If you’ve been one of the thousands of people begging for someone to come along and purchase the remaining Polaroid factories and equipment, then I have good news for you… its happened. Named ‘Impossible b.v.’, the new company has some very lofty goals and no shortage of hurdles to tackle in order to accomplish everything. Visit their website and do what you can to help.

Polaroid is transforming itself from an analog Instant Film Production Company to a global Consumer Electronics and Digital Imaging company.
Production of analog Instant Film stopped in June [...]

18 Jan 09  /  Photography  /  2 Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Since its beginnings, American Apparel’s ads, often shot by CEO Dov Charney, have oft flirted with the idea of nakedness—very very young girls revealing their impressive flexibility in leotards, exulting the return of Short Shorts, or occupying second-hand couches wearing panties, come-hither looks, and little else. Somehow, Charney’s ads, which double as cheeky send ups of exploitation chic and clear examples of actual exploitation, have become targets for post-Feminist love and ire. The blogger Reverse Cowgirl, for one, revels in the new straight-up nakedness of the new American Apparel ads featuring professional porn performers Sasha Grey (20, [...]

17 Jan 09  /  Uncategorized  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Ah, Mr. Veltman. I wrote an essay in college on Olaf Veltman’s award winning  “Deal With the Devil/Reassuringly Expensive” campaign for Stella Artois (the idea being that Stella is worth it’s higher price of admission, even if that price is your soul). I guess that was back during the summer of 2005. He’s a very curious and rather reclusive photographer, having isolated himself on a remote farm near the small Netherlands town of Lieveren. He is primarily a commercial photographer working in advertising.

One of Veltman’s greatest attributes is that he possesses an [...]

17 Jan 09  /  Campaigns, Features, Photographer Spotlight, Photography  /  3 Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Ron English was recently out in Hong Kong to unveil a couple of his latest products; a “Abraham Obama” bust and a vinyl Charlie Brown called “Smile”. His McBuddy sculpture (pictured above) is still my favorite.
Ron and his McBuddy rule Hong Kong with an iron fist and an army of undead Charlie Browns… Making the rounds in old Hong Kong this week was Supertouch’s own RON ENGLISH who hit up the island for the official debut of two of his new toy projects: his ABRAHAM OBAMA bust and SMILE figure. First up was his “Smile” reception at GARAGEWORKS [...]

17 Jan 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Garance Dore is an illustrator-photographer-blogger who runs the self-titled blog Garance Dore. I’ve loved her illustrations and photos since the first time I saw them and now that her site is being translated into English, her writing is just as charming.
As a related note, when do we get the real and final answer on why French girls are so ridiculously perfect?

17 Jan 09  /  Fashion  /  1 Comment  /  Zachary Hayes

16 Jan 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

This is too funny.
UPDATE: Well, Vimeo apparently pulled the video… But never fear, as I managed to find it on YouTube. Not sure how long it’ll stay up there, so enjoy it while you can. Also, there are some “outtakes” from this video that you can view here.

16 Jan 09  /  Video  /  2 Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

This a short clip from IMAX Presents – Straight Up: Helicopters in Action. Rather crazy I must say.

15 Jan 09  /  Uncategorized  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes