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Water Towers and Laundry, New York, NY, 1961 by Andre Ketesz

Water Towers and Laundry, New York, NY, 1961 by Andre Ketesz

lylaandblu: Yves Klein Leap into the Void (photographed by Harry Shunk), 1960 gelatin silver print, 25.9 x 20 cm (10 3/16 x 7 7/8 in.) As in his carefully choreographed paintings in which he used nude female models dipped in blue paint as paintbrushes, Klein’s photomontage paradoxically creates the impression of freedom and abandon through a highly contrived process. In October 1960, Klein hired the photographers Harry Shunk and Jean Kender to make a series of pictures re-creating a jump from a second-floor window that the artist claimed to have executed earlier in the year. This second leap was made from a rooftop in the Paris suburb of Fontenay-aux-Roses. On the street below, a group of the artist’s friends from held a tarpaulin to catch him as he fell. Two negatives—one showing Klein leaping, the other the surrounding scene (without the tarp)—were then printed together to create a seamless “documentary” photograph. To complete the illusion that he was capable of flight, Klein distributed a fake broadsheet at Parisian newsstands commemorating the event. It was in this mass-produced form that the artist’s seminal gesture was communicated to the public and also notably to the Vienna Actionists.

lylaandblu:

Yves Klein

Leap into the Void (photographed by Harry Shunk), 1960

gelatin silver print, 25.9 x 20 cm (10 3/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

As in his carefully choreographed paintings in which he used nude female models dipped in blue paint as paintbrushes, Klein’s photomontage paradoxically creates the impression of freedom and abandon through a highly contrived process. In October 1960, Klein hired the photographers Harry Shunk and Jean Kender to make a series of pictures re-creating a jump from a second-floor window that the artist claimed to have executed earlier in the year. This second leap was made from a rooftop in the Paris suburb of Fontenay-aux-Roses. On the street below, a group of the artist’s friends from held a tarpaulin to catch him as he fell. Two negatives—one showing Klein leaping, the other the surrounding scene (without the tarp)—were then printed together to create a seamless “documentary” photograph. To complete the illusion that he was capable of flight, Klein distributed a fake broadsheet at Parisian newsstands commemorating the event. It was in this mass-produced form that the artist’s seminal gesture was communicated to the public and also notably to the Vienna Actionists.

talesofendurance:

A Tale of Wilde’s Eyes

This is an older portrait series i did in summer 2010. It was one of my first attempts to shoot while it was raining. I’m still pretty satisfied with the way i photographed them, but not with how i edited them. So i decided to do a little re-do and finally publish the result. I think that this darker, monochromatic look suites best. There are still quite a lot of single images and series left that need to be revised and therefore were never really published. I will work this out during the next weeks and months. I’m currently ill, so i have plenty of time to spend at my desk, editing images and continue working on my portfolio. 

life: eyeheartnewyork: I love these old Manhattan skyline photos. This is by Andreas Feininger for LIFE magazine in 1944 Us too, see more here.

life:

eyeheartnewyork:

I love these old Manhattan skyline photos. This is by Andreas Feininger for LIFE magazine in 1944

Us too, see more here.

The Sartorialist: Closer, New York Book Signing

one of my favorite blogs… into a book!