BLEU DE CHANEL AD BY MARTIN SCORSESE

I've always loved Scorsese's lighting and story telling. At first I was skeptical of a Scorsese directed ad. The 1:01 run time of this ad is perfect. His lighting, styling, camera work and colors are on par with his other work. I love seeing an artist branch into a different medium while staying true to their stylistic vision.

iandi

I published a new series of animations yesterday called iandi. I did the series in collaboration with Katherine Mathis, founder of Revolver Studios . These web based animations are inspired by the works of Robert Longo and the effect duality of personal identity has on human interaction.

Explosure by Tierney Gearon

The work in Tierney Gearon's series Explosure struck a strong cord with me today. Her work with film is truly an art form. Using double exposure in camera and using no digital post production or retouching her work is almost serendipitous while calculated. The subtle and suggested narratives paired with the ghosting images gives Gearson's work a surreal and ethereal quality. I am truly inspired by her work. These images came from her site www.tierneygearon.com

Todd Selby

Tom Sachs by Todd Selby

My friend, Jason Black, re-posted a NY Times article about Todd Selby, a New York based photographer who documents people in the places they live. The photographs are simple yet captivating in their exploration of the personality of the subject through their accommodations and surrounding environments. I particularly like the work he did of artist Tom Sachs at his studio, Robert Longo (I'm a huge fan of Longo) and Erin Wasson. Read more about Selby in The Times and check out his website.

Robert Longo by Todd Selby
Erin Wasson by Todd Selby

Theo Mercier

Theo Mercier's work is the most amazing thing I've stumbled upon all week (which includes a viewing of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and a man arguing with a goat that made me nearly piss myself the 18 times I watched it). I've re-posted some images I found on another blog I follow, acidolatte.blogspot.com of Mercier's. He is a French artist infusing sculpture and photography. I will say I'm not only inspired by his work but his age. He's 25. I'll let the images do the talking and you can do the research if you're interested. His website is theomercier.free.fr

Check out a review by Diane Pernet on Vevant.com

NOTRE JOUR VIENDRA

No idea what this film is about as I'm far from pretending to be fluent in French. The visuals and the previous works of Romain Gavras with MIA and Vincent Cassel (specifically his role in Gaspar Noe's Irreversible) makes me wildly intrigued. Check out the film's website here.

IPHONE VIDEO

This video shot by Marty Martin on just the iPhone 4. I'm impressed.

First Official iPhone 4 Music Video - flakjakt "Cascades" from Marty Martin. themartymartin.com on Vimeo.

CONTENT CHANGE

Since March of 2008 I have been posting primarily work of my own on this blog. Earlier this year in an attempt to unify my web presence I transferred this blog's content to another blog on my url and began blogging my work there. I've recently started utilizing Google Reader and found inspiration in other countless blog posts that I want to re-post. Enter the subject head and an announcement of a change in content for this blog. From today on I plan on utilizing this blog to post about things I find inspiration in that I'd like to share with the faceless masses. Please check out my official blog and continue to check back for updated inspiration here.

My desire to share inspiration comes from an exhibit I visited at Pier 24 here in San Francisco. After prints from Richard Avedon, Larry Clark, Phillip-Lorca diCorcia, Jeff Wall, Todd Hido and Diane Arbus sent chills up my spine I thought it only fitting to share this with the rest of the world. The exhibit space at Pier 24 is something every photographer and fan of photography should visit. The space is limited, you have to make a reservation for a tour and the current exhibit leaves at the end of this week. However, in September the public will have another chance to visit a new collection at this space. Please check out Pier24.org for more information.

STOP-MOTION LIVE

Tuesday, June 1st at 8:30 a.m. PST I will be shooting a stop-motion animation for Lafitte, a brand new and exciting restaurant from dissident chef Russell Jackson. We're going to be shooting in the restaurant and they have a web camera with a live feed into their kitchen. It's no accident that this camera happens to point right where we'll be shooting. Please check out THE CAMERA for all the madness that is stop-motion animation. A special thanks to Revolver Studios for the opportunity to create with such a culinary talent.


Follow @LafitteSF and @Revolver_SF on Twitter.

ACCELERATE

Last week I was in Las Vegas for work with Riverbed Technology. The company hosts an annual convention and this year I covered Accelerate 2010 for 4 days. This image is from the first day of set up. A special thanks to Alex Grossman, Jason Black, the Riverbed Executives and the event staff that put on such a colorful and informational event.

INKTANK VIDEO

Several months ago while culling through a shoot I did with Kristin in December, I noticed a poignant nuance in a series of frames. I made a mental note of it and moved on. This week those images came back out again and became part of a new motion animation. By combining the images from my (th)ink tank images and the images from Dichotomy in December, I have put together a new animation called 'inktank'. This is the first in a series I'll be starting this summer after I return from work in New Orleans and Las Vegas. Please check out the video on YouTube or preferably through the new motion section on my site.

TIME

Last month Katherine Mathis of Revolver Studios and I set out on our first of soon to be many creative endeavors. With no prior history of collaboration or working together, just a mutual respect for each others taste in art and literature, we agreed to make something creative out of an afternoon. That something formed into a stop motion video over 3 hours of shooting and 30 hours of editing. Check out the 3 or so minutes of visual fun. Check it out here on Youtube

(th)INK TANK

A few weeks ago I shot ink falling into a 10 gallon fish tank. The process of shooting just to make a beautiful image for no real purpose other than the act of creation is something I rarely get a chance to embrace. I plan to continue this series and incorporate the imagery onto a larger piece at a later date.

COLLABORATION : AD HOC

Friday I had a chance to shoot with Katherine Mathis. Katherine is a mutual friend who runs a marketing and branding company, Revolver Studios, and has a very well read and interesting view on art. We had tried to find the right inspiration and project to exercise our creative muscles with since late 2009 to no avail. Serendipity smiled and we both had a free afternoon but were without a plan for the end product. Throwing ourselves into the creative process we crafted a stop motion animation that happened completely organically on an ad hoc basis. Shooting stills for a stop motion animation is the first step and the editing process has yet to begin. I wanted to share the closing shot before next week brings me back into Sandbox Studio and the hustle of a new week begins.

SQUARESPACE SITE

I've been hard at work coding and uncoding, making and unmaking, remaking and unmaking, then coding again... it's been a little maddening. However, I'm proud to say my desire for a more interactive website with a unified cohesive web presence is almost complete. I still need to transfer a little bit more coding to the server but it's almost ready for the viewing public. For a preview please check www.brandonjosephbaker.squarespace.com.