Come Again?

Buenos Aires-based photographer Irina Werning asked her friends to re-enact old photos of themselves to the very last obsessive detail.

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All photos are copyright of Irina Werning

Ghostitectures

The first series I did when I started painting was on remembered architecture, kind of like these found on inimitable ManMakeHome. I could never quite find enough good "ghostitectures" to photograph, but Marcus Buck surely did.

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According to comments left on MMH blog,

Budapest and Hobart, Tasmania are hotbeds for these.

Papier Mache Children's Magazine

Why didn't I know about this sooner? Australian kid's mag.

Online. Free. Adorable.

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Issue 3 is a standout. All images from Papier Mache

Discover Your Inner Radha

In an Asia Society interview with author Amitav Ghosh, he urges us all to "discover our inner-Radha". He probably meant something more ephemeral, but I choose to seek out my inner Radha in the form of Ruth St. Denis.

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Watch the full video of the interview here, but be warned, it's long!

A ground-breaking choreographer, dancer, founding mother of a significant genre of dance, and generally gutsy woman (don't we love those?), she had a penchant for Asian cultures and took inspiration for her dance pieces from the religious stories and folk tales of the region with a distinct affinity for goddesses.

She also translated traditional Asian dress with gusto and blinged it up (totally in love with those stunning headpieces!) for the stage.

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These photos, like the especially captivating one above, are of her in costume for the piece entitled 'Radha'.

Read a concise write-up about St Denis here

Above, in costume for The Nautch Girl.

Above, in Gift of Eternal Life.

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All photos, from the brilliant New York Public Library catalogue, can be purchased online.

Alice in Waterland by Elena Kalis

I saw these images on Yatzer months ago, browsed, and moved on. Somehow the images kept coming to mind. Nothing overly technically complicated and no impressive computer-enhancement (yawn), yet Elena Kalis (who lives and practices her underwater art in the Bahamas) manages to capture the themes of Lewis Carrolls' Alice in Wonderland perfectly. 

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After all, when the world around you doesn't make sense, it IS a little like being underwater, isn't it? 

I especially like the 'through the looking glass' idea. You know how the image was made, logically, yet it perfectly describes an alternate reality.

Note to self: buy striped knee socks

All the above images via Yatzer, all rights to the images belong to the photographer Elena Kalis

A new version of the movie will be released March 2010. A Tim Burton production, it promises to be wilder and weirder than ever before. Click here for a write-up by Wired.com.

Production still via wired.com

Selby So

Random images I like from The Selby

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Crocheted confectionaries

Cos I just feel like a little Paris today

Can never have too many knobs

Photogenic doggy rump with cool artwork

Ponies on a stick

You know I like owls

Baby, baby grand and posing pooch

All rights of these images belong to the photographer Todd Selby 

Art Shopping, Paid For In Kind

More works by artist Simryn Gill I am considering buying, though it's all a pipe dream with the reality that is my severely wilted bank balance. I wonder if Breenspace gallery will accept Good Intentions as payment? 

These are from My Own Private Angkor series...

Or maybe from her Power Station series. (They come in pairs)

All works belong to the artist, images via from Breenspace