« Doux-amer » de Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt : photos d’animaux pas neuneus. Turquie, 2011 (Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt/Vu) Il y a beaucoup de livres de photos neuneu sur les animaux, tantôt présentés en situation des plus anthropomorphiquement niaises, tantôt transformés en bébêtes de peluches.
Ce doit être une bonne niche. Inde, 2008 (Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt/Vu) Les chiens de Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt n’y rentrent pas. Ni les autres quadrupèdes qu’il montre dans l’album « Doux-Amer ». France, 2009 (Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt/Vu) Jean-Cristophe Bailly écrit dans la préface : « C’est tout autre chose qu’un simple constat ou une simple dénonciation. » Le Caire, 1996 (Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt/Vu) D’abord, c’est une photographie. Belgique, 2001, couverture du livre « Doux-Amer » (Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt/Vu) Ses images sortent ainsi du bestiaire éditorial commun par des photos en noir et blanc extrêmement grises, des cadrages qui essaient de trouver dans l’animal ce qui lui reste d’autonomie ou d’histoire « d’avant » . « Doux-Amer » ? Joanna Lemanska / Photos. Michael Grab - Meditation, Balance, Art. Michael Grab, the land artist from Canada, found his great joy and peace of mind in using the power of gravity.
The process of creating his art of balance is not that easy as it might seam. It involves not only Grab’s physical but psychological abilities along with learning his inner self and nature around him. It’s very hard to believe that his work is done with his bare hands, no tools, no wire, no magic, only gravity. That is how his project got its name – Gravity glue, the only secret of his creations. Most of his installations were done in Boulder, Colorado since he moved there in 2002. Micheal says about his work: “Stone balance teaches the practitioner lessons through silence. Grab’s art won’t stay timeless in galleries and private collections, it won’t be sold on auctions, yet it will remain in photos and videos of the lucky ones who got to see his life performance of peace.
Aerial Photographs of Volcanic Iceland by Andre Ermolaev. At first glance these photos by Andre Ermolaev look like twisting abstract paintings, but in reality are aerial photos of rivers flowing through Iceland’s endless beds of volcanic ash.
Given its name and stereotypical depiction it’s somewhat surprising to learn that the small country named after ice is home to no less than 30 active volcanic systems. You’ll remember the eruption of the massive Grímsvötn volcano just last year that spewed some 120 million tons of ash in the first 48 hours and snarled air traffic for days. Of his photographs Ermolaev says: Iceland is a wonderful country; I would even say that it is a true paradise for all the photo shooting-lovers. But what has become a real discovery for me is the bird’s eye view of the rivers flowing along the black volcanic sand.
You can see much more of his work over on 500px.