Film Noir
   Rupert Vandervell, www.rupertvandervell.co.uk
  Inspirations.  
    
       
           Man. Kiki. Lee.        
 
        
          
    
        
           The muses of Emmanuel Radnitzky (Man Ray)
"All I need is an onion, a bit of bread, and a bottle of ...        
 
       
    
       
           Conformity        
 
        
          
    
        
           “Modern man has become a cog in a very complex society. We live in a society that praises individu...        
 
       
    
       
           Bubble        
 
        
          
    
        
           The Bubble series by Melvin Sokolsky for Harper’s Bazaar 1963. Melvin Sokolsky (born 1933) is an A...        
 
       
    
       
           Uncanny Bodies        
 
        
          
    
        
           There is a space of imagination stretching between brain, lens and body: Photography by Ariana Molly...        
 
       
    
       
           Trees in Winter        
 
        
          
    
        
           A series utilizing random patterns in nature to reveal mathematical beauty, by Ansen Seale.        
 
       
    
       
           Woman. Black. White.        
 
        
          
    
        
           Black and white photos of charismatic women.        
 
       
    
       
           Observatoires        
 
        
          
    
        
           Noémie Goudal is a French artist who graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2010 with an MA in ...        
 
       
    
       
           101 x 101        
 
        
          
    
        
           AFTER STUDYING GRAPHIC AND PRODUCT DESIGN AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY FOR ART AND DESIGN KARLSRUHE IN GE...        
 
       
    
       
           Nauru        
 
        
          
    
        
           Nauru was first inhabited at least 3,000 years ago. Inhabitants caught ibija fish, acclimatised them...        
 
       
    
       
           SCHNAPPVIECHER        
 
        
          
    
        
           The Krampus in Salzburg, Austria was the first beast Charles Fréger  encountered during his two-yea...        
 
       
    
       
           Opie        
 
        
          
    
        
           Julian Opie studied at Goldsmiths´ College (1979-82) under Michael Craig-Martin, for whom he briefl...        
 
       
    
       
           The contemporary condition        
 
        
          
    
        
           Fred Guillaud (France, 1973) is photographer, architect and teacher. He lives and works  in Barcelon...        
 
       
    
       
           Orange mecanique        
 
        
          
    
        
           Philippe Jarrigeon, photographer and publisher, was born in 1982 in France. He graduated from ECAL  ...        
 
       
    
       
           "I’m an outsider"        
 
        
          
    
        
           Born in New York City in 1928, William Klein studied sociology while enrolled at City College of New...        
 
       
    
       
           Spacecraft        
 
        
          
    
        
           Raised in Maryland, Nicholas Alan Cope moved to Los Angeles in 2004 and attended Art Center College ...        
 
       
    
       
           Josef Sudek        
 
        
          
    
        
           Josef Sudek (b. March 17, 1896, Kolin, Bohemia – d. September 15, 1976) was a Czech photographer, ...        
 
       
    
       
           Mirrors        
 
        
          
    
        
           Jeannette Montgomery Barron was born in 1956 in Atlanta and studied at the International Center of P...        
 
       
    
       
           Charles Negre        
 
        
          
    
        
           Charles Negre is an independent studio photographer living and working in Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           Pareidolia        
 
        
          
    
        
           Pareidolia's narrative is based on the events surrounding the creation of Eugen Herrigel's book Zen ...        
 
       
    
       
           constructing meaning in 3 steps        
 
        
          
    
        
           Frank Hülsbömer was born 1968 in Münster/Germany.        
 
       
    
       
           Iraq        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photojournalist Luke Wolagiewicz lives in London. Over the last 15 years he has worked across the Mi...        
 
       
    
       
           The 2015 best of penccil        
 
        
          
    
        
           This was an extraordinary year. The world went through a series of shocks and shake-ups, and in betw...        
 
       
    
       
           The Other Side        
 
        
          
    
        
           There's always another side, other stories and new faces behind the glamorous curtains of the fashio...        
 
       
    
       
           Oskar Schlemmer: Das Triadische Ballett        
 
        
          
    
        
           After Walter Gropius founded the stage workshop in 1921, Oskar Schlemmer, the head of the stage work...        
 
       
    
       
           Spatial Objects        
 
        
          
    
        
           Spatial Objects is the result of Dan Holdsworth’s ongoing enquiry into contemporary photographic p...        
 
       
    
       
           picking figs in the ˚̥̞̞̽̽ͯ garden while my world eats Itself        
 
        
          
    
        
           picking figs in the ˚̥̞̞̽̽ͯ garden while my world eats Itself is a curatorial poetry collabor...        
 
