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Holiday Gift Books: Photography

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Holiday Gift Books: Photography

“Lee Miller: Photographs” presents more than 100 of the photographer’s best images; an essay by her son, the photographer Antony Penrose; and another essay by the actress Kate Winslet, who will play Miller in an upcoming movie. Miller had careers as an enormously successful fashion model, a studio photographer, a collaborator with Man Ray, a fashion photographer and a World War II combat photographer. In Paris after World War I she knew the avant-garde Surrealists; their habit of unlikely juxtapositions informed much of her photography. Surrealism worked well in fashion, and surprisingly also in documenting the dislocations of war—even in her harrowing images of the dead and dying in newly liberated concentration camps. Herself a beauty, she created images that command attention.

None of the 95 pictures in Stephen Shore’s “Topographies: Aerial Surveys of the American Landscape” has a title. Instead, they are designated by the GPS coordinates of where they were taken: The crisp color photos were captured from a drone. In one essay, Richard B. Woodward writes that “these are photographs about the particulars of the physical world.” It is mostly an attractive world of farms, highways, mountains, lakes and rivers, and places of habitation and industry. The fine details exemplify, as Mr. Shore describes it, his “experiencing the everyday with attention.”

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Delta curates Faces of Travel experience with “Inspired Journeys” digital art pop-up activation

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Delta curates Faces of Travel experience with “Inspired Journeys” digital art pop-up activation

Delta’s commitment to increase representation in the travel industry and authentically showcase diverse travelers experiencing the world in extraordinary ways “popped up” last week in Los Angeles. Our “Inspired Journeys” digital art installation took place at Westfield Century City, an open-air entertainment plaza, and at the ADCOLOR conference, the premier diversity gathering for professionals of all levels across creative industries. 

As an extension of our Faces of Travel initiative, Delta invited employees and members of the Los Angeles community to share accounts of memorable travel experiences, which were brought to life in real-time via digital sketch by seven commissioned emerging artists with diverse backgrounds. Among the selection of talented artists was Delta employee Andersen Cupid, Designer – Window Seat.

As an extension of our Faces of Travel initiative, Delta invited employees and members of the Los Angeles community to share accounts of memorable travel experiences, which were brought to life in real-time via digital sketch by seven commissioned emerging artists with diverse backgrounds. Among the selection of talented artists were Delta employees Andersen Cupid, Designer – Window Seat and Cedric Smith, Lead Supply Attendant – TechOps. 

A group hangs out on a boat in Kalk Bay, South Africa

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While Delta has intentionally increased representation within its own marketing assets, Faces of Travel is a program that continues Delta’s long-term commitment to increase representation that the larger travel culture can tap into: from social media to tourism ads, and everything in between, while pushing against stereotypes that have been created and upheld.

“The Inspired Journeys experience has generated such meaningful impact that is two-fold,” said Andersen. “For our artists, it’s created an opportunity to share their craft with a new audience, and for the community, it showed them that Delta sees value in capturing their stories and experiences while traveling. The art we created was a fresh take on storytelling and showcased our different perspective on some of the participants most memorable moments – we’ve seen tears and shared laughs through this experience.” 

For Cedric, the Inspired Journeys experience was a literal expression of Delta’s ethos to connect and reflect the world we serve.  

“Internalizing the stories of our guests and translating their memories into art has allowed me to be part of their experiences – it’s like traveling to places I’ve never been,” said Cedric. “We can have such powerful conversations through art and create pieces that are not only aesthetically pleasing but reflect the most unique parts of us.” 

As an extension of our Faces of Travel initiative, Delta invited employees and members of the Los Angeles community to share accounts of memorable travel experiences, which were brought to life in real-time via digital sketch by seven commissioned emerging artists with diverse backgrounds. Among the selection of talented artists was Delta employee Cedric Smith, Lead Supply Attendant – TechOps.

From summer weddings in Lake Como, to annual family ski trips in the snow-covered peaks of the Rocky Mountains, Delta created over 200 digital illustrations for members of the Los Angeles community and attendees of the 2023 ADCOLOR conference. 

A sketch of London done as part of Delta's Inspired Journeys digital art installation.

