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seen. in NYC: Spur Tree

Tobias Huber — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:30:53 +0000

Just back from BK, I´d like to share a nice cozy spot which was recommended to us as a “wicked bar where I sometimes spin reggae tunes” by Neil Nice, a friend working at TurnTableLab. (more…)

Sound Tape Killin: Dancehall vs Electro

Tobias Huber — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:38:00 +0000

Zouk / Tropical / 2-step… crazy white boy Toddla T from Sheffield, UK killing it. Interview coming soon on First. (more…)

Brent Stirton’s Gorilla Killings

Tobias Huber — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:37:34 +0000

Bukima, Virunga National Park, Eastern Congo, July 2007.

Conservation Rangers from an Anti-Poaching unit work with locals to evacuate the bodies of four Mountain Gorillas killed in mysterious circumstances in the park, Virunga National Park, Eastern Congo, 24 July 2007. (more…)

Exactitudes

Tobias Huber — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:01:16 +0000

Rotterdam-based photographer Ari Versluis and stylist Ellie Uyttenbroek have worked together since October 1994. Inspired by a shared interest in the striking dress codes of various social groups, they have systematically documented numerous identities over the last 13 years. Rotterdam’s heterogeneous, multicultural street scene remains a major source of inspiration for Ari Versluis and Ellie Uyttenbroek, although since 1998 they have also worked in cities abroad.

They call their series Exactitudes: a contraction of exact and attitude. By registering their subjects in an identical framework, with similar poses and a strictly observed dress code, Versluis and Uyttenbroek provide an almost scientific, anthropological record of people’s attempts to distinguish themselves from others by assuming a group identity. The apparent contradiction between individuality and uniformity is, however, taken to such extremes in their arresting objective-looking photographic viewpoint and stylistic analysis that the artistic aspect clearly dominates the purely documentary element.

Stolen from: http://www.exactitudes.com