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Takako & Steve (Tokyo, Japan) » SAMM BLAKE PHOTOGRAPHER

Glowing wedding photos by Samm Blake. Blake traveled to Tokyo to document Takako and Steve’s traditional Shinto-style wedding (followed by a western style reception). I love the attention to details.

Thanks to Shoko for sharing!

(via Recreations of Death Row Inmates’ Last Meals - My Modern Metropolis)

The artist explains, “As an artist, I find a lot of my inspiration from the weird and unusual. I came across a Wikipedia page about final meal requests before prisoners were executed. I’m originally from New Zealand and, like a lot of foreigners, find the concept of the death penalty still existing in the U.S. really strange. Without needing to take a point of view on the right or wrong of the original crime, sentence, or possibility of a miscarriage of justice, for a brief moment I was able to identify with the person who would request this kind of a meal as their last on Earth,” and he follows by saying, “Hopefully with these images, you will be able to think about the condemned man as an individual. I hope that people can look beyond the crime, and stir some empathy for another human being.”

(via Flavorwire) Photo of a Mexican rich girl from Ricas y Famosas (Rich and Famous) series. “Rossell took exuberant portraits of the Mexico’s 1%, specifically the super-rich young female spawn of politicians, businessmen and businessmen-politicians. As evident in the portraits, the girls enjoyed it quite a lot, sprawling dramatically in their opulent homes, resting on tigers and other perfectly reasonable domestic pets, posing next to gilded furniture, and pouting surrounded by pomp and glamor. Then, when the essay went public, many of the Mexican people voiced outrage against these “poster girls for corruption.”
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(via Flavorwire)

Photo of a Mexican rich girl from Ricas y Famosas (Rich and Famous) series.

“Rossell took exuberant portraits of the Mexico’s 1%, specifically the super-rich young female spawn of politicians, businessmen and businessmen-politicians. As evident in the portraits, the girls enjoyed it quite a lot, sprawling dramatically in their opulent homes, resting on tigers and other perfectly reasonable domestic pets, posing next to gilded furniture, and pouting surrounded by pomp and glamor. Then, when the essay went public, many of the Mexican people voiced outrage against these “poster girls for corruption.”

Source: flavorwire.com