Maintenance Love

I’ve been taking some time this week to pay some overdue attention to my website. Have a look at my newly revamped section of Advertising shots. What do you think?

http://www.sbarnesphotography.com/photographs/advertising/main.htm

Other Photographers: Will Grant by Michael A. Downs

Will Grant is a professional BMX rider turned model/actor. I found these photos on A Cause des Garcons and . . . well . . . let’s just say that I wouldn’t cry if I got to photograph Will myself, someday. [Click any photo to enlarge.]

All photos in this post by Michael A. Downs.

Other Photographers: Tom Daley for Heat Magazine

Tom Daley didn’t thrill me like he did most American gay men during the Olympics, but here’s some decent photos of him for Heat magazine. [Click any image to enlarge.]

Photo credits unknown.

And true Tom fans might enjoy this behind-the-scenes video.

The French Reporter

Despite the hours and hours I spent watching The Olympics, somehow I missed this French reporter having his clothes ripped off by two celebrating members of the French handball team. This is adorable.

I wish Americans could be this open and carefree.

Other Photographers: Unknown

I don’t know who this model is, or who the photographer is that took these shots. The photos are okay — good concept but average execution (I don’t like that the tonality isn’t consistent among the photos) — but the model is amazing. I’d love to work with him, whoever he is.

Other Photographers: An eXtraordinary Wedding by Mariano Vivanco

I found a photographer named Mariano Vivanco, who’s work I hadn’t seen before. Here is one of his editorial series (NSFW) called, An eXtraordinary Wedding. These images are amazing, and somehow I almost feel like they are challenging me to do better work.

I couldn’t be more in love with this set. [Click any image to enlarge.]

All photos in this post by Mariano Vivanco.

Long Wave by David Rokeby

I might cry tears of joy if I worked in a place where I got to walk under this art installation every day. [Click to enlarge.]

It’s called Long Wave, by artist David Rokeby. It was displayed in the Allen Lambert Galleria in Toronto in 2009. It’s just stunning.

DRUGS

Add this to the list of things I never suggested that anyone try at home. A Washington D.C.-based artist named Bryan Lewis Sanders created a series of drawings of himself on every mind-altering substance he could get his hands on.

Hash

Absinth

Morphine

Some of the drawings are scary, while some are kind of funny. The series as a whole offers a look into the mind of a person high on drugs.

You can see the whole series here.

All drawings in this post by Bryan Lewis Sanders.

Rare Marlon Brando

Here’s something that I didn’t know existed until a couple of days ago . . . Marlon Brando’s screen test for “Rebel Without a Cause.”

I think it’s sexy.

Midway at Sunset

Here are a few photos I caught a couple of weeks ago at the Indiana State Fair. The sunset that night was perfect, so much so that these are largely un-retouched.