Gil Rigoulet has an almost overwhelmingly fantastic trove of photos taken in the 70s and 80s in Napoli, Chicago, England, Quebec, and France.
The street was the best window and I plunged my camera uncomplicated by traveling North America, and Europe from east to west. No obligations, no command, just to see the world around me.
Phenomenal work. See more, including his landscapes, Polaroids, self portraits, and more on his site: GilRigoulet.com
Some wonderful work by Anna Cabrera & Ăngel AlbarrĂĄn, who collaborate as Albarran Cabrera.
All of these images are from their series Nyx:
The name of the Nyx series comes from a Greek creation myth. There are many of them and often they begin in darkness. As children of the Mediterranean living in Barcelona, we learned of the story of Nyx through several poems by Orpheus in which Nyx is depicted as the origin from which all creation emerges.
The rest of the series is here.
The Burn My Eye Photography Collective has some superb street photography categorized by theme. I've provided credit when it's been shared.
Justin Sainsbury
Frederic Le Mauff
Jack Simon
Plenty more on the Burn My Eye website.
Abigail Goldman is an investigator in the public defender's office. As part of her job, she visits morgues, observes autopsies, and studies pictures of crime scenes. To relax, she turns nightmarish imaginings into precise, red-splattered miniatures.
More on Goldman's website.
These photos were sent to me and they're apparently up around Toronto. Anyone know if there are more? Or who made them? Would like to buy them a drink.
Update: hepta on MetaFilter pointed out that these were designed by Spring Magazine and that they've provided soft copies for you to print and post yourself. Fantastic!
It's a few years old now, but few things amuse me like this interview with Bridget Christie as one of the Taskmaster extras.
You may believe that rhino poaching is a one-sided, cut-and-dried affair, but there's nuance, and you can get it in this excellent podcast: The Invisible Hand.
Georgina Savage returns to South Africa to document her familyâs fight in a poaching war, but as she gets more immersed in the lives of those involved, she must confront the colonial past of her country and its implications on a conflict close to home.
Aussie Greg Neville shows and discusses his Penguin Books collection, with an emphasis on Series Design. For instance, here are some from the Modern Classics series, and Neville's thoughts on them.
Plenty more on the Penguin Series Design site.
Via Metafilter.
I somehow missed this sweet video a couple months ago. One swan was injured and removed from Bluffer's Park. When Toronto Wildlife Center returned the swan to the park, this happened:
