Visual Arts | Alexander Westerman | Creative Director Based in New York

RadicalZoo – a streamer before its time

A Brief History about RadicalZoo I created RadicalZoo Entertainment in 1998 as “The outsider independent entertainment network.” To create a medium that blurred the line between traditional entertainment and e-commerce by producing a combined unique shopping and entertainment experience. The…

Adoration of Art

In this short film Adoration of Art, I captured individuals and crowds looking at famous works of Western art in the world’s most popular museums. While looking at the “Adoration,” viewers are confronted with the act of looking itself and…

David Hockney’s Pearblossom Highway

In 1986, David Hockney created the photographic collage titled Pearblossom Highway, 11-18th April 1986, #2. It is a unique interpretation of his California road trip on a stretch of highway, CA 138. About David Hockney’s Pearblossom Highway The scene not only…

Michael Heizer’s Double Negative

A Birthday Wish Come True. Visiting Michael Heizer’s Double Negative Double Negative is a piece of land art located in the Moapa Valley on Mormon Mesa (or Virgin River Mesa) near Overton, Nevada. Double Negative was completed in 1970.

Virtual reality still waits for its killer app

So…I don’t get what all the hoopla is about with virtual reality? It’s kinda disorienting. But Felix is cute in all realities. #360

Letterheads

Graphic design is experiencing a renaissance. More than ever, we rely on its ability to express and contain ideas and messages that are encapsulated in the branding of cities, corporations, and other socio-economical entities. Letterheads, billheads, logos and so on…

Men’s Cologne ADs From The 1960s and 1970s

Dapper, globetrotting spies were all the rage in the 1960s. Colognes of the decade followed suit with exotic odors and suave ad campaigns. The 1970s, in contrast, were a decade of brown, denim, corduroy and body hair. It’s no surprise…

Internment of Japanese Americans - World War II

Dorothea Lange: National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the War Relocation Authority

Dorothea Lange is widely considered one of the greatest documentary photographers of the 20th century. Her images of the Great Depression, taken while she was employed by the Farm Security Administration (FSA), are iconic. Later, while working on assignment for…

Guardian Angels in New York City in 1981

Pictures of the Guardian Angels in New York City in 1981. In 1981, photographer Geoffrey Hiller was shooting this story for some European magazines. He bonded with a young Latino man, Apache, who lived in Hell’s Kitchen and ended up following…

Los Angeles from above

When you get away from all the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles and take a good look at the city up from high above, it’s quite breathtaking and beautiful. A Los Angeles-based photographer has snapped gorgeous black-and-white aerial pictures…

Category: Visual Arts