Chris Frazer Smith Winner in Applied Arts Competition

Chris Frazer Smith’s “Red Setter” image won for best photography in the advertising category of Applied Arts Magazine’s 2011 competition. The winners will be showcased in the May/June 2011 issue, on their website, and at Applied Arts’ annual exhibit. The exhibit will be held on October 26th and 27th at Artscape Wychwood Barns in Toronto.

Credits:
Client – Bayer Chemical
Agency – Zone Marketing
Art Director – Robin Horrex

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Anton Watts Fisker Karma editorial for Top Gear UK

Photographer and director Anton Watts worked with Top Gear’s Creative Director, Charlie Turner, to photograph the $90,000.00 Fisker Karma four-door sedan, the world’s first luxury hybrid. There is also an open-topped version called the Sunset which is in the works and is meant to debut later this year. Fisker Automotive is named after co-founder Henrik Fisker, the former head of design for Aston Martin. About a billion dollars has been invested in the launch of this new line of hybrid cars. Fiskers combine the looks of a Maserati with the performance and ride of a Jaguar while emitting fewer emissions than a Prius.

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Katie Murray featured at Saatchi Online Magazine

Photographer Katie Murray’s series entitled “Lost Boys” was featured at Saatchi Online. The work was selected by Rebecca Wilson. Wilson is the former editor of both ArtReview and Modern Painters.

“Lost Boys” is a result of Katie Murray’s travels with the prog-punk band, An Albatross. These pictures are portraits of boys/young men, generally in their teens and early twenties, which reference the history of portraiture in photography by engaging in a similar subject matter to that of Brassais work in the 1920s. They also infer the formal and psychological aspects of August Sander and Diane Arbus portraits. This work was made up and down the east coast of the United States at various noise punk shows, where a specific kind of androgynous sub-culture exists. Here, there is a sense of rebellion, as if this is a last stance against conventional societal. They revel in their isolation from the norm, however uncomfortable.


To view Katie’s series online, click here.

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Ture Lillegraven photo in Spin Magazine’s 2010 best photos round-up

Photographer Ture Lillegraven’s photo of the band, My Chemical Romance, was one of Spin Magazine’s featured pics for their year-end list, SPIN’s 20 Best Photos of 2010.

Photo Editor, Michelle Egiziano writes:
“Ture can handle anything with grace, creativity, and wit,” says Egiziano. “He delivers the most dynamic and engaging photos and the bands all love him. I’m not sure MCR knew what they walked into that day, but we had them mercilessly running up and down the side of a pool, rallying a jeep, and playing with a giant inflatable panda bear on a very warm California afternoon. Gerard, Ray, Mikey, and Frank were my heroes!”

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