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Il maestro incisore Mario Stefanutti mostra come si fa un'acquatinta seconda parte. Hundenacht. Sebastião Salgado: A gallery of spectacular photographs. The vast tail of a Southern right whale, photographed near Argentina in 2004. Ask photojournalists to name a peer they admire, and Sebastião Salgado’s name is sure to crop up. The Brazilian is renowned for the long-term projects he undertakes, devoting years at a time to documenting the story of a particular people or the evolution of a certain place. Sebastião Salgado: The silent drama of photographyAs he describes in the talk he gave at TED2013, his attention to detail and his personal attachment to his subjects caused health problems that nearly killed him. Thankfully, he didn’t give up. His most recent project is Genesis, which he describes as “my love letter to the planet” and for which he spent eight years traveling the world to photograph humans, animals and nature in their native glory.

(To read more details about Salgado’s process, see this rather lovely Q&A with TED photographer Ryan Lash.) The scale is appropriate. An iceberg photographed on the Antarctic Peninsula. Look, ma! Bench To Bench by Martino Gamper. 2011 Hackney Wick, London, Uk Concrete, laser cut and rolled steel - galvanised and powder coated, wood composite (made from a composite of recycled hardwood fibre and high density polythene), reclaimed tatajuba (wood) from the Chelsea College of Art, London. Bespoke street furniture designed by Martino Gamper is the latest public art offering in the Olympic fringe area. The art works commissioned by the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (LTGDC) to deal with poor connections and access to Hackney Wick - an area which sits next to the Olympic Stadium - provide local community benefits but have stimulated a lively debate over the role that public art should play in delivering a legacy for east London.

Called ‘Bench to Bench’, Martino Gamper has created bespoke pieces of street furniture constructed from recycled materials. London Thames Gateway Development Corporation is the key government agency responsible for delivering social and economic growth to transform east London. Richard Nonas. Richard Nonas I Residency from January to July 1995 Richard Nonas was born in 1936. He lives and works in New York. Richard Nonas was an ethnologist for 10 years, living with the indians in the Sonora Desert in Mexico.

He developped his creative approach in the 1970's, and was a member of the group "Anarchitecture" with Gordon Matta Clarck and Richard Serra. He has had many solo exhibitions in various galleries and museums: at the Georgia State University Art Gallery, Atlanta, in 1982; at Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, in 1988; at the Ace Gallery, New York, in 1991; at the Hubert Winter Gallery, Vienna, in 1993; Le Consortium, Centre d'Art, Dijon, in 1993; at MAMCO, Geneva, in 1996; and at the Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, in 2001. Nonas uses his experience as an ethnologist in his creative process: he searches to understand the complexity of the world that surrounds him.

RNDRD. 简体字Jiǎntǐzì. The Geotaggers' World Atlas. Pablo Delfos - Wall. Studio112 photography. 09/10/11 - 16/10/11. Art Project, powered by Google.