A couple of weeks ago we discovered the work of Alicia Galer via Tumblr. Alicia is a Printed Textiles and Surface Pattern student at Leeds College of Art – her simplistic and characteristic style caught our eye immediately!
Alicia uses a variety of materials (oil pastels, water colour paints and pencils, acrylic paint) to create her flora-inspired drawings. The result are minimalist yet detailed illustrations and prints that represent dream scenarios for any plants lover.
Hanna Ukura is a Swedish photographer based in Stockholm. We spotted Hanna’s portfolio online and fell in love with her work! Hanna tells us a little bit more about her inspirations and aesthetics.
I photograph a mixture between everyday photography, which is sort of as a journal where you try to keep your eyes busy and never forget to look at things. And then there’s the more thought through projects that develop over time and need more structure and planning. I like the combination of both.
It’s hard to pinpoint why you photograph or why you take the photos in the way you do. But I have a favourite quote from the video-artist Bill Viola which I use as an inspiration:
‘To be sensitive to all frequencies at once, to be overwhelmed and delirious with sensory experience’
I try to look at the world around me with eyes wide open. You see things all the time that are so hauntingly beautiful that it sort of hurts. And instead of losing that image, because you can’t burn it to the inside of your eyelids, I take the camera, which I always carry with me, and capture it. It’s like feeling with your eyes, the same way as you can feel music pierce through your body if it’s good enough.
For my own projects I prefer to work almost exclusively with film cameras. It makes it easier while photographing people because they tend to become very self-aware when being photographed with a digital camera. And it also makes me think one step further before I actually press the button. I always carry my small Mju II or a Canon AE-1 with me. But then I’m forced to work digital when it’s an assignment just to be sure that I actually captured everything, and to be able to deliver the photos on time.
We were very excited to see this new quarterly magazine being published by It’s Nice That! There are some great features in the first issue of Printed Pages, and a snoop around Apartamento founder Omar Sosa’s flat is our favorite! We also enjoyed learning more about Sagmeister & Walsh, Chris Ware and Bill Callahan.
The article about Barcelona’s booming graphic design studios and emerging creatives was a pleasure to read! It’s definitely not all bad news on the streets of Barcelona!
The quality of the magazine is fantastic and we wouldn’t expect anything less from It’s NIce That! We can’t wait for another issue!
You might have already seen this cool web series about a sarcastic New York weed dealer and his hilarious customers – it’s been written about all over the place – but in case you haven’t, we would like to share with you our favorite episode. Happy Easter!
High Maintenance // Trixie from Janky Clown Productions on Vimeo.
Here’s what we are reading this week!
Put A Egg On It is a digest-sized art and literary magazine out of New York City – It is about food, cooking and the communal joys of eating with friends and family.
Issue #6 features the work of Corey Towers and Drew Mellon, a series of photographs of some very messy kitchens, great food stories and tasty tips. Who knew that adding a pinch of salt to the pan before frying bacon prevents hot fat splattering?