Monthly Archives: September 2012
Sequences of Extreme Sports Motion Merged Into One Image
Photo by Ray Demski (Vicky Arvaniti)
Extreme, risky sports are fun to watch but they generally involve accelerated, quick movements that speed right past the cheering crowds. Sometimes we don’t catch all of the cool moves, the power plays, or the incredible surfing flips that happen in a blink of an eye. Red Bull decided to partner with various photographers in order to capture a frame-by-frame sequence of energetic athletes at their best. The results are a visual display of motion as the athletes jump, flip, dive, spin, and take all kinds of risks right before our eyes.
The images include an intense volleyball serve by Vicky Arvaniti, Levi Sherwood’s freestyle motocross tricks, the simple, gliding descent through the air of championship cliff diver Orlando Duque, Robbie Maddison jumping, by motorcycle, 322 feet across a large canyon, and more. To create these spectacular displays, the photographers used a tripod, a long exposure, and some digital manipulation. Without having to move the camera, a ton of motion was captured across multiple frames and then merged together into one unique scene. Seeing every step of the process stitched together creates a lively and captivating final product. Viewers can almost hear the roar of a motorcycle zooming past, the rush of the ocean waves, or the crunch of skis across fresh snow.
For more extreme sports photography, check out this work by photographer Marcel Lammerhirt, winner of the Red Bull’s 2010 sports and adventure photography contest.
Photo by Brian Bielmann (Jordy Smith)
Photo by Predrag Vuckovic (Robbie Maddison)
Photo by Wojtek Antonow (Tanner Hall)
Photo by Agustin Munoz (Travis Pastrana)
Photo by Alfredo Martinez (Felix Baumgartner)
Photo by Agustin Munoz (Orlando Duque)
Photo by Rutger Pauw (Clemens Doppler)
Photo by Alex Schelbert (Levi Sherwood)
Photo by Garth Milan (Red Bull Art of Motion)
Photo by Justin Kosman (Chris Doyle)
Photo by Christian Pondella (Corey Bohan)
Photo by Agustin Munoz (Petr Kraus)
Photo by Predrag Vuckovic (Paul Bonhomme)
Red Bull website
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Flipping Through a Beautiful Rainbow Book
New York-based artist Tauba Auerbach dabbles in a little bit of everything, including painting, photography, book design, and musical performance. Her artwork challenges the expected norms and examines the systems that define our world. She says her work is an attempt to reveal “new spectral and dimensional richness…both within and beyond the limits of perception.”
RGB Colorspace Atlas is a collection of 8x8x8-inch casebound books that present viewers with the RGB (red, green, blue) color model. The model is defined by electronic systems such as computer and television screens, video cameras, and scanners, as well as digital photography, and the theory originates from basic human perceptions of color.
In this project, each book volume is covered in airbrushed cloth and consists of digital, offset printed pages. The collection is a tangible rainbow of colors in the color spectrum. As viewers flip through each volume, gradients of color are visible on the pages. Each book demonstrates a different RGB scheme where hues and shades blend together to form various vibrant color palettes. According to the Auerbach’s website, the books were bound by book artist Daniel E. Kelm at his bindery, Wide Awake Garage, with assistance by Leah H. Purcell.
Incredibly Elaborate Non-Photoshopped Scenes
FOX GAMES © 1989 Sandy Skoglund
Decades before Photoshop was available, American artist Sandy Skoglund started creating surrealist images by building incredibly elaborate sets, a process which took months to complete. Her works are characterized by an overwhelming amount of one object and either bright, contrasting colors or a monochromatic color scheme.
Born in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1946, Skoglund studied studio art and art history at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts from 1964-1968. Moving to New York City in 1972, she started working as a conceptual artist, dealing with repetitive, process-oriented art production through the techniques of mark-making and photocopying. In 1978, she produced a series of repetitious food item still life images.
Skoglund was an art professor at the University of Hartford between 1973-1976. She is currently teaching photography and art installation/multimedia at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
REVENGE OF THE GOLDFISH © 1981 Sandy Skoglund
THE COCKTAIL PARTY © 1992 Sandy Skoglund
RAINING POPCORN © 2001 Sandy Skoglund
A BREEZE AT WORK © 1987 Sandy Skoglund
THE GREEN HOUSE © 1990 Sandy Skoglund
SQUIRRELS AT THE DRIVE-IN © 1991 Sandy Skoglund
BREATHING GLASS © 2000 Sandy Skoglund
GERMS ARE EVERYWHERE © 1984 Sandy Skoglund
RADIOACTIVE CATS © 1980 Sandy Skoglund
BODY LIMITS © 1992 Sandy Skoglund
ATOMIC LOVE © 1992 Sandy Skoglund
CATS IN PARIS © 1993 Sandy Skoglund
THE COLD WAR © 1999 Sandy Skoglund
GATHERING PARADISE © 1991 Sandy Skoglund
A long filament of solar material
A long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the sun’s atmosphere, the corona, erupts out into space. The coronal mass ejection, or CME, travelled at over 900 miles per second. The CME did not travel directly toward Earth, but did connect with Earth’s magnetic environment, or magnetosphere, causing auroras to appear on the night of Monday, September 3.Picture: NASA/GSFC/SDO / Rex Features
