Luke Byrne is a photographer friend with a beautiful retro aesthetic. His washed out landscapes are incredibly romantic. I want to go where he is.
Luke directed, shot and edited the below video for Urban Outfitters. Music by my housemate Joel (and Luke’s brother)’s band Wolf & Cub.
All photographs by Luke Byrne.
Check out Luke’s flickr and Instagram @coooolhandluke
Although Karl Blossfeldt’s botanical photogravures are his most famous work, he was also a well respected sculptor and professor of art. His interest in and eye for form and texture are evident in these images, which are striking in both the complexity of the subject and the simplicity of his photographic style. He used a homemade camera and had his work published in 1929 in his book Urformen der Kunst (Archetypes of Art).
Whitechapel Gallery in London is currently exhibiting a selection of his images until June 14, 2013.
All photographs by Karl Blossfeldt.
New York based artist Matt Wisniewski uses found photographs to create these captivating digital collages.
All artwork by Matt Wisniewski.
This beautiful house and garden is located in Olivos, Buenos Aires. It was designed by architect Alejandro Sticotti for he and partner Mercedes Hernáez (creator of Mapas de Buenos Aires). They bought the garden in between two properties and spent the next three years building the residence you see now. There is a beautiful flow of glass and wood, which really allows the garden to feature as it peaks through every window. Add to that a gorgeous kitchen (our oven is broken at the moment, and I’m having major envy of theirs) and a super cute jack russell to boot.
Hernáez’s studio and shop is located in nearby Palermo. I love the bright pop of yellow in the windows and the continuing theme of glass and garden.
Photographs by Ana Armendariz for Freunde von Freunden.
I’ve just returned from an incredibly relaxing extra long weekend on Waiheke Island, New Zealand.
The island lies 35 minutes ferry ride from Auckland. We were there to visit my aunt and uncle, who sailed into one of the island’s bays 22 years ago and have remained there ever since. They live in a beautiful cliff top house above an almost private little nudist beach. Their garden has some of the best views and is overflowing with zucchinis, beetroot, pumpkins, spinach, beans, feijoa, tomatoes, tamarillos and lots of herbs.
While in NZ we were also lucky enough to be invited to local girl Lorde’s first show. She is only 16 and is about to take off. Check out one of her tracks below. More here.
All photographs by Sophia Kaplan.
IS./WET is a new collaboration between photographer Ted O’Donnell and artist Vicki Lee. This it the first time the couple have worked together.
Their photographs of brilliant flowers dripping in hyper colour paint are intriguing but it’s the stop motion film directed and edited by Patrick de Teliga which I really like.
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If you’re free tonight pop down to Sun Studios from 6pm to check out the exhibition.
My friend Lisa was in South Africa recently to spend some time with her boyfriend’s family.
Her travel snaps are adorable and I particularly liked these two. The first is taken at Babylonstoren Garden and the second while on safari.
Lisa is a stylist living in New York and her boyfriend Neil is a photographer. You can see some of their work on together over at Hunger TV. Above photographs by Neil Francis Dawson.
I have now added the Babylonstoren Garden to my list of places to visit when I head to South Africa (hopefully) next year. You can stay in one of their adjoining guesthouses, use the spa, visit their delicatessen, eat at the restaurant or just wander the garden.
Images from the Babylonstoren blog.
I visited Morocco a few years back. We caught the ferry from Tarifa across the Strait of Gilbrator to Tangiers. The ocean is incredibly luminescent and the sun so strong. We only spent a day in Tangiers before heading to Essaouira, but I remember winding, steep, dusty streets looking out onto that incredible view of the Mediterranean. It’s a rough, mysterious, and beautiful town filled with creative expats including the world renowned garden designer Madison Cox.
Ten or so years ago Cox bought a run down house perched on the cliffs of Tangiers. A lot of care and thought has gone into the renovation of the house and bringing alive of the garden. The one and a half acre garden is long and narrow and has a high white masonry wall on one side and cliff edge on the other. Within the garden he has a free standing library, swimming pool, guesthouse, chicken coop, stone paths, terraces, and flower and vegetable beds. It’s a relaxed design, and looks like a total pleasure to be amongst.
Photographs by Oberto Gili for the NY Times.
My sister was also in Morocco a couple of weeks ago. Her pictures are lovely so I thought I’d include some here.
Photographs by Olivia Kaplan and Pierre Voirin.
Kitchen gardens are popping up all over Sydney. Here are two I have visited, but for a bigger list check out this SMH article.
Chiswick Restaurant is set in a surrounds of Chiswick Gardens, Woollahra and hosts a 150 square metre kitchen garden.
Photograph one from Chiswick, photograph two and three by Sophia Kaplan.
The Grounds is a yummy cafe in an old warehouse in Alexandria and their garden is based on a sustainable permiculture approach. It also plays host to a brood of chickens and a newly acquired piglet.
Photographs of The Grounds by Katie Quinn Davies from What Katie Ate.
The Secret Garden 
