Detroit Experiences

Mid-century Motor City images from Robert Frank's iconic American road trip

Almost a decade after emigrating to the United States in the ’40s, Swiss photographer Robert Frank decided to document the reality of his adopted country’s then-current condition—a nation as he saw it obsessed with money and struggling with the divisions among race and class. Of the 12 cities he visited in 1955, the particularly moving images of Detroit make up the current exhibit at the …

Reed & Rader: Notvideo

A Brooklyn art duo mixing fashion with augmented reality for creepy-beautiful moving images

Pioneers in fashion photography, it’s difficult to imagine that Brooklyn-based team Reed & Rader started shooting digital photographs just one year ago. The trailblazers “highly believe that technology and the augmented world is the future”—a concept they implement no matter the medium. Currently part of the group exhibition “Shoot The Messenger” at NYC’s APF Lab, they shot their creepy animated “notvideo” on a common point-and-shoot …

Evo

A seven-ounce shoe offering the many health benefits of running barefoot

A pared down approach to running, the ultra-lightweight Evo performance shoe allows the foot to fully flex, freeing it from superfluous padding while still offering strong support. Part of Terra Plana’s VivoBarefoot collection, the brand based the design on the biomechanical benefits of running barefoot—a method believed to strengthen the foot and ankle muscles while realigning the body’s natural posture. We recently put the Evos …