Artist Gaëlle Villedary from Marseille thought of helping the village of Jaujac to celebrate 10 years of Art and Nature Trail. She came up with the idea to green fields and winding village houses over 420 meters in total.

What a very nice way to pay homage to a village. Just perfect. No wonder the Green Carpet project got nominated for the Artaq awards. The photos are taken by photographer David Monjou.

The result?

This photography work by Swedish photographer Patrik Lindell really fascinates me. It’s simply that good. His work is so focused and consistent. The compositions are straight-forward, and he has a keen eye for subtle details, pattern, color and structure.

These are photos from his personal portfolio. But really, also have a look at his commission work.  

Patagonia, Argentina. I have been wanting to go here for a very long time so this was an exciting trip. We managed to get our hands on a couple tickets to fly 4.000 km. from Buenos Aires to El Calafate with a short stop in Neuquén. Make sure you got the right window seat because this flight offers some fascination views from above, overlooking gorgeous Patagonia.

We arrived in El Calafate, an isolated village all set up for tourism. It’s a perfect hub for planning day trips to various places. We were going there for 2 things. The spectacular Perito Moreno glacier and the Torres del Paine natural park in Chile.

Uruguay! What started as a horror story ended with a happy end. Uruguay is known for it’s relaxed people. Things are a bit more slow paced in a good way. People seem to enkoy life just a bit more. Sounds like our spot.

We flew from Salta to Punta del Este in Uruguay with Buenos Aires as connection hub. When we arrived in Uruguay we wanted to avoid the St. Tropez like Punta del Este after seeing five plastic faces within one minute after arrival.

So we took our chances and got a taxi to a bus terminal 30 km. from the airport. Lucky for us there was a bus going Punta del Diablo. The bad part, we should be arriving there at 01.30 AM.

It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Tumblr. It’s always a joy to open up my Tumblr dashboard on my iPhone when I’m on the go. When behind the iMac I love to browse through peoples Tumblr archives in search of inspirational Tumblr photography.

I made a quick screenshot of my Tumblr’s archive to remind you how nice it is and to incite you to hop on the Tumblr bandwagon and hook up to share the photos that inspire you.

Talking about Tumblr photography. There’s a new Tumblr Photo Bliss coming soon.

See you on my dashboard.

After some wine tasting in Mendoza we got on another charter bus and set course for Salta. It took us 20 hours to get from Mendoza to Salta, 20 hours folks!

We sure weren’t quite prepared for such long distances but the bus companies in Argentina are quite comfortable. The Andesmar company was our best experience with lunch, dinner, entertainment and even a game of bingo on board. A long but pretty funny trip. A bit weird was the extreme violent movie they played during daytime with a bunch of kids in front of the screens.

I’ve been following On & Beyond for some time now. On & Beyond is a visual and style focused blog by photographer Vincent Tsang.

Vincent brings his look on fashion onto your computer screen with some great photography from random events and fashion shows like Project and Capsule. His blog also features some nice recurring projects. Like the I Wish They Made This for Girls series which I love. Simply because girls always look damn sexy in mens clothing.

Go visit.  

We arrived in Mendoza after a 14 hour bus ride from Buenos Aires Retiro bus station. Mendoza is a place to do some wine tasting and go into the mountains for some serious mountaineering. For us, just the wine tasting was on the menu.

Mendoza is located near the Andes area pretty far inland so it was no surprise it was hot. Just the kind you’d expect from a desert town. Walking from our Bed and Breakfast to the city center made us realize it wasn’t quite the thing we were expecting for which made us decide to leave one day earlier than the three we were planning to stay but not till we’ve experienced some of those world famous grapes of this region.

Buenos Aires, what can I say? It was our starting point for the 3 week trip through Argentina and also the place where we kicked off the year 2012. And man, Buenos Aires is an amazing city! I’ll try to describe our experience in this gorgeous place.

We booked a couple nights at bed & breakfast Palermo Living in Palermo Hollywood. A lovely spot with a very nice crew. From the moment we walked we experienced the cosiness of the Buenos Aires Palermo area. It is packed with lovely spots such as Oui Oui and Magendie to lunch and it has some very nice boutiques. People there seemed very tranquil and easy going. It was love at first sight.

Leica Camera released a new iPad app named S-Magazine, is a new platform for professional photographers to freely publish their latest pictures. The S-Magazine presents current ad campaigns and editorial photo series from international photographers.

Beyond that, the S-Magazine reflects current trends in modern commercial photography – from fashion and beauty to interior design and still lifes. This essential guide for professional photographers and a great source of inspiration for me is available through iTunes. But first I have to get my hands on the next iPad to enjoy these nice publications.

Todd McLellan is a talented photographer from Canada who has a thing for photography and dissembling old mechanical machines. He shot a serie of various products like a camera, alarm clock, telephone and a typewriter.

Really amazing to see how many parts were used for just one product. And also, it’s almost all metal. I wonder how my Leica M3 will look like but I think I’ll leave it up to Todd to do it and hope he does so one time.

See more photos of dissembled products by Todd McLellan.

It’s good to have Len around all the time. Especially in combination with my Leica. They make a perfect couple to carry with you every day. when that finger starts to get itchy on the camera.

Here are a couple shots from random occasions though all taken with the same film. These photos were taken with a Leica M3 camera, 50mm Summicron lens, F2 wide open, Fuji Superia 200 and Ilford XP2 400 ISO film. And scanned with an Epson Perfection V500 scanner.

Go see.

Tumblr and it’s photography are awesome. I select the finest Tumblr photos which came across in my Tumblr dashboard and put them in a Cloud Cuckoo Photo Bliss.

Photo Bliss is a fine selection of inspiring photos found on Tumblr and here and there on the interwebs. Click on the photo to re-direct to the Cloud Cuckoo Tumblr post to reach to the source of the photo.

Here’s the 19th set in the Photo Bliss series. As always, do enjoy!

What a lovely day for some outdoor analog shooting with APC friends! A warm welcome to two new participants Hanke and Brian. Great to have them on the APC bandwagon. I am looking forward to see your analog photos.

It’s not easy to set a date in the Netherlands to do some outdoor shooting a couple weeks upfront the actual event. Lucky for us we had the perfect after summer weather. Jeff and Isabel had the idea to head for the woods to capture the autumn look. Splendid idea!

We had a nice stroll through the Kralingse Bos in Rotterdam and yeah, we shot some analog photos and I would like to share mine taken during APC no.6.

I had my Little Hamster Len in my rangefinder the other day while having lunch and showing off a Yardi bag and her Lennebelle Tassel bracelet when I had to shoot some more photos before the film could be developed.

These analog photos were taken with a Leica M3 camera, Summicron 50mm lens and Fuji Superia 800 film. The negatives were scanned with an Epson Perfection V500 scanner.