Pulp to Print: My Tour of Hahnemühle Paper

September 20, 2014 by kwakualston

While touring Germany to visit my wife’s family, we stopped by the world famous Hahnemühle paper mill.   I have been using Hahnemühle’s fine art papers over the past several years to print my photography portfolios, so it was my pleasure to be invited to tour the headquarters in the Relliehausen district of Dassel, Germany.  Our scenic ride took us through a beautiful landscape filled with pastoral farmlands and fields, old medieval castles, and speeding Supercars driving past us with such force and […]

Categories: Behind the Scenes, travel • Tags: Dassel, factory, fine art, fine art photography, Germany, Hahnemühle, Hahnemühle Paper, papermaking, photography, portfolio, print portfolio, Relliehausen

Celebrity On White Portrait Series on display at E! Entertainment Network

April 26, 2014 by kwakualston

Kwaku’s career as a commercial and celebrity photographer began in New York where he worked for clients such as The New York Times Magazine, Sony Music, Rolling Stone and Miramax Films. Since opening his own studio in the pop culture hub of Venice Beach, California, he’s shot for top publications, film studios and TV networks as well as taken portraits of celebrities ranging from Tiger Woods, Samuel Jackson, Brad Pitt, Ashton Kutcher and Heath Ledger to Michelle Obama, Halle Berry, […]

Categories: Behind the Scenes, Inspiration, Personal, Uncategorized • Tags: art of studio, behind the scenes, Celebrity, fine art, hollywood, life photography, Los Angeles, photography, time lapse

Art of Studio open Today 11-6!

October 12, 2013 by kwakualston

Off the presses, fresh from Japan Art of Studio is open Saturdays 11-6, so stop by and check out our current exhibit on view, In Between & Outside,  fine art books on view, including special work by Japanese photographer Shingo Wakagi, Venice: A Village by the Sea, and #handadventures prints and books!  Find us at 1346 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291 Phone us 310 392 9957 ext 4

Categories: Venice • Tags: abbot kinney, art gallery, art of studio, fine art, fine art prints, gender, gender bender, handadventures, kwaku alston, Los Angeles, los angeles art opening, los angeles events, sara swaty, venice, venice art, venice art gallery, venice beach, venice california

The best part of the printing process

May 16, 2013 by kwakualston

Our prints for Kwakushop.com just arrived back from the lab…and we documented the best part!

Categories: Behind the Scenes • Tags: art of studio, fine art, fine art printing, giclee, gif, kwaku alston, kwakushop, Kwakushop.com, mississippi walking, motion, photography

THE ARMORY SHOW

March 13, 2010 by kwakualston

THE ARMORY SHOW PIER 94 MARCH 4-7, 2010 The Armory Show is America’s leading fine art fair devoted to the most important art of the 20th and 21st centuries. In its eleven years, the fair has become an international institution. Every March, artist…

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: ARMORY SHOW, fine art, new york