Wait Miss, Is that a Gun in Your Hand?

 

The beginnings of feminism are most notably associated with women’s suffrage movements in the 19th century… and we have come a long way since those early movements for the equality of the women of the world. Even today, it is somewhat unusual for women to be pictured with guns. Fine art photographer Lindsay McCrum has created a new photo book challenging cultural norms and our national identity. The idea of combining beautiful women with firearms is no new idea, but in “Chicks with Guns” the firearms are not just props.


Each photo in the book portrays a woman and her personal firearm. In a country with 15-20 million women gun owners, this timely and beautiful portrayal of that often overlooked group allows each woman to have a voice, with their own words accompanying each photo. The women are hunters, sportswomen, competition shooters and gun enthusiasts from all levels of society.  It’s hard to put a finger on exactly what it is about these photos, but the women portrayed certainly do exude strength and class.
Pictured above: Ellie, Merced, California, Taurus Titanium .38



Ruth, Savannah, Georgia, Winchester Model 12 20-gauge



Liz, San Jose, California, Beretta 96G Vertec .40-caliber pistol



Alexandra & Truett, Houston, Texas, Ithaca 20-gauge side-by-side



Anita, St. Paul, Minnesota, Glock .40-caliber & remington 11-81 Police model



Pamela, Monte Sereno, California, Freedom Arms .454 Casull



Victoria, Stamford, Connecticut, Beretta 20-gauge over-and-under



Caitlin, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Anschütz Fortner rifle with Altius Firearms custom stock



Alison, Marlee, Lee, & Margaret, Richmond, Virginia, Boss 20-gauge side-by-sides



Courtney, Houston, Texas, Yildiz 20-gauge



Greta, Napa Valley, California, English Forsyth system scent bottle pistol, ca. 1820



Ginny, Long Island, New York, Sturm, Ruger & Co. 20-bore over-and-under



Jessica, Bozeman, Montana, Abercrombie & Fitch 20-gauge side-by-side



Lynn, Houston, Texas, Sako .308 bolt-action rifle with scopes



Sarita, Armstrong, TX, Parker 20-gauge side-by-side



Rachel, Livingston, MT, Ruger 10/22 carabine

Dexter: Killer Posters Inspired by the Show

 

Ty Mattson is killing it with his most recent poster for season 6 of the horrifyingly interesting TV drama, Dexter. Mattson, principle and creative director of Mattson Creative in Southern California, is obviously a fan of the TV series and decided to make posters symbolizing the key events of each season. He mentioned on his blog how the posters ended up being a much larger project than he anticipated, but he loved how they turned out. Apparently so did many others, including Showtime who featured his work on the dvd cover of the 5th season.

Needless to say, the poster’s dark, yet inviting feel have been a hit, and for good reason. Wonderfully arranged on the posters are small, 1960′s style illustrated scenes. The limited yet bold color palette of the pieces make you feel like you are watching the opening sequence of a Hitchcock film. And if you are a fan of the show, there are sure to be pleasant little surprises to discover throughout the art.











See all of them posted, and how you can get your hands on them, here: Mattson Creative Blog

Stanley Kubrick’s Photographs of New York

Stanley Kubrick is best known for his directing credits — Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, etc. — but it was his early ability with the camera that originally propelled him into the art of capturing images. His talent was immense even at 17. In 1945, he sold a photograph of a sad news vendor reacting to the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Look magazine for $25, and a couple months later became the youngest photographer ever hired by the magazine. Kubrick’s career as a photojournalist gives us another look into the man who directed some of the greatest movies ever put onto film. A keen eye for light and shadow drape his subjects under a veil that is strictly characteristic of Kubrick and his control over the camera.

His pictures are rife with an air of wonderment. Loser vs victor. Circus freaks, and paper boys. Organized chaos. The poses and situations of the subjects he captured, speak of a New York filled with the eclecticism it has spent decades parading and perfecting. 25 photos were hand selected out of 10,000 negatives for the currently running show at The Museum of the City in New York. What is being displayed is Kubrick’s 1940s New York, a New York we now get to experience as well: a city seen through the lens of a young master. See a selection of the photographs below then head over to The Museum of the City of New York and VandM to see the rest.

A Breast Cancer PSA From Comic Superheroines

The threat of cancer is very real these days, and it seems like almost everyone either knows someone who has been affected by breast cancer, or has even been affected themselves. Every year thousands of women lose their battle against the breast cancer beast. This new ad campaign, by Maisa Chaves for DDB Mozambique, was created to raise awareness of regular breast cancer exams among women at risk.


Four different superheroines from DC and Marvel comics were chosen for the ads: Wonder Woman, She-Hulk, Catwoman and Storm. Each character is a total babe; but they’re not too cool for school, and we learn from this PSA that even superheroines take self-examinations for breast cancer seriously. Each poster reads:

“Nobody’s immune to breast cancer. When we talk about breast cancer there are no women or super women. Everybody has to do self-examination monthly. Fight with us against the enemy and, when in doubt, talk to your doctor.”

Check out the rest of the superheroines below, and if you haven’t done a breast exam in a while, then let this be a reminder and get to it.







via: DC Women Kicking Ass Tumblr

A London Underground “Tube” Map From Kyle Bean

 

Now this is taking the idea of London’s famous ‘Tube‘ quite literally: Kyle Bean, designer, model maker and all around advertising re-thinker has created the London metro map using colored drinking straws. His map uses the colorful tubes in a playful, elementary school craft-time like fashion, which when finished appears completely to scale and quite grown up… that’s because he’s built the design over a large poster of the actual map. His final design, lacking the station labels needed to navigate the system, is still highly recognizable for what it is, a truly iconic design tribute.

Kyle Bean has been producing exceptionally crafty models for quite some time now. Many of his designs have been featured in high profile print advertising, with clients as varied as Wallpaper*, Scientific American and Louis Vuitton. His recently completed child’s toy like iPhone model, called App, features at the bottom of this post and on the cover of the December issue of Computer Arts magazine. For more of his growing portfolio, see kylebean.co.uk.















Via: trendsnow.net 

Mountains of Books Become Mountains

I thought I’d seen every type of book carving imaginable, until I ran across these jaw dropping creations by Guy Laramee. His works are so sculptural, so movingly natural in their form, they’ve really touched me. His works are inspired by a fascination with so-called progress in society: a thinking which says the book is dead, libraries are obsolete and technology is the only way of the future. His thoughts:

“One might say: so what? Do we really believe that “new technologies” will change anything concerning our existential dilemma, our human condition? And even if we could change the content of all the books on earth, would this change anything in relation to the domination of analytical knowledge over intuitive knowledge? What is it in ourselves that insists on grabbing, on casting the flow of experience into concepts?”

Carving into the discarded stacks of books, he has created fantastic, romantic landscapes which remind us that though our fascinations and the value we put on different ideas have changed, we as a species have not evolved that much.

“Mountains of disused knowledge return to what they really are: mountains. They erode a bit more and they become hills. Then they flatten and become fields where apparently nothing is happening. Piles of obsolete encyclopedias return to that which does not need to say anything, that which simply IS. Fogs and clouds erase everything we know, everything we think we are.”

See more of his beautifully meditative works at guylaramee.com.





































Via: etoday.ru