ART LIES » Invisible Man

Dale Yudelman

Invisible Man — Mon, 24 May 2010 02:03:19 +0000

Dale Yudelman’s career in photography has led him through two eras of South African history as well as across several continents. Born in Johannesburg, he began photographing at a young age under the tutelage of his father and was barely out of his teens in 1979 when he landed a job as staff photographer at South Africa’s largest daily newspaper The Star. In 1986 Yudelman left South Africa – working as a freelance photographer first in London and later in Los Angeles., he returned to South Africa in 1996 and currently lives and works in Cape Town.

Mark Velasquez

Invisible Man — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:02:30 +0000

Mark Velasquez received his BFA from Cornish College in Seattle in 2000. Since then he has been through Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico, and more than enough of the continental United States spreading his unique sense of humor and creative energy where needed. Today he can be found anywhere on the West Coast, camera in hand, mind reeling.

Lesja Chernish

Invisible Man — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:39:53 +0000

Some lovely illustrations by Berlin based Russian artist Lesja Chernish.

Petrovsky & Ramone

Invisible Man — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:00:06 +0000

Dutch Duo Morena Westerik and Petra van Bennekum are known as Petrovsky & Ramone in the fashion photography world. They encompass the perfect mix of documentary and fashion, by incorporating elements of real and the fantastic in such a seamless way.

Irina Davis

Invisible Man — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:47:22 +0000

The gorgeous pin-up part of one of the projects of the Russian photographer Irina Davis.

Because of the devastation of World War II, Russian “girls” in the ’40s and ’50s were taught to be tough and work hard. I am saddened by the fact that Russia never had the chance to enjoy the happy pin-up times of America’s postwar period. In fact, cheerful American pin-up art was considered in Soviet Russia to be politically incorrect, decadent and flat-out immoral, the product of a culture that could never understand the true nature of the human condition.

By photographing exclusively Russian immigrant women in traditional all-American pin-up poses, I am inventing my own genre of Russian pin-up. My concept is to portray pure beauty, femininity and sexuality, not to objectify but to empower. To those who identify the clues in my work, hidden to most non-Russian eyes, I am telling the story of a crisis of Russian national identity, and the frustration and confusion of self-identification with the Old Country, the New World and a diaspora caught between them. My goal is to bridge the gap and seduce the spectator with alluring imagery, trapping him into empathizing with a foreign element.

Gao Brothers

Invisible Man — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:04:33 +0000

Gao Zhen 1956 Born in Ji’nan, China
Gao Qiang 1962 Born in Ji’nan, China
The Gao Brothers are a pair of artist brothers based in Beijing and authors of several published works, including“How Far Can You Walk in One Day in Beijing”, “The Current State Of Chinese Avant-Garde Art” and “The Report Of Art Environment”, They have been collaborating on installation, performance, sculpture, photography works and writing since the mid1980s. Some of their works were published in “A History Of China Modern Art”, ” China Avant-garde Photography”, “The Best Photography Of China”, etc, and is held in private and museums collections, such like He Xiangning Art Museum, Centre Georges Pompidou, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, etc, in China and across the world.
The Gao brothers’ most extensive work is both explicit and critical, seeking to recast Chairman Mao — a figure in China who is simultaneously capable of arousing deep emotions of pain and despair, as well as admiration, love, and pride — as a flawed figure.

Marlene Marino

Invisible Man — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:23:13 +0000

Marlene Marino (Virginia, United States) studied art and philosophy in New York before launching her photographic practice in 1999. Her first exhibition was at American Fine Arts, NY – curated by Colin De Land. Marino recently published the project Cuba 2009, as a special edition for Purple Fashion Magazine, with whom she contributes regularly.

Influenced by the French Nouvelle Vague, the avant-guard post-war photo and cinema movement of the 1940’s-70’s Japan, Marino’s micro-narratives blur the line between past and present. And not in a melancholy, nostalgic way, but by actually bringing it into the future.

Wendy Bevan

Invisible Man — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:11:18 +0000

Within the world of fashion photography, Wendy Bevan is an unexpected unique curiosity. Her rich and painterly works of art draw us into a world of ambiguity and uneasy narratives. Perusing her portfolio, one is led through a labyrinth of antique film sets in which dramatic silent performances are taking place, with disconcertingly beautiful femme fatales acting out their memories, bittersweet feelings and repressed emotions.

Bevan has worked for many leading magazines. Publications include; Russian Vogue, Italian Marie Claire, Harpers Bazaar, Muse, Financial Times: How To Spend It, The Independent, The Observer, Self Service, Big, 10, Lula, Nylon, V Magazine, Qvest, POP Magazine, I-D, Grey and online Magazine TEST. Through these commissions she has worked with a number of top Fashion Directors and Stylists, namely Simon Robins, Katie Felstead, Fran Burns, and Jacob K.

World Builder

Invisible Man — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:07:49 +0000

A strange man builds a world using holographic tools for the woman he loves.
This award winning short was created by filmmaker Bruce Branit, widely known as the co-creator of ’405′. World Builder was shot in a single day followed by about 2 years of post production. Branit is the owner of Branit VFX based in Kansas City.

Collection of Roy Stuart

Invisible Man — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:47:44 +0000

Based in Paris with a reputation as a grandmaster of the erotic camera, Roy Stuart (born October 25, 1955 in New York City) has exhibited his work in numerous galleries throughout the world.
One of the characteristics of the photographs of Roy Stuart is an astute blending of glamour photography and pornography which puts a strong emphasis on female models and BDSM aesthetics.
He has directed two movies, Giulia and “The Lost Door“. Now Roy Stuart concentrates primarily on filmaking but still takes photographs focussing on the female form and erotica.