“Echoes” is a selection of photographs from an ongoing project created by photographer Zefram Cochrane, which he describes as a visual representation of the song “Echoes” by Pink Floyd. He explains that he visualizes the project as an audio-video performance, in which the different moods, tensions, inner visions and hallucinations coming from the music are translated into images synchronized with it.
According to Zefram, “Reality is often limited, trivial and tone-less, far from being able to directly represent what is in a creative mind. So my major effort is both to modify reality to let the latent image impressed on the film match what it was intended to represent in my mind. As reality modification is the basic brick of my creative process, my work can maybe viewed as photograpy of 'ephemeral sculptures.' Indeed I feel that this broad definition could fit.”
This piece includes a number of color photographs, a slide show and a music video of Pink Floyd's “Echoes.”
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Senator Edward M. Kennedy died on Tuesday night at the age of 77. Senator Kennedy was a member of one of the country’s most influential political families and one of the most effective senators in American history. The death of Senator Kennedy, who had been battling brain cancer, was announced Wednesday morning in a statement by the Kennedy family, which was already mourning the death of the Senator’s sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver just two weeks ago.
This piece includes photographs, a retrospective photo-gallery on the life of Ted Kennedy and an HD video of The 2008 Democratic National Convention Tribute to Senator Edward Kennedy.
Update: This posting now includes the Eulogy by President Obama at Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s Funeral.Senator Edward M. Kennedy died on Tuesday night at the age of 77. Senator Kennedy was... more
Michael Jackson was honored on Tuesday at a memorial service held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, while millions of people throughout the world watched the service on live television. During the service, there were performances by Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Lionel Richie and Jennifer Hudson, among others. Toward the conclusion of the Memorial Service, a medley of singers performed “We Are The World” beneath a giant image of the world, later joined by dozens of hand-holding, racially-inclusive children, to sing “Heal the World.”
This piece presents a number of memorable photographs from the service, a wonderful slide show and a link to view the entire service. It also includes two music videos, the performance of “We Are the World” from the Memorial Service and the original 1985 “USA for Africa: We Are the World.”Michael Jackson was honored on Tuesday at a memorial service held at the Staples... more
we are all friends fotografia stefano gasparato benni. fiore, nene.stefano.tommaso,renato music by justice vs. simianwe are all friends fotografia stefano gasparato benni. fiore,... more
These wonderful, mysterious photographs of historic New Orleans architecture are by Frank Relle, who was born and continues to work in New Orleans. Relle has been the recipient of numerous awards, and his work is represented in many major collections. His photography has appeared in The New Yorker, The Southern Review and The Oxford American magazines.
The haunting images of New Orleans at night presented here keep the viewer on edge, and yet are somehow serene. What shines through most in these images is a love of New Orleans, a respect for its beauty. The pictures are very sad, but very beautiful at the same time. Relle continues to document the changing architecture of New Orleans, hoping that people around the world will be inspired to help rebuild the city of New Orleans with the integrity she deserves.
Includes a number of stunning photographs of old New Orleans architecture, as well as a memorable, emotionally moving photo-gallery.These wonderful, mysterious photographs of historic New Orleans architecture are by... more
“Glory at Sea” is an acclaimed narrative short film that has garnered twelve film festival awards. The film can be seen as a moving Memorial Day tribute, one that endearingly produces the forlorn feelings that are amassed within the sea of a forever-sunset palette, sanctioning our mourning within its beautiful sorrow.
Every once in a rare, long while, a film appears with such a sweeping gust of rejuvenation that it has the power to restore not only one’s faith in cinema, but in humanity as a whole. These miracles, are truly blessed creations. They are worlds unto themselves, borne out of a passionate vision, torn from the spiritual recesses of an individual’s soul and transferred miraculously onto the big screen. "Glory at Sea," a production by the acclaimed Court 13 film collective, is one of these miracles.
Includes beautiful photographs, a memorable slide show and the award-winning stunning short film, “Glory at Sea.”“Glory at Sea” is an acclaimed narrative short film that has garnered twelve film... more
Helen Levitt, a major street photographer of the 20th century who captured fleeting moments of quiet drama on the streets of her native New York City for decades, died in New York at the age of 95. Ms. Levitt’s photography expressed the everyday ceremonies of innocence. The masterpieces in Ms. Levitt’s body of works are her photographs of children living their enthusiastically improvised lives.
