Entries from May 2009

May 31, 2009

Walker Evans postcard collection

A while back, after some delicious coconut ice cream, my friend Josephine and I spent some time at the Met. We particularly enjoyed the collection of 9,000 postcards collected by the photographer Walker Evans. My junk digital camera didn’t pick up much. But, there is some info on the Met’s website.  Many of the postcards [...]

May 31, 2009

Mark Peckmezian

I just found out about the work of Mark Peckmezian through a brief interview he did with Blood of the Young Zine.  Really enjoyed looking through his website and I’m particularly pleased with his emphasis on working in analog.

May 31, 2009

Szymon Roginski

More. Via Triangle Triangle.

May 30, 2009

Pierre Labat

See more here. Via VVORK.

May 30, 2009

New Domain

We’ve been working on some minor changes here at The Silver Lining, one of them being that we now have a new domain name!  You can now find us by simply typing in thesilverliningblog.com.  If you are still using our old domain name, it will redirect you to the new one.  Also, if you’ve been [...]

May 30, 2009

Agnes Martin

More. Via Dear Ada.

May 29, 2009

NY Times Polaroid Gallery

In addition to this article published in The New York Times, a very nice collection of reader submitted photos has been compiled by the Lens blog.  There’s lots of nice work that uses a variety of cameras and techniques in the set, which you can see here.

May 29, 2009

Camp stationary

I’m a sucker- what can I say?? This little stationary pack is customizable by icon, color, and font by the folks at Ph Design Shop. Seen here.

May 29, 2009

Mini Goals Chalkboard

I really dig the Mini Goal Chalkboard from Mary Kate McDevitt.  I wish my to-do lists consisted of two tasks though. See more here. Via designworklife.

May 28, 2009

Like Lipstick Traces

Like Lipstick Traces documents the lives of thirteen graffiti writers using polaroids each of these individuals shot during a two year period of time. I’ll be interested to see the finished product, in particular due to the fact that graffiti books seem like a dime a dozen these days and often look grossly similar to [...]