View of the compound of the Walther Collection, in Burlafingen, Germany (photo: Walter Vorjohann)
On June 17th, a new photography collection opened its doors. The Walther Collection, in Burlafingen, Germany, is dedicated to collecting and exhibiting contemporary photography and video art through annual exhibitions and books. The Collection opened with Events of the Self: Portraiture and Social Identity, an exhibition bringing together works from its African collection and works by German photographers. The show—like the collection, curated by Okwui Enwezor—presents 243 photographs across all nine galleries of the three exhibition buildings of the Walther Collection’s campus. … more
Photographer Michael Mundy
Base partners Geoff Cook and Dimitri Jeurissen met photographer Michael Mundy over a decade ago and have over the years collaborated with him on commercial and personal projects. After several run-in’s around the neighborhood, we thought it was high time for an interview!
Base: First of all, tell us a bit about yourself. What is your background? Where are you from and what was your life like growing up?
Michael Mundy: Just a kid from New York. I’ve been told I was a bit wild but mainly had a lot of fun. … more
Vava Ribeiro first made waves on the competitive surfing circuit. Picking up a camera to document his surferly travels gave rise to an interest—and soon, a career—in photography. While he’s perhaps better-known today for his work as a photographer, surfing has continued to inspire him and feature in his work. We became friends with Vava in working with him on projects for clients like women’secret, Milk, and Wrangler. After years in Manhattan, Vava has recently moved back to his hometown of Rio, where the waves certainly are better than in New York City. We caught up with Vava to float a few questions by him.
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Vava Ribeiro first made waves on the competitive surfing circuit. Picking up a camera to document his surferly travels gave rise to an interest—and soon, a career—in photography. While he’s perhaps better-known today for his work as a photographer, surfing has continued to inspire him and feature in his work. We became friends with Vava in working with him on projects for clients like women’secret, Milk, and Wrangler. After years in Manhattan, Vava has recently moved back to his hometown of Rio, where the waves certainly are better than in New York City. We caught up with Vava to float a few questions by him. … more
Jim Marshall at Woodstock (photo: Henry Diltz)
Woodstock. Monterey Pop. The Beatles’ last concert. Jim Marshall was there. But more than being there, Jim Marshall created the images that we remember these events by.
As Marshall himself said, “Too much bullshit is written about photographs and music.” So without further ado, we give you a pictorial tribute… … more
For some of us, the best part of getting a haircut is checking out the salon’s posters of people with conspicuous hair. Designed for a hugely broad clientele, hair posters run the gamut from the informational to the inspirational. Depending on where you go for your coiffure, you might get plain, documentary-style snapshots that present haircuts like items on a Chinese-food picture-menu. Or you might find slick, composed shots flaunting poetic hair-structures that inspire patrons to make rash and probably regrettable decisions.
Some of these hairstyles resemble the plumage of exotic birds. Others, their nests. Some haircuts look like topiary or tortured lab animals, some like wedding cakes or charred sand castles. Others still look simply like it’s school picture day in an off-vintage.
We’ve cruised the interhairnet to bring you a deep gallery of the finest in hair posters. In doing so, we’ve noticed that most hair models seem unhappy or angry, quite possibly about the haircuts that have been inflicted upon them. In conducting our research we’ve also been reassured that what we consider our own bad hair days might not actually be so bad after all.
Without further ado, we present you further hairdos…
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Jenny Gage and Tom Betterton
Like Reese’s peanut butter cups, Jenny Gage & Tom Betterton are the two great tastes that taste great together. Enlisting this photography team’s services throughout the years for Base clients such as Loewe and Kiki de Montparnasse, we’ve had the chance to witness their unique working process. Tom & Jenny took a few moments to answer some questions from Base partner Geoff Cook, revealing that their thoughts on photography are as rich and refreshing as their work itself. … more
Jenny Gage & Tom Betterton
Like Reese’s peanut butter cups, Jenny Gage & Tom Betterton are the two great tastes that taste great together. Enlisting this photography team’s services throughout the years for Base clients such as Loewe and Kiki de Montparnasse, we’ve had the chance to witness their unique working process. Tom & Jenny took a few moments to answer some questions from Base partner Geoff Cook, revealing that their thoughts on photography are as rich and refreshing as their work itself. … more
The entrance to Milk LA includes massive steel doors that owner Mazdack Rassi personally designed in conjunction with the architects.
The Milk Group (a fashion, photography, art and media conglomerate comprised of Milk Studios, Milk Digital, Milk Equipment Rental, House and Legs) has opened a new complex in Los Angeles. Within Base, we’ve been jokingly referring to the new site as “The Taj Mahallywood”. … more