To further reinforce Delta’s ongoing commitment to show and promote greater diversity and inclusivity in the travel industry, Delta created a Cultural Moments Travel Guide Series. The guides were created in collaboration with organizations and creators in diverse communities and our partner LATAM to share travel recommendations through an inclusive and welcoming lens. The travel guide series was awarded the 8th Annual Shorty Impact Awards, in the social movement category – honoring the most creative and effective campaigns in support of cultural moments and/or social activism.  

“Delta’s commitment to amplify the stories and faces of diverse travelers is more than an initiative,” Ashley Sherman, General Manager – ESG Marketing. “Travelers from every part of the world and every walk of life have always been part of Delta’s story and our success. Faces of Travel reinforces our commitment to all travelers who have helped shape Delta’s culture and that of the travel industry.”  

Visit the Faces of Travel homepage to learn more about Delta’s commitment to increase diverse representation within the travel industry. 

One of the Most Colorful Composites of the Universe Highlights Galaxies 4.3 Billion Light-Years from Earth

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One of the Most Colorful Composites of the Universe Highlights Galaxies 4.3 Billion Light-Years from Earth

Galaxy cluster MACS0416. Image courtesy of NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Diego (Instituto de Física de Cantabria, Spain), J. D’Silva (U. Western Australia), A. Koekemoer (STScI), J. Summers & R. Windhorst (ASU), and H. Yan (U. Missouri)

The groundbreaking James Webb Space Telescope and its predecessor the Hubble Space Telescope have collaborated on a new cosmic composite teeming with colorful galaxies. Using infrared observations from Webb and visible-light details from Hubble, astronomists stitched together an astonishing, panchromatic image of the MACS0416 cluster located approximately “4.3 billion light-years from Earth, meaning that the light from it that we see now left the cluster shortly after the formation of our solar system,” a release from the European Space Agency says. Our solar system is nearly 4.6 billion years old.

Both telescopes register wavelengths in black and white and in a manner that’s different from the way humans see light, so researchers assigned colors to galaxies to mimic our eyesight. “The bluest galaxies are relatively nearby and often show intense star formation, as best detected by Hubble, while the redder galaxies tend to be more distant, or else contain copious amounts of dust, as best detected by Webb,” the team says, noting that the image captures an exceptional range of wavelengths, from 0.4 to 5 microns. Intermediate galaxies are shown in green.

Because of gravitational lensing—this happens when an enormous celestial body, like the cluster shown, bends the path of light into a curved shape—this image of MACS0416 also magnifies light from additional galaxies even farther away, along with supernovae and individual stars. With its vivid, illuminating colors, the image is thought to be one of the most colorful depictions of the cosmos in existence. (via PetaPixel)

 

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Nissan Hyper Adventure Concept Is a Weekend Warrior’s Dream Machine

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Nissan Hyper Adventure Concept Is a Weekend Warrior’s Dream Machine

Prior to the 2023 Japan Mobility Show, Japanese auto brand Nissan dropped a peek of a sharply-sculpted Hyper Adventure 4×4 digital concept, a large-capacity battery on four wheels designed for “people passionate about outdoor adventures and an eco-friendly lifestyle” and outfitted it with its very own set of retractable steps that leads up to an adventurer’s loveseat for two inside its futuristic confines.

Nissan’s designers integrated the roof and side windows and the flush surface of the rear end to improve aerodynamics of their sport SUV EV. The pixelated wheels and front and rear bumpers are additionally outfitted with snow gear to improve traction.

Sideview of the sharply paneled icy blue Nissan Hyper Adventure concept render set in a snowy setting with the Northern Lights glowing in the background with an Arctic body of water just a few feet away. Both front doors and gullwing rear doors are open fully, offering a peek inside a deep red illuminated interior with two front seats and one large bucket sofa-shaped rear.

Nissan has been struggling to carve out a greater piece of the automotive pie for several years now, thus it behooves the auto brand to start taking more risks if they have any hopes to reconnect with buyers already tempted by the increasing models defining the EV segment (and if this concept and the Nissan Hyper Tourer, they’re certainly game). And the Hyper Adventure’s aggressively angular and aerodynamic exterior does promote a more tech-forward approach to their next generation of models. Most conspicuous is a side profile expressed by the Hyper Adventure’s nearly 45-degree diagonal door cutouts that appears as much sliced as designed.

