Every body loves taking photos, printing and sharing them with friends and family images, family events and weekends away are easily captured with digital cameras but most of us struggle with printing, choosing the right paper and printing techniques.
It can be very confusing deciphering which paper weght to choose and who do you trust? [...]
I love pop-up books especially pulp-fiction covers, Thomas Allen has taken an X-acto knife to the pages of vintage books and then manipulated the images. Suddenly these two-dimensional characters spring to life in his photos as he plays arund with lighting and focus. It is for this reason I have chosen Thomas Allen as this [...]
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum launched Mike McCartney’s Liverpool Life exhibition this week. Mike McCartney, younger brother of the Beatles legend Paul is a celebrity in his own right with his extraordinary Photography Skills
“It’s the story behind the story of that magical era,” says McCartney , the exhibit is being hailed [...]
Monets painting Le Bassin Aux Nympheas was sold for a staggering £40.9 million at auction, nearly double what it was estimated!
The masterpiece was Painted in Giverny in 1919 and has only been seen once in public, the mystery buyer bought the piece at auction yesterday for a staggering £40.9 million. The painting would have been [...]
New Blood D&AD Exhibition starts today! This is the most exciting time for new talent in design throughout the UK.
The New Blood Exhibition is a chance for britains brightest talents and designers to showcase their work in Earls Court in the Brompton Hall for 3 days starting today untill Wednesday 25 June.
The D&AD annual show [...]
Art in the 21st Century has become sensationalist, we are so used to films and tv that it is very hard to shock us. Artists strive to shock and with todays society being seemingly un-phaseable they are trying harder and harder.
Seigmeister carved typography into his own body that was shocking but it was his life, [...]
Today marks the Launch of the Cumbria Institute of the Arts final exhibition, I went to the Art college to do my degree not long before it made the transition to Cumbria University.
I remember a few years ago the stresses of getting all my work printed and exhibited properly for the start of the final [...]
My friend brought round some brilliant mugs, I must admit I feel a bit geeky being so impressed by these as they are pantone mugs.
As a housewarming present my friend bought me and my fiance two pantone mugs, Pantone Black 4C and Pantone Process Yellow C. Pantone Black 4C is described as the colour of [...]
Last chance to visit Urban Encounters at Photofusion the London Photography Centre.
Photofusion and Goldsmiths have put together their skills and experience in a collaboration to educate and entertain photographers and photography lovers in Urban photography and appreciation of city images.
Urban Encounters wasa two day conference on 16th and 17th May 2008, it included, talks, curated [...]
Is this how you would look if someone took something of yours without asking and returned it damaged?
The famous painting The Scream by Edvard Munch was stolen by armed robbers in 2004 from a Norwegian Museum, was damaged by the robbers. The Scream is one of Munch’s most famous pieces and was stolen along side [...]