Chariots on Fire is a platform for discovery, a place for makers and artists to interact with an audience who seek the sublime & beautiful. Their store, located in Venice, Los Angeles, is an eclectic mix of products including this amazing pottery by artist Makoto Kagoshima. Kagoshima is based in the southern island of Japan. He… Read more »
In the Omo Valley of southern Ethiopia, the Surma and Mursi people use flowers to create wearable body art. Photographed by German-born artist Hans Silvester (born in 1938), with an impressive career behind him, Hans has documented everything from deforestation in the Amazon to the female tribeswomen of the Great Indian Desert. More here: messynessychic.com
Amazing colour saturated shoot for Anyone Girl, photographed by Miguel Pena, styled by Clau Rojas. anyonegirl.com
Mona Kuhn is best known for her large-scale, dream-like photographs of the human form. Her work often reference classical themes with a light and insightful touch. Kuhn’s approach to her photography is unusual in that she usually develops close relationships with her subjects, resulting in images of remarkable naturalness and intimacy, and creating the effect… Read more »
Lesser known than his contemporaries Seydou Keita is the Malian portrait photographer who captured a Bamako society teetering on the brink of post-colonialism throughout the 1950s. Instructing his subjects to pose in overt positions, often using props, these Malians are stoic and proud. His creative aim was to capture the individuality of his clients, but also… Read more »