Infrared NYC | Paolo Pettigiani | New York (USA) | By Lee Fleming

Taken in May 2016, the Infrared NYC is a photography series by Italian grapic designer and photographer Paolo Pettigiani which caught the IDMCo team's attention for all the right reasons. Torino-based Pettigiani offers a refreshing perspective on New York through his series of fine art prints which capture iconic views including the Big Apple as seen from Central Park. The Infrared NYC series uses infrared digital photography to capture only the light that we can't see resulting in pink-hued portraits of places that are familiar yet look yet fantastical. Pettigiani explains the process of capturing the Infrared NYC photography on his Behance:

Plants that have chlorophyll, such as grass, leaves and trees, strongly reflect this invisible infrared light. The Chlorophyll is reflected by plant for the 20% on the green, visible to the human eyes, the other 80% is reflected on the infrared spectrum that we can’t see. With the infrared digital photography, using a special filter in front fo the lens, I have blocked the visible light capturing only the invisible. Other elements as sphalt, bricks, water and other surfaces do not reflect the infrared light so the keep the same colors.

About two years ago I started working with infrared photography, shooting landscapes near Turin, my hometown. My first experimental series was taken in winter time and was focused on the contrast between the snow and the color of nature. Talking about infrared, this is the first real project as a mean of artistic expression. What I like of this kind of photography is to make visible something invisible. My aim is to show something recognizable under a new unexpected and personal point of view.

View more of Pettigiani's Infrared NYC photography series on his website and/or Instagram.

The Alphabet Book | Ellie Tsatsou | London (UK) | By Lee Fleming

London-based photographer Ellie Tsatsou has recently released a collection of works entitled Alphabet in the form a publication to document her first approaches to the language of photography. The limited-edition publication (500 copies, signed & numbered) is a compilation of early photographs, shot between 2005 to 2013 that offer self discovery through the medium of photography. The works included in the Alphabet series capture moments in various places around the world which include Greece, Spain, England, France, America, Egypt, Zambia & Zimbabwe, among others. Designed by Konsept83 Design Studio, edited by Gelly Siganou and printed in Athens, Greece, the Alphabet book features writings by Ilektra Ellinikioti and Wessie du Toit.

To find out more visit Ellie's website where you can purchase the Alphabet book. It can also be found at several international stockists including The Photographers' Gallery Bookshop, Tender Books and BookArt BookShop (London), IANOS Bookstores (Greece) and 0fr. (Paris).

Branded Cities | Corrado Grilli | Milan (ITA) | By Lee Fleming

Milan-based graphic designer Corrado Grilli has literally gone in circles to create 'Branded Cities'. Grilli has used Google Maps to create a series of screenshots that showcase iconic logos including A Bathing Ape, Palace, Jordan, Supreme, GARÇONS PLAY and Carhartt. Using Google Maps blue direction router across the maps of various cities he's successfully envisaged these internationally recognised names on a map.

To view more of Grilli's portfolio visit his website and/or behance.

Art Gym | Tate Liverpool | Liverpool (UK) | By Michael Gannon

If you find yourself in Liverpool anytime soon we'd highly recommend Circuit's Art Gym at the Tate Liverpool which launched on Monday 7th March, 2016. Curated by Tate Collective Liverpool and Turner Prize winners Assemble, Art Gym presents a three week programme of free, drop-in activities held within a new and specially designed space at Tate Liverpool.

Inspired by a traditional gym, Art Gym offers visitors of all ages and abilities the chance to devise a personal training programme, designed to learn new creative skills or develop existing ones. Substituting kettlebells and treadmills with a wide range of classes, lectures, workshops and art stations teaching everything from traditional craft work to digital art production.

Free and with no joining fee required, Art Gym is running at Tate Liverpool until 31st March, 2016. For further information and schedules visit the Tate Liverpool website.

Issue 48: Sweet Airs | Sleek Magazine | Berlin, (GER) | By Michael Gannon

I recently came across Sleek Magazine whilst on my research trip to Berlin exploring the city's extensive independent offering. The Berlin-based publication is a art magazine in the widest sense, opting for a progressive view on what we label 'art' today. Beautifully designed, the magazine documents and explores the visual contemporary while its online platform translates the visual and intellectual experience into lighter, easy-to-digest content, issued daily by Sleek's team of creative contributors.

The current issue 'Sweet Airs' (Winter 2015/16) is dedicated to the most fleeting of arts; scent. The nose driven issue features “Molecular Materiality” by author Arielle Bier dissects how artists from Anicka Yi to Sean Raspet are using smells, both fair and foul in their practice. Furthermore Sleek set 20 artists including Wolfgang Tillmans and Olafur Eliasson the task of documenting scent as inspiration in an exclusive portfolio. Other features include an interview with artist Martynka Wawrzyniak and LA artist Frances Stark alongside profiling the late photographer Sascha Weidner.

Purchase the latest issue of Sleek Magazine on their website or at one of their international stockists which includes Do Your Read Me (Berlin), Village Bookstore (Leeds) and Artwords (London).