Despite its many benefits too numerous to list, photography, as an artistic medium, has been known to feel impersonal at times. Though there's an eye behind the lens, it's easy to feel like the true imprint of the individual artist's touch -- that you'd feel in a brushstroke or a scribbled line, for instance -- is missing from photography's mechanical process.
For years artists have been experimenting new ways to make their mark on their personal photographic process, thus turning a democratic art form into something quite unique. Brigette Bloom, a Hawaii-based artist, decided to really mark her work as her own. Dog on a water hydrant style. Yup, Bloom incorporates her own urine into her photographic process. And the best part is, though the whole thing may sound a bit gimmicky, the resulting images are surreal, confusing and bubbling with magic. Basically, they look nothing like pee.
"I had accidentally washed my pants with a roll of film inside my pocket," Bloom explained to the Huffington Post. "I was so bummed because I thought the film would be ruined, but I tried developing it anyway to see if anything came up. As it turned out, I loved the results even more! They added so much feeling and texture to the images. Ever since that day, I have been soaking my film in different potions to what will happen. It's a process of trail and error. I've had many, many rolls of film that didn't turn out, but it's all part of the process. The 'Float On' series was actually the first attempt at soaking my film in a cup of pee. I didn't know at the time if it would even turn out."
To make the images Bloom begins by, you guessed it, peeing in a cup. She lets her film soak in the fluids for a few hours -- often toying around with the exact amount of time -- and then leaves it out to dry for around a week. (Bloom specifies that she lives in a very arid area, a more humid region may require up to a month to dry fully.) Once the film is dry, she loads it into a camera and snaps away as usual. She adds on Facebook: "You can try this method with any liquid like lemon juice, vinegar, wine, or just throw it in the dishwasher or washing machine."
Bloom's "Float On" series is, in effect, a love letter to her surrounding desert landscape. "I was born in the desert," she said, "and this was the spot I had spent everyday for the past couple years. It was a truly sacred place to me. This desert was right out front of my house, and my dog and I would walk there each morning at sunrise. As time went on, I started noticing a couple people wandering in the desert. It just felt like it wasn't our secret refuge anymore. I knew it was time for me to 'float on' and find new places. This series is my way of saying thank you to the desert, and a farewell at the same time."
Bloom's images combine the familiarity of her secret safe space with the unknown liquid textures of another planet. (Thanks, urine!) With glowing liquid pockets that resemble otherworldly orbs and waves, Bloom's photos are (literally) dripping with nostalgia and imagination. And urine, that too.
Take a look at her work below and let us know your thoughts in the comments.
A Photographer Soaked Her Film In Urine And We Can't Believe How Good It Looks
¿Por qué algunos filetes pierden tanta agua? (II)
Cuando el consumidor ve que una pieza de carne pierde mucha agua, ya sea durante el almacenamiento o durante el cocinado, lo primero que piensa es que ha sido inyectada con agua y aditivos o que procede de animales tratados con hormonas. Sin embargo, en el artículo anterior llegamos a la conclusión de que es más probable que esa pérdida de agua obedezca a otras causas. Algunas ya las mencionamos entonces, y otras podrás conocerlas a continuación...
etiquetas: filetes, pierden, agua, congelacion
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This Hotel Is INSIDE A Crane And It's Crazy
Well, this is nuts.
If you harbor a fear of heights, the Faralda Crane Hotel with rooms suspended 164 feet above the ground probably isn't for you. But if panoramic views and a unique hotel experience are your thing, then this place is definitely up your alley.
This Amsterdam hotel is made up of three suites built into a former industrial crane. A jacuzzi sits atop the crane, so guests can take in epic views of the city while taking a soak.
And if sleeping in a crane isn't enough, daredevil guests can bungee jump off the crane, with a "mega swing" of almost 300 feet and a free fall of "tens of meters."
From afar, Faralda Crane Hotel looks pretty much like any other construction crane.
But inside, it's pretty swanky.
Oh, and this is your view:
The hotel has another location in Harlingen, Netherlands, which offers similar accommodations and activities.
So, are you down to hang at Faralda Crane?
La batalla que dio nombre a un color
El 4 de junio de 1859 se libró la Batalla de Magenta, una confrontación decisiva para los intereses austriacos, los cuales tenían dominio sobre Lombardía y un gran interés en seguir anexionando regiones dentro de la península italiana. Esta batalla no fue una de las más cruentas y con más bajas de la época; pero sí dejó su nombre a la posteridad a través de un nuevo color desarrollado por aquellas fechas en un laboratorio. Fue bautizado como "magenta", en alusión...
etiquetas: batalla, nombre, color, magenta
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Nudes on dinosaurs and curvacious candles by Camille Vivier
Take some sexy shaped candles and photographs of naked women lounging around their houses and sprawling over the Crystal Palace dinosaur statues, and you’ve got yourself photographer Camille Vivier’s portfolio. Odd? Yes. Intriguing? Certainly. But I think that’s the point.
Hazy, sun-drenched photography from the talented Samantha Casolari
It’s the first day of August, and we’re celebrating with the hazy, sun-drenched work of Italian-born, New York-based photographer Samantha Casolari. Incredibly skilled, she’s crafted an aesthetic that injects ethereality into the least likely of scenes – tequila distilleries in Mexico, high-end fashion editorials, huge BMX festivals included – without losing the element of photo-reportage that’s so integral to her work. She’s shot for clients so diverse that you’d have a job summing them up, and exhibited all over the world too. Prolific? Yeah, just a tad.
