In photography, the creative act is the click of the camera, the decision to capture what Henri Cartier-Bresson called "The Decisive Moment": "There is a creative fraction of a second when you are taking a picture." said the French master in 1957. "Your eye must see a composition or an expression that life itself offers you, and you must know with intuition when to click the camera." Brian......read more
Brooklyn-born, London-based photographer Brian Ferry (nope, not that Bryan Ferry) traveled southeast to the coast to capture these beautiful pics of one of the UK's most stunning landscapes. Included among the collection are epic images of the Seven Sisters chalk cliffs — a geological marvel that is being slowly and inexorably eaten away by the sea. Upon the crumbling cliffs......read more
Watching guys rip on skateboards is never not entertaining, but this video from former pro Brian Lotti takes the short skate vid to another level of beauty and composition. The clip, found via Michael Leon at Arkitip Intel, is "a short concept film exploring various ways of tracking and shooting skateboarders moving through the landscape." Using some next-level camerawork, Lotti......read more
While Winter Storm Nemo was dropping between 12 to 40 inches of snow on the northeast, motion designer and photographer Brian Maffitt got busy -- not with a shovel but with a video projector and a camera. Maffit pointed a video projector playing The Lorax out his window, then shot the scene with his Canon 7D. The colorful results, as you can see above, are amazing. "I wanted to capture colors in......read more
Directed by Brian Ziffer, the music video for Akron/Family’s "Cast A Net" is full of images of childhood innocence and imagination, set in a world of animation and CGI. The trio, Dana Janssen, Seth Olinsky, and Miles Seaton, also make an appearance in the underwater wonderland. The video works perfectly with the dreamy sounds and lush harmonies Akron/Family create in the song. "Cast A Net"......read more
“Ride, Rise, Roar" is a new concert film documenting the creation and staging of David Byrne’s ambitious “The Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno†tour in 2008 and 2009. The documentary will premiere with three screenings at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, TX. Not exactly a "green" story but aside from being two of the most important figures in......read more
The just-released lead single off Gem Club's upcoming Breakers LP (out September 27th on Hardly Art) is a gentle and muffled affair, something akin to dreams of heavy fog and ocean mist. Now, director BriAnna Olson has delivered a properly dreamlike video to accompany the song. It couldn't be more well-suited to its soundtrack. Shot in Iceland (bit of a trend......read more