Category Archives: photography

Life Before Death

Posted on April 2, 2008 by

German photographer Walter Schels was terrified of death, but felt compelled to take these extraordinary series of portraits of people before and on the day they died. His partner Beate Lakotta recorded the poignant and revealing interviews with the subjects … Continue reading →

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100 Suns; Arsenals of Folly

Posted on November 13, 2007 by

I’m having some difficulty writing about 100 Suns. This is the collection of photos documenting above-ground nuclear explosions selected and compiled by Michael Light. On the one hand I’m fascinated by the images and on the other repulsed by all … Continue reading →

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Foto Friday

Posted on September 28, 2007 by

6ixth – Jeff Chouw’s photo exhibition of Opposition MP Chiam See Tong campaigning in 2006 — is now online on Chouw’s site. (Found via Tan Pin Pin’s blog. And coincidentally: Yisheng’s just posted his review of the 2006 exhibition up … Continue reading →

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Content-Aware Image Resizing

Posted on August 29, 2007 by

Originally developed to resize images for different screens without losing important elements. Very cool demo. Gets freaky towards the end too when you watch people disappear from photos just from clicking-and-dragging. (from TechCrunch) Stalin’s removal of his enemies from photos … Continue reading →

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Helmut Newton

Posted on August 23, 2007 by

Indie darlings: David Lynch and Isabella Rossellini (taken after Blue Velvet?) More Helmut Newton photos on this Russian blog (NSFW). (via Hugo Strikes Back!)

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Classic Magnum Photography

Posted on August 23, 2007 by

The Magnum Photos and Slate collaboration began on Dec 1, 2005, and the first uploaded set begins with: PARIS — Place de l’Europe, Gare Saint Lazare, 1932. Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson writes, “There was a plank fence around some repairs behind … Continue reading →

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Merging virtual and real with handphones

Posted on August 15, 2007 by

I once saw a HP ad where a boy, armed with a handheld console with a camera, runs around a city playing a game on the handheld. The locations in the game correspond to the boy’s current real-world location, but … Continue reading →

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Martin Parr’s “The Last Resort”

Posted on August 2, 2007 by

NEW BRIGHTON, United Kingdom—1985. © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos Magnum Photos has a selection from Martin Parr’s The Last Resort up on Slate. Hope you managed to catch the excellent Parr’s retrospective at City Hall last month (part of … Continue reading →

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Singapore food pron

Posted on June 27, 2007 by

More at Singapura Daily Makan Photo

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“Ay, Caesar; but not gone.”

Posted on March 16, 2007 by

MEXICO CITY—Believers of the Holy Death, 2004. © Maya Goded / Magnum Photos Magnum has a gripping slideshow of photos to commemorate the Ides of March. The date had completely slipped my mind, just like Pi Day  :/

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