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June 24, 2011 - No Comments!

Lucha Libre

Danish photographer Sara Galbiati has captured the violent spectacle of Lucha Libre (“Free Fighting”) in all of it's theatrical glory. The heroic luchador is documented in action, at rest and in pose in a series of brilliant colour images.

Popular in Mexico since the 1930s, the sport has grown to dizzying heights. For a taste of the real thing Lucha Future opens at the Roundhouse in Camden today until 26th June, and is coming to The Dome in Brighton next weekend.

[pullquote author="Sarah Galbiati"]"It is a fight between “tecnicos” and “rudos” –between “good” and “evil”, where either the good or evil wins, so the never ending duel can continue in the next coming shows. The fights are choreographed and the winner picked in advance, but the fights are all at once fascinating, surreal, brutal, fake and serious"[/pullquote]

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May 25, 2011 - No Comments!

Pinhegg

Francesco Capponi has created the Pinhegg, a pinhole camera crafted from an egg. It's inherent fragility made for many frustrations along the way, but the results are amazing photographic objects. Read more and find a step-by-step guide to making one via Lomography magazine.

[pullquote author="Francesco Capponi"]Since I started pin-holing the world, I have had the strong desire to make a special camera, with the purpose of shooting just one photograph. The purpose was to sacrifice the camera in the process of photo creation – I wanted the camera to become the photograph. To let you understand, the process from the camera to the photograph is the same that ties the baby bird to the egg: the bird grows protected from the shell and when it's ready breaks it and comes out. This is why I decided to create the Pinhegg – An Egg Pinhole Camera.[/pullquote]

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April 13, 2011 - No Comments!

Magnum Contact Sheets

I got a sneaky peak at a rather exciting looking book on the Thames & Hudson stand at the London Book Fair this week. Magnum Contact Sheets will showcase the workings of the agency's legends including Henri Cartier-Bresson and Elliot Erwitt alongside newcomers like Alec Soth and Trent Park.

As a photographer I find editing a real challenge so I like the idea of being able to look at the selection process behind great images, viewing them in the original context of an entire set of negatives or slides and seeing the ones that didn't make the cut. The enlarged selected photographs are featured alongside allowing you to see adjustments to exposure and framing. In the world of digital, the integrity and physicality of the contact sheet is lost so there is a certain nostalgia about this book too.

Magnum Contact Sheets was unfinished but is predicted to publish in Autumn this year - a hefty tome with a hefty price tag of £95 but definitely one for the wish list.