http://svrta.org Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:55:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://svrta.org/photography/lasting-statement/ http://svrta.org/photography/lasting-statement/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:52:34 +0000 Carl Platon http://svrta.org/?p=5567
With the design help of Timoni West, Andy Smith has created a poignant website called Lasting Statement that presents the final statements and some images of theh “men and women who have been executed by the state of Texas since 1982.” He explains on his blog that he ran into the statements on the Texas Department of Criminal Justice website, found them deeply moving [...]]]> http://svrta.org/photography/lasting-statement/feed/ 0 http://svrta.org/photography/at-night-by-jean-michael-seminaro/ http://svrta.org/photography/at-night-by-jean-michael-seminaro/#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2012 09:00:29 +0000 Igor Termenón http://svrta.org/?p=5555
A few weeks ago I was sent a bunch of publications by Pogo Books to review. I first knew about this German independent publisher a couple of years ago, when they added me on Flickr. Since then, I’ve been interested in their books and selection of artists, but I hadn’t had a chance of taking a look at [...]]]> http://svrta.org/photography/at-night-by-jean-michael-seminaro/feed/ 0 http://svrta.org/graphicdesign/david-lynch-champagne-dreams/ http://svrta.org/graphicdesign/david-lynch-champagne-dreams/#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:24:27 +0000 Carl Platon http://svrta.org/?p=5532
Just to get it out of the way. I’m a huge fan of David Lynch. Today NOWNESS released an article about him designing his own limited-edition bottle for Dom Pérignon. Now this is how you sell Champagne! The first part of the article says: “Filmmaker Luke Gilford fashions a surrealist portrait of the opening night party for the debut of [...]]]> http://svrta.org/graphicdesign/david-lynch-champagne-dreams/feed/ 0 http://svrta.org/photography/adam-revington/ http://svrta.org/photography/adam-revington/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:00:59 +0000 Carl Platon http://svrta.org/?p=5517
Give it up for young photographer Adam Revington, born in 1990, living and working in Toronto. My glass orb says his future will have something to do with next level shiet analogue style.]]> http://svrta.org/photography/adam-revington/feed/ 0 http://svrta.org/photography/laura-austin/ http://svrta.org/photography/laura-austin/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:50:33 +0000 Carl Platon http://svrta.org/?p=5498
A while ago I stumbled across a number of lovely of photographs taken by photographer Laura Austin. I decided to get in touch with her as I sensed there was way more to it than just beautiful photographs taken along the road.  I asked her to tell a little bit about herself and her work finding [...]]]> http://svrta.org/photography/laura-austin/feed/ 0 http://svrta.org/photography/book-of-beards/ http://svrta.org/photography/book-of-beards/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:06:29 +0000 Carl Platon http://svrta.org/?p=5483
A Book of Beards, by Justin James Muir, is a rather extensive selection of impressive containing 86 beards, 125 pages and 18 written contributions. Mike Cummings says the following about the book: “If the age of a tree can be determined by the rings it contains within, consider a man’s whiskers his own measuring stick. They come in [...]]]> http://svrta.org/photography/book-of-beards/feed/ 0 http://svrta.org/photography/zine-review-rue-by-michael-j-demeo/ http://svrta.org/photography/zine-review-rue-by-michael-j-demeo/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 20:59:46 +0000 Igor Termenón http://svrta.org/?p=5437
Michael J DeMeo is a photographer and the editor of photography zine No Thoughts. Michael sent me last week a copy of Rue, his latest photo book. “This is story about my friend… this is a story about addiction”, that’s how Michael describes the images contained in Rue. This collection of photographs shows the life [...]]]> http://svrta.org/photography/zine-review-rue-by-michael-j-demeo/feed/ 0 http://svrta.org/photography/aaron-webber/ http://svrta.org/photography/aaron-webber/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 17:49:00 +0000 Carl Platon http://svrta.org/?p=5411
This is 23 year old Photographer Aaron Webber, currently living in Perth of Western Australia – the most isolated city in the world. Aaron tells us about his interest in real life which started emerging after an accident in 2008 causing a broken spine. In Aaron’s previous life he was a keen competitive surfer and it [...]]]> http://svrta.org/photography/aaron-webber/feed/ 0 http://svrta.org/graphicdesign/remember-keith-haring/ http://svrta.org/graphicdesign/remember-keith-haring/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 17:36:22 +0000 Carl Platon http://svrta.org/?p=5384
In memory of Keith Haring, who today would have turned 54 years of age, Google have dedicated their search logo just for him. The artwork uses some of Haring’s signature work to form the word ‘Google’ in their search engine’s blue, red, yellow and green coloring. Keith Haring, the legendary pop artist, sadly died in 1990 from AIDS-related complications. Today [...]]]> http://svrta.org/graphicdesign/remember-keith-haring/feed/ 0 http://svrta.org/photography/ben-huff-interview/ http://svrta.org/photography/ben-huff-interview/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 16:00:43 +0000 Jesse Weinberg http://svrta.org/?p=5244
Featured interview with Photographer Ben Huff from Iowa currently living in Juneau, Alaska. Name: Ben Huff Occupation: Photographer, Teacher Hometown: LeClaire, Iowa. Currently Juneau, Alaska Style of photography: All of the above. What gives you inspiration? Currently, its simply the season. Spring is a yearly revelation for me, and I’ve slowly learned to harness the anxiety of this itchy [...]]]> http://svrta.org/photography/ben-huff-interview/feed/ 0