This is a nice little Shepard Fairey primer the USA Network put out upon awarding Shepard with their new “Character Approved” accolade that “honors leading innovators who are shaping American Culture.”
Via: Wooster Collective

31 Jan 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

I’m off to Austin this morning. GSP vs BJ Penn 2 is Saturday. St Pierre is my guy by a long shot. I saw him in Houston at UFC 69 when he lost to Matt Serra. I will hold down things from Austin and I’m sure eastcoast will karate chop post this bitch up. In the meantime, go check out this sweet Magritte inspired fashion editorial.
You can probably catch me out at Jackalope this weekend or Habaneros! Give me a big touchpuppet slap [...]

30 Jan 09  /  Touchpuppet  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

On Monday I was in the print/archive room of Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts (the 4th largest museum in the country), looking over some of the greatest photographs ever taken (there was work by Avedon, Maplethorpe, Man Ray, Irving Penn, etc); yet none of them were on public display. To me that seemed like a terrible waste of great artwork, but unfortunately that’s just the way museums are forced to operate. So it was to my great surprise when I came across a recent New York Magazine article that addresses this very [...]

29 Jan 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

This is part two of our new weekly series, Pocket Camera Retro Wednesdays. For more details on the series, visit the first installment. Please leave us a comment and let us know what you think of Retro Wednesdays.
Full gallery after the jump!

28 Jan 09  /  Features, Retro Wednesday, Touchpuppet  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

I’m 5 posts late at this point, but whatever. It still works.

28 Jan 09  /  Touchpuppet  /  1 Comment  /  Zachary Hayes

Normally when I do one of these “photographer spotlights”, I try to provide a rough overview of the photographers work. This time however, I would like to specifically focus on Peter Lindbergh’s “Movie Stills” photoshoot, which is based off Martin Scorsese’s 1975 motion picture “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.”
Gallery after the jump.

27 Jan 09  /  Features, Photographer Spotlight, Photography  /  4 Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

David LaChapelle and Gisele Bundchen team up for a rather interesting photoshoot.
Full gallery after the jump (NSFW).

27 Jan 09  /  Models, Photography  /  6 Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

This is a couple months late, but still worth a visit.
Part one, here.
Part two, here.

27 Jan 09  /  Photography  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes