Simon Weller

My friend Simon is an amazing photographer. On a Trans Siberian journey a few years ago he captured the people and places he encountered, the pale bleakness of days, the dark, mysterious nights. Much of what is striking is his use of color and light, and his ability to see something beautiful in the mundane. He has also published a gorgeous book on South African barbershops that you can order here.

road trip, part III

road trip, part II

francesca woodman

I'm sad to have missed the Francesca Woodman exhibit at SF Moma. Her photography (most of it self portraiture) has such a hauntingly beautiful quality to it.

ellen von unwerth

ellen von unwerth has this insane talent for photographing women. i love that she's constantly pushing boundaries, and her photos exude this sort of timeless beauty and sensuality.

the future perfect

how i envision myself in 40 years...

photography by the amazing ALEC SOTH.

fantasy in the forest

i love the collaborative works of photographer Jo Metson Scott and set designer Nicola Yeoman, gorgeous and highly imaginative..

william eggleston

saw the eggleston exhibit at lacma today. very inspiring.

matthias heiderich

is a photographer who sees architecture in wonderful ways

visual acoustics

Go rent Visual Acoustics. 

It's a documentary about Julius Schulman, an amazing photographer and key figure during one of my favorite architectural movements, California modernism. He brought to life the works of architects that were just starting to make a name for themselves at this time - Neutra, Schindler, Koenig, Eames.  His photos of these iconic homes were some of the first images i had seen of this type of architecture, and were what turned me on to architecture in general.

Much like an architect, Schulman had a brilliant sense of composition, proportion and light that enhanced the  architecture in his images by creating a mood.  He captures a fantasy of a mythical los angeles and palm springs in the 50s and 60s, where the wild landscapes blend seamlessly with open architecture.

The film is incredibly interesting and Schulman is the cutest little old man who has some great stories about working with Neutra, Wright, etc. so just watch it already.

Kaufmann House, Neutra
Chuey House, NeutraCase Study House 22, Koenig

neil krug

 everything he does is pure light and magic