I developed another five rolls of film last night – no surprises any more – it’s all recent stuff. I like this photo a lot. It’s somehow such a Canadian thing to do, to go play hockey in the middle of the summer.
I am trying to purge my links-to-blog folder. Here is a set of completely unrelated things.
The first two links come courtesy of one of my favourite websites – kottke.org.
On the day Albert Einstein was to be buried, only one photographer was allowed to witness proceedings, Life Magazine’s Ralph Morse. The photos were not published for 55 years at the request of the family, but they are available now. Check them out.
If you were a dictator, what would your private jet look like? You can take a peak inside the jets of some of the world’s dictators here courtesy of an enterprising photographer Nick Gleis.
Really nice work from various Japanese illustrators at Tokyo Illustrators Society website.
As somebody who photographs corner stores, I really, really, really like these whimsical photographs of small train stations in former East Germany by Schilling Holger.
Don’t miss Stephen Doyle’s unique paper sculptures or Margaret Shepherd’s beautiful calligraphy art.
Croatian word of the day: željeznička stanica train station [zhe lye znee chka stan itza]
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I have this long post I have been trying to write, but am too exhausted to finish. Little Miss F is killing us by means of sleep deprivation. The only thing I don’t understand is why the hell is she so full of energy.
Photo links:
Alex Webb has photographed a fascinating story for National Geographic on a railway connecting Caspian and Black seas. The story is just as fascinating as the photographs. NPR has a preview of the story and National Geographic has an extended on-line gallery.
Alain Keler from the French agency Myop has a sad and haunting set of photographs of Roma people currently persecuted quite mercilessly in France. Even some of the members of the right wing UMP are appalled by the deportations. BBC story is here.
Check out NYT’s Lens blog and the work of George Georgiou on modern Turkey.
The photograph is of Long’s Hill Convenience in my new neighbourhood.
Croatian word of the day: san sleep
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Last weekend we went for a walk around Battery. The damage February storms caused in the area is still visible everywhere and the whole area looks quite different than last fall. There are houses, wharfs and stages that tumbled into the sea. Some of it has been repaired, but the damage is still quite extensive.
A few photo links:
Museum of London has launched a free iPhone app allowing you to use your iPhone’s GPS in order to superimpose images of old London over the current street views.
Combining photography and geographic information is, of course, very popular as every flickr user can tell you. Here is a flickr set representing Geotaggers World Atlas.
And checkout Guardian’s multimedia feature on the Caledonia Road. Not necessarily super-interactive, but effective none the less.
Croatian word of the day: zemljopis geography [zem lyo pis]
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