Just wanted to let you all know that I am leaving for Tokyo, Japan in a few hours. I’ll be there til August 16, so the site will probably slow down a little. However I will be updating from there about my trip as much as possible with photos and such. We have a ton of exciting things planned for the site while we’re there, so stay tuned!
<3,
- Zach.

02 Aug 09  /  Touchpuppet  /  5 Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Greetings everyone! I am excited to announce that TOUCHPUPPET is now taking submissions for a new weekly series called Reader Talent, wherein we highlight some of the talented readers on our site. Submission requirements are as follow:

1 to 2 images, at least 600px wide (very important).
Short description of yourself, no more than a paragraph.
Link to your portfolio/blog/website.

That’s it! I have no idea how many readers we will feature each week, it all just depends on how many submissions we get. This series is open to all mediums of art so don’t [...]

27 Jul 09  /  Touchpuppet  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

The fashion photography of Chris Searl. From his bio:
As a photographer Chris has completed national and international campaigns for Levis, Mooks, Mambo, Sony Music, Bonds, Stussy, Insight, Modular Records, Volcom, DC Shoes and a number of magazine titles, including The Sunday Magazine, Vice, Intersection, Oyster, Nylon and Japans ‘Beikoku Ongaku’. As a director Chris has completed full production on a cinema commercial for the General Pants Clothing Group, directed and shot a series of 3 commercials for Nike, station idents for World Movies/SBS and an aria commercial for Triple J. Chris is a founding partner and currently works as both [...]

24 Jul 09  /  Campaigns, Features, Photographer Spotlight, Touchpuppet  /  1 Comment  /  Zachary Hayes

So touchpuppet crowd, what do you think? I will probably make an order for these shirts before I leave for Tokyo on August 2. Would you rock our t-shirts? Lets us know! If everyone hates them I will be more than happy to go back and design something else.

19 Jul 09  /  Touchpuppet  /  7 Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Thanks to everyone who participated in our giveaway a few weeks ago. The winners will receive a  copy of The Mona Lisa Curse by Robert Hughes, and those winners are: Adam, Nikolay, Nils, Emma, and Knudzich. I will email all of you soon for your mailing addresses.

01 Jul 09  /  Touchpuppet  /  1 Comment  /  Zachary Hayes

Ok, here’s the deal. I have a copy of Robert Hughes‘s epic documentary on the contemporary art market, The Mona Lisa Curse. I want other people to see it, so I’ve decided to offer it to our readers. All you have to do is leave a comment below, and I will randomly select five of you to receive a burned to DVD copy of the documentary. I will pick the winners July 1st.
In return, all you have to do is watch the documentary and pass it on to a friend (think [...]

25 Jun 09  /  Touchpuppet  /  11 Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

This is week #2 of our new weekly photo series shot entirely using Diana cameras, Super Diana Happy Shot. This week’s installment features shots from Aly’s (eastcoast) trip to Mexico and our night out at our favorite pub. More to follow.

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

I bought some new goodies the other day. Two collection worthy magazines, both featuring Kate Moss covers. The new issue of TAR featuring Damien Hirst’s vivisection of Kate Moss, and the swimsuit issue of V Magazine (that you can see here) featuring practically every model ever (all shot by touchpuppet regular Mario Testino). Now I just need to get the Gisele cover of the V Magazine swimsuit issue. Aly, get on that!

22 Jun 09  /  Touchpuppet  /  2 Comments  /  Zachary Hayes