Art & Photography

When I was a teenager, I spent a lot of time researching the 1930s and 1940s. You see, I loved the shit out of an old World War 2 game called Day Of Defeat, and I wanted to know as much as I could about the era. I must have looked at thousands upon thousands of photos, and to this day, I still picture that time period as one that existed in black and white. The truth of the matter, though, is that previous eras were just as vibrant as today, and seeing color photos from that time period are a solid reminder that the events of the depression and the second World War were really not that long ago. 

The 80s were a time of big hair, tight jeans, and lots and lots of drugs. It was a magical era, made all the more awesome by my having been born during it. Given that I was only 5 years old when the 80s came to an unfortunate end, I have little recollection of what transpired. What I do know, is that New York seemed like a pretty awesome place at the time, and in a moment you’ll see what I’m talking about. All of the photos below were taken by the amazing Steven Siegel, a photographer who’s

I’ve always found snakes to be stunningly gorgeous creatures, but I can understand some people’s inherent fear of them. More often than not, photography of the reptiles shows them striking and eating, or haphazardly coiled and looped nonchalantly in their native habitats. In general, it’s easy to view serpents as hunters first and as disarmingly beautiful second (or ten millionth, for some people.) Guido Mocafico has created a photo series of rectangle snakes that allows you to look at these fantastic animals as art. 

Someone told me that a lot of my posts start off with tales from my childhood, and it’s true – I did learn a lot as a child. I learned how to scavenge nudie magazines from the recycling bins… I learned how to build awesome treehouses, and perhaps most importantly of all, I learned how not to blow my hands off using modified fireworks.

You see, where I grew up, firecrackers were illegal. When I wanted to get the same effect, I had to make a few 

People take creative and artistic inspiration from all sorts of places. Some people go for walks, others take long, relaxing showers, and then there are people like Bryan Lewis Saunders who get right down to business and do drugs… lots and lots of drugs.

Bryan has been creating self-portraits for many years now; in fact, he does a new one each and every day. Somewhere along the line something changed, though, and he decided to start taking drugs before painting or