Barnaby Ward is Somefield, a Barbadian (or ‘Bajan’ if you’re in the know) illustrator who’s been quite busy. I met Barnaby on Monday and the conversation quickly took an art-blog turn. After discovering that he was an illustrator, I checked out his site, and soon realized that I had seen his work all over the internet.

If you’re in the market for a sweet screenprint, head over to Pictures on Walls, In Print or his online store for a signed print.

Gigi is an enigma. We met last year through a mutual friend on a photo shoot she was doing the hair for. I had been hearing about her from the time I moved back to Bim. Since our first meeting we’ve collaborated on a few projects, but only end up seeing each other every 3 months or so. That’s hard to imagine since she works in my neighborhood and our island is exceptionally tiny.  But when we do link it’s always a special time.

The iconic 20th century British Photographer E.O. Hoppé (1878 – 1972) came to my attention last winter during a layover in London. I made sure to hunt down a copy of his most recent monograph while loitering in a local book shop  giant bookstore off of Trafalgar Square after seeing posters for his upcoming retrospective.

The story goes that Hoppé sold his archive to the London Picture Gallery in 1954, only to have his work misfiled among millions of random stock images.  It remained forgotten and untouched until the mid 1990s and soon the decade-long process of digitizing and conservation would be undertaken. Better late than never.

I have been a big fan of Mark Peckmezian‘s work for some time now. Like Sarah Wilmer, I found Mark via one of the PDN 30 issues back in ’08/’09. Since hitting that add contact button, I have awaited the Toronto native’s uploads to flickr with bated breath.

Mark shoots portraits of friends, acquaintances, strangers, photographers, cosplay girls, artists, models, dogs, cats, and does it well. He is represented by Stash and O’Born Contemporary Gallery.

Color, a short film by Tom Sachs and Director Van Neistat, provides us with the color code for the Tom Sachs studio.  An enthralling and comprehensive examination of the studio’s color palette, and credo.  More Tom Sachs video goodness can be found below and via his youtube channel:

It’s truly inspiring to see Pinboard’s growth. Even within the last year. Especially after I had a chance to chat with the two founding members (whaddup Can and Shan!) during my short stay in London back in March.  Check out the embedded videos for some of my favorite Pinboard productions.

Best known for his large format portraits and landscapes, Joel Meyerowitz gives us insight into his first love, street photography.

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Can’t make it to the Robert Breer (1926 – 2011) retrospective at Museum Tinguely in Basel? No worries, Vernissage tv has your back. Here’s an exert from a full feature and interview with Andres Pardey (Vice Director, Museum Tinguely) discussing the late, great American artist’s oeuvre and career.

Charles Paulicevich a.k.a. Bruxelles Capitales came to my attention via flickr last year. I made sure to reach out to Charles before heading over to Europe’s capital city in January. I spent 5 years of my childhood in Brussels and prior to my visit had only returned once for a couple of weeks back in ’03. On this trip I was hoping to experience the Brussels found within his images, but came up short.

The inhabitants of this complex city are Bruxelles Capitales’ focus. The French-born, Brussels-residing photographer presents his unique take on life within the city limits. The following images  present a version of Brussels I have yet to experience.

 It’s the wild colors and strange relationships that occur when placed next to each other which, motivates me. Barbados is such a color saturated place. But somehow these Chinese made plastic bags found their way into daily life and manage to stand out in our color dominated society.

Shooting at night and on black and white instant film allows me to focus on designing the frame and provides the foundation for where the colors will live. My subjects represent the inhabitants of this  tinted world. They are often posed with symbols relating to the local culture. The images are taken with a Mamiya RZ 67, scanned, and edited in photoshop. The final crop is made at a 6″x7″ aspect ratio (final print 12″x14″).

The next phase will involve exploring more of a narrative in the works. I feel there’s room to also include more people in each shot and push the series in an eerier direction.