7 3 25

Watched the utterly wonderful Nimona yet again. Was disappointed they never published a making-of book, but it turns out they kind of did! Put together by the film’s production designer Aidan Sugano, The Art of Nimona is a 360-page, entirely free PDF. An excellent exploration of how they developed the film’s distinctive look, described by Sugano as a blend of Syd Mead, Eyvind Earle and Charley Harper.

5 3 25

My first ever Wikipedia edit! Added photographer credit to Blur’s Blur, having discovered the shot in question s by Scott Goldsmith. I reached out to him for more details:

I was on an assignment at a Pittsburgh hospital … my camera was mounted on a tripod down a long hall when I noticed the gurney rolling by. I happened to be at a low shutter speed and I instinctively started to shoot. It was a nice surprise when the film was processed.

19 02 25

Creative Boom’s Katy Cowan on resisting Substack and disillusionment with the social web in general:

I’ve seen what happens when you rely on these spaces. Twitter, once a joyful community, became a hotbed of extremism. Meta, with its ever-changing rules, squeezed engagement unless you paid up. Instagram? The endless algorithm updates feel like PTSD triggers. LinkedIn, the last beacon of hope, is heading the same way. I’ve had enough.

I want to own my platforms. My website, newsletter, podcast, magazine, and now a private community—spaces where I call the shots. No world-domination-mad freaks deciding my fate. No sudden algorithm changes tanking my reach. I’m the boss, no one else.

20 02 25

Since the late 1950s, David Hurn has been photographing people engrossed in whatever they’re reading, from books and broadsheets to laptops and phones. His new book, On Reading, is a homage to the power of a good page-turner.