march of the flamingos

 

The greatest bird spectacle on earth at the Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley

i know it sounds nerdy- but i wish i could graph this. #swarmintelligence AMAZING!

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A

 

 

 

 

Hymm to the Immortal Wind

Hello all and sorry for the lack of recent posts. I just got back from a month long vacation through Eastern Europe where my family and I hit Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Russia, and much more! I love traveling- really refreshes your state of mind- especially after something big like GRADUATING FROM UNIVERSITY!

anyways more posts on my journey later. For now please check out this amazing photo shoot by Mikael Wardhana, photographing the beautiful Katerina Chang.

Hymn to the Immortal Wind – Sydney-based photographer Mikael Wardhana captures Katerina Chang in a tranquil story of nature and style shot for our most recent exclusive. Wearing a wardrobe consisting of all pieces from Natalia Grzybowski’s Hybrid collection, Katerina finds solace in the outdoors while sporting the designer’s floral prints and origami-like silhouettes. Undone hair and barely there makeup by beauty artist Steph Lai perfect the ethereal ensembles.

The Shaolin Monks

As a kid I literally grew up on every kung fu movie there was to see. Every family gathering, although for some meant caroling or family football games,  meant for us dinner and a gathering around the TV for a classic  kung fu movie. (And i swear its not your jackie chan or jet li stuff. Its the Bruce Lee, Wong Fei Hung, the ten tigers of Canton etc. The REAL kung fu movies)  Check out these photos of Shaolin Monks that i came across. They are truly amazing and truly inspiring. There was this one time when I was in Shanghai I met this man who told me that he just came from training for 3 years in the mountains of Tibet. He told me that every morning he would wake up at 3 am, fetch water, train, and meditate for 10+ hours at a time. Ive never met a man so well collected, passionate, and undisturbed by the faults of the world.  amazing people and amazing stories.

bodies continued

from my last post one can see truly the magnificence of the human body- where intimacy and language are cultivated through the touch of this great system we hold to be our temples.  But what makes these images beautiful from one perspective is the perception of bodies and its inherent beauty to which we are conditioned to understand beautiful bodies are young and lean. In this post, I would like to oppose the beauty of bodies in its culturally ‘perfect’ state and show forth the beauty of the heavy, old, and ‘flawed’ (and of course the effects of cultural bodily perfections). ‘Perfection’ of the body to me is more disturbing than the imperfection. Imperfections are honest in nature and tells stories of life that one can only see through the creases of the face. Perfection is deceitful, pretentious, and pressures mental and physical harm – conditioning us to the impossible perfection of the naturally flawed human being. take a look at a few of these pictures and imagine the stories that could be told from the ‘oddness’ & ‘imperfections’

74 year old body builder

the heavy ballerina

Bodies

photos

Id thought Id share a few images that have caught my eye.

“Sayeva” by Jakub Wojewoda.

 

David Moore – Sisters of Charity, Washington D.C., 1956

you are what you eat

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A

Matthieu Belin: Qiu Hap F/W 11

This was too hard not to share. It literally took my by my britches. BEAUTIFUL and SUPERBLY elegant forms, swaying fabric in such a structural way, it leaves us architects in envy. I particularly love the touch of fur. It makes the fabric sway and drip to an almost shadowy presence.

Wow. Simply Wow.

A

Qiu Hao F/W 2011 Serpens by Matthieu Belin

In collaboration with the chinese fashion designer Qiu Hao, a series of fashion photographies to reflect the inspirations of his F/W 2011 collections named “Serpens”. A tribute to this reptile, its mysteries, the fascination and fear it can unveil.

most amazing photos of 2011

as the year comes to an end let us remember all the things that have happened this year. Buzz feed’s most powerful images of 2011

pictures are worth a thousand words

Members of the national security team receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House on May 1.

Firefighters of Ladder Company 4 — which lost seven men on 9/11 — perched together on their aerial ladder, watching a news bulletin in Times Square declaring that Osama bin Laden was dead on May 2.

Facebook played an extremely important role in the uprisings throughout the Middle East.

A demonstrator shows his bottom to riot police during a protest by European workers and trade union representatives to demand better job protection in the European Union countries in Brussels on March 24

84-year-old Dorli Rainey was pepper sprayed during a peaceful march in Seattle, Washington. She would have been thrown to the ground and trampled, but luckily a fellow protester and Iraq vet was there to save her. (Joshua Trujillo / seattlepi.com)

An aerial shot of the damage immediately following the Japanese tsunami.

A girl in isolation for radiation screening looks at her dog through a window in Nihonmatsu, Japan on March 14.

figure

fantastic photos of black and white photos of the female

Faith

Mind Blown. Check out this shoot done by Paul Cassidy.

Such a great use of light/transparency/color

Photography: Paul Cassidy (www.paulcassidystudio.com)Post and Colour Art: Cristina Durán (www.studio-panorama.com)

Styling: Kattaca (www.kattaca.com)

Art Direction: Pablo Perez Sanmartin (www.pabloperezsanmartin.org)

Make-up: Vicente Oviedo for MAC

Hair: José Andres Navas for Zach

Photography Assistants: Eduardo Borrego, Pablo Jueguen

Set Design: Q Sets

Production Assistant: Belia Martin Tellado

Model: Charlotte van der Sande (Delphoss)