       
    
       
           Hello Winter        
 
        
          
    
        
           Hello winter . A small selection of landscape photography made in the Atlantic islands of Azores dur...        
 
       
    
       
           Mark Fast        
 
        
          
    
        
           Mark Fast moved to London in 2002 to study at Central Saint Martins. He completed his BA there and w...        
 
       
    
       
           The Slave Ship        
 
        
          
    
        
           But, I think, the noblest sea that Turner has ever painted, and, if so, the noblest certainly ever p...        
 
       
    
       
           Ankara: From pioneering modernism to revivalist mimicry        
 
        
          
    
        
           Ankara: Öncü modernizmden öykünmeci mimesise
Murat Germen is an artist using photography as an ...        
 
       
    
       
           UN_NATURAL BESTIARY        
 
        
          
    
        
           In this work Andrea Alessio collects, as in an ancient bestiary, a series of animal images. The fore...        
 
       
    
       
           ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN        
 
        
          
    
        
           I would like to introduce this new series of photos by Andrea Alessio by appealing to an axiom that ...        
 
       
    
       
           Behind the walls        
 
        
          
    
        
           Paolo Ventura was born in Milan in 1968. His work has been exhibited in museums and private gallerie...        
 
       
    
       
           Lo Zuavo Scomparso        
 
        
          
    
        
           Paolo Ventura was born in Milan in 1968. His work has been exhibited in museums and private gallerie...        
 
       
    
       
           Bender Chair        
 
        
          
    
        
           The human body is not built for rigid sitting on a chair over an extended period. In fact, moving an...        
 
       
    
       
           RGB Studio        
 
        
          
    
        
           RGB Studio is Rob Brearley, a graphic designer & art director based in Leeds UK. He continues to dev...        
 
       
    
       
           Technological Exaptation        
 
        
          
    
        
           Images by photographer and set designer Maxime Guyon, currently living and working between Lyon (Fra...        
 
       
    
       
           Parisian Still Lifes        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Romain Bernardie James, born 1980, lives and works in Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           Volkswagen Jetta        
 
        
          
    
        
           Herla King,2010-2012. Mirror and colored vinyls & spray-paint on 1984 Volkswagen Jetta. Etienne Bard...        
 
       
    
       
           Inside is Out - Outside is In        
 
        
          
    
        
           photography by Thomas Skou, Copenhagen.        
 
       
    
       
           Aeronauts        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Benedict Redgrove was born in Woodley near Reading, England. He studied at Berkshire Co...        
 
       
    
       
           Ramona Rosales Portraits        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Ramona Rosales lives and works in Los Angeles.        
 
       
    
       
           Memory & Form        
 
        
          
    
        
           Paul is an Australian-Taiwanese photographer living and working in New York. He studied in Milano an...        
 
       
    
       
           Low Tech        
 
        
          
    
        
           Kevin Twomey´s first study of light came from studying theatrical lighting where he learned the abi...        
 
       
    
       
           White Rooms        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Wouter Hogendorp from Den Haag documents the beauty of architectural details: light, th...        
 
       
    
       
           Dominik Tarabanski        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Dominik Tarabanski was born in Poland. He lives and works in NYC.        
 
       
    
       
           The Great Travelling Art Exhibition        
 
        
          
    
        
           Drawings created on the rear shutters of white haulage trucks are done by scribing into the layer of...        
 
       
    
       
           New York by Louis Faurer        
 
        
          
    
        
           Louis Faurer (1916 –  2001) was an American fashion and street photographer. The significance of h...        
 
       
    
       
           The Long River        
 
        
          
    
        
           Nadav Kander came to China several times in 2005 to 2007, visited 186 cities and traveled along the ...        
 
       
    
       
           Dismaland        
 
        
          
    
        
           Open until September 27 2015 in Weston super Mare. With art by Andreas Hykade, Amir Schiby, Ammar An...        
 
       
    
       
           algorithms that distort, abstract and taint        
 
        
          
    
        
           Digital Natives by British/ Colombian artist Matthew Plummer-Fernandez.  Everyday items such as dete...        
 
       
    
       
           Things As They Are        
 
        
          
    
        
           Erin O´Keefe is a visual artist and architect based in New York City and New Brunswick, Canada. She...        
 
       
    
       
           Two Glass        
 
        
          
    
        
           Two Create was founded in 2002 by husband and wife team Lucy and Tobie Snowdowne. The couple met whi...        
 
