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helloyoucreatives:

The Zaandam Inntel

“This unusual hotel near Amsterdam was designed by architect Wilfried van Winden, has now been open a little over two years. Overall, it resembles cleverly interconnected and stacked traditional Zaans cottages, usually green. The blue section, in one top corner of the twelfth floor, pays homage to one of the several studies of the town, painted by Claude Monet in 1871, including:Bateaux en Hollande pres de Zaandam, A Windmill at Zaandam, and (not surprisingly) The Blue House.” via Tartuffe’s Folly

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pulmonaire:

Nude Aerial Photographs by John Crawford 

so cute

(Source: irish-faerie, via maryepifania)

sfmoma:

artphotocollector:

“The truth is that anyone can make a photo. The trouble is not that photos are hard to make. The trouble is that photos are hard to make intelligent and interesting.” —John Szarkowski 

I recalled this quote recently while visiting the NY Photo Festival last week in Brooklyn. I enjoyed many of the exhibits, but I came away feeling that the Tokyo-Ga show was the stand-out.  The founder and curator, Ms. Naoko Ohta, has assembled quite a fantastic selection of contemporary Japanese photographers, many of whom were unknown to me.  I am happy to discover the work of two young photographers in particular, Masami Yamamoto and Junpei Kato .  

Yamamoto’s images offer mystery and chiaroscuro, while Kato’s clean lines and colors transcend banal, urban surfaces.  Both photographers are distinctly different, but are alike in how they capture Beauty by taking simplicity and giving it meaning—not an easy thing to do, but the results are intelligent and interesting. —Lane Nevares 

Great Szarkowski quote.