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Picture of the Day: Recreating a Classic

 

RECREATING A CLASSIC

 

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Workers at the Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire, UK; celebrated the completion of a new $30 million dollar roller coaster called The Smiler by recreating the iconic Lunch atop a Skyscraper photo from over 80 years ago. While it’s not an exact recreation (they have harnesses and forgot about the shirtless guy), it’s close enough to look back the original and learn more about it.

Lunch atop a Skyscraper (New York Construction Workers Lunching on a Crossbeam) is a famous black-and-white photograph taken during construction of the RCA Building (renamed the GE Building in 1988) at Rockefeller Center in New York City, United States. The photograph depicts eleven men eating lunch, seated on a girder with their feet dangling 256 meters (840 feet) above the New York City streets.

The photo was taken on 20 September 1932 on the 69th floor of the RCA Building during the last months of construction. According to archivists, the photo was in fact prearranged. Although the photo shows real construction workers, it is believed that the moment was staged by the Rockefeller Center to promote its new skyscraper. The photo appeared in the Sunday photo supplement of the New York Herald Tribune on 2 October 1932. [source]

 

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Mother and Daughter Recreate Paper Versions of Dresses Worn by Celebs

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Fashion by Mayhem is a collaboration between Angie, a professional photographer, and mother to an adorable 4-year-old nicknamed Mayhem. Together, the two of them love making paper dresses and Mayhem loves to model the final creations.

For the last year the duo have shared the results of their creative collaboration on Instagram (@2sisters_angie) where they have amassed a huge following that now exceeds 100,000 people!

Over the last year Angie and Mayhem have also started to recreate famous dresses worn by celebs at various Awards Shows as well as those seen on popular television programs like Project Runway.

And for those curious about the nickname, mother Angie explains:

“The short version of the long story is that when my sister and I started our (other) blog we decided to use nicknames for our kids (as a small privacy measure). Her daughter already had a fantastic nickname but mine was only 9 months old and didn’t have one yet. One day I looked over and saw my girl had found a pink headband and pulled it on “sweatband style”. She was laughing hysterically and throwing her toys around the room. A few minutes later [this] commercial came on my tv and WOW, I could not have predicted how perfect of a fit the name would be!”

 

You can see many more dresses the two have created at the links below. There are many original designs beyond the recreated celeb dresses below. Be sure to check them all out!

[via BuzzFeed, Huffington Post]

 

FASHION BY MAYHEM
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1. Katy Perry 2014 Grammy Awards
Dress by Valentino

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FASHION BY MAYHEM
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2. Taylor Swift 2012 Country Music Awards
Dress by Jenny Packham

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FASHION BY MAYHEM
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3. Jennifer Lawrence 2014 Golden Globes Awards
Dress by Dior

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FASHION BY MAYHEM
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4. Spring 2009 Project Runway
Dress by Korto Momolu

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5. Lupita Nyong’o 2014 Golden Globes Awards
Dress by Ralph Lauren

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FASHION BY MAYHEM
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6. Project Runway All Stars Season 2
Dress by Austin Scarlett

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FASHION BY MAYHEM
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7. Kimberly Perry of ‘The Band Perry’ 2013 CMA Awards
Dress by Rubin Singer

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FASHION BY MAYHEM
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8. Project Runway Season 1
Dress by Jay McCarroll

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Actor Recreates 6 Famous Cultural Images in a Single Take

 

In a spot for The Sunday Times, design studio Us (Christopher Barrett and Luke Taylor) recreated six famous cultural images in a single steadicam shot.

To get a sense of the coordination and effort required to pull of such a feat, watch the making of video embedded below. It will give you greater insight and appreciation for the polished piece above.

For those interested, the six recreated images (in order) are:

1. Auguste Rodin’s The Thinker (Le Penseur)
2. Forrest Gump (1994)
3. Mad Men (TV series, 2007)
4. Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam at the Sistine Chapel
5. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
6. Daft Punk

 

The Making Of Icons

 

 

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Side by Side Comparison by Crokus

 

Credits

Directors – Us
Production Company – Academy Films
Executive Producer – Lizie Gower
Producer – Juliette Harris
DOP – Ben Fordesman
A&R Operator – Simon Wood
Art Director – Alison Dominitz
Hair & MakeUp – Lu Hinton
Stylist – Rebecca Hale
Casting – Hammond & Cox
Editor – Dave Stevens @ Assembly Rooms
Post – Electric Theatre Collective
Grade – Aubrey Woodiwiss
Audio post production – String & Tins
Musical Composition – Tom Player
Lead Actor – Gary Milner
Agency – Grey
Executive Creative Director – Nils Leonard
Creative Director – Dave Monk
Creatives – Jonathan Rands & Johan Leandersson
Agency Producer – Debbie Impett

For more information visit makingoficons.com

 

 

 

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This is What Happens When Youths Swap Clothes with their Elders

 

In an ongoing series entitled Spring-Autumn, artist qozop takes side by side portraits of youths with their parents or grandparents. The first portrait shows the two wearing their own clothes. The companion portrait shows the two wearing each other’s clothes. The juxtaposition is both humorous and intriguing.

It’s interesting to see how fashion can sometimes make the elder subject appear more youthful. If you and your parent or grandparent are interested in being photographed for the project, reach out to qozop via email or on his website and Facebook page.

[via Huffington Post: Arts & Culture]

 

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Picture of the Day: This is How You Recreate a Childhood Pic Brother!

 

THIS IS HOW YOU RECREATE
A CHILDHOOD PIC BROTHER!

