Thord D. Hedengren

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Tag: photography

  • A photo session with me, and Jim Beam

    The other day I swung by my good friends Björn and Cheyenne in the Kraftlabbet studio to have my picture taken. This is not something I generally enjoy, but Björn likes to play around, and I was promised beer and bourbon, so what could possibly go wrong?

    As it were, not much. The end result are two photos in both color and black and white versions.

    I call this one The serious whisky drinker
    The serious whisky drinker in black and white
    This one’s dubbed The smug whisky drinker
    Smugness in black and white

    Thanks for a fun afternoon and evening, friends.

    On a side note, I’ve updated my about me page, where there are high resolution versions of these photos as well, for PR purposes. Or you could use them as wallpapers, I guess…

  • The creator of the selfie stick

    Speaking of selfies, The Guardian thinks they’ve found the creator of the original selfie stick, Wayne Fromm.

    Now 60, Fromm stands a good chance of being remembered as “the man who invented the selfie stick”, not least because he’s the man saying that he did so. However, as he admits, people had stuck cameras on poles for years before him. Which raises the question, is a selfie stick really something you can invent? “In hindsight, it’s a simple idea,” Fromm admits. “But if you look at anything – a shoe horn, shoelaces – there’s nothing that wasn’t created by somebody … If it were not for my work over the 10 years, today’s selfie stick would not exist.”

    No word on wether he’s psychotic, although it’d be hard to fault him if that’s the case. After all, he’s not making any money from all those cheap plastic things that sells today, despite being (possibly) entitled to some of the revenue.

  • The innards of a 60 year old calculator

    But take apart a 60-year old calculator and you’ll find hundreds of parts that include gears, axels, rods and levers all working together like a fine-oiled machine. Capturing these old gadgets is photographer Kevin Twomey, who “delights in raising the most mundane of objects to an iconic level.”

    Amazing shots.