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“Fay Ray” is a collection of William Wegman’s remarkable portraits of his dogs, focusing on his Weimaraner Fay Ray, and her progeny. Wegman’s photographs, videotapes, paintings and drawings have been exhibited in museums and galleries internationally. Numerous traveling retrospectives of Wegman’s work have been organized over the past three decades.
The photographs in this collection are gorgeous; Fay’s grace permeates the photographs with an unexpected dignity. For example, Fay transforms “Zebra” from a simple photograph of a dog in a cardigan to an abstract piece that contrasts animals dressed as humans with animals dressed as other animals; the simplicity of the portrait “Entabled” brings to mind classical Greek nudes.
This piece includes a number of stunning high-resolution color photographs, a slide show and a short documentary film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/12/24/fay-ray-william-wegmans-narrative-portraits-of-fay/“Fay Ray” is a collection of William Wegman’s remarkable portraits... more
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In a major victory for gay rights advocates as well as President Obama, the Senate on Saturday repealed the ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military. The repeal of DADT closed a 17-year struggle over a policy that forced thousands of Americans to leave the ranks of the military and caused others to keep secret their sexual orientation.
By a vote of 65 to 31, the Senate approved and sent to President Obama a repeal of the Clinton-era law, known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” a policy that critics said amounted to government-sanctioned discrimination, which treated gay and lesbian troops as second-class citizens. The President is expected to sign the measure into law next week, delivering Pres. Obama a victory on one of his chief campaign promises.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution photographs, a memorable slide show and two videos, including a music video.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/senate-strikes-down-dont-ask-dont-tell-policy/In a major victory for gay rights advocates as well as President Obama, the Senate on... more
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“An Old Timey Christmas” is a celebration of Christmas time from years gone past. The piece includes a number of vintage photographs, a delightful slide show and a classic vintage Christmas cartoon, “The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives (1933).”
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/an-old-timey-christmas/“An Old Timey Christmas” is a celebration of Christmas time from years... more
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Some people feel that The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York” is the best Christmas song ever, and not just one of the best, but a gorgeous song no matter why or how you observe Christmas. “Fairytale of New York” isn’t exactly the epitome of restraint, with Shane MacGowan and the sadly departed Kirsty MacColl singing all over each other, slurring words and tossing all kinds of insults at each other.
The song starts out tenderly, with MacGowan recounting Christmas Eve spent in a Bowery drunk tank, but also his recent gambling win and dreams for the future. MacColl lets us know, as the tempo picks up, that they met on a Christmas Eve, and after some light banter they really get into it, blaming each other for anything they can get their hands on, MacColl ending with “Happy Christmas your arse / I pray God it’s our last.”
But then they sing the chorus again, and a string section that actually sounds like it belongs in a Christmas song begins to take over. And it all feels, in spite of itself, grand and sweeping and even a little touching. They squabble a little more, the same as every Christmas, but they’re losing steam; finally MacColl accuses MacGowan of stealing her dreams when they met. This is a terribly poetic way to depict the deadening of expectations in terrible lives. But MacGowan’s voice turns gentle, even though it’s still rough, and he responds: “I kept them with me babe, I put them with my own, Can’t make it all alone, I’ve built my dreams around you.”
It’s a tough old life, and “Fairytale of New York” practically oozes with the gritty spirit of urban decay, poverty, alcoholism and general dysfunction. But as the sounds of those strings float off and out of sight, it doesn’t seem to matter. Not to them and not to us, because it’s the day to sigh and give in to our better inclinations and hold each other and admit there’s still something there. Christmas is the arbitrary day of the year that purely through willpower and tradition we’ve turned into the day where we all try just a little bit harder at being better than we thought we could be.
This piece includes high-resolution vintage photographs, a slide show and an HD version of the very touching music video.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/on-the-bowery-a-fairytale-of-new-york/Some people feel that The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York” is the... more
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These screens of Resistance 3 look promising. All we can hope is that Insomniac Games gets their act together and deliver an FPS experience that rocks.
Gallery: http://gamingahead.com/screenshots/view/id/203These screens of Resistance 3 look promising. All we can hope is that Insomniac Games... more
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“Nude Visions: 150 Years of Nude Photography” is a collection of photographs representing the unclothed human body, images that have exuded a great fascination ever since time began. The series of photographs presented here were selected from the exhibition Nude Visions held earlier this year at Museum Fur Kunst und Gewerbe (MKG), in Hamburg, Germany. The exhibition invited visitors to embark on a journey through a collection of images of the human body that spanned 150 years.
