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I’m loving these minimal images, they’re from Thom Atkinson’s photographs of rock samples from Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition of 1908. They appear in the latest issue of Draft magazine. This reminds me of when I used to collect rocks on my grandparents rock beach in Maine.

Description of the project:

“Draft asked me to photograph a collection of rock samples gathered by Shackleton’s expedition to the Antarctic,” says Atkinson of the project, which appears in issue six of the magazine. “They were printed alongside rare original documentary photographs of the expedition itself. The rock samples and original prints are currently in possession of the Archive of Modern Conflict from which this issue of the magazine was curated.”

Thom Atkinson’s site here.

via CR Blog.

The mood of his images are so mellow and serene, extremely simple palettes of delicate pastels.

These are from his series of empty pools titled appropriately “pools”.

From Carlo’s “Orbs” series:

And lastly and actually what I find most interesting, is his series of images using an experimental camera originally designed in the 70′s to record what a psychic might see, it captures your “aura”.

Some information about the project found here:

These portraits are made with a Polaroid aura camera developed in the 1970s by an American scientist in an attempt to record what a psychic might see. This project explores the idea that a portrait photograph can reveal an otherwise unseen and accurate insight into the subject’s character.

The subject is connected directly to the camera by hand-plates that measure biofeedback, which the camera depicts as an aura of color in the Polaroid and translates into a printed diagram and description explaining the camera’s interpretation of the subject.

I mean, if this is the graphical energy these people are giving off, how amazing would that be? It’s fun in this case to susped disbelief, purely for the sake of enjoyment. Look at the beautiful images:

Here’s a bio I found at Chicago Magazine:

Don Bronstein (1926-68): In June 1963, in the midst of a three-week gig at Mister Kelly’s, the legendary Rush Street nightclub, Barbra Streisand traveled to the Lake Michigan shoreline with the photographer Don Bronstein. The first staff photographer for Playboy, where he shot covers and centerfolds before embarking on a freelance career in 1963, Bronstein shot Streisand in a radical pose-with her back to the camera. That photo graced the cover of Streisand’s classic fourth album, People, and both singer and cover won Grammys.

Here’s some of his work that I’ve dug up:

And I know I can’t possibly give Don the credit he deserves without including this, although fairly tame considered against today’s standards.

As one of today’s foremost photographers working in fashion, beauty and entertainment, guy aroch has developed an original and iconic style that is uniquely timeless, evocative and modern. In recent years we have seen his creative style evolve with his use of saturated colors and layered exposures, setting a benchmark in contemporary photography.

I’m totally loving Guy’s work. It’s got that special Lomo meets Kodak meets 70′s pulp book cover style that I’m loving these days. Here’s a sampling from his portfolio:

Guy Aroch Photography.