Born in Germany, Fred Herzog came to Vancouver in 1953. Since that time, he has produced a substantial body of photographs, taking urban life in Vancouver -second-hand shops, vacant lots, neon signage and the crowds of people who have populated the city’s streets over the past fifty years-as his primary subject. Herzog has self-consciously drawn upon documentary traditions in photography while incorporating something of an outsider’s idiosyncratic sensitivity to a new environment into his work. Within his images, bodily gesture, the detritus of consumer culture and the architecture of the street take on a heightened resonance, as the impact of modernity becomes visible in the everyday life of the city.

Much of Herzog’s work was produced on Kodachrome, a colour slide film that was difficult to work with in a spontaneous fashion. Herzog’s use of colour was unusual in the 1950s and 60s, a time when art photography was almost exclusively associated with black and white imagery. In this respect, his photographs can be seen as a pre-figuration of the "New Colour" of photographers such as Stephen Shore and William Eggleston, which received widespread acclaim in the 1970s, and the work of contemporary Vancouver photographers such as Roy Arden, Arni Haraldsson, Karin Bubas and Christos Dikeakos. Herzog has been active in Vancouver’s art scene for more than forty years, while working as a medical photographer from 1957 to 1990. During that time he participated in group exhibitions at the National Gallery of Canada, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver Art Gallery and UBC Fine Arts Gallery (now the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery).

At the entrance to the Moscow registry office workers of one of the utilities of the city have introduced an unusual way of earning extra money. In contrast to the "Mafia" of beggars who have lost any conscience and fear, the workers from the former Soviet Union derive their income quite legitimately and honestly, and their methods make us at least smile …

pendant of the squirrel’s feet

necklace of dead birds

Pendant of the snake in the vial

Earrings made of dried seahorses

ring with a human tooth

Earrings of squirrel feet

“In the context of the 21 th century, the idea of the seven deadly sins can not be delightful, while no longer punishable by death. And everyone knows that each of the sins it represents, but not everyone knows about each of the penalties in hell from the old devil, and that every sin is characterized by a certain color. It’s time to go back to the original idea of sin, but this time in terms of jewelry …».

Anger

Greed

Lust

Sloth

Gluttony 

Envy

Pride

Bernard Pratz (Bernard Pras) – French contemporary artist. Born in Paris in 1952. Drops from the trash, dishes, soft toys and anything that can lay hands on copies of famous paintings and portraits.

But she carried on until she covered her entire body and has been handed a Guinness World Record for having the most tattoos.

Julia – nicknamed the Illustrated Lady – has drawings over 95 per cent of her body.

The pictures range from jungle scenes and cartoons to the cast of Bewitched on her buttocks.

And she is covered in them from her stomach and back to her arms and face after getting hooked.

Her whole body is the work of one tattoo artist.