peter watkins + oliver shamlou

as peter watkins describes his 'wars we lost' series: "a collaborative project between the writer oliver shamlou and myself. the project followed many months of conversational toing and froing concerning the relationship between literature and photography. we were interested in the reception and validity of literature vs. the way in which we digest and receive photographs, and our relationship to both mediums in terms of reality. it was important for us to put together a project where both mediums were presented on an equal footing, and were somehow integral to the reading of the other. this represents a start point for me in exploring the close relationship literature and photography can have in our reception of artworks and reality." see more here.

[all peter watkins + oliver shamlou. from the series wars we lost. 2010.]

tim + matt bowditch

tim bowditch's ongoing collaboration with his brother matt who is currently serving with the royal marines in afghanistan. as tim explains: "he is taking instant photographs of his time out there. posting them back and allowing me to put selections together." see more of tim's work here and thanks to wasma for the link.

[all tim + matt bowditch. from the series polaroids.]

anne de vries + billy rennekamp

collaboration between anne de vries and billy rennekamp. see more here.

[all anne de vries + billy rennekamp. installation shots from duo exhibition at future gallery october, 2010.]

paul sepuya + timothy hull

collaboration by paul sepuya + timothy hull. see more here.

[all paul sepuya + timothy hull. the accidental egyptian and occidental arrangements. 2010.]

photgraph a recruiter

a new project by alyse emdur, photograph a recruiter is "an online photography project that invites high school students to photograph the military recruiters posted in their schools". see more and submit your own here.

[all from photograph a recruiter.]

leslie grant

leslie grant, al bersch + nina pessin-whedbee in collaboration with the fishers in newport oregon are currently working on 'the fishing project'. they mention: "we would like to collaborate with anyone involved in fishing on the oregon voast, including residents of the area. we are interested in personal histories and storytelling, visual and verbal, in the form of photographs, video, conversations, writing, historical documents, and anything else you can think of. the work will be displayed at the oregon coast history center's pacific maritime & heritage museum in 2010." more details here.

[all leslie grant, al bersch, nina pessin-whedbee, the fishers in newport oregon. from the fishing project. 2009. top to bottom, photos by: jerry risley. al bersch + leslie grant. jim murphy.]

words become images

masood kamandy's 'words become images' project. anyone is invited to suggest a word (or words) and he will in return create a photograph based on it. see more here.

[all from words become images. top to bottom based on the words: last night i saw an arrogant school principal on tv mispronounce the word ‘supposedly.’ the mean reds. disfiguration.]

aids-3d

work by aids-3d (daniel keller and nik kosmas). see more here. read an interview here.

[all aids-3d. top to bottom: untitled. cybersang. no fear.]

allison wermager + alexander m. harrington

collaboration between allison wermager + alexander m. harrington. see more here.

[all allison wermager + alexander m. harrington. 2008.]

suze may sho

images from suze may sho's project 'dear lord i know i am slow, please be patient.' as they explain: "the installation...investigates the possibility to sample (as in music) with inert images. this resulted in a process, not unlike painting; colour, line, remnant space and proportions support the content." see more here.

[all suze may sho. from dear lord i know i am slow, please be patient installation at the biënnale gelderland. 2006.]

nicholas + sheila pye

work by husband and wife collaborators nicholas + sheila pye. see more of their work here.

[all nicholas + sheila pye. top to bottom: semi-erotic 2 + semi-erotic 1. 2007. pale blue-grey 1. 2006. the voracious. 2006.]

tehnica schweiz

tehnica schweiz is the hungarian duo gergely lászló + péter rákosi. they have been collaborating since 2004, and for this project they collected drawings of suspects from a hungarian police magazine and then found people to photograph who fit the descriptions. as they explain: "the drawings are done by trained experts (police artists) by hand or with the help of a specialized software. these pictures are usually based on testimonies of several eye-witnesses. they don't intend to depict the split-image of the offender, but to emphasize special characteristics on the delinquent's body or/and face. ...for each drawing we were looking for a model who would carry characteristics similar to the drawn person. these people we took portraits of with a large format camera." take a look at more of tehnica schweiz's stuff right here.

[all tehnica schweiz. from the series identikit photographs. 2006.]

taiyo onorato + nico krebs

some really interesting stuff by swiss photographer team taiyo onorato + nico krebs. they've just updated their website so have a peek right here.

[all taiyo onorato + nico krebs. top to bottom: untitled. 9 eyenimals. 2006. from bernhard willhelm lookbook. 2005. 911 puzzle. 2004.]

foto fangen

foto fangen is a collaborative photo blog. the idea is simple: someone uploads a photo and the next photo is a direct response to it and then the next photo is a response to that. and on and on. peeking around and discerning the logic between photos is extremely gratifying. take a look at foto fangen here.

[all from the blog foto fangen.]

adrian nießler + catrin altenbrandt

adrian nießler and catrin altenbrandt are two german designers also known as pixelgarten. they make some very nice stuff, including the occasional photograph. see more of their work here.

[adrian nießler and catrin altenbrandt. from the project um was es nicht geht.]

taiyo onorato + nico krebs

an interesting quality in these pictures by swiss collaborators taiyo onorato and nico krebs. you can see more of their work here.

[all taiyo onorato + nico krebs. from the series been there, done that. 2005.]

magdalena kunz + daniel glaser

some pretty and surreal panoramas by magdalena kunz + daniel glaser. you can see more of their work here.

[all magdalena kunz + daniel glaser. from the project flying high. part of the trilogy high and low. 2000-2006.]