I’ll Be Your New York By Lena Aliper
I’ll Be Your New York (Atem Books, limited run of 100 copies, roughly $20) by photographic artist Lena Aliper is a tale of self-subversion and desire that offers a girl’s take on the much cherished and coveted l’amour fou. "In a rather post-surrealist vein, it explores the fascination that arises as the body that belongs to …
Still Got Love For ITalia
Still Got Love For IT by Stefano Nocchi is not only a photographic project, but also a love story. The love that still makes the italian emigrants’s heart beat fast, at the memory of their beloved homeland. This is the story of the people from Sicily, Calabria, Puglia, people who left and didn’t return, who …
New York City Of Trees
New York City Of Trees (Quantuck Lane Press, ISBN 978-1593720520, $29.95) by Benjamin Swett documents the role of of trees as storehouses of a city’s past, in this case New York City. The inside flap of the book states: "Just as trees remove carbon from the atmosphere and hold it for many years in their …
New York On By-Pass – The Heartbeat Of A City In Cross-Section
BY-PASS_NY by Chris Eayres is a series of ten long exposure photographs capturing the neon and fluorescent heart beat of night time Manhattan. Taken from the top deck perspective of a New York tour bus as it crosses the metropolis. This tourists diving bell provides the mechanism to take the pulse of a city. These …
Bird On A Wire Interactive Installation
Bird on a Wire is a charming projected interactive display created for a pair of storefront windows at the corner Mercer St. and Washington Pl. in Manhattan, NYC. By calling a number passers-by can set birds perched on telephone wires into motion while listening to their flocking sounds on a cellphone. Each bird is individually …
The Rough Streets Of Brooklyn
Two quicksnap cameras, two months – and the rough streets of Brooklyn, New York. When Ben Wessler and Eric Mirbach took to the streets to explore their borough of choice for their series BK42, they did so by skateboard. Grimey streetcorners and hidden neglibilities, unusual perspectives and intense closeness – all captured in grainy drive-by …
Adam Crigler Rips New York City With His Longboard
Arbor Skateboards rider, Adam Crigler is the Boss! The longboarding boss of New York City. He knows how to tear the "Big Apple" a new one. Here he rips his new Arbor Catalyst 42 all over town and in Central Park ducking around big crowds of people, surprise thunder storms, mad cabbies, and potholes that …
Crumpled City Maps
Times are tough for printed stuff in the internet age. But sometimes when you're traveling you don't want to stress your bill to use maps on your smartphone or tablet. When you travel it has to be easy, convenient and cheap. Here is the map you've always wanted: it is soft, extra-light (Weighing only 20 …
Iconic NYC Metrocard Project
< INSERT THIS WAY READ THIS WAY > The Metrocard Project is an ongoing project that aims to redesign the iconic New York City Metrocard in a fresh way. The project was created by Melanie Chernock, a graphic designer studying at the School of Visual Arts. Chernock says, "The Metrocard Project stemmed from an assignment …
Department Of Urban Betterment
John Locke is a New York based artist and his last project DUB 002 is an attempt for urban betterment. Locke provided some telephone booths with an individual book library, where he encouraged the people in sharing the initial selection of books. He concentrated mainly on pay phones as they are both anachronistic and quotidian. …
Vintage – New York In The 80s
The set NY in the 80s by Steven Siegel contains beautiful photographs of the 1980s-era of New York and sets us back in a time before internet and mobile phones. Siegel says, "I’ve been photographing the streets and subways of New York for the past 30 years. When young people today look at my shots …
Krink Markers For Your iPad
Krink produces the highest quality inks and markers notorious for their signature drips and vibrant colors. Based in New York City, Krink is the premier creative tool for street artists worldwide. Now you can replicate the effects of Krink markers on any iPad or iPhone! Write on any photo from your image library, save and …
Night(s) of Solitude
“The idea is not to create a set of postcards, but to evoke a universal feeling of solitude …” - Floriane de Lassée. The "bird’s eye view" of French photographer Floriane de Lassée is the viewpoint of the artist to convey urban night lights, colours, and, the intimate lives of the people who inhabit the …
The Fluid Nature of Memory by Sohei Nishino
The narrative behind the fascinating Diorama Map series is the fluid nature of memory of Sohei Nishino from his retrospection as layered icons of the city. When you look at those images it looks like there is some jpeg compression going on, but in fact it's just the separate photos that Nishino brought together as …
I’ll Be Your New York
I’ll Be Your New York (Atem books, edition of 100 copies, €15.00) by photographer Lena Aliper is a tale of self-subversion and desire that offers a girl’s take on the much cherished and coveted l’amour fou. The city was meant to function as a visceral presence that envelops the body transfigured by love and feeling …
Takinyerphoto: Candid Street Photography in NYC
Anthony D. takes candid photographs around New York City and wherever else he might end up along the way. D says, "I take these pictures with my iPhone 4 and Canon 7D. I started doing this around October 2010, most people are not aware that these pictures are being taken. it’s not creepy, it’s art." …
The Art of Flight Premiers in New York
Snowboarding and cinema fans worldwide will have the opportunity to share in the cinematic experience that nearly 3,000 fans enjoyed Saturday Sept. the 8th at the New York City world premiere of “The Art of FLIGHT,” a film produced by Red Bull Media House in association with Brain Farm Digital Cinema. The premiere, held at …
New York City Polaroid Project
The New York City Polaroid Project by Andrew Faris began Spring 2003. At the time, Faris had just graduated from Kent State University and was ready for a new adventure. "So I moved to NYC with my newly acquired diploma and my parent's Polaroid camera. During the week, I worked as a web designer. But …
Designy Temporary Tattoos out of NYC
Long time ago I have been a fellow student and classmate to Tina Roth (at that time without Eisenberg) in Munich, Germany. We both studied communication design, both are New York City lovers and both discovered the internet (design) during our old school days. After graduating, Tina went to New York to work in a …
New York Nightlife in the 80s
German born, New York-based photographer wowe – Wolfgang Wesener – has photographed some of the most iconic individuals of the past two decades. During his studies in Communication Design at the Folkwangschule Essen (1981-84) he photographed for the music magazine Spex. Arriving in New York City in 1984, he assisted Hans Namuth and Evelyn Hofer …
The Dark Light of this Nothing
This piece by photographer and storyteller Erica McDonald is meant as a tribute to the neighborhood's long term residents. Though the Park Slope area of Brooklyn, New York is no stranger to change, the long term residents who have sustained the neighborhood for generations are now in an increasing minority. The "old guard" is losing …
Exclusive Camera Strap by Sarah Frances Kuhn
This camera strap by ex-Teen Vogue editor Sarah Frances Kuhn is strictly not only for woman – it depends upon your style! The designs are a line of her cult camera straps exclusively produced for End of Century. Sarah Frances Kuhn collaborated with Cheek-ie to bring you this black and white leopard (roar …) spot …
The Weather, Exclusive get addicted to … City Edition
get addicted to … has been collaborating with Stefan Trifan on a special weather forecast edition, made for Mac OSX, for our readers. The screensaver – with the three cities New York, Munich, Bangkok in one (where most of our readers are located) – provides a two-day forecast (Now, Today, and Tomorrow), based on Yahoo …
