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Collocation No. 14 (NATURE) Left Panel, Collocation No. 14...

inisfree — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:25:00 -0500

Collocation No. 14 (NATURE) Left Panel by Mickey Smith http://bit.ly/20xNatureLeft

Collocation No. 14 (NATURE) Right Panel by Mickey Smith http://bit.ly/20xNatureRight

MORE BOOKS by Mickey Smith http://bit.ly/20xMoreBooks

WORD STUDY by Mickey Smith http://bit.ly/20xWordStudy

Collocation No. 14 (NATURE) Left Panel, Collocation No. 14 (NATURE) Right Panel, MORE BOOKS, and WORD STUDY by Mickey Smith

As we slowly replace printed books with digital versions, conceptual artist and photographer Mickey Smith has made it her mission to document bound periodicals and professional journals in public libraries. Some of the volumes she has captured have already been destroyed. “I am struck by the physical mass of knowledge and the tenuousness of printed work as it fades from public consciousness,” says Smith.

Slurp and Salty by Michelle Vaughan An oyster lover, artist...

inisfree — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:00:00 -0500

Slurp by Michelle Vaughan http://bit.ly/20xSlurp

Salty by Michelle Vaughan http://bit.ly/20xSalty

Slurp and Salty by Michelle Vaughan

An oyster lover, artist Michelle Vaughan uses text to capture the action of eating the popular shellfish. And the delicate pink coloring? Vaughan chose this shade for its resemblance to the interiors of oyster shells. Even the Hamilton Gothic typeface, originally owned by the Baltimore Police Department, is meant to evoke Vaughan’s favorite food. “It is a clean, honest face for everyday use,” says the artist. “Oysters were once the everyman’s food, eaten by rich and poor alike—Gothic symbolizes this spirit.”

Prints of these editions begin at $60.

Apart Push Lawn Mower and Old Push Lawn Mower by Todd...

inisfree — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:16:37 -0500

Apart Push Lawn Mower by Todd McLellan http://bit.ly/20xApartLawn

Old Push Lawn Mower by Todd McLellan http://bit.ly/20xOldLawn

Apart Push Lawn Mower and Old Push Lawn Mower by Todd McLellan

When this old lawn mower was thrown away, its pieces were still in working order. Part of artist Todd McLellan’s Disassembly series, these intriguing images examine—piece by piece—beautifully built machines that have been replaced by newer technology.

Prints of these editions begin at $24.

Filter Samples by Jessica Eaton Who would have imagined that...

inisfree — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:23:00 -0500

Filter Samples by Jessica Eaton

Who would have imagined that humble filter samples could used to create such a vivacious, cheerful work of art? Artist Jessica Eaton’s attempts to construct fictional rainbows yielded Filter Samples. “Hundreds of swatches from Lee Filters sample packs were arranged on the window, by spectral wave transmission, to turn my living room into a ROYGBIV light box,” says Eaton.

Prints of this edition begin at $60.

Autoportrait en poulpe, 2009 by David Favrod An entrancing,...

inisfree — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:28:00 -0500

Autoportrait en poulpe, 2009 by David Favrod

An entrancing, sometimes hallucinatory collection of images, Gaijin is a tool in photographer David Favrod’s quest for identity. The Second Edition 2012 Hot Shot and Aperture Portfolio Prize–winner has lived in Switzerland for most of his life, but was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and Swiss father; he created Gaijin after the Japanese embassy in Switzerland denied his citizenship request. “The aim of this work is to create ‘my own Japan’ in Switzerland, from memories of my journeys when I was small, my mother’s stories, popular and traditional culture and my grandparents’ war narratives,” says Favrod.

See all of our Second Edition 2012 Hot Shots and learn more about the Hey, Hot Shot! photography competition.

Chateau by Jeremy Kohm Photographer Jeremy Kohm captured this...

inisfree — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:14:41 -0500

Chateau by Jeremy Kohm

Photographer Jeremy Kohm captured this stunning, Art Deco-styled swimming pool in the hours before his wedding reception (when he probably should have been getting ready, he admits). The pool, built in 1929 in Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier, is located in the same building where Kohm’s personal hero and famed Canadian portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh once kept a studio and residence.