Helen Levitt’s street photography spanned seven decades, photographs that were taken mostly throughout working-class neighborhoods. Her wonderfully candid black-and-white shots from the 1930s and 1940s, of urban children playing and ordinary people going about their daily lives, have inspired generations of photographers. Levitt was also a pioneer in color photography, beginning in 1959, when she received a Guggenheim grant to explore her familiar territory, but shifting from black-and-white to color.
This article presents a number of stunning vintage photographs, a video gallery and a remarkable slide show of Helen Levitt's photography.Helen Levitt, a major street photographer of the 20th century who captured fleeting... more
“Notte Sento” is a romantic stop-motion short film by the Italian director, Daniele Napolitano. This remarkable, tender film was created with more than 4,500 still photographs. A young woman, who happens to be deaf, finds herself stranded after missing her train to Milan. She’s faced with a long overnight wait, all alone in Rome until dawn. However, a chance encounter with a young man changes her plans, and the sparkling night lights of Rome’s evening darkness are transformed into the background of a tender love story. An extraordinary chemistry comprised of mutually eloquent glances and modest gestures finally closes the emotional barriers that initially had separated them, just as the dark night turns into a beautiful sunrise.
This piece includes a number of still photographs from the film, as well as the eloquently tender short film, “Notte Sento.”“Notte Sento” is a romantic stop-motion short film by the Italian director,... more
New York’s neighborhood storefronts have long had the city’s history carved into their unusual, distinct facades. Each of these little stores is as unique as the neighborhood residents that they serve and are run by shopkeepers committed to providing a special service. Many of these shops have long served as essential parts of their communities, vital to the residents who depend on them for a multitude of everyday needs. But the storefront shops are quickly disappearing, as their neighborhoods are transformed by both rapid gentrification and quickly escalating rents in the real estate market.
The dwindling number of these commercial relics on the city’s rapidly changing streets range from tiny, humble “mom and pop” neighborhood stores tucked away on narrow side streets to well-known institutions on historic streets. The photographs of the city’s disappearing storefronts shown here provide a view of the rapid social and economic changes that are threatening the life of unique enterprises that have long made the city’s neighborhoods distinctive.
This piece presents a number of nostalgic photographs of the disappearing little storefronts, as well as a memorable slideshow with more photographs of these rapidly vanishing neighborhood storefronts.New York’s neighborhood storefronts have long had the city’s history carved into... more
“Death to the Tinman” premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, where it received an Honorable Mention for Best Short Film. In addition, “Death to the Tinman” won the Best Short Film Award at the 2007 Savannah Film Festival; the film has also played at the South by Southwest Film Festival and the New York Film Festival, among others. The film’s Director is Ray Tintori, a 26-year-old filmmaker from Brooklyn (NY), who also directs music videos for various music groups, such as MGMT. Tintori is a member of the Court 13 film collective, which is an acclaimed ensemble group of collaborative filmmakers and performers.
The mythical “Death to the Tinman” presents a visual narrative that swells from the unfathomable depths of human tragedy, to the achievement of a renewed capacity for a sense of love and hope. “Death to the Tinman” is an adaptation of the original story of the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz series, in which Tintori’s version of the Tin Man is transformed from a human lumberjack to a metal man without a heart. Tintori transported the story’s basic foundation for the original Tin Man story to a surreal, rural 1940s South, replacing Oz magic with evangelical mysticism. Pastors, congregations and The Rapture take the place of flying monkeys and witches melting upon contact with water.
Watching Ray Tintori’s “Death to the Tinman” for the first time, one can feel somewhat shocked by the experience of realizing that what you’re watching is a remarkable breakthrough short film. Tintori’s modern transformation of the original story about how the Tinman came to be the Tinman was created in a way that conveys an underlying emotional tone progressing from the chaotic, to the quirky, to the profoundly poignant.
If you haven’t seen any of Ray Tintori’s works yet, I would highly recommend that you take twelve-minutes to watch “Death to the Tinman.” It’s a small investment for a big profit.
