Benedikt Taschen and Sebastião Salgado talk in this 5-minute long video below about the 32 destinations visited by the latter — most of which had no roads leading to them except the ones made by human footprints. Salgado also discusses the effects the making of his book Migrations had on him — how the subject matter he chose […]

The world of “erotic photography” can span from the truly tasteful to the baseline pornographic, from the salacious to the elegantly subtle. The masters — as underscored in Ellen von Unwerth’s superb Fräulein Book — can make the art seem dignified and worthy of coffee table tome status. The more sophomoric, on the other hand, can […]

Photographer Van Styles shoots three of his favorite models for the latest skateboard deck collection for Los Angeles’ Primitive. Dubbed their “MIA/LA” collection, the series features the very easy on the eyes trifecta of Ashley Sky, Iesha Marie and Valeria Orsini in various states of undress, playing on the beach and enjoying an evening smoke. […]

Although Canon and Nikon seem to rule the prosumer photography universe with an iron digital fist, don’t tell that to Pentax-Ricoh. The Japanese manufacturer has now updated their top of the line point-n-shoot to do battle with the previously mentioned giants. Their new Rico GR compact camera features a superb 16.2MP APS-C sensor, making it […]

V Magazine consistently puts out some of the best fashion spreads in the publishing game, of course never afraid to push the proverbial envelope (we particularly enjoyed their covers with Adriana Lima and Ana Beatriz Barros, Miranda Kerr and Natalia Vodianova). And when the envelope involves two of the most coveted women in pop culture, Rihanna and […]

As you may recall our favorite London-based hand made jewelry makers The Great Frog are now sharing their skills here in NYC. When they aren’t making rings for Lemmy & Slayer, or custom wedding rings for Kat Von D & Deadmau5 among others, they like to showcase artists and photographers in their LES store. This […]

Some dogs have a natural instinct to play fetch and pick shit up right away. It’s not too complicated. All you do is throw a stick (tennis ball, squeaky toy, wallet, whatever) and your furry friend goes after it, delightfully retrieving the slobbering mess for you. However, not all dog owners are lucky enough to get this dutiful […]

In a Struggle to Right Oneself, artist Kerry Skarbakka accomplishes the seemingly impossible act of capturing himself in the act of falling. Whether  plummeting from trees, slipping naked in the shower or hovering over a deathly leap from a railway bridge, Skarbakka evokes a very strong artist statement. His inspiration for creating this ostensibly painful […]