Richard Pendavingh

Photographer, designer and weekend historian. Editor of The Unravel. Writes about design, tech, history and anthropology.


Mar
04
2013
Signs of the American Midwest Richard Pendavingh 04.03.13

Some classic, rather neglected, neon signage around Spokane, WA.

Mar
03
2013
Spokane, WA Richard Pendavingh 03.03.13

Some relatively recent photos from Spokane in Washington state.

Feb
26
2013
Teck Cominco Zinc Smelter Richard Pendavingh 26.02.13

Some photos from our guided tour of the Teck Smelter in Trail, BC.

Feb
20
2013
Red Mountain, BC Richard Pendavingh 20.02.13

Some photos I took from the top of Granite Mountain outside of Rossland in British Colombia.

Feb
16
2013
Large Hadron Collider Richard Pendavingh 16.02.13

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) In Geneva is going offline on Saturday for two years of maintenance and upgrades.

Feb
05
2013
Shanghai Morning Richard Pendavingh 05.02.13

After a frigid night in Shanghai we watched the city wake up.

Feb
04
2013
Shanghai Evening Richard Pendavingh 04.02.13

I'd like to say there was a sound artistic reason for documenting the one of the busiest shopping districts in the world while it was dark and empty.

Nov
13
2012
Eclipse 2012 Richard Pendavingh 13.11.12

If you were standing around outdoors near Cairns on November 14th last year then you might not have seen the sun.

Oct
11
2012
Sebastien Montaz-Rosset Richard Pendavingh 11.10.12

Few films provoke such a powerful, visceral reaction as this short by Sebastian Montaz-Rosset so I thought I should share my discomfort.

Sep
14
2012
Photographic Empathy Richard Pendavingh 14.09.12

Early colour photographs of Tsarist Russia by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii courtesy of the US Library of Congress.

Aug
22
2012
Tokyo by Day Richard Pendavingh 22.08.12

Another series of photos from my January trip to Japan.

Aug
02
2012
Phaedra Hairdressing Richard Pendavingh 02.08.12

A short promotional video I did for Carlton salon Phaedra late last year.

Jul
09
2012
Way Back Home Richard Pendavingh 09.07.12

Continuing the theme of unusually poetic treatments for adventure sports we have a short by Dave Sowerby of freerider Danny MacAskill.

Jul
09
2012
Skiing on Baffin Island Richard Pendavingh 09.07.12

A breathtaking short by Photographer Jordan Manley. . .

Jun
27
2012
Tokyo by night Richard Pendavingh 27.06.12

A selection of images from my January 2012 trip to Japan.

Jun
27
2012
Callum Cooper Richard Pendavingh 27.06.12

Amazing video by Callum Cooper for Melbourne fashion label Klezinski.

Jun
27
2012
Fimmvörðuháls Richard Pendavingh 27.06.12

Images of the eruption of icleandic volcano Fimmvörðuháls against the northern aurura by British photographer James Appleton.

Jun
27
2012
Marsel Van Oosten Richard Pendavingh 27.06.12

Some tremendous wildlife and landscape photography by Marsel Van Oosten.

Jun
07
2012
Gerd Arntz Richard Pendavingh 07.06.12

A series of pictograms from German modernist designer Gerd Arntz.

Apr
12
2012
Clemens Wirth Richard Pendavingh 12.04.12

Some wonderful microscopic videography by Austrian artist Clemens Wirth.

Mar
19
2012
Maxim Marmur Richard Pendavingh 19.03.12

Wonderful thing about the net is being able to track down the people that take the pictures that make you stop and stare.