A Civil War In The Olive Garden Parking Lot
Through Robert Lee Hodge, a “re-enactor, battle site preservationist and walking encyclopedia of all things Civil War,” photographer Gregg Segal met his cast of characters and, over the course of five trips to the South and Gettysburg, created this series of, for instance, soldiers camped out in front of Domino’s. (NPR’s The Picture Show)
A Window Into The Photography Of Gordon Parks
“We want all the younger generations to know who this guy is.” (NPR)
Sputnik Documentary, 2011 © Sasha Rudensky
(via PDN Photo of the Day)
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The incredible back-story to this desolate Prada shop in the Texas desert.
I have always wondered about this Prada “store”! And not just because of Gossip Girl.
—Sarah
Spring
Mascoutah Kennel Club dog show. Dogs from both continents. George Ford Morris, 1901. (Library of Congress)
Ann George is a new and inspiring photographer. More information about her unique work can be found on NevaresFineArt.com
From her statement: “I use photography as more than a means to capture a moment in time, but as a voice to capture a movement through time. I seek to describe a journey, a fairytale, a feeling of progression to—and through—themes that engage my artistic eye. Such are the images you see in The Three Chapters Of Illumination: God Calling. This series, created during a difficult period of uncertainty and loss, represents a metaphorical journey in three stages: one of burden, to knowledge, and into liberty—with the wolf symbolizing fear, and the young woman overcoming this fear.
The Mona Lisa has inspired countless copies, but one replica at the Madrid’s Museo del Prado is generating its own buzz: Conservators say that it was painted at the same time as the original — and possibly by one of the master’s pupils, perhaps even a lover.
Juxtaposing the two paintings — and using infrared technology, which works like an X-ray, allowing one to see beneath the paint to see previous, obscured versions — conservators say that Leonardo and the painter of the replica made exactly the same changes at the same time. (NPR)
Can’t wait to see their “White Album”
Brick the LP – iconic album covers rendered in LEGO by British designer Aaron Savage, another case for the cult of LEGO (via)
Drawing#32. John Coltrane. Marker on paper.
When domes decide to leave Earth
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Jules Verne’s Moon Shell (fiction). Circa 1957-1958. Source: Cigarette Cards -> Into Space.
