Russia With Love

Vintage photographs from the 50s and 60s in Russia.

Inspired by Art

Working on an art project for school and stumbled upon this striking photograph.

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Moth Flight

This kind of thing (a video made from long-exposure still photos of moths in flight) makes me want to sit outside with my camera and make art. I really don't photograph things (and certainly don't *make* things) often enough. I plan to remedy that soon.

Enjoy.

flight patterns from Charlie McCarthy on Vimeo.

Teabonics

Here is a collection of protest signs from tea party protests, all of which feature some pretty interesting spelling. I won't comment on politics, but you should check them out (and be sure to read the user comments on some of them...they're more witty than I was feeling up to today).

Some choice examples:

And the rest here.

Ice Diving

This looks kind of terrifying. Isn't this how Houdini died? (Ok no, he died from trying to "absorb" some punches to the stomach. That didn't work out so well). But anyway, losing hold of the safety line that leads you back to the hole in the ice...sounds like no fun. It is gorgeous though. These photographs come from an ice diving trip to a lake in Kazakhstan famous for it's "underwater forest."

Lovely Little

From Mark Mothersbaugh.

Behind-the-Scenes-Head

There are just so many awesome things going on here, I might have a kind of film-nerd flip-out if I tried to talk about them. Suffice it to say you absolutely must watch Eraserhead, even if only once. If you hate it, don't tell me about it. If you love/loved it, we'll gush. (By the way, this is David Lynch providing Jack Nance direction on the Eraserhead set, in case you hadn't picked up on that.)

Whale Belly Store

This is a photograph of the gift shop of the Blackgang Chine Bazaar at the Isle of Wight's Blackgang Chine Amusement Park (established in 1843). I need to go.

Christian Photo Retouches...Russia Style!

Okay, more Russian stuff today, because I am endlessly fascinated.

Here is possibly the most heinous photo-retouching/photography company ever. Seriously.

 

Oh yeah, it's that bad. But wait! What's that you say? They do weddings? Oh, we must see:

 

 

 

Oh how lovely! We really must see one more instance of strange clip art and backgrounds inserted at random into photographs. I insist. That should be a trend.But this is nice too:

 

See them all here. I know you want to.

 

So I'm a Little Late...

But I recently heard of Alexander McQueen's (far too early) death, and thought I'd continue his online legacy. His work was always completely innovative and new.

Real Life Lichtenstein

A photoshoot for MAC cosmetics recreated a Roy Lichtenstein painting to great effect. I think it's lovely (and looks like fun!).

See more of the shoot process here. 

Seattle

I miss my city. Luckily, I'm headed home in just a few days! Don't have any anticipation of seeing the market, but it is lovely to look at.

Lollight

Stumbled upon this lolcat version of Twilight: New Moon. Not so much a fan of the series of books or fandom or whatever...but this is funny. Read here.

Pretty Shoot

The photos of Crystal Renn in the January issue of Elle Canada are simply stunning. Seriously. Check them out here.

I have few words...

This ad is just all kinds of wrong. But you know how I love vintage photography and advertising...right?

Gentlemen of Bacongo

I wish I could find more photos from this upcoming photobook online. It seems really, really cool. Kind of like the Japanese street fashion book "Fruits" for the Congo maybe? Anyway, I'm a total sucker for photobooks. I spend far too much money on glossy covers and ridiculously oversized tomes.

Roles Revisited

Possibly one of the cooler photoshoots I've seen. This is from Empire magazine's 20th anniversary issue--they had film stars photographed in creative recreations of their (arguably) most famous roles. I can't find all of the photos, but you can see the ones I've found after the jump.

Summer longings

 Just realized I had no pictures on my blog from my wonderful summer trip. I spent two weeks driving down the Pacific coast, along Highway 1. We even spent two days in Vegas on the way home! It was a complete blast, with the best friends a girl could ask for. The first is from an ice cream break at some creepy truck stop in Oregon. The second is at the incredible Beatles "Love" Theater (for Cirque du Soleil) in Vegas. We took an awesome fab four picture in commiseration for our not being able to see the show.

When I feel down...

I like to look at nice things when I get stressed. This week has been particularly difficult, so these pictures have helped me chill out a bit. Yay. (The first image is the individuals voted "Prettiest Eyes", Mounds View High School class of 1960.)

Kittehs

This is what I want for Christmas. Well, this and the Nook. Bengal kittehs!