Monthly Archives: December 2010

New work by Martin Sigal: a butcher, a biker, a crocodile hunter

December 16, 2010 – 4:22 pm

Sometimes when you’re getting ready in the morning, you forget to do something important, like apply deodorant. And you may not realize it into you’re well into your day. But as these ads—shot by Martin Sigal for Rexona deodorant—teach us, it’s never too late to stop what you’re doing and freshen up. . . I [...]

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Adweek’s “Freakiest Ads of 2010″

December 16, 2010 – 9:58 am

Adweek‘s AdFreak blog has compiled a list of the 30 “Freakiest Ads of 2010,” ranging from a spot for the “Better Marriage Blanket” to a commercial featuring a guy with a Skittles tree sprouting from his stomach. (Makes getting dressed in the morning even more of a challenge.) For good measure, AdFreak threw in a [...]

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Art Streiber’s Ryan Gosling and Steve Martin cover stories hit New York and L.A. simultaneously

December 15, 2010 – 8:20 am

If you were flying between the two coasts last week, as Bill was, then you probably picked up the new issue of New York when you departed here (as Bill did) and, upon landing in L.A., purchased the new issue of Los Angeles magazine, which Bill immediately snapped up because he loved the cover portrait. [...]

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Nadav Kander photo one of Time mag’s “Best Portraits” of 2010

December 14, 2010 – 2:39 pm

The photo editors at Time magazine have curated a gallery of the “Best Portraits” commissioned for the venerable magazine over the past year. And Nadav Kander’s portrait of British Prime Minister David Cameron is one of them. . . To view “The Best Portraits From Time, 2010,” which also features work by Platon, Marco Grob, [...]

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Site celebrates “rediscovered” photography books

December 14, 2010 – 11:02 am

Do you know about Claxton Projects? It’s a tumblr dedicated to “Photography books we found, rediscovered and love,” with each entry consisting of a slideshow of spreads (photographed by the blog’s founder, Tom Claxton) and a brief description. . . Wandering through the postings, which range from Philip Jones Griffith’s 1971 monograph, Vietnam Inc. and [...]

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New work: Roxanne Lowit’s “Mix and Mingle” campaign for Kate Spade

December 13, 2010 – 9:35 am

We love the new Kate Spade holiday campaign, and not just because Roxanne Lowit shot it. The photos are simultaneously playful and chic—it’s a winning, and rare, combination. And we’re not the only ones who think so. “Have you seen the Kate Spade holiday campaign this year? Aren’t these photos just delicious?” writes editor and [...]

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Pleased to meat you: Barbie as Lady Gaga

December 10, 2010 – 12:11 pm

Remember when Lady Gaga swathed herself in a dress made of raw meat for the MTV Video Music Awards back in September, upstaging VMA presenter Cher? (Cher was probably wondering why her favorite designer of outrageous eveningwear had never thought to use beef as a material. Especially considering the dress’ name could have written itself: [...]

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Nadav Kander’s “Turbo Face” portraits for Hyundai

December 9, 2010 – 1:05 pm

Usually, car ads try to woo you by showing how sexy and awesome you’ll look in a certain vehicle. They try to flatter you. Not flatten you. Clearly, the print ads for Hyundai’s 2011 Sonata Turbo—shot by Nadav Kander for art director Frauke Tiemann at Innocean Worldwide—are not the usual. .

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David Drebin’s “Temptation” opens tonight at Fahey/Klein

December 9, 2010 – 8:06 am

Tonight, the Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles will unveil its latest exhibition, “Temptation: New Work,” featuring limited-edition photographs by David Drebin. The show will be on view through January 22. For a preview, click here. . . It’s been an extraordinarily busy time for David, who was in Berlin for the opening of his exhibition [...]

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Art Streiber on shooting De Niro and Stiller for “Little Fockers”

December 8, 2010 – 5:24 pm

Little Fockers, the third in what may gently be called one of the funniest Focking film franchises in recent history, doesn’t open till December 22, but we can feel its eyes upon us already. Specifically, these eyes… . . . . The photos that make these ads so arresting were shot by our own Art [...]

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