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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>wesley mannnnnn is the blog of NYC based photographer Wesley Mann; a higbrow/lowbrow mash-up of self promotion, inspiration, thoughts, and other tidbits. All images were photographed by Wesley Mann unless otherwise noted.

For more of my work please head to www.wesleymann.com

or follow me on twitter at https://twitter.com/Wesley_Mann</description><title>wesley mannnnnn</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @wesleymannnnnn)</generator><link>http://blog.wesleymann.com/</link><item><title>Schoolly D - Photographed for Philadelphia Magazine at...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2kwseGMgP1qza0ugo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2kwseGMgP1qza0ugo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2kwseGMgP1qza0ugo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2kwseGMgP1qza0ugo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2kwseGMgP1qza0ugo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2kwseGMgP1qza0ugo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Schoolly D&lt;/strong&gt; - Photographed for Philadelphia Magazine at “The Gold Club” and Milkboy Studios in Philly.  Schoolly D is widely recognized as being the originator of “gangster rap”.   &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/21212896722</link><guid>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/21212896722</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:38:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Schoolly D</category><category>Gangster Rap</category><category>Philadelphia magazine</category><category>Editorial</category><category>Artists on Tumblr</category><category>artistsontumblr</category><category>Portrait</category><category>Assignment</category><category>Photography</category><category>Rappers</category><category>Rap Music</category><category>Strip Club</category><category>Strippers</category></item><item><title>Chamonix, France. By Moi -A 16x20 print; signed, mounted, matted...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0zllrWWys1qza0ugo1_r2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chamonix, France. &lt;/strong&gt;By Moi&lt;strong&gt; -&lt;/strong&gt;A 16x20 print; signed, mounted, matted and framed for silent auction at the “&lt;a href="http://www.communitywordproject.org/" title="auction link"&gt;2012 Community-Word Project&lt;/a&gt;” taking place April 2nd, 2012 in Midtown NYC!! Swing by and swipe it up! 16x20!!!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/19401548740</link><guid>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/19401548740</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:53:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Silent Auction</category><category>Community-Word Project</category><category>Chamonix</category><category>Les Aiguilles de Chamonix</category><category>The Alps</category><category>Landscape</category><category>Fine art print</category><category>artists on tumblr</category><category>16x20</category><category>Mountains</category><category>Peaks</category><category>France</category><category>Famous Peaks</category></item><item><title>Brian Finke, pt. 1 - Brian is one of my favorite story tellers...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m07spevIFT1qza0ugo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m07spevIFT1qza0ugo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m07spevIFT1qza0ugo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m07spevIFT1qza0ugo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m07spevIFT1qza0ugo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m07spevIFT1qza0ugo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m07spevIFT1qza0ugo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m07spevIFT1qza0ugo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m07spevIFT1qza0ugo9_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m07spevIFT1qza0ugo10_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brian Finke, &lt;/strong&gt;pt. 1&lt;strong&gt; -&lt;/strong&gt; Brian is one of my favorite story tellers out there. It was so difficult to cull through his work for my favorites, that I decided to split this post into two parts.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See more of Brian’s work &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://brianfinke.com/blog/?portfolio=2468-2" title="BF Port"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/18554412953</link><guid>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/18554412953</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:34:00 -0500</pubDate><category>Brian Finke</category><category>Essayist</category><category>favorite photographers</category><category>portrait</category><category>photography</category><category>art</category><category>football</category><category>circus</category><category>chris colfer</category><category>larry david</category><category>bloomberg</category><category>baseball</category><category>barbara bush</category><category>george bush</category></item><item><title>Brian Finke - pt. 2 See more of Brian’s work here.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m07seisuPz1qza0ugo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m07seisuPz1qza0ugo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m07seisuPz1qza0ugo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m07seisuPz1qza0ugo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m07seisuPz1qza0ugo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m07seisuPz1qza0ugo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m07seisuPz1qza0ugo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m07seisuPz1qza0ugo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m07seisuPz1qza0ugo9_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m07seisuPz1qza0ugo10_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brian Finke&lt;/strong&gt; - pt. 2 See more of Brian’s work &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://brianfinke.com/blog/?portfolio=2468-2" title="BF Port"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/18554198601</link><guid>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/18554198601</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:27:00 -0500</pubDate><category>Brian Finke</category><category>portrait photography</category><category>Artist</category><category>Flight Attendant</category><category>Muscle Men</category><category>Body Builders</category><category>Highschool Football</category><category>Cheerleaders</category><category>Amtrak</category><category>Essayist</category><category>Journalism</category></item><item><title>Ang Lee - Photographed Feb 17th 2012 in NYC. </title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzur2zhUNe1qza0ugo1_r1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ang Lee&lt;/strong&gt; - Photographed Feb 17th 2012 in NYC. