Mick Rock‘s 256-page paperback version of “Exposed” is currently stuck in customs, but that hasn’t made the legendary rock’n’roll photographer slow down. As he told us on a tour of his exhibition of the same name—on now at NYC’s SUMO Gallery—he’s been busy “buggering about” with some of his iconic photos. For his classic Lou Reed image that graces the cover of Transformer, for example, …
Designing compelling and informative ways to communicate raw data has never been more pertinent. In light of the ceaseless thirst for information brought on by the digital age (along with the multitude of access points for such information) the wealth of rich infographics produced today is nothing short of astounding. Taking into account the balance of design, art, science and mathematics these graphics demand, the …
40 years ago, Chris Stein and Debbie Harry co-founded one of the most influential punk rock bands in Blondie. Stein, a photography student at NYC’s School of Visual Arts, was already documenting the scene that they would help define. From those early moments forward, he turned his lens on scenes made available only to someone deeply embedded in their culture. Across 250 color and black …