Akatre is arguably one of France’s most ingenious design agencies, creating remarkably innovative works since it was founded in Paris in only 2007. Comprised of Julien Dhivert, Sébastien Riveron and Valentin Abad, and now one of the most coveted studios in Paris, the agency takes on projects that execute an engrossed and comprehensive design approach. To […]


Irish marathon swimmer Stephen Redmond has one goal in life: to be the first human to conquer the infamous Ocean’s Seven of the world. With three swims already tucked under his cap, Redmond battled the 22-mile channel separating Los Angeles and Catalina Island. He had no idea it would be the toughest swim of his […]


Irish marathon swimmer Stephen Redmond has one goal in life: to be the first human to conquer the infamous Ocean’s Seven of the world. With three swims already tucked under his cap, Redmond battled the 22-mile channel separating Los Angeles and Catalina Island. He had no idea it would be the toughest swim of his […]


15 Aug
German artist Michael Rohde re-programs concept of gravity

German artist Michael H Rohde makes our eyes struggle with orientation in his work series of photographs which feature utopian views of interior space that challenge our perception. From Below shows rooms from below the floor as if the floor was simply made of glass; but it is only our mere consciousness that allows us […]


14 Aug
Harry Diltz photographs from The Morrison Hotel album session

LIAS readers should be no stranger to The Morrison Hotel Galleries in NYC as we have covered several of their finer events and gallery openings over the years — such as the Lynn Goldsmith Circle of Friends Exhibit, Jim Marshall/Johnny Cash’s Pocket Cash, and Catch the Beat: Roots of Punk & Hip Hop. What’s got us […]


8 Aug
Polish photographer's telescopic capturing of verdant images

Polish lensman Marcin Sobas elevates his craft of landscape photography to an exceptionally high caliber of brilliance. His approach is unique in that instead of capturing the entirety of the landscape, he uses a telephoto zoom lens which allows him to take tightly cropped shots that appear both immense in scale, but extremely specific in […]


7 Aug
New York artist Sara Cwynar's "Accidental Archives " project

Accidental Archives is an accumulation, arrangement and documentation of images and objects aimed to create an organized and material record of personal experience. In her latest project, New York-based artist, graphic designer and book-maker Sara Cwynar chooses items from her own archive of saved objects, personal photographs and found images to create densely-layered compositions simply […]


23 Jul
18-megapixel sensor, DIGIC 5 processor & up to 12,800 ISO

It’s been four years since the first mirrorless cameras hit the marketplace, and only now is Canon entering the segment with its much buzzed about EOS M. What mirrorless technology allows for is DSLR quality photographs stuffed into point-n-shoot camera bodies, which are freed from the large mechanicals mirrors require. So Canon isn’t playing around […]