After seeing the viral YouTube video of a two-year-old Indonesian boy who chain smoked 40 cigarettes a day, Belgian photographer Frieke got an idea for this photo series titled Smoking Kids.
Tom Tack of I Love Belgium wrote:
Titled “The beauty of an ugly addiction”, photographer Frieke Janssens confronts viewers with questions about the general smoking ban introduced in Belgium some months ago. Surrealistic, melancholic and theatrical but especially controversial pictures of smoking kids are used to visualise the contradiction of the unhealthy cigarette and the immense attraction of smoking.
The children, aged four to nine, are shameless posing while enjoying their cigarette or cigarillo. So why kids? By portraying adults as children all the attention went to the smoking. An adult would draw to much attention to the portrayed person. Thus these portraits evoke question such as: is the smoking ban the right way to get rid of an absurd addiction and are smokers treated like little kids who can’t make the difference between good and bad?
Lest you think they’re clever photoshoppery, here’s the behind the scenes video clip of the photo shoot. But parents, relax! The cigarettes aren’t real. (via)
Links: Smoking Kids at I Love Belgium
This concept camera is a digital instant camera modeled after Instagram!
It prints out photos on the spot and has a touch screen for picking filters. Thoughts?
A Digital Instant Camera Modeled After Instagram
via Keepsy
{ going back in time }
10/15+16/11 engagement session } janis + brianJanis is the sister of Jess, Salty Sweet Studio co-founder. Janis + Brian became engaged on August 24th, 2011. Since Jered (the other half of Salty Sweet Studio) had taken photos at Janis + Brian’s proposal (all Brian’s idea), it only made sense for Jered to take their engagement photos — with the posing/styling help of Jess, of course!
Janis, being the extremely detailed-oriented, planning + organizing woman she is, made an intense 2-day itinerary (October 15th-16th, 2011) for the engagement shoot, including a 2-day prep (October 13th-14th, 2011) of packing, mani/pedi, and outfit picking.
Salty Sweet Studio loves making these shoots personal. We encourage each couple to pick out items that would not only be great props for the photos, but have great meanings behind them and their relationship.
The first location was originally in Bluemont, VA where we thought it would be apple picking, but since it was October, it was actually pumpkin picking. That did not really mean much to Janis + Brian’s story. Also, that location was about 90 minutes outside of DC which did not make well for efficiency.
Location 1 became Malcolm X aka Meridian Hill Park in Northwest DC which was a short drive from Janis + Brian’s condo. The scenery was beautiful: historical stone work, plenty of greenery, flowers, fountains and waterfalls. For the props, Janis + Brian brought the engagement ring + box (of course eco-friendly by Brilliant Earth), a picnic blanket, pillows, basket, wine + glasses, CD’s from their favorite bands + headphones, and a stack full of books (the ones pictures are The Sheriff of Yrnameer + The Great Gatsby).
Location 2 was the 930 Club, a live music venue. Janis + Brian share the love for music. They have gone to many different concerts all over the world. Most of the shows though, have been in their hometown, just a metro ride away at the 930 Club. Their outfit change fit the scene and their props were many different 930 Club concert tickets. The triptic features Janis + Brian’s well known jumping poses. We could hear a band doing sound check as we did these fun photos!
Location 3 was their Chinatown condo’s rooftop during sunset. Janis + Brian bundled up and their props were these beautiful map pillows (made by an Australian designer) — one of Boston, where Brian grew up and one of DC, where Janis + Brian met and currently call home.
The next day, we headed to Location 4 which was H Street NE corridor. H Street is full of restaurants, shops and venues where Janis + Brian enjoyed each other, one of them being the Rock & Roll Hotel, where they’ve seen concerts, of course. The prop for this location were coffee and tea from Sidamo — it was cold, so they needed to keep warm!
Location 5 was the Chinatown Arch. Janis + Brian reside in a condo in Chinatown. Their first date was in Chinatown in a restaurant called La Tasca. They dressed up in red and blue to commemorate our nation’s capital, Washington D.C. Can you spot the American flag in Brian’s back pocket? This location means so much to them because it is where they began and now call home together.
Words cannot express how thrilled we are for Janis + Brian. We were there for the proposal, engagement photos, the wedding planning process and of course coming full circle by Jess being the Maid of Honor and Jered + Kevin being their wedding photographers and Jay + Frie being their wedding videographers on behalf of Salty Sweet Studio. We are extremely happy and excited to see Janis + Brian begin their lives as husband + wife.
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Devil in the Detail
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Making lumpia tonight! (Taken with Instagram at Four Seasons Oriental Grocery)
Drive references the fable of The Scorpion and the Frog: the frog agrees to carry the scorpion across the river; the scorpion stings the frog, saying “it’s my nature” and both drown. Driver can be seen as The Frog of the story - he drives/carries criminals (scorpions) around in his car, but is inevitably dragged into their destructive world (stung) leading to everybody’s downfall. Driver’s jacket has a scorpion on the back, just as the frog carried the scorpion on its back.
Like this movie even more now… and the soundtrack was simply awesome as well.
(Source: fassyspenis)
Pinhole camera eggs for the eggiest holiday ever: Easter.
Francesco Capponi made this one! The photo on the bottom shows an image captured with it.
How to Make a Pinhole Camera Egg
via Photobooth SF; Gizmodo
Super clever.
