http://time.com/57485/see-every-selfie-posted-on-instagram-in-real-time/
[Photo 12]
► PORTFOLIO Landscape: The Alps of Ettore MONI
Ettore Moni is a documentary photographer with a number of stunning projects that explore the Italian landscape and it’s transformation. With this series, Alps, Ettore examines how man has altered nature to allow interaction in high altitudes, and in doing so, damaging the magnificence that is being celebrated.
[Photo 13, 14 & 15]
http://lenscratch.com/2014/04/ettore-moni-2/
► PORTFOLIO FASHION: Gabriele Viertel Underwater
Gabriele Viertel is a fine art – and underwater photographer based in the Netherlands. Born in Cologne she lives in Eindhoven since 2008. Fascinated by the female beauty she is striving for transcendent aesthetics. Water, the natural element of life, is the perfect environment for her surrealist art creations. Her work was just published on Photo Vogue by Vogue Italia, one of the world’s most important fashion magazines.
[Photo 16, 17, 18, 19 & 20]
http://www.vogue.it/en/people-are-talking-about/vogue-arts/2014/04/photovogue-spring-gallery-2014#ad-image347177
http://www.gabrieleviertel.com
► Portraits : 21 émotions
http://petapixel.com/2014/04/04/portrait-analysis-reveals-human-face-can-express-least-21-emotions/
How many human emotions can you capture on camera? According to a study by researchers at Ohio State University, the number is at least 21.
[Photo 21]
► BONUS of the week: the big list of 2014 photo festivals on Fotografiamagazine.com here
Keep your eye on the web!
