SXSW 2010: BANDS TO WATCH
March 11, 2010 – 8:44 am | One Comment

With SXSW 2010 creeping up,  Discosalt has a preview of this years bands to watch. There are some amazing bands to check out, so clear the rest of your schedule for the afternoon and comb through our list:

MINUS THE BEAR

Recent Dangerbird Records signees, Minus The Bear, are set to release their new album, OMNI, [...]

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KATHERINE SQUIRE: THINGS ARE BEAUTIFUL IF YOU LOVE THEM
March 1, 2010 – 8:59 pm | No Comment
KATHERINE SQUIRE: THINGS ARE BEAUTIFUL IF YOU LOVE THEM

Discosalt came across this flickr photo stream from Austin based photographer Katherine Squire via www.booooooom.com.  Katherine says that her photos are “rushed attempts to capture something inspiring.” In an attempt to live with awareness, photography allows her to capture moments that inspire her as she lives them and share them with the world.  She likes [...]

NEW WORK FROM TOM HASLINGER
February 20, 2010 – 12:45 am | No Comment
NEW WORK FROM TOM HASLINGER

Discosalt Artist Tom Haslinger,a photographer based in Vienna, Austria and New York City, has some really great new work that he showed us this week. The work below will be featured in Natif Natal – A Benefit Show for Haiti put on by Partners in Health in collaboration with Discosalt and Svedka Vodka at Glasslands [...]

WAD LUND PHOTOGRAPHY
February 11, 2010 – 1:19 pm | No Comment
WAD LUND PHOTOGRAPHY

Wad Lund is the Scandanavian love-child of two photographers, Bjørn Wad and Elisabeth Lund who have teamed up with makeup artist and fashion stylist Mari Nes. Together, the team specializes in music, fashion and advertising photography. Check out some of Discosalt’s favorite images from their portfolio below or check out their website to see all [...]

PIERRE DAL CORSO PHOTOGRAPHY
February 10, 2010 – 10:10 am | No Comment
PIERRE DAL CORSO PHOTOGRAPHY

Pierre Dal Corso loves you…or we love him…maybe both. The under-rated fashion photographer has channeled his kavorka to create a portfolio of incredibly striking photos with uncanny use of color that beautifully capture the sex appeal of the female form. We have no idea why his work isn’t more well known…but now you know [...]

NATIF NATAL:BENEFIT SHOW FOR HAITI
February 4, 2010 – 9:46 am | No Comment
NATIF NATAL:BENEFIT SHOW FOR HAITI

On February 25th, Partners in Health, in collaboration with Svedka Vodka and Discosalt are throwing a benefit show to raise money for Haiti at  Grasslands Gallery in Brooklyn. We are really excited to participate in this event which will feature art on auction from Discosalt Artists  and performances by Annie and the BeeKeepers, Apollo Run, [...]

BETWEEN THE SKY AND THE SNOW
February 1, 2010 – 3:07 pm | No Comment
BETWEEN THE SKY AND THE SNOW

Last November, we shared a photo essay from the  Land Between Here and Mountains, a London based collective of photographers held together by Jess Gough and Hannah Davis whose goal is to capture the in between moments of their journeys rather than their destinations. They recently updated their site with some new wintry mix [...]

KILLER VAN, MAN! : JOE STEVENS ONGOING PHOTO PROJECT
January 29, 2010 – 12:53 pm | No Comment
KILLER VAN, MAN! : JOE STEVENS ONGOING PHOTO PROJECT

Joe Stevens, a filmmaker and photographer whose work has been featured in the MoMA in New York, Creative Review and the Guardian, has created a curious ongoing project called Vans and the places where they were: A photo documentary which chronicles surviving custom and conversion vans on the west coast from the 70’s and 80’s. [...]

FIXIE PHOTO EXHIBITION + THE REVIVAL FILM PREMIERE
January 28, 2010 – 8:35 pm | No Comment
FIXIE PHOTO EXHIBITION + THE REVIVAL FILM PREMIERE

Photographer Brad Serls recently joined Perth’s bike crew to showcase a photographic exhibition that features fixed gear bike messengers. Here are a few snap shots from the exhibit but you can check out more of his work on his facebook page or ProllyIsNotProbably.com
In other fixie news: Back in August, Discosalt featured a film teaser for [...]

PETER ROSS PHOTO SERIES: INSIDE WILLIAM BURROUGHS BUNKER
January 15, 2010 – 10:12 am | No Comment
PETER ROSS PHOTO SERIES: INSIDE WILLIAM BURROUGHS BUNKER

Gothamist tipped us off to a new photo project from Brooklynite photographer Peter Ross that examines the metaphysical aura of stuff with a series of photographs of  William Burroughs’ possessions. The series contains such iconic images as Burroughs walking sticks, hat and typewriter. All of which, are still sitting in his old apartment in NYC [...]

ALEX ROMAN: THE THIRD & THE SEVENTH
January 13, 2010 – 8:08 am | One Comment
ALEX ROMAN: THE THIRD & THE SEVENTH

My friend Toralf sent me this short film by Alex Roman today that is simply amazing.  Watch it for yourself and note that it is nearly (“There are a few non-CG elements in the shortfilm: photographer [shot on greenscreen], pigeons, timelapsed growing flowers, flying airplane and sky backgrounds.”) entirely computer generated. If you still don’t [...]

FRESH STUFF FROM LEONIE MORSE: REBEL REBEL
December 26, 2009 – 8:26 am | One Comment
FRESH STUFF FROM LEONIE MORSE: REBEL REBEL

Following her last photo project Rockers, East London native and Discosalt artist Leonie Morse takes another look at youth subculture in the UK.  In her  new project titled Rebel Rebel, Leonie is still playing the time portal game with us. While her lens may have  jumped forward from the 50’s, she is still transporting us [...]

THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF YUSUF SEVINCLI
December 4, 2009 – 8:53 am | No Comment
THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF YUSUF SEVINCLI

Our friends at Tinyvices.com turned us onto some really great art from Istanbul based photographer Yusuf Sevincli. Yusufs photography provides us with a beautiful and intimate look into the life and times of everyday citizens of Turkey. Working often in B&W, without ignoring the benefits of color film, we’re presented with a stunning body of [...]