 

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Photographer Unknown via j0be on reddit

 

Now this is how you recreate a childhood photo with your childhood idol! I couldn’t find much information on the image so I’m unsure how many years apart this is but Hulk Hogan has aged pretty well! The ‘then and now’ pic was posted earlier this week to reddit by j0be but he is not the person in the photo.

In Hulkamania news, the wrestler has confirmed that he will be making his triumphant return to the WWE right before WrestleMania XXX. The WWE Hall of Famer has not appeared on the WWE since 2007 at the 2/24 WWE Raw taping in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

 

 

 

Famous Portraits Recreated from Recycled Materials and Found Objects

 

Jane Perkins is a UK artist that uses found objects and recycled materials to create something new. In an ongoing series entitled plastic classics, Perkins recreates famous artworks and portraits using found objects.

On her website Perkins says she gets most of her materials from charity shops, boot sales and the recycling centre in Exeter; along with donations from friends and neighbours. Perkins says each piece usually takes about three weeks and that she initially uses a glue gun so she can play with the layout and move objects around. Once satisfied, she paints the whole artwork with a layer of diluted PVA glue.

You can see more artworks on Jane’s website: www.bluebowerbird.co.uk

[via Ignant]

 

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Miniature Models of Famous Artists in their Studios

 

Joe Fig is an American painter and sculptor who began exploring artists’ working methods by interviewing over 50 artists, asking the same 15 questions of each. The intimate insights gleaned from the interviews led Fig to create meticulously crafted miniature models or dioramas of the artists at work in their studios. It also culminated in a book entitled, Inside the Painter’s Studio:

Inside an art gallery, it is easy to forget that the paintings there are the end products of a process involving not only creative inspiration, but also plenty of physical and logistical details. It is these “cruder,” more mundane aspects of a painter’s daily routine that motivated artist Joe Fig to embark almost ten years ago on a highly unorthodox, multilayered exploration of the working life of the professional artist.

 

Below you will find a small selection of famous artists in their studios including: Pollock, Matisse and de Kooning. You will also find contemporary artists whom Joe met and photographed personally before creating his dioramas. You can see much more on his website including close-ups of the artists’ studio spaces. The level of detail is truly extraordinary.

 

 

 

1. Jackson Pollock

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2. Willem de Kooning

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3. Inka Essenhigh

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4. Tom Friedman

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5. Malcolm Morley

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6. Chuck Close

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7. April Gornik

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8. Henri Matisse

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9. Steve Mumford

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10. Ross Bleckner

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11. Ursula von Rydingsvard

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12. Matthew Ritchie

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13. Self-Portrait

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14. Constantin Brâncuși

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These Two Brothers are Recreating Old Family Photos and it’s Hilarious

 

Joe Luxton and his brother thought it would be a funny idea to recreate a bunch of old family photos and turn them into a calendar for their Mom for Christmas. They were right and the results are hilarious.

Joe, who’s a designer at design studio Build, has created a tumblr entitled Then/Now to document the results. What makes the recreations so enjoyable is that you can tell the brothers made an effort to not only recreate the poses and facial expressions, but they also tried their best to match the wardrobes and backgrounds. They even got their dad (and dog) in on the act!

Be sure to check out Then/Now for the latest!

[via It’s Nice That]

 

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Photographer Travels Back in Time to Visit Her Younger Self

 

Imagine Finding Me is a series of unique double self-portraits which are created around a collection of childhood photographs taken from artist Chino Otsuka’s family album. In these digitally manipulated images, her present and past selves are snapped together in various locations and situations. As Chino describes:

“the digital process becomes a tool, almost like a time machine as I’m embarking on the journey where I once belonged and at the same time becoming a tourist of my own history.”

 

The series was turned into a 48-page book (ISBN 0-9550945-1-8) and published by TRACE. A newer book entitled Photo Album (ISBN: 978-1-907893-22-3) brings together seven distinct bodies of work by Otsuka, including Imagine Finding Me.
 
Born in Tokyo, Chino Otsuka came to Britain at the age of 10. The core of her photographic work is based on the personal experience arising from this move and her sense of a dual inheritance from both East and West. In many of her projects she uses self-portraiture to explore themes of belonging, identity and memory. For her, memory is a form of storytelling and the narrative element is important throughout her work. She is preoccupied with the idea of home, displacement, memory and loss. What makes a place a home and where does a sense of belonging come from? For Chino, tracing back and recreating the past is a way to deal with such issues.

[via Art Gallery of Ontario’s AIMIA Photography Prize and Bored Panda]

 

 

1. 1982 & 2005 – Paris, France

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2. 1980 & 1009 – Nagayama, Japan

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3. 1977 & 2009 – Luxembourg

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4. 1976 & 2005 – Kamakura, Japan

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5. 1981 & 2006 – Ofuna, Japan

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6. 1982 & 2006 – Tokyo, Japan

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7. 1979 & 2006 – Kamakura

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8. 1975 & 2005 – Spain

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9. 1975 & 2009 – Paris, France

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Toddler Directs Nanny in a Photo Shoot for the Ages

 

It all began when two-year-old Henry asked his nanny to take his photo. She obliged and Henry struck one of his many interesting poses. It didn’t end there though. Henry then asked if he could take a photo of her mimicking the exact same pose and #henrysconcepts was born.

Luckily for us, Henry’s nanny, Alex Neary, is also a portrait and wedding photographer (Wild Eyed Photography). Neary recognized the potential for a photo series and there are now 30+ portraits which you can find on her blog.

As Alex explains:

“Each of these photos is strictly Henry’s idea. He chooses the location and the pose. I take the photo of him and then he takes the photo of me. These are all taken with an iPhone.”

 

To see more photography from Alex be sure to check out her work at the online profiles below.

 

ALEX NEARY/WILD EYED PHOTOGRAPHY
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