Mister Sketchy’s Note on Eyes and Design
Sketch of mister sketchy nicknamed the philosopher. A person who meets difficulties and complex matters with calmness and composure.
Photo Man Ray, title Marquise Casati, 1922 (click on pictures to enlarge)
Man Ray re-imagined. Photography influenced by the ideas of Surrealism
Experimental free image editing by studio Skripka of a photographic portrait of the Portugese poet Fernando Pessoa. This editing contradicts the basic logic of the classic medium photography, is therefore declared absurd by the realists, but triumphantly proclaimed successful for the surrealistic eye. The eye that sees things that do not seem to be there, beyond the perceptible.
Fashion magazine photography of the sixties, London
Photo Charlotte March, title Luna with earrings, 1966.
illustrations design studio Skripka
Look into my eyes
Funny bookcover of Italian edition of the novel entitled Felliní’s shoes by the author Judith Katzir, Israel.
the eye and design
The eye itself is a splendid image that can be used for example as part of a design for book covers. The Great American Virtuoso Photographer Duan Michals shows here how it can be done. In a close-up separated from the face. By the way I like his handwriting on the cover, so much more personal than any kind of lettertype can create.
Right the front-cover, left the back. Design bookcover D. Michals himself.
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Photo Herbert Bayer, title Lonesome big city dweller, 1932 gelatin silver print 34 x 26.9 cm
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Book cover of the catalogue THE POWER OF PICTURES EARLY SOVIET photography EARLY SOVIET FILM
this is the ultimate design detail of an eye in a close-up shot seen through a camera lens this great bookcover is inspired by the still from Dziga Vertov his black and white film MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA, 1929 Moscow in the early years of the sovjetunion a time of creative freedom and optimism in the artworld – Dziga Vertov was very experimental innovative and groundbreaking in the silent era he aimed to depict deeper ideas than can be seen with the eye alone which is not a profound insight anymore for us blessed with the modern mind 2023 – book is published by the Jewish museum new york 2016.
COVER design plenty eyes JEAN-PAUL SARTRE: L’IMAGINAIRE. IDEES/NRF 1966.
Monochrome photography by Shirin Neshat (Iran 1957, title Offered eyes, 1993