       
    
       
           It Must Be Beautiful        
 
        
          
    
        
           Bus stop embellishments in Belarus.
Photographer Alexandra Soldatova was born in 1983. She graduated...        
 
       
    
       
           Ginzburg and Milinis: Narkomfin        
 
        
          
    
        
           Narkomfin Apartment Building, 25 Novinskii Boulevard, Moscow. Architects: Moisei Ginzburg and Ignati...        
 
       
    
       
           Seventies Portraits        
 
        
          
    
        
           Beautiful black and white portraits from the seventies.        
 
       
    
       
           Time Bandits        
 
        
          
    
        
           Visual communication artist Sabine Marx-Nieder is based in Munich, Germany.        
 
       
    
       
           Simon Vahala ....things that simply just happen        
 
        
          
    
        
           ... things that simply just happen, with no one noticing or caring. The subject? Nature inscribed by...        
 
       
    
       
           André Kertész        
 
        
          
    
        
           André Kertész (1894-1985) was born in Austria-Hungary. In 1912, he bought his first camera and m...        
 
       
    
       
           Hell & Heaven        
 
        
          
    
        
           John Martin was born near Hexham, Northumberland. He was apprenticed first to an heraldic coach pain...        
 
       
    
       
           Muhamma        
 
        
          
    
        
           Happy days in the town of Muhamma, Kerala, India. 
Images (C) Mario Gagliardi 2014.        
 
       
    
       
           Hotel Metropole        
 
        
          
    
        
           Hotel Metropole, Mysore, India. This remarkable building was constructed by the Maharaja of Mysore t...        
 
       
    
       
           The ghost of Vasco Da Gama        
 
        
          
    
        
           Kappad beach near Kozhikode (Calicut), India, where the Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama landed on ...        
 
       
    
       
           Travel Stories        
 
        
          
    
        
           Images from Taichung, Taiwan; Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Berlin, Germany; Frankfu...        
 
       
    
       
           Cope: Product        
 
        
          
    
        
           Raised in Maryland, photographer Nicholas Alan Cope moved to Los Angeles in 2004 and attended the Ar...        
 
       
    
       
           Cope: Architecture        
 
        
          
    
        
           Raised in Maryland, photographer Nicholas Alan Cope moved to Los Angeles in 2004 and attended the Ar...        
 
       
    
       
           Seen or remembered        
 
        
          
    
        
           Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
Ben...        
 
       
    
       
           Postcards from Miami        
 
        
          
    
        
           Art Deco in Miami Beach. Photos (C) Mario Gagliardi        
 
       
    
       
           Brasilia, Brazil        
 
        
          
    
        
           Brasilia, Brazil, 1997. Photos have been taken on an analog camera with Kodachrome Film. (C) Mario G...        
 
       
    
       
           The medium is the message        
 
        
          
    
        
           World records: a tribute to analog acoustic art by Kai Schäfer. The great albums in music history...        
 
       
also:
 Night Stories        
 
        
  
 (C) Mario Gagliardi 2014        
      
        
       
 
 Choreography of pictorial fetishes        
 
        
  
 Afterword by WM Hunt
These are photographs.
These exist uniquely as photographs. The artist, Manuel ...        
      
        
       
 
 VIENTO EN POPA        
 
        
  
 Mixed Technique        
      
        
       
 
 Tree Calligraphy        
 
        
  
 The fingers of the Ents splayed out reaching to connect with all who listen and feel.        
      
        
       
 
 Bus station        
 
        
  
 Photos captured as a part of incomplete project looking to be completed.        
      
        
       
 
 Twenty Twentyone        
 
        
  
 Impressions from Vienna in the latter half of 2021. Images by Mario Gagliardi.        
      
        
       
 
 Parallel Universe        
 
        
  
 Sometimes, you can catch one of these scenes when things seem less real, as if another version of re...        
      
        
       
 
 Surface N° 2        
 
        
  
 Arctic Paper presents Surface N° 2 – a second edition featuring a specially curated selection of ...        
      
        
       
 
 Last and First Men        
 
        
  
 The first and last movie by iconic Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969 - 2018). With his mu...        
      
        
       
 
 Paris        
 
        
  
 Paris 2019. (C) Mario Gagliardi        
      
        
       
 
 Synecdoche [IV]        
 
        
  
 Photo-collage : Right part Sarah Moon photography for Pirelli Calendar, 1972; left part, unknown pho...        
      
        
       
 
 Street Life        
 
        
  
 Photographic impressions in the streets of Tokyo and Kyoto. (C) Mario Gagliardi        
      
        
       
 
 Energy        
 
        
  
 Every photo has an energy, a direction, and a story. I do not own this story.        
      
