Zac Henderson is an editorial and fine art photographer who travels across the United States taking photographs as he goes. In his converted van along with his wife and two dogs – they hit the road and capture beautiful images.
In fact, you can even see him explaining his van set up below!
Today, we’re sharing some images from his series called Draped Stone, which captures beautiful sandstone formations in Utah that look just like draped fabric.
To follow more of Henderson’s amazing work, journey and lifestyle you can see more of him on:
Cami Dobrin is an illustrator from Norway who specialises in creating beautiful character illustrations. We’re sharing just a few here today but we suggest very strongly that you visit here website for more inspiration! She’s amazing!
Or, if you’d prefer to follow her on Instagram, you can check out her account here.
The 3rd year Illustration students explored 3-D illustration, storytelling and stop-motion animation through depicting a legend from Southern Africa. They were tasked to make everything by hand, photograph all movements, and collate it into short animated clips that would communicate the essence of the legends.
They explored their character design skills within a three-dimensional space. With an already strong foundation in character development, they were challenged to translate their 2-D skills into the 3-D space of sculpture and puppetry. Here we look at Jia Watts’ project.
Jia Watts made use of three-dimensional illustration and stop-motion animation to reinterpret the folktale, The Witch of Hex River Valley.
The folktale is about Eliza, an 1860’s farmstead girl. She declared to her lover, Frans, that to prove his love for her, he must climb the Matroosberg mountains to fetch her a rare Disa flower. Frans then journeyed through the mountains, but fell from a rocky outcrop, with Eliza’s Disa in hand. Struck with grief of the news that Frans had died, and the growing guilt, Eliza became mentally ill and was kept in her room by her parents to protect her from herself.
This animation illustrates a moment where Eliza reminisces on Frans, analysing the letters he wrote and the flowers he brought her, fondly. She wants to run to where Frans had died, summoning the courage to break the window and escape. Legend says that Eliza was crying at the edge of a cliff as it crumbled, befalling the same fate as her lover Frans. And so, her ghostly presence at the foothills of the Hex River valley roamed, becoming known as the Witch of Hex River Valley.
To have a look at some of the other incredible work, head over to our Instagram page for the rest of the week.
This integrated campaign for funnyhowflowersdothat.co.uk by Fever Unlimited incorporates some gorgeous guerilla flower arrangement by Miller and Lycett that appeared around London, along with this awesome TV ad.
This limited edition packaging for FIX Hellas by Luminous Design was created to remind consumers that the brand has been around since 1864, with loads of understanding about what it means to be from Greece. Each of the three packaging designs was illustrated with stories and images from local knowledge that only locals could know – showing people that FIX Hellas has been an authentic Greek beer from the very beginning.
Recently, our second year photography students undertook a live brief with the NGO, Waves For Change. The concept was to have fun, bring in colour and energy to the portraits being photographed, as these will be added to their on location documentary series and video production they are working towards.
A Bit about Waves 4 Change:
Waves For Change (W4C) was founded by Tim Conibear, who spent time in South Africa after graduating from university in the UK. An avid surfer, Tim spent every free moment he had surfing. In 2009 he started a small surfing club in Masiphumelele Township. The club centred around voluntary weekend surfing sessions, which soon grew when local community members – Apish Tshetsha and Bongani Ndlovu – volunteered to lead and expand the club.
Apish and Bongani recognised that surfing was a great way to engage young people, who soon started sharing their stories and challenges. In an effort to provide more social support, the trio reached out to local social services only to realise that local services were heavily under-resourced. A gap was identified.
Daily exposure to violence and stress means many South Africans suffer from acute emotional and psychological stress. In the absence of emotional support, the stress often manifests in anti-social and high-risk behaviour, placing many young South Africans at-risk. Early surfing sessions showed that participants noted improved feelings of belonging, strength, trust and confidence – key pillars of wellbeing. This was reflected in their behaviour as noted by teachers and parents.
The trio crew, teamed up with mental health professionals and development experts to develop, what today is, an award winning Surf Therapy programme. W4C operates in some of the most at-risk communities in South Africa and Africa.
This recent film for the Danish Road Safety Council by & Co. is the perfect example of how a great idea can really cut through and make people take notice. It tells the story of a bunch of Vikings about to raid England – and the importance of wearing a helmet.
Anti is a product design business that uses waste to create beautiful products for the home. Mostly, they focus on taking broken or discarded umbrellas and repurposing them into something desirable. What a great idea!
Aristide Benoist is a developer who specialises in motion and interaction work, which he has put together in an absolutely stunning portfolio site.
From the way the work is presented and how scrolling works through to each project changing the colour of the site – it’s just so well thought out and clever.
Jörg Gläscher is a German photographer who specialises in documentary photography and photojournalism. Today, we’re sharing a series of works he conceptualised and shot himself, where he collected deadwood and created waves in a forest just outside Hamburg.
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