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/18131158274</link><guid>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/18131158274</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:30:00 -0500</pubDate><category>The Hollywood Reporter</category><category>Ang Lee</category><category>Studio</category><category>Portrait</category><category>artists on tumblr</category><category>commissioned work</category><category>portrait photography</category><category>Director</category><category>Studio portrait</category><category>Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon</category><category>Ice Storm</category><category>Brokeback Mountain</category><category>Taking Woodstock</category></item><item><title>Sasha - a frame from early 2010.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzg7qshIX51qza0ugo1_r1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sasha - &lt;/strong&gt;a frame from early 2010.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/17665760333</link><guid>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/17665760333</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:06:00 -0500</pubDate><category>City Billies</category><category>Dreadlocks</category><category>Studio Portrait</category><category>artists on tumblr</category><category>personal work</category><category>test</category></item><item><title>Mitch Epstein American Power 2003-2009.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz120ptXm61qza0ugo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz120ptXm61qza0ugo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz120ptXm61qza0ugo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz120ptXm61qza0ugo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz120ptXm61qza0ugo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz120ptXm61qza0ugo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz120ptXm61qza0ugo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz120ptXm61qza0ugo11_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz120ptXm61qza0ugo12_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz120ptXm61qza0ugo13_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mitch Epstein&lt;/strong&gt; American Power 2003-2009.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/17209798267</link><guid>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/17209798267</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:38:49 -0500</pubDate><category>Mitch Epstein</category><category>American Power</category><category>Energy</category><category>Photography Book</category></item><item><title>Yann Gross - Lavina, 2004. Valais, Switzerland. A series of...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyodf476Jj1qza0ugo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyodf476Jj1qza0ugo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyodf476Jj1qza0ugo3_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyodf476Jj1qza0ugo4_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyodf476Jj1qza0ugo5_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyodf476Jj1qza0ugo6_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yann Gross - Lavina, 2004. Valais, Switzerland. A series of planned avalanches in the Swiss region of the Alps. Appeared in issue 202 of Aperature Magazine.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See more of Yann Gross’s work &lt;a href="http://yanngross.com" title="Yann Gross Website" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/16826003422</link><guid>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/16826003422</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:16:16 -0500</pubDate><category>Avalanches</category><category>Aperature</category><category>Cotemporary Photography</category><category>Alps</category><category>Yann Gross</category></item><item><title>My Brother Evan Mann  Brigantine, NJ  January 25th, 2012.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lygwnxbknN1qza0ugo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My Brother Evan Mann&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/em&gt;Brigantine, NJ  January 25th, 2012.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/16584422343</link><guid>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/16584422343</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:31:00 -0500</pubDate><category>Atlantic City</category><category>Beach</category><category>Portrait</category><category>artists on tumblr</category></item><item><title>New Portrait work for Fortune Magazine - Recently I’ve...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly9hb7r5gF1qza0ugo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly9hb7r5gF1qza0ugo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly9hb7r5gF1qza0ugo6_r1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly9hb7r5gF1qza0ugo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly9hb7r5gF1qza0ugo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New Portrait work for Fortune Magazine&lt;/strong&gt; - Recently I’ve been lucky to complete a series of assignments for Fortune which I’ve been very happy with. Typically, when I’m photographing people from the business world I’m working with individuals who really don’t enjoy having their picture taken. It’s been a fun practice for me trying to get them loosened up and coax something unusual out of them, other than the typical power poses they’re essentially trained to lock into.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If a person is unknown to me I’ll often try to pick an archetype for them and then try to build on that. For example the woman pictured, Frances Hasselbein, reminded me of an aging starlet. I kept draping her coat over her shoulders and encouraging her to feel glamorous…I think it came natural for her. At one point I had her wearing her own large-framed, darkened sunglasses! It’s like playing dress up, only your dolls are highly influential people.  Ta daaaaa!!!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/16354231278</link><guid>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/16354231278</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:16:00 -0500</pubDate><category>Fortune Magazine</category><category>Frances Hasselbein</category><category>IBM</category><category>Jeff Cardon</category><category>Peer to Peer leadership Foundation</category><category>Randall Macdonald</category><category>Thomas Huber</category><category>Vikram Pandit</category><category>Wasatch Fund</category><category>artists on tumblr</category></item><item><title>Keith Olbermann re-edit - With Mr. Olbermann making headlines...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxqk0iMpeI1qza0ugo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keith Olbermann re-edit&lt;/strong&gt; - With Mr. Olbermann making headlines all week, I decided to flip through my session with him and see if I could find something else to take away.