Render of the Nissan Hyper Adventure concept's richly red and angular interior cabin, showing the entirety of the SUV's 2 front seats and one large bucket sofa-style seating in the back.

The interior takes advantage of an EV platform’s skateboard-style platform, maximizing cargo space for hauling outdoor gear such as tents, skis, or even a kayak.

In addition to expressing movement even at a standstill, the Hyper Adventure’s exterior accentuates the vehicle’s spacious and very sensuously illuminated cabin within. The instrument panel connects to the bottom of the windshield, serving as a screen with a wide field of view, helping create the perception the body of the vehicle as transparent; the integration of a yoke steering wheel paired with a continuation of aggressive angles across the dash all the way back into the rear bench seat is additionally emphasized by ambient lighting, evoking a Cyberpunk 2077 atmosphere.

Render of the Nissan Hyper Adventure concept's richly red and angular interior cabin, with large overhead spans of windows giving occupants a wraparound view of the sky.

Render of the Nissan Hyper Adventure concept's richly red and angular interior cabin, with yoke steering wheel positioned to the right side and a wraparound dash digital display.

The wildest exploratory feature that we definitely will not be seeing is the Hyper Adventure’s rear bench seat, a modernist loveseat designed to rotate 180 degrees on an axle, giving those tired from aforementioned adventuring a comfortable place to rest when returning from a day’s venture. That is, once they ascend three more steps engineered to automatically extend out and downward.

Man in warm outdoor puffy jacket and snow gear seated in the back of the sharply paneled icy blue Nissan Hyper Adventure concept render set in a snowy setting with the Northern Lights glowing in the background with an Arctic body of water just a few feet away. The back of the vehicle has a set of four retractable steps leaning outward up to a bucket-style sofa seat where the man is seated.

Nissan says the Hyper Adventure Concept is to include a “large-capacity battery,” but being a concept, specifics about its actual capacity is kept nebulous. The concept is envisioned to ease the hardships of adventuring, operating with V2X (vehicle-to-everything) capabilities: powering up outdoor accessories, campsite lights, or even recharging electric jet skis. Back at home, Nissan imagines the SUV adding power back into homes (V2H) or a contributing surplus power back into the grid (V2G).

Side ground level view of an icy blue Nissan Hyper Adventure concept render set in a snowy setting with the Northern Lights glowing in the background.

The Nissan Hyper Adventure concept is certainly not intended for production and will only be displayed at the Japan Mobility Show digitally rather than as a physical show model. But expect to see certain elements of the Hyper Adventure concept make their way into future iterations of the similarly sized Nissan Rogue or maybe even the more upscale Ariya.

Gregory Han is a Senior Editor at Design Milk. A Los Angeles native with a profound love and curiosity for design, hiking, tide pools, and road trips, a selection of his adventures and musings can be found at gregoryhan.com.

What did the New York auctions reveal about the state of the art market?

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What did the New York auctions reveal about the state of the art market?

This week: the New York auctions. Tim Schneider, The Art Newspaper’s acting art market editor, joins us to discuss two weeks of major sales in New York and whether they have calmed a jittery art market.

Libuse Jarcovjakova’s photograph from the T-Club series, 1980 is one of the exhibits at Walker Art Center’s Multiple Realities: Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc, 1960s–1980s

Courtesy the artist, Prague

Multiple Realities: Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc, 1960s–1980s, an exhibition exploring radical art made in six countries under communist rule in Central Eastern Europe, has just opened at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, US, before travelling to Phoenix, Arizona and Vancouver. We talk to the curator in Minneapolis, Pavel Pyś.

And this episode’s Work of the Week is Terry Adkins’s Last Trumpet (1995). This sculptural installation is included in the latest edition of Artist’s Choice, a regular series of shows exploring the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, selected by notable figures outside the museum. This latest iteration, Spirit Movers, has been chosen by the fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner. We talk to Michelle Kuo, a curator of painting and sculpture at the museum, who has worked with Wales Bonner on the show.

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