The weather might be miserable today, but that’s all the more reason for us to enjoy these bright painterly patterns and pops of colour from Los Angeles based illustrator and artist Jane Lee.
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Tag / california
| SW∆MPY TRAIN HOPPER |
One of my personal favourites. Makes you wanna to lead this kind of wondering life. So this guy who goes by Swampy, or SWMPDNKY, catches free rides across the country on freight trains. He lives a nomadic life and takes photos which are full of life, the kind that happens at the edge of comfort and stability.
He has been off the radar, something he is accustomed to doing and he does it very well. Both his flickr and website don’t work anymore. Where has he exactly been for the last year or even more? Only he knows and those who travel with him, but its probably somewhere you haven’t been.
Swampy is a California boy. He squats the neighborhood haunted house and is a dedicated beach boys fan. He’s a health food heister and the son of a Hell’s Angel. Travelling up, down, and in between the coasts of North America by freight train, Swampy leaves his mark on just about any surface while taking photos along the way.
“you know when you’re sitting, naked, in a giant, crusty, steel skillet on wheels, mid-day, on a sticky mississippi afternoon in august, sweat cleaning the dirt off your stomach in long crooked lines and your face feels like it’s about ready to be sliced and served, then you hear that beautiful, low steady hiss and 2 minutes later you’re flying through a swamp at 60mph, beads of sweat herded to the back of your arms, legs, and neck right before they’re vaporized, dragon flies stuck in your hair and you can’t stop smiling like an idiot?”
SOME OF HIS PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
AND HIS VIDEO DIARY
ALSO, HE MADE AN EXHIBITION IN 2011 (IN HIS ROOM)
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| JEFF MCLANE SOLAROIDS |
Jeff McLane is an artist living and working in Los Angeles, California. Born in Oklahoma, his photographic works have focused on rural land function, urban landscape and image capture technology. He received his BFA from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), and is an active contributor of the Los Angeles based art collective From Here To There.
Solaroids are unique prints, produced using large format Fuji instant film, which undergo long exposures of direct UV light.
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| GOOD KID MAD CITY |
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987), simply known as Kendrick Lamar, is an American hip hop recording artist fromCompton, California, currently signed to Top Dawg, Aftermath, and Interscope. Lamar is a member of hip hop supergroup Black Hippy, along with fellow West Coast rappers and label mates Jay Rock, Schoolboy Q and Ab-Soul.[3] He first gained major attention after the release of his fourth mixtape, Overly Dedicated, in 2010. In 2011 he released his first independent album to critical acclaim, Section.80, released exclusively through iTunes and instantly ranked as one of the top digital hip hop releases of the year.[4] Early in his career, before releasing his major label debut, Lamar amassed a large Internet following, and had already worked with Dr. Dre, Game, Drake, Young Jeezy, Talib Kweli, Busta Rhymes, E-40, Warren G, Bun B, Tech N9ne and Lil Wayneamong other popular artists. His major label debut studio album good kid, m.A.A.d city, was released October 22, 2012.
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| BLACK AND WHITE ARE COLORS |
A haunting new video for the track “Counting Birds”, by the Liverpool-based quartet, WAVE MACHINES. Directed by Stuart Lanceley | Creative Director Scott Spencer
A new discovery today from a LA based crew who go by the name THE NEIGHBORHOOD. This is their track “Sweater Weather”. Directed by Daniel Iglesias Jr. & Zack Sekuler. You can download their full EP here.
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