Nude photography is always a process of negotiation between revealing and concealing, unveiling the ambivalence about what is visible and what is unseen, between shame and curiosity, of legitimation and provocativeness. How the naked body is treated is closely bound up with the specific social context in which it occurs, the ideas of morality and the aesthetic ideal of an era. The subject of the nude or nudity is always influenced by both the historical artistic tradition and by the reactions to contemporary impulses, which in turn are interpreted by the photographer. Images which were still regarded as being scandalous at the beginning of the 20th century, triggering moral misgivings and controversy about a subject perceived as being delicate, hardly bring a blush to the face of anyone living today. It is not only the motifs which have evolved over the years, but also the reproducibility of the images, as well as the extent and manner in which media coverage of them has impacted the awareness and significance of nakedness in society.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution photographs, a slide show and a documentary video about the exhibition in Germany.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/nude-visions-150-years-of-nude-photography/“Nude Visions: 150 Years of Nude Photography” is a collection of... more
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TriBeCa Open Artist Studio Tour (TOAST), which is best known for their annual public self-guided tour through artists' studios in TriBeCa, is having their largest exhibit at 368 Broadway, NY, NY. The exhibit, which takes place November 17th- 30th, is called Visual Vaudeville.
"Vaudeville was a theatrical gene of entertainment in NYC until the early 1930s. This show re-invents the genre by applying it to the visual arts; it displays the wide breadth of creativity and artistic mediums housed in TriBeCa, New York. We have painters, drawers, photographers, performance artist, and even jewelry and hat designers participating in the show. We really hope this event will unite the whole artist TriBeCa community." said Shawn Washburn, president of TOAST and a participating artist.TriBeCa Open Artist Studio Tour (TOAST), which is best known for their annual public... more
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Long before strippers started twirling on shiny brass poles in G-strings, men would get goofy watching women twirl their pasties at the old-timey burlesque shows. America’s big cities often had dozens of burlesque theaters that featured bodacious babes in barely-there costumes, at least until prudish city officials started banning the shows. But with the neo-burlesque movement coming back into vogue, and with Christina Aguilera and Cher co-starring in the new movie, “Burlesque”, here’s a fond look back at the heyday of burlesque.
This piece includes a number of high resolution vintage black-and-white photographs, a slide show and two musical documentary short films.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/classic-bump-n-grind-the-old-time-burlesque/Long before strippers started twirling on shiny brass poles in G-strings, men would... more
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“WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It)” is a documentary short film created by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. As 1969 came to a close, Lennon and Ono’s ideas about their protests against the Vietnam War grew beyond printing a few posters. As Ono notes in the documentary, Lennon was the one who dreamed big. “I said let’s have T-shirts,” Ono remembers, “and John said, ‘Let’s buy billboards.’” The posters were displayed as billboards in twelve major cities across the world. And the message appeared not only in mass-produced posters and postcards, but also in large newspaper ads, as well as on the radio and television. It was the first major multimedia campaign for peace.
In 1971, Lennon and Ono, with the Harlem Community Choir, recorded their message as a peace anthem, a song that has also become a Christmas standard: “Happy Xmas (War Is Over).” According to the John Lennon Museum, Lennon wrote the song as an attempt to get people to see war at a grassroots level and for them to take responsibility for the world around them.
So this is now the beginning of the Christmas season. And what have you done? The opening lines of the song, sung so nonchalantly by Lennon, serve as a call-to-action for us all. The holidays become critical moments in the year for personal assessment, to review our choices. And to make things better. If you want it.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution vintage photographs, a memorable slide show and the documentary short film. In addition, access is provided to the full version of the new feature-length documentary film, “LENNONYC.”
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/11/27/happy-christmas-war-is-over-if-you-want-it/“WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It)” is a documentary short film created by... more
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Blotter Art is a term that refers to the artwork that liquid LSD is dropped onto. The artwork is printed onto "blotter" paper and then perforated into tiny squares or "hits," which can be torn apart into easy to manage quantities. In the 1960s, when LSD was legal, it was distributed in large pills, sometimes called "barrels" because of their shape. It was also sold on anything from sugar cubes to animal crackers. Dealers began to want their "batch" of LSD to be recognizable from the others, so they began to invent ways to trademark their acid. The chemists would make the pills a certain shape or color as to set them apart from others, especially if they were packaging particularly potent dosages. This also served as a form of a validation of authenticity, proving that the dealers were not selling fake LSD. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/section-blog/13313-the-lsd-blotter-art-gallery-mind-states-highzzz-documentaryBlotter Art is a term that refers to the artwork that liquid LSD is dropped onto. The... more
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Don Kenn’s Monster Post-its are definitely incredibly intricate. The artist has taken regular yellow Post-It notes and created these monster masterpieces using his amazing sketching skills. The artist is known for his work on children’s shows so it’s no wonder these works are so well done. Don Kenn’s Monster Post-its are definitely something to glance through, even if you have an aversion to monsters. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/section-blog/12469-don-kennDon Kenn’s Monster Post-its are definitely incredibly intricate. The artist has... more
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“Just What I See” is a remarkable collection of iPhone photographs of New York City street life by Greg Schmigel. The series of black-and-white photographs offers a candid look at everyday moments in the lives of people and strangers on the streets and public places of the city. The images reveal a deeply personal sense of beauty evoked by the more simple aspects of life: the facial features of a stranger, a man’s gait, the shadows or reflections of a woman, the quiet smile on the face of a passing child. The photographs capture the beautiful, dreary, mundane, sad and sometimes outrageous features of daily life in the big city in a very intimately touching way.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution black-and-white photographs, as well as a fascinating slide show and a music video.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/just-what-i-see-photographs-of-new-york-city-street-life/“Just What I See” is a remarkable collection of iPhone photographs of New... more
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“The Harlem Album: A Century in Images” is a remarkable collection of photographs curated by Thelma Golden at the Studio Museum in Harlem. Home to writers and revolutionaries, artists and musicians, Harlem has also long been a source of inspiration for countless photographers. The selection of images provided here includes photography by James Van Der Zee, Gordon Parks, Dawoud Bey and Kenneth Nelson, with photographs that reveal a broad and beautiful new visual survey of the neighborhood.