Prints of this edition begin at $60.

Male Centerfold, 2012 by Pacifico Silano Through his photo and...

inisfree — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:14:54 -0500

Male Centerfold, 2012 by Pacifico Silano

Through his photo and video work, Pacifico Silano explores LGBTQ history and how it has shaped contemporary gay identity. By creating imagery with Al Parker, one of the most famous gay porn stars of the 1970s, Silano has created an unconventional series of portraits that memorialize and draw attention to a lost generation of gay men. “The process of making these new pictures and reworking images from the past has allowed me to catalogue and emphasize a neglected history, one that is imbued with my own fantasies of a place and time that I never lived through,” he says.

Silano is one of five exceptionally talented photographers included among our Second Edition 2012 Hot Shots. Learn more about the Hey, Hot Shot! photography competition.

How It Works by Austin Kleon To create his famous Newspaper...

inisfree — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:36:42 -0500

How It Works by Austin Kleon

To create his famous Newspaper Blackout Poems, artist Austin Kleon “blacks out” newspaper articles with a marker, creating poetry out of the words that remain. “How it works: I will give you whatever you want for all the cartwheels you’re doing for me,” Kleon unearths from an article about hedge fund investing. “Like many of my poems, it’s about my wife,” he sweetly explains. This romantic print is among our special Valentine’s Day selections—see them all here.

Prints of this edition begin at $60. Check out Austin Kleon’s excellent Tumblrs, newspaperblackout.com and tumblr.austinkleon.com.

Scholar’s Rock, 2012 by Erin O’Keefe Erin...

inisfree — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:04:29 -0500

Scholar’s Rock, 2012 by Erin O’Keefe

Erin O’Keefe’s has explored architecture, sculpture and photography during her artistic career. Here, she examines the relationship between object and image. “I photograph two-dimensional constructions, which are themselves made from pieces of other photographic images, and rely on the three-dimensionality depicted in these fragments to create the illusion of a sculptural object,” says O’Keefe.

O’Keefe is one of five exceptionally talented photographers included among our Second Edition 2012 Hot Shots. Learn more about the Hey, Hot Shot! photography competition.

Atari by Hollis Brown Thornton Artist Hollis Brown Thornton is...

inisfree — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:44:42 -0500

Atari by Hollis Brown Thornton

Artist Hollis Brown Thornton is borne back ceaselessly into our digital past. “The collection of games is a tribute to these digital origins, as well as a tribute to the excellent artwork on these worn out cartridges,” says Thornton.

Do you have fond memories of playing these games? Are any of the cartridges still in your possession?

Prints of this edition begin at $60.

Watercolor Sydney by Stamen Design It’s almost Australia Day,...

inisfree — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:25:25 -0500

Watercolor Sydney by Stamen Design

It’s almost Australia Day, the antipodean continent’s version of Independence Day, commemorating the arrival of 11 really big ships into Botany Bay and the emergence of a new southern nation. Today, 20x200’s two resident Aussies—Matthew Tribe (Sydney) and Emma Pearse (Canberra)—compare memories with Watercolor Sydney, a vibrant rendering of Sydney, Australia, where the famed harbor is sparkling and where, at this time of year, locals are getting around in flip-flops. Keep reading.

Prints of this edition begin at $24.

Untitled #6 by Jessica Bruah What story does this image tell?...

inisfree — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:57:28 -0500

Untitled #6 by Jessica Bruah

What story does this image tell? Artist Jessica Bruah began her project Stories, from which this image is taken, as a way to merge her interests in writing and photography. “The work is influenced by the formal qualities of short fiction and its tendency to focus on a single mood or event,” says Bruah.

This enigmatic photograph contains elements that could be innocuous or sinister, depending on the tale created by the viewer. For what purpose will the gasoline can be used?

Prints of this edition begin at $60.

Lariat, TX, 2012 by Ilona Szwarc Ilona Szwarc’s Rodeo Girls is a...

inisfree — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:04:26 -0500

Lariat, TX, 2012 by Ilona Szwarc

Ilona Szwarc’s Rodeo Girls is a portrait project about young girls who compete in rodeos on a professional level. Theirs “is a unique lifestyle, where kids are brought up in a very strict and disciplined manner, with emphasis on hard work, respect and cultivation of friendships and family relationships,” says Szwarc.