        
       
 
 Bones, Stones, Sticks, & Stones        
 
        
  
 Digital photography and manipulation on paper.        
      
        
       
 
 Dawson        
 
        
  
 Yukon Territory, Canada        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Romantic Modern: The California Architecture of Harwell Hamilton Harris. Writer and Designer, Ted We...        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Casting Shadows, Auguste Rodin. Writer and Designer.        
      
        
       
 
 Hoi An        
 
        
  
 Ancient Town in Vietnam and South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century
2...        
      
        
       
 
 worlds of planet earth        
 
        
  
 A set of photos from different places on Earth.
2018        
      
        
       
 
 Painted by Time        
 
        
  
 Inricate patterns created by lichens, made over time around the tiny cracks of ceramic tiles. (C) Ma...        
      
        
       
 
 penccil: This was 2017        
 
        
  
 The penccil year in review is a project selection for 2017, this year curated by Mario Gagliardi. Se...        
      
        
       
 
 Wayne Sorce:  Urban Color        
 
        
  
 "Wayne Sorce: Urban Color" is on view from October 21st through November 30th at Joseph Bellows Gall...        
      
        
       
 
 Maurice Binder        
 
        
  
 Maurice Binder was a film title designer best known for his work on 14 James Bond films including th...        
      
        
       
 
 The wall        
 
        
  
 photography and theoretical  project about the The seperation wall between Israel and the west bank        
      
        
       
 
 Swiernalis        
 
        
  
 Polish alternative musician Swiernalis        
      
        
       
 
 American Food        
 
        
  
 Davide Luciano is a New York based conceptual food and beverage photographer and motion artist. His ...        
      
        
       
 
 Franz De Lacroix        
 
        
  
 Model: Franz De Lacroix / Average is Boring
Photographer: Paulina Wyszynska        
      
        
       
 
 Brazil Modernism        
 
        
  
 20th century architecture in Brazil, including work by Lina Bo Bardi, Lúcio Costa, Affonso Reidy, O...        
      
        
       
 
 Peter Zumthor: Thinking Architecture        
 
        
  
 A selection of remarkable work by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor.        
      
        
       
 
 E=C=L=I=P=S=E        
 
        
  
 Cerith Wyn Evans is a Welsh sculptor and filmmaker. He worked as an assistant to Derek Jarman, at th...        
      
        
       
 
 Struth: Nature & Politics        
 
        
  
 Thomas Struth´s work shows us highly complex equipment, structures and constructions. His pictures ...        
      
        
       
 
 This City        
 
        
  
 This City is an audio-visual piece performed as musical alter-ego Mark Eats. It explores what happen...        
      
        
       
 
 Obsolete Distinction        
 
        
  
 In contemporary society, the digital world pervades the physical to such an extent that any distinct...        
      
        
       
 
 Liqen        
 
        
  
 Liqen was born in 1980, in Vigo, a port and industrial city of Galicia, in Spain. Since very little,...        
      
        
       
 
 L’ITALIA CI GUARDIA        
 
        
  
 On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the birth of the Italian Republic, 40 masters of photogra...        
      
        
       
 
 Design & Politics        
 
        
  
 Photo series "design and politics" by Philippe Jarrigeon, photographer and publisher, born in 1982 i...        
      
        
       
 
 Julius Shulman: Visual Drama        
 
        
  
 "Julius had an eye for visual drama. With modernist buildings, he loved capturing the strong lines s...        
      
        
       
 
 Memories of Ruins: Rebecca Bathory        
 
        
  
 Finding beauty in darkness, poetry and meaning in the forgotten and surreal, imaginary worlds amongs...        
      
        
       
 
 Toshio Onda        
 
        
  
 Japanese Fashion photographer Toshio Onda studied at the University of West England. He lives in Par...        
      
        
       
 
 Rayan Ayash        
 
        
  
 Rayan Ayash is a Fashion Photographer based in New York & Paris.        
      
        
       
 
 Palmyra, End of March, 2016        
 
        
  
 Palmyra. City of Mesopotamia, city of the Phoenicians, of the Assyrians, the Greeks, the Persians, a...        
      
        
       
 
 The end of history - La fin de l´histoire        
 
        
  
 "Belief in progress is irresistible. In flattering the eye it blinds us. Standing in the middle of t...        
      
        
       
 
      
      
    
      
      
        The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.
— Jackson Pollock
        
       
     
       
        — Jackson Pollock
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