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“The Rust belt Revival” by Doug Dubois

April 13th, 2012 by dmb media

“Maybe it hit you this past Super Bowl when you saw Clint Eastwood’s rousing, Chrysler-sponsored paean to the resilience of Detroit: Motown’s rebirth has become a metaphor for red, white, and blue fortitude in the face of adversity. But the Motor City is just the buckle on the Rust Belt, an entire region whose very name speaks of decline and decay but which is now determinedly—and definitively—finding its way forward. In fact, while the rest of America has staggered under the weight of the Great Recession, the innovators, entrepreneurs, thinkers, and doers in cities like Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Buffalo, and Youngstown have raced out ahead, leading a heartland renaissance whose effects are being felt from coast to coast.”

See more of Doug’s work here: http://dmbmedia.co.uk/artists/doug-dubois/photography/

“Let this be a sign: Simon Roberts” in the FT & New York Times Blog

April 11th, 2012 by dmb media

“The photographer’s new series of works incorporates the signs, iconography and language that have become part of Britain’s era of austerity.

One of the ways we remember an economic crisis is through its images. When we think of the Great Depression in America we think of black-and-white portraits of men in bread lines wearing placards that beg for work. When we remember Thatcher’s Britain we see news pictures of the miners’ strike or stolen moments from the inside of dole offices. While barely a day goes by without more grim economic news, the current recession has been less visually memorable, perhaps because the outward signs of today’s economic pain are hard to capture without resorting to cliché, even though the eventual effects of such news – a lost job, a vanishing pension, cutbacks to social services – are intensely personal and painful.”

See more of Simon’s work here: http://dmbmedia.co.uk/artists/simon-roberts/photography/

“Let This Be a Sign”, works by Simon Roberts, will be exhibited at the Swiss Cottage Gallery as part of the London Festival of Photography from May 23 to June 30; www.simoncroberts.com.

New York Times Blog: http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/10/the-not-so-raging-middle-class/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Consumption Project – The Paradigm of excess for Moda Magazine by Diver & Aguilar

March 21st, 2012 by dmb media

This commission for Mike and Pedro inspired them to produce these stunning installations. Each piece was hand sourced, built and shot in December of last year to produce this fantastic spread in Moda Magazine.

See more of Diver & Aguilar’s work here: http://dmbmedia.co.uk/artists/diver-aguilar/photography/