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Zooming in on Coney Island, 1929

Posted on August 12, 2011 by webdev

From the New York Times … go there to zoom in the detail of this panorama from 1929.

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Ivi Reads

Posted on August 11, 2011 by webdev

Another re-discovery from December 1995, when Ivi was 2 years, 11 months old, and having reached the stage of being sufficiently adept at reading that she would no longer tolerate being read to.  (And it was she, just a few … Continue reading →

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Rube Goldberg Meets Photography

Posted on July 27, 2011 by webdev
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Soupe à l’Oignon

Posted on June 6, 2011 by webdev
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Sun At Last

Posted on June 3, 2011 by webdev

After seemingly interminable rain, this morning the sun broke free. Here is a colleague, Mark, basking …

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Deadline Every Second

Posted on June 2, 2011 by webdev

Here is the trailer for a documentary of Associated Press photojournalists and the challenges they face to meet their deadlines. AP is said to send out over one million photos a year. Trailer from Ken Kobre on Vimeo.

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Kickstart This!

Posted on June 1, 2011 by webdev
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Christmas Day in Los Angeles, 1993

Posted on May 29, 2011 by webdev

    Another resurrection from the archives … This one was originally a color snapshot made with a borrowed, cheap, entry-level Polaroid camera.  Then it was scanned some years ago.  When I recently rediscovered it, the thing was a 600px … Continue reading →

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The Day

Posted on May 26, 2011 by webdev

Moby gives us another free MP3 download, this an orchestral version of his The Day, included in a different arrangement on his new Destroyed album. Nice, peaceful, meditative. Along with the album is a selection of Moby’s own fine, mood-fitting photography, also shown on … Continue reading →

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Vivian Maier Update

Posted on May 17, 2011 by webdev

Back in December 2010, we talked about Vivian Maier. A traveling exhibition of her remarkable photographs is underway. The Vivian Maier website also is now showing quite a number of images, including one of my favorites, a self-portrait made in New York City in 1953, … Continue reading →

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