this charmless man's journal

Road Trip by Noel Kerns

Noel Kerns is a Dallas-based photographer specializing in capturing Texas’ ghost towns, decommissioned military bases, and industrial abandonments at night. Growing up in the central Texas hill country, Kerns developed his photographic skills shooting large format black & white landscapes.  The slow and deliberate nature of the large format photographic process was a perfect launching pad into the art of digitally photographing the nocturnal world.

One of the things Kerns enjoy most about photographing under a full moon are all the latent details, those things which reveal themselves only when you take the time to let the moonlight tell the story. He loves the calm and tranquility of a peaceful night scene, as well as the eerie feeling one can get when shooting an old desert ghost town under a full moon.

Lomopedia: Lomography Neptune Convertible Art Lens System

One lens system, different focal lengths, unlimited possibilities. The Neptune Convertible Art Lens System is deeply rooted in the classic yet directed towards the modern age of photography.

Photos by Holly Buckle, Guen Fiore, Camera Hannah, Daniel Schaefer, Harimao Lee, Lorenzo Scudiero and Helga Traxler

Prosthetic Arm That’s Also a Tattoo Machine

Designed by French artist JL Gonzal for tattoo artist JC Sheitan Tenet, the amazing, dual-purpose invention is the word’s first tattooing prosthesis.

Museo Nacional de Arte 

Noviembre 2015

Infrared NYC, Paolo Pettigiani

Paolo Pettigiani is an Italian graphic designer and photographer from Turin of 24 years, based in New York. Recently settled in New York, he decided to to capture with poetry a surprising collection of pictures of Central Park’s landscapes, in an ongoing series named Infrared NYC.

Instaram.com/WeTheUrban

The Art of Hong Yi

Hong Yi, also known by her nickname, ‘Red’, is an artist known for creating pieces using everyday, unconventional materials.

After graduating with Master in Architecture from the University of Melbourne, Red moved to Shanghai for a career in architecture. She fell in love with the city’s chaotic charm, once home to her father and grandparents. Inspired by her surroundings and the range of affordable materials available from wholesale markets, it was here Red completed her first unconventional work, a portrait of Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei made entirely out of sunflower seeds. A wave of innovative artworks ensued, including a portrait of Adele using 1500 melted tea lights, and a hanging structure of Jackie Chan using chopsticks. The use of materials in bulk in her project alludes to the globalization and mass production in China and Asia.

Artworks identified from the top:

Feathers (images 01-02)

Coffee Stain Portrait (images 03-04) 

Zhang Yimou Portrait (image 05) 

Adele Made of Melted Candles (image 06)

Jackie Chan Chopstick Portrait (image 07) 

Ai Weiwei with Sunflower Seeds (image 08) 

Teh Tarik (images 09-10)

Muhammad Ali: Political activist, global humanitarian

Living in Glass Houses

People that live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones, the old adage goes, in these cases it should say: people that live in glass houses have amazing views that make nature part of their living room decoration. 

It’s clear glass houses have a special place in architecture design as most people are equally intrigued and horrified with the idea of living in one. Here is a collection of houses that take advantage of glass as a building material to create structures that explore a different way of living. 

From the top:

Glass House Santambrogio (images 01-02)

Glass House Philip Johnson (images 03-04)

Water/Glass House Kengo Kuma (images 05-06)

The Ring House Takei-Nabeshima-Architects (TNA) (images 07-08)