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A (handmade & golfable) Urinal, Formerly Known as “Fountain”
Anyone familiar with the Insolite knows that this magazine holds the work of Marcel Duchamp in high regard. So, naturally, we took great interest in the fact that 2017 marks the centennial of Duchamp's Fountain. [...]
Alternative Analog Filter Techniques Series 1: Desaturation
At the Insolite we understand the role technology and pop culture play in our lives. There is often, in the art community, a notion that these things despoil art of pure artistic value when intersected [...]
Taming the Wild in Art Photography
“Efforts to revive the art principles of the past at best produce works of art that resemble a stillborn child.” — Wassily Kandinsky I have been thinking about this quote (from Concerning the Spiritual in [...]
On a Generalized B&W Pushing Formula
If you are like me, you might use Digital Truth's guidelines for B&W push-processing. But, if you are indeed like me, you probably have a taste for shooting film at exotic speeds—pushing your film fractional stops. [...]
An Interview with Art Photographer Elsa Reid
Introduction Recently, on my trip to Philadelphia, I was fortunate enough to stop by Elsa's studio in New York. She was, in fact, finishing up a portrait session for her celebrated series "Capture of the [...]
A Review of the Canon T90
Background I was initially introduced to the T90 when, in a horrible coincidence, two of my Canon AE-1s were in need of repair. The camera was loaned to me by my local shop while I [...]
A Translation of a Letter from an Obscure Artist to the World
A Note from the Translator A dear friend of mine came across the following manuscript while moving into a new house. He found it in an old dark-room in an otherwise unfinished basement. Knowing that I [...]