Tossed and Turned

On first impression this was my favorite piece.
Hanging alone on it's high perch separate from the rest of
the pieces...  Something about it was so stunning.  It
was the smallest piece, but still the most memorable. 

A new favorite artist of mine was found during the 2013 Biennale in Venice was Thierry De

Cordier.  Albeit this post is quite late, it could not be ignored any longer.  De Cordier's work is prominently dark, not just in subject matter, but in tone as well.  He uses blue ink, charcoal and other dark hued paints in order to get these deep portraits of thrashing bodies of water.  His work has been described as "both somber and hostile, at times making him the target of impromptu censorship".
He recreates these waves, icy peaks and skies in frigid, overcast tones, as if sympathetic to their coldness and severity.  I was fortunate enough to see the collection in person, and was utterly taken aback when I walked into the room.  

The space was free of other artists.  Simply devoted to De Cordier's work.
And I was extremely grateful for that.

I need him to make more pieces.

That's me, wearing God-knows-what, completely mesmerized by the artworks.

I took these close-ups to try to show the texture of the paintings, but it doesn't do it any justice.

Wrapped up

Tomohide Ikeya is a Japanese photographer who has turned the his hobby of scuba diving into a conceptual body of work.

Here is a selection from her "MOON" collection

I love these photos because they incorporate three things I am absolutely infatuated with.
Water, hair & the moon.
The dark eeriness of the photographs combined with the stillness of the water creates a whole new dimension of reality for the viewer.  The photos seem to have a depth that you can't really explain.  The "moonlight" reflecting on the water just add to this, and give texture to the pieces.  

I would expect the birth of a mermaid to be something like this.

"I'm a photographer who has a concept of "Control" for my work.

Water is one of "uncontrolled" things which the human being never can to do.

I had a lot of opportunities to think about ‘water’ with doing scuba diving in several countries as a hobby.

The beauty of sunshine viewed from under water, daily life of aquatics and me as human just be able to see their world for a moment...

We thought human could control water if we had lots of equipments and cared for risks in water, but human never be able to live in water. And we also never be able to live without water.

Water doesn’t only give a life, but also takes a life. On the other hand, water is not the Mother of Creation or the Master of Destruction, it’s just be there as ‘water’.

Water is a philosophical existence very much even be as ’just water’.  I had been fascinated with water more and more and I had gotten a zeal for expression it.

It is one of reasons which I became a photographer, so I have been creating 

my works which has a relation with water.

I'm expressing "enthusiasm for life" by photography throughout the figure of Water and Human."

http://tomohide-ikeya.com

Frozen Still

 

Shinichi Maruyama is a Japanese artist who was born in Nagano.  After studying in Chiba he moved to New York where he continued his "Water Sculpting" career.  These sets of photos I've decided to display come from two of his lines -- Water Sculpture and Kusho.  

 

Enjoy these unbelievably perfectly timed photographs of water being alternated and captured in mid-air.  Maruyama describes his work in the following passages which can be found on his website in their entirety.  PLEASE watch the video at the end -- it's truly phenomenal.                                                 

http://www.shinichimaruyama.com/statement

 

 

Water Sculpture (The clear water photos)

I am fascinated by the fragility and incompleteness thatexists with all things beautiful.
I throw water into the air, and in mid-flight it changesshape constantly, being pulled by gravity and burstingwith surface tension.In each moment, the water becomes a beautiful figure which
can be defined as a “part man-made and part natural” sculpture.

Kusho (The black and white water photos)

As a young student, I often wrote Chinese characters in sumi ink. I loved the nervous, precarious feeling of sitting before an empty white page, the moment just before my brush touched the paper.
Once your brush touches paper, you must finish the character, you have one chance. You must commit your full attention and being to each stroke. Liquids, like ink, are elusive by nature. As sumi ink finds its own path through the paper grain, liquid finds its unique path as it moves through air.
Remembering those childhood moments, of ink and empty page, I fashioned a large “brush” and bucket of ink. Each stroke is unique, ephemeral. I can never copy or recreate them. 

“a decisive moment”, [that] I can’t fully understand... until I look at 

these captured afterimages, these paintings in the sky.

UNDERWATER SERIES 13 -- Joel Janse van Vuuren

 

Joel Janse van Vuuren, born in Durban in 1984 is a fashion-designer.

He is currently based in Johannesburg where he is developing his own brand. 

His designs reflect his exploration of beauty, fashion and 21st century."  

This entire collection/advertisement reminds me of Alix Malka's in Fashionably Floating

This is a great way to show-case your work.

Granted, you can't see much of the dress itself; but it adds a flair to his website, and catches the audiences' attention.  The colors underwater are gorgeous, and of course he was aware that the fabric would look effortless and weightless. 

The deep black in the background is what makes the entire series.

 

http://www.joeljansevanvuuren.com/

Beneath the beach

  After long weeks of mentor training I am finally back and blogging. 

We had one day off where the ResLife team went to the beach :)

 

I was a lion.  

Anyhoo; remember "Waves" and the beautiful in-motion underwater photography by CJ Kale and Nick Selway?  What about the under-water surfing photos by Dustin Humphrey??

Well here I go again with another set of underwater beach photos, except this time with people.  Sarah Lee manages to capture the most beautiful under-the-ocean photos.

I wish I knew where this was shot, the water is TOO beautiful to be real.

 

Ethereal vintage beauties.

Mariska Karto 

"is a photographer/illustrator born in Suriname (South-America) and raised in Holland."

 Uh what? BAMF?

Unbelievably beautiful Renaissance-inspired photographs. 

She really got the soft-dark contrast spot on. 

Kind of looks like under-water work no?

Waves

Sorry it's been so long, I was in Hawaii.
And as a tribute, here are some AMAZING photos of ocean waves.
These photos by photographers CJ Kale and Nick Selway seriously blow my mind.

"Together, the two best friends feature their diverse 

photography collection at their fine art business, Lava Light Galleries, in downtown Kona."