I just miss doing art. Don’t you? Naomi Kritzer, Better Living Through Algorithms i bought myself some presents. i like them. they're nice.
This post contains dozens of images, and is best in your browser.If you’re not in the market to buy a camera or read about cameras you can skip this post. If you want some more general photography thoughts, there’s On the Usefulness of PhotographyFixed-lens cameras are simple objects for producing art. As the name suggests you cannot change the lens and, for the three title camera lines, you cannot zoom. There’s less fretting about what lenses to buy or to take with you, and constraints can…
The World Cup final is over, and justice has been made. As much as I love Messi as a player, Argentina just fell off this tournament and I didn’t want them to win at all. Spain managed to play fair and attack during the whole game, and even though two of their goals were invalidated, they still managed to score and snatch victory at last. I would like to apologize for becoming a football fan all of a sudden. I’m actually surprised how little I mentioned the World Cup back in 2022 since I…
“Reproduction du célébre tableau”, Alphonse Allais in 1897 reworking Paul Bilhaud’s monochrome joke painting from 1882 Thanks, @voorwerk, @doncalmecito, and @juancrodelo. Little did I know that the last time I gave much thought to the history of the monochrome, that history would soon be blown wide open? In 2020 it was a reconsideration of the racist graffiti found on Kazimir Malevich’s Black Square (1915), which linked it to its supposed, satirical precursor, a portfolio of seven mdr titled…
Ever intriguing boutique musical Grey Gardens makes a very welcome Melbourne return in this insightfully directed, splendidly cast new production. 2006 Broadway musical Grey Gardens had its memorable Melbourne premiere from The Production Company in 2011. For this revival, the most ambitious staging to date from Clovelly Fox Productions, Grey Gardens is perfectly housed at the fortyfivedownstairs theatre, where the chipped, stained paintwork evocatively adds to the recreation of crumbling Long…
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Weird week. The skies have been smoke-filled and air-quality alerted to shit, ICE is killing civilians (again), my country is / is not / is again / wait no / yes actually at war with Iran, 97 Democrats voted with Republicans to keep supporting Israel's genocide, and AI psychosis despite climate collapse continues unabated. I think at this point I draw pokemon for my blood pressure. Please enjoy. Tues 07/14/2025 - Pelipper I…
MAGA followers. Three articulated figures, Mid 20th Century Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb
2026-07-10Hello!My internet connection is down. Busy day today, anyways.I won't be writing much, other than to say that I'm rediscovering the camera settings and various menus. It has a suite of basic editing options!I can change some colors and brightness, I can apply filters, and I can add effects like I did here. The water drops at the top shine with eight-pointed stars that were added with a cross pattern option in the camera.I selected the option, exported the image, and put it on this…
Cattle graze under the watchful gaze of the NEXRAD weather radar. The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 750. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here. Wild Turkey The 3rd golf hole at Mauna Kea golf course. Shave Ice. A sheep with an intense stare. A Titan Scorpionfish. High surf and heavy clouds off North Kohala.
Hide and seek: Buttercup Festival 3-390Latest on PatreonJuly 21st: Watercolor sketches at the beach
photo cred: my dadThis is the third annual Experimental History Blog Post Competition, Extravaganza, and Jamboree, where people send me their best new blog posts and I reward my favorites with praise and cash.This year, I got 68 submissions from folks all over the world, including visual artists, consultants, high schoolers, economists, engineers, lawyers, and all sorts of pseudonymous internet weirdos.For the first time, I ran all potential winners through Pangram, which is an AI-writing…
The photo above was taken at the Institut Français in Berlin in 2017, during a Q&A session with the pianist René Urtreger following a screening to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Louis Malle’s Ascenseur pour l’échafaud (released in the UK as Lift to the Scaffold and in the US as Elevator to the Gallows). The last surviving member of the quintet with which Miles Davis recorded the soundtrack for that classic film, René had accepted my invitation to come to JazzFest Berlin for the event, and to…
Robin Williams in The Birdcage (1996) Vitals Robin Williams as Armand Goldman, South Beach nightclub manager Miami Beach, Winter 1996 Film: The Birdcage Release Date: March 8, 1996 Director: Mike Nichols Costume Designer: Ann Roth WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background I’m honored to share my birthday with Robin Williams, who was born 75 years ago today on July 21, 1951. One of my favorite of the late comedian’s movies is The Birdcage, crafted by the iconic married team of director Mike Nichols…
Thanks to the good folks at Yanko Design (and some others), I’ve pulled together a list of interesting links over the last year that touch on the topic of design (e.g., smart phones) and interior design (e.g. chairs). Devices: Let me start off with devices. Some IT based, some not…. I was impressed by this: A … Continue reading A mouse, a house, and an inflatable chair (what I am interested in when it comes to design and interior design, 2026)
Two photos from Max Hubacher. First, from January 26, 1956, “View of lower Manhattan as seen from Brooklyn Bridge on a dreary winter day”: Second, a year earlier on February 2, 1955, “Brooklyn Bridge (Brooklyn side) on a cold, dreary winter day”: I’d say that he gives the impression of simply not liking the winter, except that the collection contains a lot of photos that prove he was out with his camera in the winter. Seasonal Affective Disorder was not yet known as such in the 50s, although…
The massive Cargill Ag Horizons grain elevator complex on the outskirts of Salina, Kansas. The post That’s a Lot of Silos appeared first on 75CentralPhotography.
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Media City Bridge This and more in today's update to Northern Folk Archive here -https://northernfolkarchive.pagecord.com/salford-quays-06-june-2014
Read an article about an upcoming film "Immaculada" by Charlie Garcia Vitug. Looking forward to the intersection of gothic horror and women's rights!!
Went to North Central Phoenix for some figure drawing, short features and poses. This post (Phoenix Art Garage Fugure Drawing) was last edited 11 minutes ago.
Chinese Neon, Chelsea Market – New York, New York I’m back using the Leica D-Lux 8, and I’m also down in Lower Manhattan. After several posts with the Camp Snap and X Half, the D-Lux 8 pictures look stunning. As I said previously, this camera offers the minimum image quality I require for serious photography. The snaps I took with the other two cameras were really a test to coax good image quality on a limited device. I shoot neon anytime I have the chance. I saw this one at a noodle shop in…
New York City 2009
Shooting in monochrome (black and white) really forces me to notice those hidden pockets of light, shadow and texture. Those people you see standing apart, somewhat intensly, staring up intently at a corner of ceiling in a public space, or gazing intently at a small patch of foliage amongst a backlot of scrub, or squinting into shopfront windows, or pausing in wide-eyed agog at dust motes in a shaft of sunlight?….well there is all probitility that these people are either practitioners of zen,…
A tree. That's the post.
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It's a late night doing research in the archives. The lights low. No one else around. Getting tired and soft. Letting the guard down a bit. Sore shoulders that might need a rub. Snacks thoughtfully brought. I've had no thrilling experiences of late nights in the archives. I don't think I'd be very good at it. My back would be too painful, my hair would get very messy, microfiche makes me dizzy, and all-nighters make me feel nauseous. But I love this trope. Where did this come from? I thought…
My EuroPython 2026 experience in Krakow, captured through Mastodon posts about talks, community, people, and moments along the way.
Last time Electromagnetic Field was on, two years ago, I felt a bit bad that I didn’t go given that I would love there to be more events near here that interest me, and this was fairly close. But I don’t like camping and also don’t like driving far (the site is about an hour away from us), so I didn’t go then and, again, this year I didn’t try to get tickets. But at the beginning of this week I saw a post saying there were some people who couldn’t make it selling spare tickets and, this…
