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Rammed Earth

December 26, 2011 at 1:46 pm | Posted in my design fix, my work, photography | Leave a comment
Tags: architecture, my photography, photography, rammed earth

Photo: Aidan Taylor 2011

So… It has been well over a year since my last post.

A combination of being busy with work, spending an average of over 4 hours per researched entry and being frustrated that My Design Fix had turned into something that mainly documented the creative pursuits of others while neglecting my own led to the blog taking a serious back seat for a while.

But I’m back – and hopefully with a vengeance. The photo above is a sneak peak of one of the architectural projects that has been keeping me busy on the construction site for much of the past year.

So stay tuned – I’ll be back with more after this short commercial break…

Aidan

Camera Tattoo Filmed in Stop-Motion (Part 3)

July 11, 2010 at 4:50 pm | Posted in art, film, photography | Leave a comment
Tags: camera, stop-motion, tattoo

For those of you that have been following the progress of Dabe Alan’s camera tattoo sleeve things start to get a bit digital in Part 3…

“So for this video the main two things that you’ll see are my very own Canon 5d Mark ii, and my favorite mouse I’ve ever owned, the Logitech MX518 (I TOLD you this was gonna get nerdier). With the addition of the glowing mouse, all the green that was glowing on the other cameras makes sense. You’ll also notice the 35mm film turning into pixels as it gets higher. Oh but it’s not gonna stop just there…” – Dabe Alan

For more info on the tattoo and stop motion film check out Dabe Alan’s flickr page here. His website is also looking pretty cool these days – www.dabealan.com

For more great work and other impressive nerd sleeves check out Tony Touch’s flickr page here

If you haven’t seen the previous parts of this stop-motion film check out Part 1 here and Part 2 here

Phillip Johnson Portrait by David LaChapelle

April 26, 2010 at 4:16 pm | Posted in architecture, photography | Leave a comment
Tags: Phillip johnson, David LaChapelle, portrait, glass house

phillip johnson Saw this awesome portrait of Philip Johnson over on archdaily the other week taken by fashion, advertising and fine art photographer David LaChapelle.

Philip Johnson (1906-2005) was one of the most influential American architects and the inaugural Pritzker Prize winner back in 1979 (considered by many as the Nobel Prize of architecture).

I don’t know many old architect greats, let alone old men that would be into a light hearted photo shoot like this. Philip Johnson = champion.

Below is one of his most famous buildings, his personal residence, The Glass House, which was built in 1949.

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‘A Finnish Afternoon’

February 22, 2010 at 9:50 pm | Posted in my work, photography | Leave a comment
Tags: helsinki cathedral, photography

helsinki cathedral - aidan taylor 2004 Photo: Aidan Taylor 2004

The Helsinki Cathedral in Helsinki, Finland. Designed by Carl Ludvig Engel.

I love this photo – it was as if the pigeon was reading my mind, placing himself perfectly in the photograph’s composition.

Sorry for the lack of posts lately – Most of my spare time the past month and a half has been taken up with a design competition entry that I have been working on. It’s all finished now so my resolution for February/March: More regular blog entries!

Camera Tattoo Filmed in Stop-Motion (Part 2)

January 19, 2010 at 8:09 pm | Posted in art, film, photography | Leave a comment
Tags: camera, sleeve, stop-motion, tattoo

If you haven’t seen Part 1 check it out here.

Part 2 – The Sleeve Continues… the follow up to the extremely popular stop-motion film by Dabe Alan, which he filmed while getting his camera tattoo sleeve by Tony Touch.

For more info on the tattoo check out Dabe Alan’s flickr page here

For more great work by Tony Touch check out his flickr page here

Check out Part 3 of Dabe Alan’s tattoo in stop-motion here

I Love The Garage Sign

December 29, 2009 at 11:30 pm | Posted in my work, photography | Leave a comment
Tags: diana f+, my photography, neon, photography, signage

garage Photo: Aidan Taylor 2009

Hang Me Out To Dry – Diana F+

November 22, 2009 at 9:12 pm | Posted in my work, photography | Leave a comment
Tags: diana f+, my photography, photography

hang me out to dry Photo: Aidan Taylor 2009

Camera Tattoo Filmed in Stop-Motion

November 4, 2009 at 10:12 pm | Posted in art, film, photography | 24 Comments
Tags: camera, stop-motion, tattoo

Here’s an awesome video by Dabe Alan that he filmed in stop-motion while being tattooed by Tony Touch.

This is cool on so many levels so I couldn’t help but post it onto My Design Fix. I love the vintage cameras, the cool tattoo, the insight into the detail and seeing the process from start to finish. The effect of the stop-motion looks awesome in its own right too.

For more info on the tattoo check out Dabe Alan’s flickr page here (Be sure to check out some of his other photos – he’s a great photographer)

For more great work by Tony Touch check out his flickr page here and his website pitheory.com.

Check out Part 2 of Dabe Alan’s tattoo in stop-motion here and Part 3 here

Halong Bay Crusin’

October 26, 2009 at 11:15 pm | Posted in my work, photography | 1 Comment
Tags: diana+, halong bay, my photography

halong bay kayak_aidan taylor Photo: Aidan Taylor 2009

So the frequency of my blog posts has taken a serious beating of late (doing long hours at work doesn’t seem to help blog productivity??)

Well here’s another photo I took with my Diana+ during my Vietnam/Cambodia trip a few months ago to tie you through to the next post – I promise it’ll be in the next few days!

Five Girls (1962) – Sam Haskins

October 11, 2009 at 9:58 pm | Posted in books, photography | 4 Comments
Tags: five girls, nudes, photography, sam haskins

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Sam Haskins is a South African photographer best known for his contribution to nude photography during the 60’s and 70’s. During this time he also published a number of photography books, some of which include Five Girls (1962), Cowboy Kate (1965) and November Girl (1966).

Five Girls explored a fresh approach to photographing the nude female figure and contained important first explorations with black and white printing, cropping and book design which went on to become a key feature of all his subsequent books.

Below are some of the more famous photographs of Gill, one of the models featured in the book: SamHaskinsFashionEtceteraPg15

gill-on-floor-01 gill and curl - sam haskins

gill five girls - sam haskins

gill_five girls - sam haskins

"Gill was an art student in Johannesburg in the early sixties. Not a professional model, she just walked into the studio one day and was a total natural in front of the camera.

There were stories of Vietnam soldiers taking copies of Five Girls (often gifted to them by their wives or girlfriends) to war, so Gill was also a Vietnam pinup. The fan mail generated by Five Girls in the 60s included letters from both men and women." - Sam Haskins

You may recognise two of the photos from a more recent artistic project as they were used for the album cover artwork for The Last Shadow Puppets – a side project of Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane of The Rascals.

the last shadow puppets - album artwork