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This particular frame came from the final three mins on set with him, once the ice had been cracked (and perhaps thawed out a bit). He became very engaged in a discussion  with my friend Luke, whom I’d invited to the shoot hoping he could conjure something out of him. What I got was this and a whole series of very expressive faces from Mr. Olbermann, photographed in quick succession.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;-Wesley&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keith Olbermann photographed June 3rd, 2011 &lt;/strong&gt;by Moi, for The Hollywood Reporter.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/15777489477</link><guid>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/15777489477</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:32:00 -0500</pubDate><category>Countdown</category><category>Current TV</category><category>Keith Olbermann</category><category>The Hollywood Reporter</category><category>artists on tumblr</category></item><item><title>Atticus Ross - Photographed December 8th, 2011 Los Angeles, Ca....</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxna8vqqTa1qza0ugo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Atticus Ross - Photographed December 8th, 2011 Los Angeles, Ca. &lt;strong&gt;By Moi.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/15676142399</link><guid>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/15676142399</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:32:00 -0500</pubDate><category>Atticus Ross</category><category>How To Destroy Angels</category><category>The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack</category><category>artistsontumblr</category><category>wesley mann photography</category><category>artists on tumblr</category></item><item><title>Trent Reznor - Photographed December 8th, 2011 Los Angeles, Ca....</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly3tooWCBn1qza0ugo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Trent Reznor - Photographed December 8th, 2011 Los Angeles, Ca. &lt;strong&gt;By Moi &lt;/strong&gt;for The Hollywood Reporter.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/16173455721</link><guid>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/16173455721</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:30:00 -0500</pubDate><category>NIN</category><category>Nine Inch Nails</category><category>The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo</category><category>The Hollywood Reporter</category><category>Trent Reznor</category><category>how to destroy angels</category><category>wesley mann photography</category><category>artists on tumblr</category></item><item><title>Landscapes by Jenny Harmsen</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxycgwv09C1qza0ugo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxycgwv09C1qza0ugo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxycgwv09C1qza0ugo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxycgwv09C1qza0ugo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxycgwv09C1qza0ugo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxycgwv09C1qza0ugo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxycgwv09C1qza0ugo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxycgwv09C1qza0ugo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxycgwv09C1qza0ugo9_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxycgwv09C1qza0ugo11_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Landscapes by Jenny Harmsen&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/16011354435</link><guid>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/16011354435</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:58:31 -0500</pubDate><category>Landscape</category><category>Mountains</category><category>Iceland</category><category>Arctic</category></item><item><title>I think this is one of the most perfect images I’ve ever...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxp5zlJWq21qza0ugo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I think this is one of the most perfect images I’ve ever seen.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Andrew Rowat, “Gold Ninja Miners of Mongolia”&lt;/strong&gt; - This image appeared in the New York Times Magazine on Dec. 4th 2011. Reminds me of Pieter Brueghel, The Elder.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;From the artists’ blog:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;“To access the camp we needed to ride reindeer for three days from the  nearest village and sleep outside – without tents mind you – in  temperatures that plummeted below -50C. One more I awoke to find my  water bottle frozen solid against my body inside the sleeping bag.”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click it to enlarge, then please take a moment to take it all in. Truly masterful!!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/15728873588</link><guid>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/15728873588</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:59:50 -0500</pubDate><category>Andrew Rowat</category><category>Mongolia</category><category>New York Times Magazine</category><category>Ninja Mining</category><category>Reindeer</category><category>Brueghel</category></item><item><title>Mert &amp; Marcus Piggot - Following yesterday’s Dana...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxli9u5L921qza0ugo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxli9u5L921qza0ugo11_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxli9u5L921qza0ugo12_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxli9u5L921qza0ugo13_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxli9u5L921qza0ugo14_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxli9u5L921qza0ugo15_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxli9u5L921qza0ugo16_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxli9u5L921qza0ugo17_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxli9u5L921qza0ugo18_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxli9u5L921qza0ugo19_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mert &amp; Marcus Piggot&lt;/strong&gt; - Following yesterday’s Dana Lixenberg post, I decided take a look at the two names I referenced as work I’m “into” these days. Dana’s work is very true-to-life and stark and by contrast these images are like vignettes of dreams with with lots of burning warm lights. Truthfully I’m not an enormous fan but their names are everywhere and they appear to be responsible a major portion of the successful fashion campaigns floating around these days. What always grabs my attention is their unusual use of color….even though I’m tipping off with a grainy BW. I would have lead with the current Gucci images but I didn’t want to include any with a logo, which speaking of, their agent takes the liberty of slapping (their own) on every image of theirs to deter them from being shared. These I hunted down across the wide expanse of fashion blogs.