UPDATE: Check out the 2011 Pirelli Calendar here!
Terry Richardson is shooting the 2010 Pirelli calendar on location at the beautiful UXUA Casa Hotel in Trancoso Brazil, and Vanity Fair has provided us with some behind the scenes shots of what we can except from the latest Pirelli offering.
NSFW images after the jump.

17 Jun 09  /  Photography  /  8 Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Vernissage TV has put up a great walk through video of Art Basel Switzerland.
In this part, there are the works of Gabriele di Matteo, Li Dafang, Willem Boshoff, David Shrigley, Marcel van Eeden, Mel Bochner, Anthony McCall, Sigmar Polke, Steven Shearer, Lawrence Weiner, Goran Petercol, Aernout Mik, Stephan Balkenhol, Tatjana Doll, Chen Zhen, Natalie Djurberg, Sarah Oppenheimer, Bharti Kher, Falke Pisano, Clegg & Guttmann, Banks Violette, and Hans op de Beeck.
Check out the first video walk through after the jump.

17 Jun 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

This is the first installment of a new weekly photo series–Super Diana Happy Shot–that we’re starting here at Touchpuppet. The series will be shot entirely on a Diana lomo camera, and we will be looking to you, the reader, for suggestions of what to shoot each week. This installment of the series was shot mostly in Austin, Tx. Enjoy and please leave us feedback for next week’s shoot! Otherwise we’ll just shoot whatever we want.

16 Jun 09  /  Photography, Touchpuppet  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Arrested Motion has provided some great photographs from the launch of one of this year’s biggest art events, Art Basel Switzerland.
Art 41 Basel takes place June 16 – 20, 2010.
The world’s premier international art show for Modern and contemporary works, Art Basel features nearly 300 leading galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa. More than 2,500 artists, ranging from the great masters of Modern art to the latest generation of emerging stars, are represented in the show’s multiple sections. The exhibition includes the highest-quality paintings, [...]

16 Jun 09  /  Art  /  1 Comment  /  Zachary Hayes

Steven Meisel really is a genius, and I don’t think that was fully expressed by our first spotlight on him. This time however, we have included five of our favorite shoots by him to help make it a little more obvious. Enjoy.

16 Jun 09  /  Features, Photographer Spotlight, Photography  /  8 Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Great editorial shot by Tim Walker for the June 2009 issue of Vogue Italia, featuring model Malgosia Bela.

16 Jun 09  /  Photography  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

The racy, orgy-tastic advertisement for Calvin Klein Jeans has outraged a new set of idiots, this time in New York’s SoHo district. What a pity. The original campaign was shot by touchpuppet favorite Steven Meisel, and as a service to idiots everywhere, I have included all images from the campaign after the jump. Note that the original TV spot for this campaign was banned in America, so go here and watch it.
Read the article here.
“I think it’s telling people [...]

15 Jun 09  /  Campaigns, Photography  /  1 Comment  /  Zachary Hayes

Duane Michals is an American fine art photographer noted for his metaphysical imagery and for his “creative extension of the possibilities of the photographic medium.” His works are often times best understood (intentionally) by our unconscious mind, where we are able to relate and comprehend on a more emotional level. His Madame Schrödinger’s Cat photos are some of my all time favorites (first images after the jump, but you’ll have to be aware of Schrödinger’s thought experiment to truly appreciate it). These traits are what have made Michals one of [...]

15 Jun 09  /  Features, Photographer Spotlight, Photography  /  2 Comments  /  Zachary Hayes