I hate pocket cameras. I hate Merkley??? I hate the tediously generic (TG) look of the majority of photography circulating the web right now. I hate pocket cameras.  I was gifted a pocket camera for Christmas. So, while driving home today and thinking of how Friedlander (look him up if you aren’t following along) was essentially a digital Flickr photography whore who just happened to use a film camera, I came upon the idea of “Pocket Camera Retro Wednesdays (PoCaReW-TG).” What better use of my free time then to perpetuate the very [...]

21 Jan 09  /  Features, Photography, Retro Wednesday, Touchpuppet  /  4 Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Found a nice interview with gonzo-photographer superstar Terry Richardson over at TrendLand. Videos after the jump (its three parts).

21 Jan 09  /  Photography  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Rubens is a talented graphic artist from São Paulo.
I don’t draw with my mind; I draw with the soul. And everything inspires my soul. Everything. – Rubens LP

View the rest HERE.

21 Jan 09  /  Uncategorized  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

I managed to cut server load times in half! Hopefully the site will be a lot faster now. I made a lot of changes behind the scenes (for those that care: switched to PHP5 FastCGI, optimized the MySQL databases and added another caching engine for the site, also did away with a few other blogs and forums that were being hosted on my sever) so if you come across any strange errors please let me know as it’s probably my fault.
If you enjoy this site and you have any requests/suggestions, we’d love to hear them!

21 Jan 09  /  Touchpuppet  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

20 Jan 09  /  Touchpuppet  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

An editorial to remind you that warm weather will come once again. Or inspire you to relocate to the southern hemisphere.
From Sposabella, 2008. Photographer Andreas Sjodin.
Via modelcouture

20 Jan 09  /  Fashion  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Just a quick note that you can now follow TOUCHPUPPET on Twitter if you prefer to get your updates that way. The site will automatically update Twitter every time a new post is made. We will also be announcing site updates and news from our Twitter account. Follow us here: www.twitter.com/touchpuppet

19 Jan 09  /  Touchpuppet  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Wooo! My shirt got here a few days ago, just thought I’d share. If you want one, go order it here. Also, I’ll be in Austin for the next few days so updates might be a little slower than normal (hopefully eastcoast can pick up the slack . Any touchpuppet readers from the Austin area?

19 Jan 09  /  Touchpuppet  /  1 Comment  /  Zachary Hayes