Friday 17 December 2010

Marlboro Country



The photography in these Marlboro adverts from the eighties are as sharp as the heavy hit from a thick Marlboro red. The man behind the lens, Richard Prince had a show at the Serpentine a couple of years ago - check his work out.

Around the world

24 Hours in New York

Tuesday 7 December 2010

World Press Photo Awards 2010

Malick Sidibé, Mali, for The New York Times Magazine.

 Abdoulaye Diakibe (left) wears a Viktor & Rolf suit, Bottega Veneta shirt, Dolce & Gabbana shoes and a Burberry hat. Mamoutou Kone wears a Dries Van Noten suit and shirt, an Etro tie and Paul Smith shoes.

Farah Abdi Warsameh Somalia, The Associated Press.

Mohamed Abukar Ibrahim, 48, is stoned to death by members of Hizbul Islam, a group of Somali Islamist insurgents in Afgoye, 30 km from the capital Mogadishu, on 13 December. Ibrahim had been found guilty of adultery by a local Sharia court. In February, the president of a transitional government had agreed to the introduction of Sharia law in Somalia, in order to defuse clashes between the government and local clan-based militia. 


General News: 1st prize singles

Light enters through a hole in the roof of a house hit by a tank shell in Tuffah, northern Gaza. The family that lived in the house had fled during Operation Cast Lead, the Israeli attack on Gaza that began at the end of December 2008. Mohammed Shuhada Ali Ahmed, 39, had gone back to fetch clothes for his children and was killed when the shell struck.


Up There

Up There

The story of the fading tradition of hand painted advertising. Shot by Mekanism's Malcolm Murray for Stella Artois (in conjunction with Mother NY.