This is as fashion as it gets on DOP. But Dutch photographer Viviane Sassen‘s work is extraordinary and transcends the common. She’s one of my favorite photographers and this selection focuses on her documentary and personal work.
Hasui Kawase
The Quality of Light
Especially the persistent interest in depicting light characterizes the dreamlike atmosphere in the woodblock prints of Hasui Kawase
Craig Burrows
The Invisible Light
Craig Burrows photographs plants and flowers using a type of photography called UVIVF or ultraviolet-induced visible fluorescence.
Mars
A photographic exploration
This book is the best reminder that a computer screen can’t replace the printing quality of a well produced book. The nuances of black are outstanding…
Beth Moon
Ancient Trees
Beth Moon has been photographing some of the largest, rarest, and oldest trees on Earth for the past fourteen years.
On Yoga
The Architecture of Peace
Michael O’Neill’s quest to capture the essence of yoga spans time, space, and peoples.
Renzo Martens
Enjoy Poverty
Renzo Martens’ Enjoy Poverty is one of the most provocative films that have been circulating the art world since its release in 2009.
Ashtanga Yoga
Mysore Style
The term Mysore Style means you practice a memorized yoga sequence without being led by a teacher. The role of the teacher is to guide as well as provide adjustments or assists in postures.
Polynesian Wayfinders
The knowledge of the ancestors
The ancient art of wayfinding is an almost forgotten skill once common throughout the Pacific.
Julia Turk
Navigators Tarot of the Mystic Sea
I have always been drawn to things I found suggestive but couldn’t understand. The tarot is such a theme that speaks to my imagination but I can’t explain what it really is.
Hieronymus Bosch
The Garden of Earthly Delights
We all know this masterpiece but the delight is in the detail.
Benoit Paillé
Nightscapes wrapped in color
I love Benoit Paillé’s unusual and sensationally effective way to work with light and color.
Piotr Kamler
In Search of Time
Polish animator Piotr Kamler explores the unfathomable and mysterious relationship between movement and time, matter and space.
Ana Noble
Third Eye Visions
I’m aware of Ana Noble and her life at the navel of the moon (Mexico City) since I discovered her flickr stream many years ago.
Simen Johan
Until The Kingdom Comes
The images of Simen Johan speak to me because of their perfection, showing us the animal kingdom in a supernatural…
Oscar Reutersvard
The Impossible Figure
Oscar Reutersvärd is widely acknowledged as the father of the impossible figure.
Esther Teichmann
The dark viscosity of paradise
The synchronicity of discovering Esther Teichmann at this moment in my life is striking. I am surrounded by lush nature and the promise of the unknown speaks to me beyond language.
Malcolm Kirk
Man as Art
Malcolm Kirk traveled to Papua New Guinea in 1967. He returned repeatedly during the ensuing 13 years, documenting the extraordinary tribal decorations he had observed on that initial trip.
María Medem
Dancing between Earth and Sky
A perfect summer night and the mental state of being truly present to the current moment in time.
Ama
Women of the Sea
The term Ama literally means ‘women of the sea’, as women were always the preferred divers in Japan.
Lebensreform
Monte Verità
I want to tell you about the Lebensreform movement in the early 20th century. The problems back then were the same like today.
