To double up your fun with “The Art of Flight”, a limited-edition run of 5,000 was released. It consists of 204 pages of photography collected during the two-year filming project. The “The Art of Flight” showcases nine photographers’ art and skill, coupled with Travis Rice ‘ and the other riders’ personal stories of their experiences making “The Art of Flight”. It is said that, this book is “a testament to modern print technology” due to Hardback, with hand stitching, two gatefolds and multiple fifth-color printing techniques. And to complete that experience each book comes with a DVD & Blu-ray in pop-up display box. The package is available for 80$ here.

If you haven’t seen it on TV Total or elsewhere :) once again the Trailer for “The Art of Flight” a Curt Morgan film with John Jackson, Mark Landvik, Scotty Lago, Nicolas Muller, DCP, Jake Blauvelt, Pat Moore, Jeremy Jones, Eero Niemela and of course Travis Rice.

Google Street View stop motion animation short made as a personal project by director Tom Jenkins.

Story: A lonely desk toy longs for escape from the dark confines of the office, so he takes a cross country road trip to the Pacific Coast in the only way he can – using a toy car and Google Maps Street View.

Shot using Canon 5d MkII, Dragonframe Stop Motion software and customised slider.

Music by the wonderfull Cinematic Orchestra

Yeah we got some personal work here today. Bedtime Stories is a short by Fabian Fuchs entirely shot in Ireland. This is an entry for Amon Tobin’s fan project and also exhibited at 3 Tage Kunst Bar Musik exhibition at Bad Waldsee. Bedtime Stories is inspired by the location and the raw and thrilling lights and colors and the rough surroundings. The short is about someone who, ahh forget it just watch and think about what you see.

Bedtime Stories from cldfx.com on Vimeo.

We love photo issues! Especially the Playboard photo issue. Tomorrow the 10th! Playboard photo issue will hit the newsstands. Happy Birthday from the whole CLDFX Mag team to you Playboard guys! Great work keep it up!

Sebastien Zanella founder and editor in chief of Desillusions Mag has an awesome unique style of photography. His images transport the true mood of the moment he freezes on film. Sebatien’s pictures are rough, honest and romantic. We’re proud to have him here and are thankful for the insights on his life and his point of view on photography.

It would be cool if you could tell us something about you as a person. How, why and when did you came up with the mag? Where you are from? What did you do in the past and what will your future look like?
Owwww, shit. Haha. I ‘m not use to be in this position, usually that’s me, The interviewer for Desillusion. Right now I know : that’s the hardest position…to be able to answer to this question in few words. Delimitate your life, in just some sentences. Fuck. My life was more complicated than everybody thinks. I come from Cannes, south of France, I was that kind of rebel who does bullshit in skateboard and BMX, who thinks that is possible to touch, his dream without selling his soul. So I started a DIY fanzine in black and white, called Desillusion magazine. Almost ten years after, I live on the other side of France, Hossegor. I’m still running Desillusion magazine. Desillusion was growing with me and right know is more than a magazine, I hope it is more. Kind of a «collective» with a lot of photographers, writers and artists involved. Every two months, they share the same idea: skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding as an excuse to be creative, to travel, to meet some other personalities and to do some crazy fuck’in report … haha. Yeah, skate, snow, surf, is not just about action, cause you can find action in soccer, running, … It’s more than that and we hope that Desillusion magazine puts these feelings on paper!

[Hell yeah! You guys are doing a great job! That's why Desillusion stands out from the rest. And made it pretty fast in the top three of our fav magazines!]Why do you even shoot in the first place, what took you there?
Photography for me is like giving a sense to uncountable things, random situations, absences  and moments. If I see something, I shoot just like I breathe. I do that since my childhood and like I said, that’s giv’in a sense to my life, giv’in kind of soul to objects, help me to find beauty everywhere I go.

What kind of  gear do you use?
Oh man, I use only 35 mm point of shoot camera, analog of course. I threw away my Canon 5D digital 3 months ago, when I came back from India.

