Artist and photographer Matthew Brandt studies early photographic processes and uses them in his work. These 8″x10″ polaroids are his hommage to Edwin Land, the inventor of the Polaroid process and founder of the Polaroid Corporation. Naturally, Brandt enlightens us with his usual wry sense of irony.

I have always admired the work of Italian designer, painter and sculptor Piero Fornasetti. His work is identified by his distinctive black and white engraving style. He became obsessed with the opera soprano, Lina Cavalieri when he discovered her face in a 19th-century magazine and created hundreds of objects and products featuring her likeness. “What inspired me to create more than 500 variations on the face of a woman?” asks Italian designer, Piero Fornasetti…