The Aesthete & Dérive Publication.
Jaci and I got together in the mid morning for a quick shoot on a beautiful nature trail in the Southwestern region of the US.
Shooting with Jaci was great. She was a breeze to chat with and was up for adventure during our hike on this beautiful trail.
You can check out Jaci’s social media and OnlyFans through her Link Tree here
Till next time,
-Oliver Endahl
Hunter and I shot some editorial photos of her in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Hunter and I had a blast creating these images. She always brings a range of moods and emotions to life.
Till next time,
-Oliver Endahl
Recently I’ve been experimenting with creating 16 bit photo hybrids.
The environments are either photos I’ve taken that I converted to 16 bit, or they are entirely made up thru Photoshop/AI image building tech.
Stephen Jacobsen on the left, Sydney Tyra in the middle, and KittyCamTime on the right.
For this shot, which was inspired by retro 2d fighting video games, I created from 2 photos I took of Sydney and Kitty Cam Time, and then I had my friend Stephen send me a selfie. I then generated the background, tweaked the trees, buildings, etc.. Then placed the 3 models in the shot.
Below are the original photos of the models.
This next shot below features RopeBaby and Sydney Tyra.
(and there are two crops of it, because I can’t decide which I like more) Here’s the first one;
RopeBaby on the left and Sydney Tyra on the right
And now the second
This one was fun to make. The tone is much more whimsical/ethereal. I generated the initial background, then added clouds in, added more fire near Sydney, created the wings that Rope Baby has, and then placed Rope Baby and Sydney into the shot.
Below are the original photos I took of Rope Baby and Sydney.
And here’s one more shot. This one is a spooky setting and just features Rope Baby on an eerie night.
For this one, I wanted to switch it up. So I placed Rope Baby in the foreground for a different type of shot. (Instead of seeing the full body, like in the other shots above)
Here is the original shot of her from our shoot.
I always enjoy experimenting and creating art, and making these has been a blast. (especially because the final products looks so fun)
Keep an eye on this publication for more creations.
Best,
-Oliver Endahl
I recently took a trip to Japan. While there, I spent time in Tokyo, Osaka, Hakone and Kyoto.
The cherry blossoms had bloomed just 1 day before I arrived, so the timing was perfect.
These photos were all shot with the Sony ZV-1
Tokyo
Stills from Hakone
Views from Osaka
Photos from Kyoto
That shot of the bench near the water at dusk is one of my favorites. (After a long day, my brother and I stopped at that bench and just watched the water flowing for an hour. It was serene and ethereal.)
Here’s a bonus shot, featuring the Disney By the Sea theme park.
Till next time,
-Oliver Endahl
Here are some recent photos I took on 2 different ski trips.
All these were snapped with my Sony ZV-1 (which is really a camera made for vlogging, but it takes nice photos too)
See you soon,
-Oliver
I think being counter culture nowadays means creating instead of consuming.
We all know America (and the world) is a culture of consumers. On a large scale, we take the natural resources of the planet and convert them into products that consumers (us) buy. There’s a reason when we talk about the economy, we citizens are called “consumers” because we are literally consuming the resources of the planet that we’ve turned into products.
But consuming not only happens when you buy something. You scroll TikTok, you consume. You scroll IG, you consume. Twitter, Reddit, SnapChat, the internet as a whole. It’s short bits of entertainment meant to be easily consumable that you digest for half a second, forget about, and then move on.
This theme of everyone living their lives by purely consuming and not creating is something we’ve seen in movies like Wall-E and Idiocracy. (And in both those films the citizens had to learn to create again to regain their humanity.)
The system itself, is designed for consuming. So counter culture then, must be creating.
Being counter culture, to me, means creating art. (And not with the intention to become famous or make money.) Making art purely for the sake of making art. You don’t just sit around and think of yourself and what other people will think of you, you get up and create something. You take risks, you experiment. You don’t just spend your days consuming.
Just something to think about.
Till next time,
-Oliver Endahl