This piece presents a number of great photographs from the film and the acclaimed short film, “Death to the Tinman.” In addition, it includes a wonderful gallery of photographs from the film.“Death to the Tinman” premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, where it... more
Witnessed by an elated, celebratory crowd of more than a million admirers, Barack Hussein Obama marked his place in history as America's first African-American president. President Obama called for a disheartened country to unite in hope against the "gathering clouds and raging storms" of war and economic woe. It was a ceremonial event watched in fascination by many millions, perhaps even billions of people, around the world.
In his Inaugural Address, President Obama remarked that, "We gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.” But he stated that in our present discouraging economic and political climate, “What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility, a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly....This is the price and the promise of citizenship."
This article includes a number of wonderful photographs and four videos (including President Obama's Inauguration Address). In addition, it presents an amazing photo-gallery, with images that produce a historic photographic-document of Barack Obama's entire presidential campaign.Witnessed by an elated, celebratory crowd of more than a million admirers, Barack... more
The late Heath Ledger has won the Supporting Actor Golden Globe for his role in the “The Dark Knight.” The Golden Globe win enhances Ledger’s prospects for the Supporting Actor Oscar at the Academy Awards, whose nominations will be announced on January 22nd, the one-year anniversary of the actor’s death. The award was accepted by “The Dark Knight” Director Christopher Nolan, who said he and his collaborators were buoyed by the enormous acclaim and acceptance the film and Ledger’s performance have gained worldwide.
This piece presents a number of photographs, three videos, and a memorial photo-gallery with music audio (Nick Drake, “Way to Blue”).The late Heath Ledger has won the Supporting Actor Golden Globe for his role in the... more
With the new year approaching, this piece takes note of some of the lives that ended during the past 12 months. It presents photographs of a number of legendary writers, actors, artists and musicians. In addition, the piece includes a wonderful photo-gallery, which is accompanied by music audio.With the new year approaching, this piece takes note of some of the lives that ended... more
OMG!!! Airplanes were huddled at their gates, schools closed and salt trucks skated across icy highways all across the country on Friday as the winter’s first major storm swept its way across the country, blasting millions of Americans in the Midwest and Northeast with snow squalls and blistering winds. Road travel was was brought to a crawl from county roads in Iowa to interstates in Massachusetts, as the storm painted highways with a layer of glistening ice and frosted it with several inches of snow. conditions.
Isolated power outages were reported across the Midwest and Northeast, and some people in New England stoked up their woodstoves and lit candles while they waited for electricity to be restored. In New York City, snow was glazing the trees in Central Park, while the city prepared for more than 5 inches of snow. Upstate New York and parts of New England were bracing for more than a foot of snow, which was forecast to fall at one to two inches an hour through Saturday.
But on a much, much happier note, this piece presents a number of stunning photographs of wintry holiday snow scenes and a delightful, original musical animated short film, “White Out.” In addition, there is a holiday slide show of more wonderful winter snow pictures.OMG!!! Airplanes were huddled at their gates, schools closed and salt trucks skated... more
Glory at Sea is an acclaimed narrative short, which has garnered ten film festival awards this year. Every once in a rare, long while, a film appears with such a sweeping gust of rejuvenation that it has the power to restore not only one’s faith in cinema but in humanity as a whole. These miracles, some minor and some major are truly blessed creations. They exist on a timeless plane, feeling both brand new and classic at the very same time. They are worlds unto themselves, borne out of a passionate vision, torn from the spiritual recesses of an individual’s soul and transferred miraculously onto the big screen.
Glory at Sea, a production by the Court 13 film collective, is one of these miracles. If ever a short film deserved to be written about as a feature, Glory at Sea is it. Which is what makes Court 13's epic spectacle even more stunning. By the time the film’s closing credits appear, after just twenty-five minutes, it feels like one has been taken on a deeply lasting feature-length journey.
This posting includes beautiful photographs, a memorable slide show and the full version of this award-winning stunning short film, Glory at Sea.Glory at Sea is an acclaimed narrative short, which has garnered ten film festival... more
Oh yes, the cold and snowy winter holiday season is upon us. And there are all the jingly-bell Santas, Santas and more Santas all around us. Santas riding on the trains, jingle-jangle on the street corners, sitting on their thrones in the stores, even big crowds of Santas prancing down our city streets. We got happy Santas, grumpy Santas, beautiful smoochy pin-up gal Santas and even more.
