Cultural trends are difficult to spot when you’re in the middle of them. They look like ‘normal’, it’s only with the benefit of distance can you join the dots. It’d be useful to recognise current trends because generally they are followed by the polar opposite. In fashion, plain is likely to be followed by pattern, natural by synthetic, subtle by loud. When type was set on film and photographic paper, Art Directors and Designers were obsessed with sharpness, because perfectionRead more
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Hands up who’s heard of Satoshi Saikusa?
I came across these images the other day, it turned out to be the work of artist Satoshi Saikusa. When worked on Adidas I was constantly on the hunt for photographers, we were shooting athletes from all over the world on a regular basis, and trying to shoot them in a way that was distinctive and own-able was the goal. Satoshi was always top of my list. Unfortunately, for either financial, timing or simply clients feeling he was too exotic,Read more