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           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...        
 
       
    
       
           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.        
 
       
    
       
           Observatoires        
 
        
          
    
        
           Noémie Goudal is a French artist who graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2010 with an MA in ...        
 
       
    
       
           Mass, space, plane and line        
 
        
          
    
        
           "The essence of architecture is the interrelation and interaction of mass, space, plane and line. Th...        
 
       
    
       
           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...        
 
       
    
       
           Superheroes        
 
        
          
    
        
           Paola Mathe, born in Petionville, Haiti, lives and works in New York City. She holds a  BA in econom...        
 
       
    
       
           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...        
 
       
    
       
           Sadamitsu Neil Fujita        
 
        
          
    
        
           Sadamitsu Fujita was born in Waimea, Hawaii to Japanese immigrants. He attended boarding school in H...        
 
       
    
       
           Stan Galli        
 
        
          
    
        
           Illustrator Stan Galli (1912 - 2009) attended the California School of Fine Arts and was recruited a...        
 
       
    
       
           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.        
 
       
    
       
           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 Way Of The Light        
 
        
          
    
        
           Vasa Mihich studied at the Academy of Applied Arts, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Mihich has l...        
 
       
    
       
           The 2015 best of penccil        
 
        
          
    
        
           This was an extraordinary year. The world went through a series of shocks and shake-ups, and in betw...        
 
       
    
       
           Radebaugh and Bohn        
 
        
          
    
        
           Arthur C. Radebaugh (1906-1974)  was an American illustrator, airbrush artist, and designer. Some of...        
 
       
    
       
           The Other Side        
 
        
          
    
        
           There's always another side, other stories and new faces behind the glamorous curtains of the fashio...        
 
       
    
       
           Spatial Objects        
 
        
          
    
        
           Spatial Objects is the result of Dan Holdsworth’s ongoing enquiry into contemporary photographic p...        
 
       
    
       
           Hello Winter        
 
        
          
    
        
           Hello winter . A small selection of landscape photography made in the Atlantic islands of Azores dur...        
 
       
    
       
           Silent Geography        
 
        
          
    
        
           Silent Geography is a site-specific installation consisting of Hazard's torn paper constructed lands...        
 
       
    
       
           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 ...        
 
       
    
       
           John James Audubon and the Golden Eagle        
 
        
          
    
        
           R Kikuo Johnson grew up on the island of Maui.  He began a career in cartooning and illustration wit...        
 
       
    
       
           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...        
 
       
    
       
           Forward Retreat        
 
        
          
    
        
           Mark Tansey was born in California. He attended art classes at the San Francisco Art Institute and s...        
 
       
    
       
           Technological Exaptation        
 
        
          
    
        
           Images by photographer and set designer Maxime Guyon, currently living and working between Lyon (Fra...        
 
       
    
       
           Afflicted Objects        
 
        
          
    
        
           "When I was 22 years old I found myself pacing the hallucinogenic black & white sidewalks of Rio de ...        
 
       
    
       
           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.        
 
       
    
       
           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 ...        
 
       
    
       
           Things As They Are        
 
        
          
    
        
           Erin O´Keefe is a visual artist and architect based in New York City and New Brunswick, Canada. She...        
 
       
    
       
           It Must Be Beautiful        
 
        
          
    
        
           Bus stop embellishments in Belarus.
Photographer Alexandra Soldatova was born in 1983. She graduated...        
 
       
    
       
           Pryor Console        
 
        
          
    
        
           The CASTE line of furniture and accessories is designed by Ty Best. Ty was born and raised in Montan...        
 
       
    
       
           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...        
 
       
    
       
           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...        
 
       
    
       
           Current Events        
 
        
          
    
        
           Mixed technique art on the covers of The New York Times: "Current Events" by Fred Tomaselli. Tomasel...        
 
       
    
       
           The Art of Ralph McQarrie        
 
        
          
    
        
           Ralph Angus McQuarrie studied at the Art Center School in Pasadena. He first worked for a dentistry ...        
 
       
    
       
           The medium is the message        
 
        
          
    
        
           World records: a tribute to analog acoustic art by Kai Schäfer. The great albums in music history...        
 
       
    
       
           Icons of American Design: George Nelson        
 
        
          
    
        
           "Good design, like good painting, cooking, architecture or whatever you like, is a manifestation of ...        
 
       
    
       
           Deutschland        
 
        
          
    
        
           Design of painted wall texts by Rasmus Koch studio for artist Jens Haaning. In 2004, Jens Haaning wr...        
 
       
    
       
           Supercenter disruptions        
 
        
          
    
        
           Mass: an installation project about creating visual disruptions in places of mass. Mass is a site sp...        
 
       
    
       
           Sisyphus        
 
        
          
    
        
           "Motion Control" is an industry term for computer-controlled movement in applications like robotics ...        
 
       
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 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 ...        
      
        
       
 
 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 ...        
      
        
       
 
 Laurel Hills Residence        
 
        
  
 A beautiful example of a contemporary Californian residence, designed by Assembledge architects. The...        
      
        
       
 
 Los Angeles        
 
        
  
 Traveling with Google Maps        
      
        
       
 
 Paris        
 
        
  
 Paris 2019. (C) Mario Gagliardi        
      
        
       
 
 The e-scooter Boom        
 
        
  
 The German Ministry of Transport announced that it will legalize e-scooters as road vehicles. All Ge...        
      
        
       
 
 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...        
      
        
       
 
 The wall        
 
        
  
 photography and theoretical  project about the The seperation wall between Israel and the west bank        
      
        
       
 
 Swiernalis        
 
        
  
 Polish alternative musician Swiernalis        
      
        
       
 
 Franz Kline        
 
        
  
 Around 1950, Franz Kline radically simplified painting: “Instead of making a sign you can read, yo...        
      
        
       
 
 Jeff Zimmerman        
 
        
  
 Jeff Zimmermann is a Chicago based artist. Born in Kentucky, Zimmerman spent his childhood among nat...        
      
        
       
 
 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        
      
        
       
 
 Struth: Nature & Politics        
 
        
  
 Thomas Struth´s work shows us highly complex equipment, structures and constructions. His pictures ...        
      
        
       
 
 Heartbeat, Heartseat        
 
        
  
 Heartbeat consists of a massive heart glowing to the rhythm of a strong, deep and low frequency hear...        
      
        
       
 
 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...        
      
        
       
 
 L’ITALIA CI GUARDIA        
 
        
  
 On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the birth of the Italian Republic, 40 masters of photogra...        
      
        
       
 
 The Glass House        
 
        
  
 "This house was Philip Johnson's autobiography—all of his interests were visible, and all of his a...        
      
        
       
 
 Design & Politics        
 
        
  
 Photo series "design and politics" by Philippe Jarrigeon, photographer and publisher, born in 1982 i...        
      
        
       
 
 The Oily Actor        
 
        
  
 “I had been looking around these ideas of systemic crisis, global financial crisis, which is what ...        
      
        
       
 
 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...        
      
        
       
 
 Blast        
 
        
  
 Naoya Hatakeyama was born in 1958 in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Hatakeyama, a student of Kiyoji Otsuji...        
      
        
       
 
      
      
    
      
      
        Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.
— Pablo Picasso
        
       
     
       
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