These Photochrom prints are from the collections of the Detroit Photographic Company (est. 1888), who recorded colour images of American life for magazines and postcards, long before the technology of colour photography was possible. The company secured exclusive rights to the Swiss-developed Photochrom technology, which transfered black and white negatives onto lithographic printing plates. Photographers… Read more »
[iframe src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/61SzOGVdOnk” frameborder=”0″ width=”640″ height=”510″></iframe] 'The Dante Quartet' (1987) is a short film by experiential filmmaker Stan Brakhage (1933-2003). Made over 6 years, the film was created layering footage shot on 35mm, 70 mm and IMAX film with paint, colour washes, scratching and graphic patterns. A swirling motion of liquid colour, Brakhage's films are abstract… Read more »
Humans are capable of surviving in extreme environments from arid deserts to the thin air of frosted mountain peaks, but the ocean, despite covering 71% of the earth’s surface, is a life force of its own that we are unable to control or conquer. Predatory sea beasts, depths of the dark unknown, formidable surging waves,… Read more »
Volcanic rocks, coral shards, splinters of sea urchin spines, crushed fish bones and shells rubbed into opalescent granules by the wash of ocean tides make up each individual grain of sand that have come into being over thousands of years. Dr Gary Greenberg converges science and art revealing the hidden beauty of nature through microphotography…. Read more »