Douglas Friedman photographs actor John Larroquette for The Aesthete. The new digital monthly arts and culture site launched earlier this month. Friedman is a contributor to the site as are fellow B&A photographer Mark Lund, stylist Annabel Tollman, and writers Derek Blasberg and Cintra Wilson.
Read more about Douglas Friedman’s shoot with John Larroquette
Nomoco is exhibiting her colorful and intricate illustrations in Mexico, starting this week. “Small Picture Story” opens Wednesday, February 29th at Vertigo Gallery in Colonia Roma quarter of Mexico City. The show will feature the illustrator’s ethereal and serene images of girls, birds, and buildings, created with watercolor. Nomoco also filmed an interview with the gallery, seen below, to discuss her early ambitions and her cycle of inspirations and subjects also interviews the illustrator. She adds that she prefers the smaller template as “the smaller it is, the less I make a mistake. Because I am really focused on the tiny bits.”
“Small Picture Story” runs until March 31st. More details are available on Vertigo Gallery’s website.
See more of Nomoco’s illustrations here.
Nick & Chloé’s photographs are part of a new group show at Gallery Passebon in Paris. The show “Zahia du 5 à 7” is a two-year retrospective of the artistic flair of famed French model Zahia Dehar. Eight metal moldings of Dehar as well as books, photographs, and clips of Dehar are included in the exhibition. Nick & Chloé collaborated with Dehar last year on a provocative film, “Zahia Dehar Striptease in the Cat Cave,” to promote her lingerie line. Their photographs from the collaboration are in the show. Other exhibitors include David LaChapelle and Karl Lagerfeld.
Read more about Nick and Chloe’s exhibition with Zahia Dehar
Brisk Bodega brought its pop-up shop devoted to art, music, and Star Wars to New York City last night. The multi-city “Brisk Bodega Cantina” series features original artwork inspired by Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, recently re-released in theaters in 3D. The pop-ups expand on Brisk’s “Dark vs. Light” campaign, which finds Darth Maul battling Yoda for control over the universe’s iced tea. Tristan Eaton, Artek, POSE, Eye One, Mark Dean Vega, Jasper Wong, and Dual Forces contributed original artwork.
Read about Tristan Eaton’s original Yoda painting
Rizon Parein creates a dramatic CGI opener for Fast Company’s “The World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies” spread. It is the magazine’s biggest package of the year. The annual guide ranks the most important companies whose innovations have an impact on their industries and our own culture. Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Google and Twitter are among the 50 companies that topped this year’s list.
Read more about Rizon Parein’s opener for Fast Company
Emir Haveric photographs the campaign for the new 2012 Volkswagen CC. The car company is marketing the vehicle as more luxurious than the standard Passat. The campaign reflects how the CC has been updated to be more stylish and refined. Haveric chose to highlight the simple elegance of the car by centering it in all the frames. He thus makes the car itself and its design the sole focus.
See more of Emir Haveric’s photographs for Volkswagen
Ilovedust creates three billboards for Tic Tacs in Times Square, New York City. The billboards stand eight stories high and are the latest element in Tic Tac’s augmented reality “Shake It Up” campaign. The campaign centers on a mobile app that offers extras beyond the outdoor and print ads. The billboards feature facts and images created using Tic Tacs. They appear as personalized ads with the user at the center when they are AR-enhanced. The resulting images, which appear to be pictures of users in Times Square, can also be sent to friends through the Tic Tac Facebook page.
See more billboards from Ilovedust’s campaign for Tic Tacs
Marcus Bleasdale travels to the heart of the African continent for Human Rights Watch to film the tragic human casualties of a nearly twenty-year war waged by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). “Dear Obama: A Message from the Victims of the Lord’s Resistance Army” is beautifully crafted, yet heartbreaking film that depicts appeals from the adults and children who have been victims of the LRA’s notorious brutality.
Read more about Bleasdale’s Dear Obama film
Ken Fallin is exhibiting his iconic celebrity portraits, old and new, this month in Los Angeles. The solo show, entitled “Ken Fallin Draws Hollywood,” opens today at the Hamilton-Selway Fine Art Gallery. Fallin submitted over 160 drawings to the gallery, most of them related to film and celebrity. Most of the published work is from his contributions to The Wall Street Journal including the drawings of Liza Minelli, Colin Firth, George Lucas, and Paul Newman.
Read more about Ken Fallin’s new exhibition in Hollywood
Ilovedust collaborated with Wieden + Kennedy NY on branding for ESPN’s Winter X Games. The action sports event took place in late January in Aspen, Colorado. As part of the multi-media project, Ilovedust created two 30-second animated spots. ESPN provided athlete footage that the design studio created art for in an interactive flash execution. The spots aired on television as promotion for this year’s games.
Watch the second spot Ilovedust did for ESPN
Stockton Johnson photographs H&M’s party collection for the launch of SHC Magazine. The fashion magazine is the latest to debut in China. Johnson captured models Xiao Wen, Lina Zhang, and Ming Fei Ni in festive looks from the fast fashion retailer styled by Eric Young at Central Studios in Shanghai. The six-page spread features looks like “Memoirs of a Geisha,” “The Italian Job,” “Material Girl,” and “Oriental Divas.” The clothing is available exclusively for the Chinese market.
See more images from Stockton Johnson’s shoot for H&M
Rod Hunt collaborates with Hornall Anderson Design in Seattle on illustrations for Quaker Oats. Hunt created original back of box artwork for two Quaker Oats cereals, Life and the new Crunchtime. Five different versions of the illustration were created for the Original, Cinnamon, and Maple Brown Sugar flavors of Life and the Strawberry and Apple Cinnamon flavors of Crunchtime.
Read more about Rod Hunt’s illustrations for Quaker Oats
Douglas Friedman captures the new Melissa Shoes store in SoHo, New York City. The gallery-like space is the first American store for the Brazilian footwear brand, known for its colorful PVC jelly shoes and high-end design collaborations. Past collaborations include designers Vivienne Westwood, and Thierry Mugler, and architect Zaha Hadid. Recent collaborations with designers Jason Wu and Gareth Pugh are available in the new store.
Read more about the new SoHo store
Ruud Baan photographs sport stars from around the world for campaigns for Reebok and C100. Baan shot football, hockey, soccer, racing, and cricket for Reebok. He also captured 36 of the best Dutch soccer players for supermarket chain C1000.
Read more about Ruud Baan’s latest sports photography
Gary Baseman’s photograph is part of a group show for Polaroid at the Impossible Project Space NYC. “Instant Revolution” features photography by Baseman and four other contemporary artists, James Franco, Maripol, Mary Ellen Mark, and Jennifer Juniper Stratford. The exhibition is the first in an upcoming series of artistic collaborations throughout 2012 that honor the launch of the Polaroid Classic line. The new product line celebrates the seventy-five year legacy of the instant film and camera company.
Read more about Gary Baseman’s photograph for Polaroid
