Trevor Brady at Mooncruise
I am sure the movie itself will suck in that cheesy-Hollywood epic way, but the visuals look to be quite nice. They tried to mimic the graphic novel as much as possible, so almost the entire film, I think 80%-90% of it is CG. If you have HBO, there is some behind the scenes special playing this month that talks and shows more. Check the HD trailers at Apple.
For all you Lomo lovers or even those who don’t love it yet, take some time out of your day and watch this 7 clip series on You Tube. Some parts are kinda silly and a bit too artsy fartsy, but overall a great documentary about the history of the company and the cult behind Lomo photography. Catch all 7 clips here.
By now, hopefully you have heard of Roger Ballen. If not, you are in for a wonderful treat. Roger is a photographer from South Africa and has made a huge impact on all of us here. We feel that he is one of the most important photographers alive today. He mixes art and photography with a strange design aesthetic to create surreal dreamlike moments that he captures with film. 5 books strong, Roger continues to amaze us with quality work that is equally inviting and foreign to the eye. We sat down with Roger in Minneapolis and found him to be a very kind and humble man. Without further banter, we present you with an audio-format of this interview.
About Roger Ballen
Roger Ballen was born in New York City in 1950 and has lived in Johannesburg South Africa for almost 30 years. Beginning by documenting the small dorps or villages of rural South Africa, Ballen’s photography moved on in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s to their inhabitants; through the late 1990’s Ballen’s work progressed. By the mid 1990’s his subjects began to act where previously his pictures however troubling fell firmly into the category of documentary photography, his work then moved into the realms of fiction. His third book Outland produced by Phaidon Press in 2000 was the result.
In the fall of 2005, Phaidon press produced its second book by the artist, entitled “Shadow Chamber”. The book focuses on the interactions between the people, animals, and or objects that inhabit Ballen’s unique image space. Ballen’s recent work enters into a new realm of photography—the images are painterly and sculptural in ways not immediately associated with photographs.