See all the different Santas in these beautiful colorful photographs, in rare vintage photographs, in an original Santy Claus musical short film and a great Slide Show of Santa Claus photographs.Oh yes, the cold and snowy winter holiday season is upon us. And there are all the... more
Yes indeedy, these are the top-drawer, VIP Shiny Golden Trophy Guys! Oh yes they truly are...and they're really sexy, sexy shiny dudes. All glistened up with holiday gold, and sometimes even sparkly, shiny blue.
This here thingee includes a bunch of stunning, colorful photographs of these sexy dudes presented for you in remarkable high-resolution. And plus a hot and dandy Slide Show, with even more photographs of these glittery golden trophy guys.Yes indeedy, these are the top-drawer, VIP Shiny Golden Trophy Guys! Oh yes they truly... more
Maurizio Cattelan is often described as a Shakespearian fool, expressing universal truths about themes such as power, death and authority through what appear to be jokes or stunts: a stuffed squirrel that has shot itself at the kitchen table, Pope John Paul II struck down by a meteorite, a child like Hitler praying on his knees. His work tries to subvert and challenge contemporary thinking, blurring the distinction between art and reality to provoke reaction. Cattelan likes to describe himself as an idiot. He refuses to take a stance, and claims that he doesn't know what his work means.
Cattelan is the ultimate professional unprofessional: he is unconcerned to demonstrate a mastery of his craft, except the twin crafts of directing fabricators to realize his ideas and eliciting support from curators and collaborators. His work, a series of sculptural vignettes or gestures, expresses not a poetics of mastery, but a comedy of failure. If laughter can be said to express the whole of wisdom, Cattelan's body of work tends to confirm this.
This piece includes a number of photographs of Cattelan's work, a documentary about him and a slide show with additional photographs of his work.Maurizio Cattelan is often described as a Shakespearian fool, expressing universal... more
WIRED NextFest is said to be the premier showcase of the global innovations transforming our world. In its fifth year, WIRED's gallery of the future included unique and bold exhibits of sustainable design, next generation healthcare, interactive art and games, humanoid robotics and more.
Restaurateur and renowned chef Grant Achat is out to change the way you eat. A meal at Chicago's Alinea restaurant can consist of up to 27 courses, providing a unique dining experience that prompted Gourmet Magazine to name Alinea the Best Restaurant in America in 2006. This year, Achatz won The 2008 James Beard Foundation's Best Chef Award.
A small group of innovative chefs are melding science and haute cuisine, a mashup that's sometimes called molecular gastronomy. Achatz is one of the chefs who has introduced new kinds of technology to cooking, but he is leery of getting lumped in with the molecular gastronomists. According to Achatz, too often the gastronomists aim primary to evoke a certain emotion, while flavor is secondary. However, for Achatz induced emotion and flavor are combined. Further, "The technology allows us to get to the essence of food," Achatz says. "It allows you to be more true with flavor, not less true."
At his cooking presentation at NextFest, Achatz demonstrated why he, and not just his food, is so special. Audience members were impressed by two things about Grant's presentation. First, even though he is undeniably one of the most inventive chefs in the business, he is as unpretentious as they come. The other thing that was striking about Grant's cooking presentation was his story about an early version of a dish that had him burning leaves throughout the evening in the restaurant. Customers actually cried at the familiar smells of childhood. By engaging all the senses, Grant delivers an unexpectedly emotional experience.
This article presents a number of beautiful photographs of Grant's food preparation, three videos about Grant Achatz and Alinea restaurant (including his WIRED NextFest presentation) and a wonderful photo-gallery.WIRED NextFest is said to be the premier showcase of the global innovations... more
Today, December 1st, is the 20th annual World AIDS Day, a day when individuals and organizations from around the world come together to bring attention to the global AIDS epidemic. Around half of all people who become infected with HIV do so before they are 25, and they are killed by AIDS before they are 35. Around 95% of people with HIV/AIDS live in developing nations.
However, today HIV is a threat to men, women and children on all continents around the world. Started in 1988, World AIDS Day is not just about raising money, but also about increasing awareness, fighting prejudice and improving education. World AIDS Day is important in reminding people that HIV has not gone away, and that there are many things still to be done.
This article presents a number of photographs and two videos. It also includes a very touching slideshow, which is accompanied by music audio.Today, December 1st, is the 20th annual World AIDS Day, a day when individuals and... more
