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Preview: Mako Miyamoto’s “Speculative Hunting”

People across the world have come forward with claims that they've found the fabled Yeti or Big Foot. Though the elusive creature remains in the wild, photographer Mako Miyamoto seems to have come close to capturing it with his latest solo show, "Speculative Hunting." In the humorous body of work, which debuts at Gauntlet Gallery in San Francisco on April 25, models clad in Wookiee masks from Star Wars invade everyday circumstances where they look bizarre and out of place. Through his cinematic staging, which includes underwater scenes and even stunts, Miyamoto invites drama and humor into his work.

People across the world have come forward with claims that they’ve found the fabled Yeti or Big Foot. Though the elusive creature remains in the wild, photographer Mako Miyamoto seems to have come close to capturing it with his latest solo show, “Speculative Hunting.” In the humorous body of work, which debuts at Gauntlet Gallery in San Francisco on April 25, models clad in Wookiee masks from Star Wars invade everyday circumstances where they look bizarre and out of place. Through his cinematic staging, which includes underwater scenes and even stunts, Miyamoto invites drama and humor into his work.

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Gauntlet Gallery, Mako Miyamoto, Photography, Speculative Hunting

Aaron Tilley, balloon art, Kerry Hughes, Photography, pop art

October 16, 2015

If you're looking for some DIY Halloween decoration ideas, look no further. London based illustrator Kerry Hughes's latest series features intricately hand-tied balloons made into the shapes of human organs. "It’s very inspiring when a person can take an unexpected or everyday material and completely rethink it," Hughes says. The artist is mostly known for her colorful and playful work using paper and wood, but her series "Pneumatic Anatomy" in collaboration with friend and photographer Aaron Tilley takes it to a conceptual level.

Robyn Cumming Makes the Figure Her Canvas in Experimental Photographs

Female Empowerment, Photography, Robyn Cumming, surrealism

June 20, 2015

Toronto based photographer Robyn Cumming often uses the figure as her canvas, rather than main subject, in her experimental imagery. Her subjects' personalities come through in their poses and the unexpected elements that she mixes into the picture. In her "Lady Things" (2008) series, for example, she completely obscures their faces with things like flowering shrubs, birds, and smoke. While simultaneously unsettling and seductive, there is a compelling mystery in the obscurity of Cumming's work. It leaves the viewer to reconsider how we collect information about each other visually and use that to define a person's character.

Giuseppe Palmisano’s Subtle, Absurd Photographs

absurdism, Giuseppe Palmisano, Photography

June 9, 2017

Italian artist Giuseppe Palmisano creates photographs that somehow treat the body as object while conveying human ideas. Wedged between furniture and and bent and entwined with others, his female subjects and their apparel are paired with subtle hues and rooms. The artist has a theatrical background, and he creates a mystery in both the meaning and identity of his subjects.

Serge Najjar Captures Urban Geometry in his Photos of Lebanese Cities

architecture, Photography, Serge Najjar

May 7, 2015

Lebanese photographer Serge Najjar notices geometric patterns in his day-to-day surroundings. Based in Beirut, his photographs capture instances of minimalist architecture with an emphasis on symmetry and repetition. But despite its focus on clean designs, his work includes evidence of human inhabitants in these austere edifices. With people peaking out of their doors and windows, the buildings come alive. The people in his work add individuality and quirkiness to his otherwise highly stylized presentation of Beirut, where cultural context is stripped away to highlight the city's modern, architectural elements.

Preview: Mako Miyamoto’s “Speculative Hunting”

Kerry Hughes Crafts Human Organs out of Hand-Tied Balloons

Robyn Cumming Makes the Figure Her Canvas in Experimental Photographs

Giuseppe Palmisano’s Subtle, Absurd Photographs

Serge Najjar Captures Urban Geometry in his Photos of Lebanese Cities

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