Alberto Seveso is a freelance graphics designer living in Rome. I knew his old site but somehow forgot about it. Today I stumbled across his new portfolio via agenturblog. Alberto has a few phantastic works on his page, almost all of them surreal photomontages.
In his shop you can buy great prints or even just the digital version as a PDF, where you have to organize the printing yourself. A neat idea.
Digitally manipulated images of people kissing themselves. “Sort of disturbingly erotic, in an erotically disturbing way.”, as Kottke said.
Have a look at New York-based conceptual photographer Phillip Toledano’s portfolio for some really nice and inspirational photographic work. Some limited edition prints can be purchased online at Gild.
Mr. Toledano (by the way, I just love the entrance page) thinks, that every photograph should be like an unfinished sentence or part of a story and in pursuit of this, he has amassed a dazzling portfolio of original photography. The stories the photographs tell are so thought through and engrossing, it’s definitely worth a look.
Phillip Toledano, a lover of photography since he was eleven, was born in London and currently resides and works in New York.
The winning photo of the 50th annual World Press Photo Contest of 2006 has been submitted by US photographer Spencer Platt of Getty Images. It shows a group of young Lebanese girls driving through a neighborhood in South Beirut, devastated by Israeli bombings. The picture was taken on 15 August 2006, the first day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah when thousands of Lebanese started returning to their homes.
“It’s a picture you can keep looking at. It has the complexity and contradiction of real life, amidst chaos. This photograph makes you look beyond the obvious.”, says jury chair Michele McNally about the image.