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/15626406083</link><guid>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/15626406083</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:35:01 -0500</pubDate><category>Mert Alas &amp;amp; Marcus Piggot</category><category>Kate Moss</category><category>Lara Stone</category><category>Dreamy</category></item><item><title>Dana Lixenberg - In 2003, when I was 20 y/o, I was able to pick...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjg47eD701qza0ugo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Philip Seymour Hoffman&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjg47eD701qza0ugo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Tupac&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjg47eD701qza0ugo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjg47eD701qza0ugo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjg47eD701qza0ugo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjg47eD701qza0ugo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjg47eD701qza0ugo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjg47eD701qza0ugo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjg47eD701qza0ugo9_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Taryn Simon&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjg47eD701qza0ugo10_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Allen Ginsberg&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dana Lixenberg&lt;/strong&gt; - In 2003, when I was 20 y/o, I was able to pick up an internship at VIBE Magazine working in the photo dept. Dana’s portfolio and assignment’s were some of my first tastes of contemporary photography. At the time my eyes were pretty fresh and It’s only now that I recognize that what stood out to me about her work was that she was never selling anything. At the time her style was the one that I was drawn to most. Now I like work like Mert &amp; Marcus….I’ve become a monster.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I wish I could go back and utilize my earlier sensibilities which were unsullied by the influences of the photo market and media in general.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;*That image of Tupac is amazing. She photographed him no differently than she has anyone else.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See more of Dana Lixenberg’s body of work &lt;a href="http://www.danalixenberg.com" title="dana's website"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/15568694650</link><guid>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/15568694650</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:52:00 -0500</pubDate><category>Tupac</category><category>Evangelicals</category><category>Taryn Simon</category><category>Dana Lixenberg</category><category>Allen Ginsberg</category><category>Philip Seymour Hoffman</category></item><item><title>Dan Tobin Smith - I’m definitely not one to geek out of...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxdzj2fPU41qza0ugo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxdzj2fPU41qza0ugo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxdzj2fPU41qza0ugo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxdzj2fPU41qza0ugo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxdzj2fPU41qza0ugo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxdzj2fPU41qza0ugo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxdzj2fPU41qza0ugo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxdzj2fPU41qza0ugo9_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxdzj2fPU41qza0ugo11_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dan Tobin Smith&lt;/strong&gt; - I’m definitely not one to geek out of technical prowess, but this photographer is a wizard who knows magic …and is a genius.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;*Check out the making of his “alphabet” series to have you mind blown. It could also make you feel a little lazy for not realizing your full potential as an artist or human. You NEED to see how he makes that letter X in the floor!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://dantobinsmith.com/categories/view_homepage" title="DTS website"&gt;DTS’s website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/15403212408</link><guid>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/15403212408</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:06:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Helene Desplechin</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxbw6f39Zz1qza0ugo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxbw6f39Zz1qza0ugo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxbw6f39Zz1qza0ugo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxbw6f39Zz1qza0ugo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxbw6f39Zz1qza0ugo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxbw6f39Zz1qza0ugo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxbw6f39Zz1qza0ugo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxbw6f39Zz1qza0ugo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxbw6f39Zz1qza0ugo9_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxbw6f39Zz1qza0ugo10_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Helene Desplechin&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/15344790556</link><guid>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/15344790556</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:59:00 -0500</pubDate><category>BW</category><category>European</category><category>helen desplechin</category><category>Water</category><category>Shadows</category><category>reflections</category></item><item><title>These from Viviane Sassen have been sitting on my desktop for...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxabw4H7hj1qza0ugo1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxabw4H7hj1qza0ugo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxabw4H7hj1qza0ugo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxabw4H7hj1qza0ugo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxabw4H7hj1qza0ugo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxabw4H7hj1qza0ugo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxabw4H7hj1qza0ugo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;These from &lt;a href="http://vivianesassen.com"&gt;Viviane Sassen&lt;/a&gt; have been sitting on my desktop for awhile. I feel that I’m easing my way back into the chilly waters of blog posting by posting others’ works.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can learn more about Viviane and see more of her fascinating work &lt;a href="http://vivianesassen.com" title="second link"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/15299919444</link><guid>http://blog.wesleymann.com/post/15299919444</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:43:16 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>

