by osmosis

"Most people, they take for granted that a mask is there to hide you," says artist Franco Mattes. "To me, I think that it's more like the other way around. You wear a mask because you want to show who you are." He is standing amidst an army of large scale digital portraits. The portraits […]

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I just found these stills from the late Bas Jan Ader, and became fascinated with the filmmaker and performance artist.  First I want to point out that I discovered these images on an amazing visual blog experiment called But Does it Float. 
Bas Jan Ader was a Dutch artist and filmmaker whose final experiment, a trip […]

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Mash-up may be one of the 21st Century's most dynamic new nouns, but its renegade connotation doesn't quite capture the eloquence of many of today's collage artists. The virtuosos of mash-up are cultural connoisseurs, people who know "pop" better than Jonathan Gold knows Los Angeles eateries.
Vicki Bennett has been sampling under the name People Like […]

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The relationship between a director and his/her actors seems like the most important element in making a truly great film.  That may sound like an obvious statement; however, I feel like sometimes people get more hung up on the technical aspects of the production.  Annie Leibovitz, the queen of penatrating the psyche of her subjects, […]

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Julien Vallee is a 25 year old phenomenal graphic designer from Montreal, who uses a combination of paper products, stop motion video and computer graphics to create vibrant sculpture and video work.  His work can be found in a variety of print and video publications.  Check out his site to see more of his work!

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Florian Maier-Aichen is a German based photographer who uses large format cameras and photoshop to capture both stunning and haunting landscape photographs.  Most of his work is presented on massive prints up to seven feet in width.
Taken from the MOCA focus book:
"Florian Maier-Aichen's photographic work portrays natural, industrial, and cultural landscapes with stylized eccentricity.  By […]

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