Flippantly titled “The Generational: Younger Than Jesus,” the building-wide show, which runs from April 8 through June 14, will present an international sampling of artists 33 and under who were born and bred in the computer age.
“They constitute the largest demographic since the baby boomers,” said Massimiliano Gioni, director of special exhibitions at the New Museum, who organized the show with Laura Hoptman, the New Museum’s senior curator, and Lauren Cornell, the museum’s adjunct curator.
Full article here.
PS: Sorry for the recent hiatus. We”ve been on holiday. But we are back!

10 Mar 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

04 Mar 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Heltmut Newton was a fashion photographer known most famously for his nude studies of women. He’s one of my favorites and I consider him to be an icon of his era. However, I’m mostly featuring him here today because I was very surprised to learn that he isn’t as well known as I had thought. That just won’t do. NSFW gallery after the jump.

03 Mar 09  /  Features, Photographer Spotlight, Photography  /  2 Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Some fresh new banksy piecies have popped up in London. Check out the rest here!

03 Mar 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

A pink dolphin has been spotted in Lake Calcasieu, an inland saltwater estuary in Louisiana. Incredibly rare, the young bottlenose is attracting a lot of attention from people hoping to catch a glimpse.
Touchpuppet has not been involved in the pink dyeing of this creature, he’s just your typical albino. Promise.
Story here.

03 Mar 09  /  Uncategorized  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

This is Richard Nicholson’s photo documentary of London’s remaining professional darkrooms.
This project, shot on 4″x5″ film, documents London’s remaining professional darkrooms. It is based on my nostalgia for a dying craft (there are no young printers). It is in these rooms that printers have worked their magic, distilling the works of photographers such as David Bailey, Anton Corbijn and Nick Knight into a recognisable ‘look’.
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Several of the darkrooms featured have since closed down. Others will surely follow. (The darkroom with the slogan pinned [...]

01 Mar 09  /  Photography  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Good news everyone! Pocket Camera Retro Wednesdays will be returning this week after its unannounced, and surely unoticed, temporary hiatus. I had actually lost my camera, which explains everything and I can simply end this sentenence without giving you anymore details… right about now.
Also, you may have–or may not have–noticed the new site design. It’s still in the early stages as I am slowly polishing everything off and trying to add some more functionality to the site. Hope you enjoy.

01 Mar 09  /  Features, Retro Wednesday, Touchpuppet  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

01 Mar 09  /  Video  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes