Italian menswear brand Ten c drop a new Shearling Liner Jacket as part of its winter line. Based on the classic American style of the 1950s, the jacket is named for its large sheepskin shearling collar and front panel. It’s insulated with down and is designed to be buttoned into all of the line’s outer shells such as the Short Parka Rosso.
In a unique celebration of fashion and cinema, to coincide with the premiere of Her, the newest film from writer and director Spike Jonze. Lakai presents the “Her” shoe project for Opening Ceremony and other fine retailers. Key features include a “high cow” suede upper, pigskin interior liner, branding on insole and tongue, and red accents throughout, a nod at Joaquin Phoenix’s character in the movie.
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The collaborative series from A.P.C. and Carhartt’s WIP line continues with their release for 2013 fall/winter that sees a drop of outerwear, basics and accessories. The former brand’s affiliation for clean aesthetics serves as the design direction for the collection with a limited color scheme synonymous with the season, and minimalistic styling save for branding and the collection’s boat icon. Carhartt WIP then lends their quality tailoring in crafting the line that will see an October 18th release.
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GoPro updates their line of action-ready cameras with the HERO3+, the successor to the brand’s HERO3. The flagship model, the Black Edition, is now 20% smaller and has an increased battery life of 30%. The company claims the images taken on the upgraded lens should be 33% sharper while featuring half the amount of digital artifacts. In addition, the camera’s sensor has been upgraded for better low-light performance, as has the wireless connectivity, resulting in up to four times faster connectivity.
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‘The Last Stand’, photographed by Marc Wilson since 2010, aims to reflect the histories, stories and memories of military conflict and the landscape. Awarded runner up in the Terry O’Neil Awards, the series of photographs have attracted wide spanning interest and have recently been featured on the BBC.
These compelling images have a captivating duality that challenges the placing of the series within any distinct context. On the one hand these photographs epitomise Wilson’s undeniable skill as a photographer. Having so far been photographed around the UK, Channel Islands, North France and Belgium on various strips of coastline, these abandoned and decaying structural defences, built for the brutality of war are intrinsically opposed to the rugged scenery surrounding them, giving Wilson’s images a powerful tension and evocative beauty. Wilson’s approach to the subject is purposefully subtle; “It was important that they didn’t look too bold or exciting; after all it’s not a bold and exciting subject. What they are is dark and historically important.” The ephemeral images are reminiscent of oil paintings depicting the sublime; visually engaging in their haunting beauty.
Whilst on the other, these photographs have become a crucial documentation of these historically important landmarks. Landmarks that are now in danger of erosion, decay and dismantling. ‘The Last Stand’ explores the current presence of these architectural defences and explores how through their ongoing decay they have entwined themselves historically and physically with the changing landscape.
Exhibition runs through to November 2nd, 2013
Anise Gallery
13a Shad Thames
London
SE1 2PU
Having previously completed a series of aerial photographs in the Dolomites range in northern Italy, Barbieri has embarked on a project documenting the largest range in Europe, and the relationship that extreme climbers have to the terrain. As the artist describes:
“The subject of ‘Alps – Geographies and People’ is how the mountain is perceived from the climbers’ point of view, its peaks and precipices, the mirages and hallucinations in its geography. In these images, everything is true. The proportions and the forms are real. Even the people and the position they’re in…those, too, are real.”
The word Alps derives from the French and Latin “alpes”, which at one time was thought to derive from the Latin “albus” (white), in reference to the permanent snow on the peaks of the range. Employing a technique he calls “solid color”, Barbieri makes erasures and selectively whites out portions of the mountains, opening the possibility to define their fundamental forms in a concise way. Conceptually similar to the selected focus of his site specific series, which transformed the world into a model of itself, Barbieri here uses “solid color” to draw out the mountain’s basic, original form. Shot from a helicopter, the sublime and dizzying vantage is further enhanced by the inclusion of climbers traversing rocks and chasms, seeking to discover a hidden truth in what Barbieri describes as “blank maps”, a kind of spiritual space outside the realm of traceable geography. Whereas his previous Dolomites series revealed the terrain and included people as a near supplemental element denoting scale, Alps – Geographies and People moves the climbers to the fore, presenting their extreme and dangerous traverse as a near hallucinogenic journey of discovery among the most famous heights of Europe’s largest peaks.
Exhibition runs through to November 2nd, 2013
Yancey Richardson Gallery
525 West 22nd Street
New York
NY
10011
