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Friday Photo: Malibu in Gray

Stilts, Malibu by imagebysp
Stilts, Malibu a photo by imagebysp on Flickr.

“Stilts, Malibu” from Stephen in London.

I spent the day in Malibu today, so I had to select a photo that did it justice. I am probably biased since I have some very personal memories of the place, but beyond the mythic, Hollywood-soaked images most of us associate with Malibu, there is a deeper, richer and darker side to it that not everyone appreciates. Stephen’s photo nails it.

It was clear and blue today, but as I was driving north along the coast the clouds began rolling in again. The sun is low in the sky now and I imagine that the beach has started to look much like it does here.

You can see more of Stephen’s black and white landscapes on his flickr stream.

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Friday Photo: Suddenly, that Summer

 by nirrimi

Just 18 years old,  Australian photographer Nirrimi Hakanson is already capturing attention both in her home country and overseas. In 2009 she won the SOYA-Qantas Spirit of Youth Award, and last summer she shot Diesel’s Fall/Winter campaign in New York.

Hakanson’s work recalls dreams, daydreams and free-spirited summers at the sea shore. Her use of natural light, sylphlike models and stunning landscapes infuses her images with a gauzy sensuality that evokes those delicate, somewhat-idealized moments of the teen years that tend to haunt old photo albums or crop up during bar-stool reminiscences.

Looking through Hakanson’s ebullient depictions of adolescence makes me want to take my inner 16 year old for a midday skinny dip off the southern coast of Hvar. Perhaps they will have a similar effect on you?

You can learn more about Nirrimi’s work on her blog.

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Friday Photo: Traveling Light

Zurich BH 2

“Zurich BH 2” from Izakigur in Switzerland. The light, the tones and the contrast infuse an otherwise ordinary moment at a Zurich train station with both energy and a sense of solitude. Goethe may have called architecture “frozen music,” but this image comes pretty close.

“I love to say that I am ‘denying time,’  and I am ‘following the light,'” the photographer notes in his flickr profile. “Light is the big seducer.”

For more of Izakigur’s impressive work with light and landscapes, visit his flickr stream.

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Friday Photo: Tuileries in Winter

Tuileries on a mid-December morning. © Erin Zaleski

Tuileries on a mid-December morning. © Erin Zaleski

I took this in mid-December in Paris several years ago. It was unusually sunny, but I was feeling melancholy for numerous reasons. Mostly because I had to fly back to the States the next day.

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Friday Photo: Dreamscape in Marble & Harlequin

“F. Juvarra: Galleria di Diana 2008” from Marco in Italy. The perspective, the light, the interplay of black and white all make for a gorgeous image. Similar landscapes have cropped up in my dreams, so there was a personal attraction to this photo as well. For more of Marco’s stunning black and white photography, visit his flickr stream.

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