“The choices in this collection were all about offering a wide variety of ways of looking and seeing and thinking,” says Studio Museum Curator Golden. Even when it comes to some of Harlem’s legendary icons, the variety of photographs is telling. There are the pictures of Malcolm X addressing a crowd, but also intimate scenes in which Diana Ross and James Brown shed their public masks. Joe Louis, surrounded by cheering locals, peers coolly at the camera. And Langston Hughes stands, appropriately, on his own stoop, an architectural feature that serves as a “site of memory” in many Harlem photographs. In a neighborhood that has symbolized so much, to people all around the world, the stoop was also a kind of threshold: between home and the larger world.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution vintage photographs, a memorable slide show and three documentary short films.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/the-harlem-album-a-century-in-images/“The Harlem Album: A Century in Images” is a remarkable collection of... more
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"Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods" - C.S. Lewis quotes"Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite... more
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“Documentary Photography: Engaged Observers” is a collection of photographs by photographers who created extended photographic essays that delved deeply into topics of social concern and presented distinct personal visions of the world. Following in the tradition of Walker Evans and other Depression-era photographers, this series of focuses on the tradition of socially engaged photographic essays since the 1960s. “Engaged Observers” includes photographs from the following projects: “The Mennonites” by Larry Towell, “Streetwise” by Mary Ellen Mark, “Black in White America” by Leonard Freed, “Vietnam Inc.” by Philip Jones Griffiths, “The Sacrifice” by James Nachtwey and “Migrations: Humanity in Transition” by Sebastião Salgado.
This piece includes a number of high resolution photographs, a remarkable slide show and three documentary short films.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/photos-of-the-day-engaged-observers/“Documentary Photography: Engaged Observers” is a collection of... more
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"Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart." - Lois McMaster Bujold"Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The... more
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And now, for something completely adorable ….Do you need some sweet relief from the tumultuous political news cycle? Having survived an impassioned midterm election, a barrage of pundit debates, and seizure-inducing graphics, we all need a little break from the madness. Well, here’s just the antidote for you. Settle in, sit back and enjoy the least controversial subject known to man: the cuteness of baby animals. Click through this wonderfully soothing slide show while taking some deep, deep breaths.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution color photographs, a slide show and a video of sweet baby animals.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/photos-of-the-day-the-cuteness-of-sweet-baby-animals/And now, for something completely adorable ….Do you need some sweet relief from... more
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“After Katrina: Destroy this Memory” is a memorable photo-essay by photographer Richard Misrach. Just after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans in 2005, Misrach used a 4-megapixel pocket camera to capture messages left behind by evacuees. Some are warnings; some are cries for help or encouragement; some are tallies of loss.
“The rescue workers and the people that lived there themselves…wrote these things. I felt like it was their voice,” said Misrach. “I just felt that it was important to have their words as much as possible.” Don’t look for an essay: the only text is what evacuees, or the people searching for them, left on their houses, businesses, fences and abandoned vehicles. The messages mourn victims (“RIP ZACK”), offer news of survivors (“LISA + DONNIE R OK”), warn those with bad intentions (“Looters will BE SHOT”) and alert rescue workers (“Possible Body”). At times, they also offer humor (“ELVIS HAS LEFT THE HOUSE”), political commentary (“YEP, BROWNIE. YOU DID A HECK OF A JOB”) and hope (“Keep The Faith. We Will Rebuild”).
This piece includes a number of high-resolution color photographs, a slide show and a documentary short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/after-katrina-destroy-this-memory/“After Katrina: Destroy this Memory” is a memorable photo-essay by... more
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“Black Coal” is a beautiful photographic essay by Zack Spiger and Madison Rowley, and the official music video for Stone Jack Jones’ “Black Coal.” Jones hails from a fifth-generation coal mining family in West Virginia, and his music here presents the listener with a serene requiem for coal miners, a wonderfully shimmering transcendental exploration of the places where folk, blues and rock meet. “Black Coal” is a quietly intimate and melancholy piece, holding you gently with its mysteriously haunting and personal grasp.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution black-and-white photographs, a slide show and Jones' inspiring, pastoral music video.http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/black-coal-a-serene-requiem-for-coal-miners/“Black Coal” is a beautiful photographic essay by Zack Spiger and Madison... more
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