Category: Beauty
Described as a study in desire, FATHER is a latest photobook from British photographer Harley Weir featuring portraits, nudes, still-lifes, and full body photograms nearly all of which have never been seen before. Speaking in regards to the latest book, Weir says it's an exploration and worship of the male body – although the term male covers the entire spectrum all the best way as much as “women that discover as women.”
Intimate and raw, Weir’s photographs portray the body at its most visceral as flesh and hair are unflinchingly captured. “It’s hard to know what you fully desire as a girl when almost the whole lot sexual you might have seen was made by a person. I all the time...
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What happens when the lines blur between the digital and the natural, when what’s synthetic becomes real, when science meets science fiction?
“Humans as we all know them won’t exist in the following 50-100 years,” says Professor Kevin Warwick, British engineer, recipient of two higher doctorates, nine honorary doctorates, and one in all the world’s first cyborgs. “I definitely see a future wherein we’re all adapted with cyborg abilities in a roundabout way.” Human potential is evolving, and discussion around the concept of cyborgs is being met with increasing fervour by the broader public. The term cyborg has many nuanced meanings, but most frequently refers to those whose physical abilities are prolonged beyond...
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