coney island dream

here's a beautiful, eerie clip of one of new york's dearest treasures.

watch the video here:

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/27/this-spring-at-coney-1.html

** photography by josha brown, sourced from boingboing.net

stoked on spring

stoked mentoring is an nyc based initiative whose
mission is ..."to develop Successful Teens with
Opportunity, Knowledge, Experience,
and Determination through action sports
and mentoring." founder sal masekela and co-founder
steve larosiliere hold the belief that the courage necessary
to partake in the variety of action sports so popular today
provides the perfect lessons to form strong teens that are
able to develop into stronger adults.

stoked mentoring in conjunction with milk studios are
holding their annual benefit where you can bid in an art
auction featuring works by andy warhol, damien hirst,
keith haring and spencer tunick to name a few.
their will be gourmet food and an open bar as well as the
live and silent auctions.

the benefit takes place on wednesday may 19th from 7pm
to 10pm. tickets range from $50 - $125 and it is absolutely
worth every dollar to help such a truly effective organization.

for more info on 'stoked on spring' please check out thier site:

http://stoked.org/stokedonspring/

you can also watch a video on the benefit here:

http://vimeo.com/11327397

rooftop legends - show recap

the 2010 rooftop legends event happened last saturday
may 8th on the new design high school's rooftop in
the lower east side.

the show featured some of the most prolific writers from
graffiti & street-art's formative years and today, and the
soundtrack for the day provided by dj enuff of the heavy
hitters playing live. with an amazing and diverse crowd
in attendance, the backdrop of some amazing pieces &
the nyc skyline the how was a true slice on new york that
really can't be replicated.

some of the ndhs students worked on a piece with RIMX
(EL CORO) from puerto rico and they did an amazing job.

check the full run down of the show on their blog at:

http://rooftoplegends2010.blogspot.com/

**pictured artist and piece TOOFLY, for more on her you
can check her website at:

http://www.tooflynyc.com/flashsite/index.html

** TOOFLY photographed by sarah lester

http://www.slester.com

felix broede

we got an email blast from production paradise with
a ton of photographers featured from all over the globe.
one absolute stand out was felix broede from berlin.
focused on portraiture his subjects are all classical
musicians and for the last ten years he has worked to
revolutionize the visual image of these people and how
they're perceived to the outside world.

with huge demand for his talent it is not hard to see why
by looking through his portfolio.

check out his website here:

http://www.felixbroede.de/photos.html#.html

**images sourced from production paradise
by felix broede - top image: luis nazáro
bottom image: christian louboutin

douglas kirkland - portrait

black and white magazine's feature on photographer
douglas kirkland not only gives great insight into his
take on portraiture, but also into a life transformed
through photography. from growing up in a small town
just outside of ontario canada, to having to refuse an
invitation from marilyn monroe to 'put down his
hasselblad and join her in bed' it is apparent the craft
had as much impact on his life as he did on it.

check out his feature and fantastic selection of portraits
in black and white magazine:

http://www.bandwmag.com/spotlight1/sl1p1.html

** image by dogulas kirkland, sourced from bandwmag.com

oh snap!

tokion magazine is running a contest for emerging photographers.
it's open until next friday april 30th so get you entries in for a chance
at $500 clam shells and some exposure in the magazine (for the grand
prize winner) or on tokion.com for the runners up.

all you need to do is pick your three best images, no theme at all.

check out the tokion guidelines here:

http://www.tokion.com/contest/2010/ohsnap/about/

**image sourced from tokion.com

iceland's amazing volcanic dust

so the volcano iceland may be may not be the darling
of huge numbers of people left stranded in europe.
as everyone has heard due to the volcanic ash planes
have been unable to fly masses of people out.

there is one great and amazing thing to have come out of
this whole debacle though, the photos!

check these gems from national geographic. a lighting storm
captured within the volcanic ash takes the scape to some
whole other level. thanks iceland, thanks volcano.

***images by: olivier vandeginste, your shot
***images sourced from nationalgeographic.com