Photo by Julia Galdo / S Magazine (link NSFW)
So, it’s no secret that most days the internet is a leaking, seeping cesspool of idiocy, crass pornography, fans of The Kardashians, and people who think a lens’ sharpness and ISO peformance over 400 is what makes a good picture. So, I count myself lucky any day when the internet instead gives me something as wonderful as Julia Galdo’s work. I’m also pretty sure I found her originally through the “sexy” sub-Reddit, so this is basically the luckiest daily find ever.
Julia, who was born in Florida and who graduated in 2004 from the San Francisco Institute of Art, has that same je ne sais quoi to her photos that Noah Kalina does, but with more a less commercial approach to processing (although that’s a nuance and splitting-hairs kind of distinction). Thematically, a sort of hipster detachment pervades, with isolation, youth, and frequent inexplicable nudity being rampant (those of you reading this at work are now warned.) There’s really a lot on her website, and I’ll admit I haven’t made it through it all yet, largely because as much as I like her work I don’t care for her site.
But, so far, the work I found her through over at the Behance network is my favorite, and conveniently the whole series is loaded straight up and not in the clumsy flash of her site, so if you want to see if her site is worth your time hit the source link below or the picture at the beginning of this post. There’s something surreal and elegantly shot about this series, which shows a very domestic and believable relationship between a young girl with an aversion to clothes (which I can’t prove but strongly suspect is the artist herself) and an older gentleman. It’s really one of the best things I’ve seen online lately, and it’s a pity it took me so long to get it up on here.
[update: quoth the artist, s'not her. Thanks for letting me know, Julia, and good work regardless.]
