The Rise and Fall of Major Koggi Stardust

 “The scary part was to open the door and slide out of the helicopter at 9,000 ft.,” says Vincent Laforet, the photographer and filmmaker behind a series of new dizzying and surreal images of Las Vegas shot at night called „Sin City 10.8K“. To shoot this series of never-before-seen images, Laforet had to get as far away and as high as possible – while taking into account that Las Vegas is already 2,000 ft. above sea level. But, the resulting images make the whole ordeal of shooting at such an altitude worth it.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) – Stunning images from Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Vincent Laforet are showing San Francisco from a whole new perspective.

Architecture of “Ghost in the Shell “

Ghost in the Shell is a Japanese media franchise originally published as a seinen manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow. Animation studio Production I.G has produced several different anime adaptations of Ghost in the Shell, starting with the 1995 film of the same name, telling the story of Section 9’s investigation of the Puppet Master.

Mamoru Oshii (the director of the 1995 film) based the setting for Ghost in the Shell on Hong Kong. Oshii commented that his first thought to find an image of the future setting was an Asian city, but finding a suitable cityscape of the future would be impossible. Oshii chose to use the real streets of Hong Kong as his model. He also said that Hong Kong was the perfect subject and theme for the film with its countless signs and the cacophony of sounds. The film’s mecha designer Takeuchi Atsushi noted that while the film does not have a chosen setting, it is obviously based on Hong Kong because the city represented the theme of the film, the old and the new which exist in a strange relationship in an age of an information deluge. Before shooting the film, the artists drew sketches that emphasized Hong Kong’s chaotic, confusing and overwhelming aspects.

Formless, 25th Century

Artist duo 25th Century presented “Formless”. A new ongoing project that explores the free flowing and shapeless entities in nature that mirror what an open and zen mind strive to attain.

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