Desire Path #2
Hello friends, welcome to another issue of Desire Path — a newsletter for photographers and photography aficionados interested in NFTs and web3.
Spring is in the air.
Two Crossed Paths
Impossibly bright red tulips at night, photographed during the day by Amy Li, meet Spasi Sohrani’s playful work in collaboration with her USSR-born family.
Three Photo Projects
Strong Hair by Yatreda. A collection of 100 looping portraits about the diversity and power of African hair.
Alternative Landscapes 2012 - 2022 by Benoit Paillé. A ten-year-long project exploring the concept of vernacular landscape by incorporating man-made light installations.
Spring Porn by Chase Baxter. An ongoing collection that captures florals in an effort to explore the feeling of pleasure.
Four Art Projects
Astro Girls Society. A collection of 8,888 Astro Girls drawn by artist Eleven Zhang in a women-led crypto NFT initiative to onboard women into web3.
Super Metal Mons by Supermetalbosch and ggbtfu_turtle. Ancient sculpture NFTs mined from GAN mana rocks that fell from the clouds.
EARTH ANGEL by Kreepshow.
Memories of Qilin by Emily Xie. A code-based generative art project inspired by traditional East Asian art. It channels the sense of movement and fluidity found in the region's classical paintings, while drawing from the colors, patterns, and forms of woodblock.
Five Things to Check Out
Stripe enables crypto businesses to collect payments in different currencies.
Listen to The Wrong Advice Podcast’s episode with our co-founder Lynnette Blanche.
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin is worried about crypto’s future. “I would rather Ethereum offend some people than turn into something that stands for nothing.”
See you next week,
Alina, Chase, Lynnette, Noah, Pete and Vivian.
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