Why do you obviously still shoot analog?
Like I just said, I gave away my Digital camera, like this, I’m sure to never use it anymore. I shoot analog caus I get sick about perfection. Digital is all about perfection, tak’in the best shot, touching up to make it better, changing the reality to a kind of fuck’in alien world… like fake breast, you know. Like plastic surgery… You see all this girls how have fake nose, breast etc… they are so looking the same. That’s the main idea behind perfection and behind the fact that you want to control everything. At the end everything looks the same. With analog you can’t lie to yourself, to yours eyes, with your model. You just take the soul.

Where do you get your inspiration for such moodful pictures from?
I am so lucky to be the editor in chief of Desillusion magazine, that gives me the opportunity to meet so many crazy photographers, artists and personalities. That’s the happy part of my influence, the other, is that in my life I was so disappointed by many things, I think that’s the romantic/mellow part of my pics. I hope all my pics tell that: Unless the crazy and fucked world where we live, if you open your eyes, humanity gives you some priceless moments, pure objects, beautiful traces of absences, funny subliminal message.

Sebastien, thanks a lot for taking the time to answer these personal questions! It’s an honor to have you here. We wish you all the best. High five!
The gallery beneath features a selection of Sebastien’s life and work. But as said it’s only a small collection. Make sure to heck his web:

personal website: sebastienzanella.com
daily blog: zeb.dslmag.com
Flickr

Matthew Nicholson created this awesome looking and even working Pinhole Camera, the Lie-ca M3. The Paper model is a homage to the legendary Leica M3. To try it on your own the template will be downloadable by the end of next week. Matthew let us know that the release will be announced via Twitter @mattmakesstuff

The Spätzle Jam 2010 date’s announced! The 2010 Spätzle Jam will take place in Stuttgart, Germany on August 6th and 7th. The Spätzle Jam always has been and definitely will be again a relaxed Jam Session through the whole city of Stuttgart. Riders as Photographers and Filmers are invited to get creative for two days. No matter if it’s HD or some plastic camera just have fun, document it and party. Everything will be presented and awarded at the Mata Hari party on Saturday. To get further info go to www.spaetzle-jam.de

The Lomographic Society and Rip Curl teamed up to bring this special edition of the well known Fisheye 2. The camera comes in vibrant colors, has Rip Curl logos applied and of course  features a built-in flash. With this release a competition started, split into three different creative challenges, Stage I – Whole Lotta Love!, Stage II – Looking for Trouble?, Stage III – Life’s a Roadtrip! Each of this sub-categories gives you the opportunity to express your creativity combining surfing, skateboarding and analogue photography. As a reward there’ll be tons of giveaways by Lomography and Ripcurl as well as these grand prizes: 2 trips to the RipCurl Pro Bells Beach in April 2011, 2 trips to the RipCurl Pro Peniche in October 2011. More info on the competition and of course on the Special Edition Fisheye 2 right here.

Technical Details on the Lomo Fisheye 2
• Size: 4.25” (10.5cm) x 2.5” (6cm) x 2.5” (6cm)
• Weight: 0.5lb (0.23kg)
• Format: all 35mm (color negative, slide, b&w)
• Field of vision: 170 degrees
• Approximate focal length: 10mm
• Fixed aperture: f/8
• Shutter speeds: 1/100, “B“
• Flashes: Standard hotshoe & built-in flash (powered by one “AA“ battery)
• Multiple Exposure switch for unlimited shots on 1 frame
• Film can be processed at any 35mm lab, supermarket, etc.

Cameraluv.com is an outstanding website to spend hours. Jeremy Kennedy artist and designer shows his love and obsession for cameras and photography. Besides the pretty detailed “Cameras: Must Haves” Section, another eyecatcher is the Photographers’ gallery with some really awesome images to scroll through and to get inspired. To complement the website there are various products around the ‘Luv’ for cameras within buttons, prints, canvas and even some cool graphics on skateboards. It’s just a click away go over to Jeremy’s website and discover a world for cameralovers, a package around that topic where everything matches… cameraluv.com