Sébastien Tellier: “Ma Calypso” Premiere

A first look at the illustrasted cinemagraph-like music video, off of his Brazilian-inspired album L'Aventura

Always sensual and always grandiose, electronic music veteran Sébastien Tellier recently released his sixth studio album L’Aventura this past July via French independent label Record Makers. As longtime supporters of the artist, we’re happy to host the US premiere of the beautiful video for the track “Ma Calypso.” While other music videos off L’Aventura feature the singer-songwriter (who keeps in the same company as Daft …

Kehinde Wiley Paints “The World Stage: Haiti”

The artist hosts a pageant to find "The Face of Haiti" in his new exhibition in Los Angeles

Kehinde Wiley searches the world to find models to paint. His travels have taken him to Israel, Lagos and Dakar, China, and Jamaica. More recently, he’s traveled to six countries in Africa, where, in each destination, he stopped people on the streets, asking them to model for photographs in heroic poses based on historic paintings. Wiley then painted their image in oil on giant linen …

The Photographer’s Playbook

Ideas and anecdotes from some of the most talented image-makers in the business

In a time period in which people are taking (and sharing) an unprecedented number of photographs with ease and immediacy, the desire to take pictures has probably never been higher. A new book called “The Photographer’s Playbook”—edited by acclaimed photographers Jason Fulford and Gregory Halpern—provides a platform for enthusiasts and aspiring professionals to explore different ways to view and capture the world around them. The …