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16 Nov
Archive | November, 2008
Obama Obama
14 Nov
Another Obama photoessay, this one more ‘official’.
Also, you can now own a piece of history for $19.95! Obama commemorative plates are already out. Honestly, I can’t imagine any other president or president-elect who could sell merchandise the way Obama’s image can. Can you imagine people buying a Bill Clinton plate when he was president-elect?
more quarries
13 Nov
Most of her work is nothing like this, but out of nowhere, there were a couple of pictures of quarries.
Travels with Obama
11 Nov
Callie Shell has a great photoessay documenting the early Obama campaign, showing Obama in some relaxed situations away from all the bustle of the campaign.
PDN pointed out the echoes of William Gallagher’s photo of Adlai Stevenson.
meat couture
10 Nov
[Edit: Can you see the animal parts in the photos above? It occurs to me that it's not obvious. She incorporates meat so well into the clothing that sometimes it looks like a very natural part of the outfit. Check it out.]
I got caught up in the election last minute and I’m so behind on my blogging…
Is Imagespan‘s idea of internet photography commerce the direction the web is headed in? They’ve created something called License Stream that allows photographers to embed licensing in the photo itself and allow people to purchase licenses with one click as well as track online usage of photos.
MEMORY
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PressPausePlay
I finally got around to watching PressPausePlay. It deals mostly about music and film, but you can see how it really applies to all media. First off, this Shirky quote is right on. Why would we ever urge anyone to pass up the chance to actively create to be passive consumers? If we discourage and [...]
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What people really want: film vs digital, longform vs shortform
Whereas Kodak has so far failed to adapt adequately, Fujifilm has transformed itself into a solidly profitable business, with a market capitalisation, even after a rough year, of some $12.6 billion to Kodak’s $220m. Why did these two firms fare so differently? Both saw change coming. Larry Matteson, a former Kodak executive who now teaches [...]
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Chris Jordan on fear, inspiration and living fully
If you haven’t seen this interview, block out an hour and a half to see it now. I transcribed (and lightly edited) a great deal of it, because it was great (not the least because Chase Jarvis references one of my favorite Errol Morris films, Fast, Cheap and Out of Control). Originally I was just [...]
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Subsidizing art, subsidizing yourself
What is economic growth for, anyway? It’s for expanding our choices and making life better. Is it really so surprising that, as we grow wealthier as a society, more and more of our young people, when the amazing resources of the modern university are put at their disposal, choose to use them learning something satisfying [...]
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down with artspeak! (or, don’t let yourself go)
Arturo Soto There are probably more than 10,000 articles about how unwise and un-blog-attractive it is to apologize for not posting frequently enough to your blog. (“Don’t keep hamsters if you can’t remember to feed them”?) It is the blog version of saying, “I’ve really let myself go.” Supposing that I have, it seems that [...]
