Tossed Paint in 3500th of a Second: Colourant by Floto & Warner
New York-based photographers Jeremy Floto and Cassandra Warner have caught our attention with their eye-popping photography. With the use of colourful smoke, deserted landscapes and buildings, the husband and wife duo have created a series of colourful liquid images, splashing in mid-air titled Colourant. It’s a feast for your eyes — the paint splashes look...
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First Seeds For First Times
Every action is creative and every passionate action is art – Matthew Stone (I.D. Magazine) So, for every passionate action there should be a passionate reaction, right? From planting a seed to forming a movement, here’s a look back at first thoughts on one small seed, first encounters with the magazine and some first ‘creative...
Images of the Week | May
Every week, we add four more images from onesmallseed.net to the relevant month’s gallery collection on onesmallseed.com. All images are the featured works of members of one small seed network, our creative online community. To have your work featured here, simply sign up as a member and start uploading!
Humans in Full Body Rubber for Japanese Condom Advert
‘As the air is sucked out, I start feeling his temperature, his sweat,’ explains one of the female models who was ‘packed together’ with her partner for Condomania’s new condom advert shot by documentary photographer Hal. Although it aims to encourage safe sex and eternal devotion through advising ‘Preserve the love. Wear a condom,’ the...
Desert Memories: Afrika Burn in Pictures
Who’s going to Afrika Burn this year? And who’s missing out on the fun? Either way, we thought we’d show you a mag we compiled in 2012 to set the mood for your trip up to Tankwa or — if your budget doesn’t allow it this year — to soothe your festival FOMO with some...
Rotimi Fani-Kayode’s Transsexual African Priests
Nigerian-born photographer Rotimi Fani-Kayode was a groundbreaking figure of the 1980s whose work is permanently exhibited at museums in London, New York, Helsinki and Sydney. It has, however, taken 25 years for the first gallery in Africa to showcase his thought-provoking work and, sadly, Fani-Kayode — who died in 1989 at the age of 34...
ALBUM OF THE WEEK | FEBRUARY, WEEK 04
This week’s Album of the Week is entitled Take Me Away and is by onesmallseed.net member Sheldon Evans. In explaining his concept, Sheldon writes ‘have you ever dreamed that you could just float away and come back as you wished? I have, and that’s why I have come up with this personal project showing up...
IMAGES OF THE WEEK: FEBRUARY
At the end of each week, we add four more images from onesmallseed.net to the relevant month’s gallery collection on onesmallseed.com. All images are the featured works of members of one small seed network, our creative online community. To have your work featured here, simply sign up as a member and start uploading! Week 02...
COMPETITION: 250gram | Worth its Weight in Instagrams
250gram is a new tech start-up that allows you to print your favourite selection of Instagrams on polaroid-styled paper. Named after the 250gsm high quality paper they use to print on, the idea has been readily welcomed by the city’s Instagramming community. If you’re a savvy Instagrammer with a good eye for capturing cool things...
Barneys New York | Brothers, Sisters, Sons & Daughters
The luxury retailer Barneys New York has dared to do something different for its new campaign Brothers, Sisters, Sons & Daughters and cast transgender models for a fashion shoot by Bruce Weber. According to Dennis Freedman, the creative director of Barneys, the transgender community has been neglected in recent history. I was exquisitely aware that...
ISSUE 01: CULT OF SELF MAGAZINE
Cult of Self – in collaboration with Levi’s® – celebrates individuality and authenticity through focusing on specific subcultures. Through featuring content around tattoos, customized bikes (fixies etc.), café racers and skateboarding the aim is to cultivate a visual conversation around the individuals, groups and initiatives that encourage self-awareness. To make it as interactive as possible,...
If Only For A Second | Mimi Foundation
When The Mimi Foundation invited 20 cancer patients for a make-over, they thought they were going to be glamoured up. Yet when they finally got to see their new look, they realised that they had been styled with a riduculous hairstyle and over-the-top make-up. What is more, an undetectable photographer hid behind the one-way mirror...
Interview | Tim Atkins | African Zoo
Hailing from Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Tim Atkins is one young photographer worth watching. At 27 years old he has already worked with several internationally known photographers and is a focused artist. After receiving a diploma in fine art photography he began his career as a professional photographer and has since been busy expanding his portfolio...
