Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I – XVIII

Family trees flung all over the world captured in photos at MoMA

Taryn Simon is part bloodhound, part photographer. For “A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I – XVIII,” she spent four years tracking down 18 families spread all over the world. Nine of those families, or chapters, as Simon calls them, are now on display at MoMA. Each chapter is made up of three segments, most notably a large group portrait shot yearbook-style with …

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Photobooth

In our latest video we visited the world's only tintype portrait studio to learn about the process and beauty behind tintype photography

In the first of four videos we premiered at the 99% Conference last week we took a trip to the Mission District in San Francisco, California to talk to Michael Shindler, co-founder of Photobooth. Photobooth serves as both a retail space for classic camera gear, a gallery and most interesting a tintype portrait studio. We talked to Michael about the ins and outs of the …

Made In America Skillets

Albanian bunkers, Michel Gondry's novel cars, state-shaped skillets and more in our look at the web this week

Fry up something nice in the shape of your favorite state with FeLion Studio’s “Made in America Skillets”. The collection features 48 hand-poured, cast iron skillets—hopefully you’re not hungry for some Hawaiian grinds.