Remembering Chi Modu
Photography is so more than just pushing a button. You’re freezing time, you are archiving the past, moments nobody will ever get back. Photos are a way of remembering, a way of holding on to things that have come and gone. So the person taking the photo has a responsibility to portray that moment the best way they can. Photos are what make icons, idols, heroes. To capture the true essence of a person through the photo is so difficult, it’s not just telling someone to say cheese into a camera. For someone to be comfortable around you enough to make them feel at ease, natural and themselves is a blessing and that’s what great photographers do. They freeze a moment in time when someone was truly themselves to show the world.
Tommy Inberg interview: Shadow World
Check out our interview with Visual the artist.
Teresa Freitas Interview: A Pastel World
Teresa Freitas Interview What sort of imagery are you most naturally drawn to take photos of? I like to capture familiar motifs and then subvert them into something less tangible, making it more cinematic. I’ll be drawn by different things in different places — depends on my mood, the light, the colours, the moment, the […]
Remembering The Veiled Lady
Remembering The Veiled Lady It’s always special when something stops you in your tracks and makes you wonder how it was executed. Something that doesn’t rely on cheap tricks or gimmicks, you can tell it’s well crafted, and care was put into it. When the technique used to make something is clever enough to make you wonder, then it’s probably something you should hold on to.
POPULIST WEEKLY MIX IV
POPULIST WEEKLY MIX IV You Feel Me? Lemon Pepper Freestyle – Drake Ft Rick Ross Yea Yea – Pop Smoke Die Young – Roddy Ricch GOAT – Lil Tjay 4 Gang – 42 Dugg Mirror – Samiyam – Earl Sweatshirt Nobles – The Alchemist feat. Earl Sweatshirt & Navy Blue Uneven Compromise – Lil Ugly […]
Dan Chung Interview: Creating the RODEO Album Cover for Travis Scott
To little kids, dolls and action figures are a huge source of entertainment. You look up to and want to be like those figures your playing with. That’s why you have to be held in high regard to acquire the honor of having one made in your image. If you’re made into an action figure, you know you did something cool, A prestige not many of the famous have accomplished, you can’t just be famous to become an action figure, you have to be iconic.
The cover of Travis Scott’s album Rodeo, features his iconic action figure that was developed and made by none other than Dan Chung. Dan has been a figure sculptor for over 20 years and we got to ask him a few questions about the process as well as the story behind the Rodeo cover.. Do you remember your favorite action figure growing up?