Szwarc is one of five exceptionally talented photographers selected to be a Second Edition 2012 Hot Shot. Learn more about Szwarc and about the Hey, Hot Shot! photography competition.

Disassembled by Ky Anderson Ah, the human eye, which searcges...

inisfree — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:59:04 -0500

Disassembled by Ky Anderson

Ah, the human eye, which searcges for reflections of itself everywhere it looks. It’s a figure—or is it a figure eight? An hourglass, or perhaps the infinity symbol? Ky Anderson calls today’s edition Disassembled, and indeed, this image is made of disparate parts as compelling as they are just out of reach. The pale and dark blue and bright yellow forms that seem to float through this forthrightly posed figure could be layers in a color chart, but they might also suggest sky and water, maybe a sun-baked beach. Inside the confident lines are curlicued wisps of white that could be thoughts as much as clouds—contained chaos amid the work’s initial idea of order. Keep reading.

Prints of this edition begin at $24.

Cut/Copy (Maurice), 2012 by Trey Wright Trey Wright is one of...

inisfree — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:47:28 -0500

Cut/Copy (Maurice), 2012 by Trey Wright

Trey Wright is one of five exceptionally talented photographers selected to be a Second Edition 2012 Hot Shot. Learn more about Wright and about the photography competition Hey, Hot Shot!

Steps by Thomas Prior An extraordinary image, Steps is part of a...

inisfree — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:57:44 -0500

Steps by Thomas Prior

An extraordinary image, Steps is part of a project by photographer Thomas Prior examining “dangerous recreation in beautiful places.” In this instance, the place is Blackrock diving tower on the west coast of Ireland. Prior captured this surreal photograph inside the tower at high tide.

Prints of this edition begin at $60.

Nice Pants by Landon Nordeman Photographer Landon Nordeman...

inisfree — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:22:50 -0500

Nice Pants by Landon Nordeman

Photographer Landon Nordeman relishes finding the unexpected in the everyday. This cheerful image always makes us wonder if the three subjects coordinated their outfits, or whether it was just a happy—and dazzling—coincidence.

Crystalline Bunker by Aili Schmeltz From our SoHo HQ beneath...

inisfree — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:02:10 -0500

Crystalline Bunker by Aili Schmeltz

From our SoHo HQ beneath the misty skies of wintry NYC, we’re looking across the continent to Aili Schmeltz’s Crystalline Bunker, an homage to the sunny dystopia that is suburban L.A.

The highways and the high life—Los Angeles can feel like Sodom and Gomorrah, bewitching, beautiful and a bit wicked at once. Schmeltz lives and works in L.A. and is free about her mixed feelings: “My recent drawings examine my love/hate relationship with the city of Los Angeles.” Keep reading.

Prints of this edition begin at $24.

A Map of the Open Country of a Woman’s Heart by D.W....

inisfree — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:30:05 -0500

A Map of the Open Country of a Woman’s Heart by D.W. Kellogg & Co.

Created by a Connecticut woman in the first half of the 19th century, this image reveals much about its era’s attitude toward women. Take a minute to inspect the map, which includes locales like the Pyramids of Fashion and Dandy’s Rest. And at the very center you’ll find its greatest region—the City and District of Love. Learn more.

Prints begin at $60. See all of our choices for Valentine’s Day.

Eighth Avenue and Central Park by Joseph O. Holmes Every picture...

inisfree — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:16:41 -0500

Eighth Avenue by Joseph O. Holmes http://bit.ly/20xJHolmesNYC

Central Park by Joseph O. Holmes http://bit.ly/20xJHolmesNYC

Eighth Avenue and Central Park by Joseph O. Holmes

Every picture tells a story, true. But Eighth Avenue and Central Park, the 23rd and 24th 20x200 editions (!!!) by chronicler-of-NYC Joseph O. Holmes, have an especially intriguing genesis. We might never see the likes of them again, so read on for the back story of how they came to be. Keep reading.

Prints of these editions begin at $60.