This would be an awesome way to harness light or even just play with the open space. Field trip anyone?

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“The Lightning Field, 1977, by the American sculptor Walter De Maria, is a work of Land Art situated in a remote area of the high desert of western New Mexico. It is comprised of 400 polished stainless steel poles installed in a grid array measuring one mile by one kilometer. The poles — two inches in diameter and averaging 20 feet and 7½ inches in height — are spaced 220 feet apart and have solid pointed tips that define a horizontal plane. A sculpture to be walked in as well as viewed, The Lightning Field is intended to be experienced over an extended period of time. A full experience of The Lightning Field does not depend upon the occurrence of lightning, and visitors are encouraged to spend as much time as possible in the field, especially during sunset and sunrise. In order to provide this opportunity, Dia offers overnight visits during the months of May through October.” –Dia Art Foundation

Rather than writing down his thoughts in a notebook, like the average person, Robert Montgomery chooses to take a slightly more unconventional approach. The London-based artist hijacks large billboards and back-lit bus stops to share urban poetry with the world around him. Montgomery also builds his own illuminated signs. Clearly, he has a lot to say…

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1wqCau/www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/urban-poetry

A review on a cool looking show From PDN Magazine:

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“Beauty CULTure, a new exhibition at The Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles, examines photography’s role in both creating and questioning our cultural ideal of feminine beauty.

Featuring work by more than 100 photographers, including Albert Watson, Guy Bourdin, Herb Ritts, Ellen Von Unwerth, Mary Ellen Mark and Lauren Greenfield, the show seeks to celebrate the feminine image while also acknowledging the adverse effect the pursuit of an unattainable ideal of perfection has had on individuals and the culture in general.” -Conor Risch,  PDN Magazine

Full Article is available at PDN.com

Photographer Kim Kyung Soo shot these glamorized, traditional Korean dress shots for Korean Vogue. He was recently featured on the cover of PDN Magazine with these images, too.

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These are images from David Chow’s ‘Expressive Flower’ series. He uses medium and large format cameras to capture the image before making the cyanotype print. Click Here to view more: http://www1.clikpic.com/dc101/

Here’s some cool underwater photography I found on flickr.

Underwater Photography

These are some damn cool images by photographer Robert Tepiak.

His Flickr photostream can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/novalis_on_a_motorbike/.

I found this and thought it was pretty damn cool. Check it out:

It’s especially interesting because the egg is the camera but in the end it’s also the photograph. One-shot wonder!

Entertainment | Tattoo artist sues over Tyson design in new movie | Seattle Times Newspaper.

“A fight is brewing over a tattoo. The artist who created Mike Tyson’s face tattoo is suing Warner Brothers Entertainment for copyright infringement of an image in the movie “Hangover Part II.” If a tattoo clearly violates copyright could a court order it removed?”

Who owns the image to a tattoo? The tattoo artist or the person who has the tattoo on their body?

We were talking about copyright, and I was reminded of this story. Interesting to think of in an art context and how it could relate to photo.