A novel book construction

Conditions is a photobook by Peruvian/German photographer Andres Marroquin Winkelmann. The publishers blurb says the book shows pictures of people who long to be socially accepted without having to conform, people who are “on the road”, searching, hoping and doubting.

I was particularly taken by the way the book is constructed, and the novel way in which it can be browsed. As Modern Art Obsession puts it in their review, it allows the reader to create numerous diptychs, and hence every reading tells a slightly different story.

Inspiration from digitally altered images

Maggie Ayers talks about how she uses photography and digital manipulation to create images that inspire her works of art.



If you found this video interesting, you may like to watch a previously featured video by Maggie, Texture Without Color

Stone Balancing

I'm not sure if this is craft, meditation, performance or art. Either way, this interview with Adrian Gray, stone balancer and photographer, is well worth a look. It was filmed at the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts 2007, with Billy Bragg performing in the background.


Another rock balancer, Bill Dan, maintains a blog "The Rocker : World wide phenomenon" featuring photos of balanced stones from around the world.

Not to be outdone, nature has already provided us with examples of balanced or rocking stones, such as the Logan Stones of Dartmoor, Balance Rock at Lanesborough and Balanced Rock in Arches National Park.