GnomeBomb

I am rather intrigued by GnomeBomb, a new blog documenting the adventures of a gnome in New York City.

Summer in SoMa

I normally post about other people’s projects, but I thought I might sneak in a post about a new one of mine.  I have just started a blog called Summer in SoMa, where I post my photographs and hand-drawn cartoons documenting my summer in San Francisco.

I Hardly Know Her

I Hardly Know Her is a “minimalist Flickr viewer” by Justin Ouellette.  It strips away all the layout elements surrounding your Flickr photostream and just presents your photos against a white background.  It is simple and beautiful, and it makes my photos look better, especially in their large size.

Andrew McDonald

Andrew McDonald‘s blog post “A Pictorial Guide to Avoiding Camera Loss” made me laugh.  What a clever idea, and a perfectly executed one at that!  I like the way this guy thinks.  He recently published a children’s book called The Greatest Blogger In The World, which I think I need to buy because I imagine it is what my life would have been like if I had been born ten years later.

Lens Mug

Heavy Backpack had a great post the other day about camera lenses used as coffee mugs and calendars.  I rather like this sleek zoom lens coffee mug concept posted at Gizmodo:

Playing with Pictures

I was literally laughing out loud yesterday when I looked around the “Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photo-Collage” exhibit at the Met. The exhibit features a collection of aristocratic Victorian women’s collages, made by combining detailed watercolor drawings with photographs. The pieces are beautiful, quirky, and absurd. The exhibit runs at the Met until May 9th, 2010, and then moves on to the Art Gallery of Ontario. Don’t miss it!  Here is a page dated to the 1870s from the Madame B Album by Marie-Blanche-Hennelle Fournier:

Joe’s NYC

Found via MUG.  Joe’s NYC is the nearly-daily photo blog of photographer Joseph O. Holmes.  Holmes’ photographs are stunning, vivid glimpses of New York City moments.  I could spend hours clicking through his site, seeing my favorite city through his eyes.  How do I choose just one photo to share here?  They are all worth posting, but I will pick this photo taken in Times Square and posted on November 4th, 2009, as I love the silhouette:

Exquisite Corpse Photo

Oh, how vividly I remember playing “Exquisite Corpse” in middle school art class.  One person would draw a head and shoulders on a piece of paper, fold it over so that only part of the shoulders were visible, and hand the page to the next person.  She would draw the chest, fold the paper, hand it over.  The next person would draw down to the knees, fold the paper, hand it over, and before we knew it, we had an entire monstrous body.

Last year, a group of photographers started Exquisite Corpse Photo, a project they describe thus: “One photographer posts a photo that is in direct response to the previous photo in the queue. Whether that is based on content or aesthetic is up to the photographer.  Sometimes these connections are not completely evident to the viewer upon first glance.”

The resulting visual dialogue is astounding.  I would post some images here, but can’t imagine how I would pull photos out of the context of the entire project.  So just go to Exquisite Corpse Photo and see for yourself.

Wisdom

Wisdom by Andrew Zuckerman is beautiful and inspiring.

Scanwiches

Scanwiches, a blog of scanned sandwiches, is simple, elegant, and mouth-watering.

Seth Olenick

I really like Seth Olenick‘s celebrity photographs.  They’re much more original and vibrant than what one usually sees.  Here’s a photo of John Hodgman (best known as the “I’m a PC” character from Mac commercials) that Olenick posted at his blog:

The Principles of Uncertainty

Maira Kalman‘s The Principles of Uncertainty will change you.

Lemon Lime Photography

I like the work of Kansas City based photography duo Lemon Lime Photography, who specialize in wedding photography.  I especially love this stop-motion video they created for one couple’s wedding.  It’s vibrant and unique, and the framing of shots is fantastic.  (The video also seems very familiar to me, as I have attended three weddings in that very same church.)

The Brownie Camera Page

While thinking about restoring and using my old Kodak Brownie cameras, I came across The Brownie Camera Page, a wonderful and thorough source for all things Brownie camera related, from scans of instructional booklets and advertisements to information about how to use modern film in place of discontinued film.  If you’re interested in photography, the site is definitely worth checking out, even if you don’t have a Brownie.

Corriette Schoenaerts

I love all of Corriette Schoenaerts‘ photography projects, especially maps, library, and quotes.  Here is one of the photos from quotes, which was part of Utrecht School of the Arts’ marketing campaign:

We Make Words

We Make Words is a very charming project.

Manhattan’s Perimeter

I mostly post about other people’s work on this blog, but since I am currently planning my next walk around the perimeter of Manhattan, I thought I’d make a small exception and post a link to my set of photographs from my first walk around the perimeter on May 30th, 2009.  It’s really a phenomenal way to see the city from a new perspective, so I recommend you walk it one day with some friends or the Shorewalkers,  who host an annual Great Saunter around the island’s perimeter.

The Ampersand

The Ampersand is a blog by Stephen Gose, who thinks the ampersand “is often the most attractive character of them all.”  The blog is a wonderful ode to the ampersand and features an eclectic mix of posts about ampersands found both in art and in everyday life.

Objects In My House

Found via Swissmiss (one of my favorites).  Dylan Chandler‘s Objects in My House is mesmerizing.  I’ve spent far too long clicking the “Play Again” and “Stop” buttons.