Category Archives: photography
Best photos of the year
Despite its people, accent and baseball team, I try to give Boston its due when it’s deserved. This is one of my moments of weakness. Boston.com runs phenomenal photography all the time – multiple pages of hi-res photographs from around … Continue reading
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Exciting Depression-era photos
How’s that for an oxymoronic headline? As regular readers know, I am very much into photography, especially with unusual approaches. The Denver Post (via Brandon) has met my lofty criteria with a series of Depression-era photographs – specifically, 1939-1945. Although … Continue reading
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(literal) Heads of State
Last September, the New Yorker ran a photo series to coincide with a meeting of the United Nations, As world leaders left the floor of the General Assembly, they were able to corral 50 of them for photographs. The series, … Continue reading
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Friday photos – 10/23/09 (enter the wave)
For this week’s Friday photos, we turn to Clark Little, an underwater photographer based in Hawaii. He has designed custom waterproof camera mounts to take unbelievable photos of waves in action. Pics via.
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Friday photos – 7/17/09
This week’s photography is courtesy of Czech photographer Vlad Artazov, who put together 38 photos consisting entirely of posed nails. They are very clever and actually seem to convey emotion (in as much as hardware can). With that…I’m off to … Continue reading
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We Have Lasers!
From the people that brought you Awkward Family Photos, comes We Have Lasers!, a new site dedicated to the coolest late-80′s photography phenomenon there was – laser backgrounds! I may or may not have gotten one of these taken back … Continue reading
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Iranian Friday Photos
The protests in Iran have been growing all week, but took a break for Friday prayers in anticipation of the Ayatollah’s speech on the election results. The speech called for the protests to stop, and made thinly veiled threats about … Continue reading
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Shadow art created from junk
Two British artists (Tim Noble and Sue Webster) have created statues that look like ordinary garbage, but create incredible shadows when light is shown against them. Many involve intricate scenes involving multiple objects. Click here to see more – come … Continue reading
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