A typical Tyler Shields’ blog post can be found at http://www.tylershields.com/2008/08/03/aaron-paul-7/#more-1161
I picked this one because I thought the combination of Tyler Shields imagery and Radiohead music was interesting.
Tyler Shields produces still shots and videos. His work is a mixture of commercial, artistic and experimental. Almost all his work is figurative.
His style is unique. He has a vision that could be described as Californian-surrealist-noir. He photographs shadows rather than light.
For instance, his portrait of Taryn Manning (http://www.tylershields.com/images/taryn-manning/taryn-manning.jpg) shows the actress’s visage chopped into abstract shadow shapes. The stillness of the gaze, combined with the windswept hair, is amazing. It reminds me of the Reynolds portrait of Jane Halliday at Waddesdon (which you have to see first-hand - reproductions just make the painting look dead).
His best work tends to be set in interiors or at night. He is able to suggest moods and emotions. Most of his images have a strong sense of the unspoken narrative.
Radiohead are an “alternative” rock band from Oxfordshire. Lead vocalist is Thom Yorke. They have managed to encapsulate an “alienated” sound which is much imitated by wannabes.
Radiohead “changed the world forever” by choosing to distribute their album In Rainbows on a pay-us-what-you-think-it’s-worth basis.
More on Radiohead: http://www.myspace.com/radiohead
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Monday, August 04, 2008
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
What will happen next?
I don’t often talk about other blogs, mainly because it would be too easy - I want the content of this site to be as original as possible.
But to break my self-imposed rule, I am now going to mention a Chinese photoblog I have “discovered”.
I like photoblogs as they allow you to see directly into other societies. At one time I was trying to collect a photoblog from every country in the world, but I had to give this up because so many blogs stop after a few months. No doubt as soon as I mention that Ou Ning’s site is worth looking at it will disappear into the ether.
Anyway, the address is:
http://www.alternativearchive.com/ouning/
Recent photos include:
Three people sit at a table on a concrete balcony. In the background, across a wide river, is a city of pastel-grey towers. Their plates are empty, and they seem to be sitting very still in the cold air.
An audience (actually a sprinkling of people) pay attention to a trio of experts. How many times have I sat in just such an audience. The opalescent light seems about to break through the windows and flood the room.
A standing figure looks over the shoulder of someone in an architectural practice. A very dark grey colour (clothes, computers, shelving etc) alternates with the off-white of the walls, rolled drawings, papers. The faces shine with reflected light from the on-screen designs.
But my favourite (so far) is:
http://www.alternativearchive.com/ouning/uploads/200802/13_172709_.jpg
Who are these people sitting on orange chairs, in what appears to be a college of some kind? And why is the central figure so confident and happy? And what will happen next?
But to break my self-imposed rule, I am now going to mention a Chinese photoblog I have “discovered”.
I like photoblogs as they allow you to see directly into other societies. At one time I was trying to collect a photoblog from every country in the world, but I had to give this up because so many blogs stop after a few months. No doubt as soon as I mention that Ou Ning’s site is worth looking at it will disappear into the ether.
Anyway, the address is:
http://www.alternativearchive.com/ouning/
Recent photos include:
Three people sit at a table on a concrete balcony. In the background, across a wide river, is a city of pastel-grey towers. Their plates are empty, and they seem to be sitting very still in the cold air.
An audience (actually a sprinkling of people) pay attention to a trio of experts. How many times have I sat in just such an audience. The opalescent light seems about to break through the windows and flood the room.
A standing figure looks over the shoulder of someone in an architectural practice. A very dark grey colour (clothes, computers, shelving etc) alternates with the off-white of the walls, rolled drawings, papers. The faces shine with reflected light from the on-screen designs.
But my favourite (so far) is:
http://www.alternativearchive.com/ouning/uploads/200802/13_172709_.jpg
Who are these people sitting on orange chairs, in what appears to be a college of some kind? And why is the central figure so confident and happy? And what will happen next?
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