The Ghosts

A fascinating short film by Eddie O' Keefe about Sex, Guns & Rock n' Roll, a candidate for the Los Angeles Film Festival. Surrealistic direction, great scenery and fantastic music.

Enjoy:

The GHOSTS from Eddie O'KEEFE on Vimeo.

Meta.Morph

 Two new, incredible short films by photographer Andreas Waldschuetz. The first film titled Meta.Morph features the new armour body accessories collection of Una Burke and is inspired by Nicola Lane's Aesthetics of Prosthetics installation.
The second film is the new ultracoloured video campaign for the S/S 2011 collection of Ep_Anoui.

Enjoy:

Umeric

 Umeric is a Film, Design and VFX design studio at Sydney, creating the most spectacular video campaigns.

 You can have a look at a sample of their work below and don't miss visiting their awsome site for more:


VIVA 'Fire' from Umeric on Vimeo.


VIVA 'Crash' from Umeric on Vimeo.

VIVA 'Crystal' from Umeric on Vimeo.

Cheyco Leidmann

 

While the fashion industry is promoting fetish style, trying to transform us into hot, wild mistresses, there are some others who take these ideas and transform them into high level, conceptual artworks. In the case of Cheyco Leidmann, ideas such as BDSM, fetishism, pain, pleasure and sexuality are driven to another dimension through his photographic lens.

Leidmann's photographic collages feature the most outrageous, provocative and shocking characters, from transvestites and prostitutes to drug users and homeless beggars. However, his strong use of colour and light with erotic aggressiveness make his pictures so appealing that it's almost impossible to take your eyes away from them.

 

His fabulous styles are going under the signature of his creative collaborator Ypsitylla Von Nazareth, who chooses the most outstanding outfits for his shots.

 

In the recent years, Leidmann's style has become more politically - sensitive with provocative and disturbing images, overshowing the toxicity of today's life.

He has created six award winning and best seller books and his work has been exhibited in the greatest galleries around the world. His photographic style is widely recognizable and has affected many famous photographers, film directors and artists.

 Below you can have a look at an interesting video of the artist himself talking about his famous book Toxytt:

Synrise

An amazing, brand new music video by Goose with lots of glitter and the most bizarre, extravagant costumes. Directed and produced by Punx Sthlm.

Enjoy:

Goose - Synrise from Punx Sthlm on Vimeo.

Maske by Phyllis Galembo

 

Maske is the latest album by New-York based photographer Phyllis Galembo, featuring thrilling images of masquerade and carnival characters from Nigeria, Zambia, Benin, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Haiti.

 

Phyllis started shooting these awsome characters 25 years ago, focused in African and Carribean masquerade traditions. Her collections are full of extravagant costumes, masks and headpieces made of plants, wood, patchworks, papier-mache or ropes giving a ritual, scary or even humouristic result, through free expression.

 

The collection consists of 107 documentary portraits, which are currently exhibited at the Steven Kasher Gallery in New York, by the 2nd of April.

 

For more exciting pictures you can visit Phyllis' Galembo online portfolio

Audio: Jarman Kontagora - Jarumi mix (Music from Niger State, Nigeria)

Loewe F/W 2011-12 Collection

Good stylist friends Katerina Manolaraki and Hristos Kalliarekos aka D_Fine attended the Loewe fashion show in Paris a few days ago and kindly provided me with these two beautiful pictures. The Loewe collection featured all the key trends for next season: rounded shoulders, gorgeous coats, fine leather and some touches of bright colours. Very modern and chic at the same time.

You can watch the full collection at the video below: