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a photo i wish i took... Pretty sweet shot posted by: camdolphin 15:50 6.24.10 http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2010/06/sometimes-a-photographer-goes-out-in-search-of-a-good-photo--and-because-of-unforseen-circumstances-comes-back-with-a-gre.html The hyperlink is pretty good too, now that I look at it. I like how it truncates just the last word and a half. no commentary needed.... posted by: publius 13:23 5.27.10 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/spanish_bullfighter_gored_by_bull_yOKdN1hvQorna2tjSkLhIP?photo_num=4 This guy in Madison, Wisconsin posted by: camdolphin 00:04 7.28.09 did a similar thing. Except he tracked one photographer, used the same old timey camera, and took the photos at the same time of day and time of year at locations throughout Madison. His book is apparently now out of print, but it's pretty freaking cool (I have it). http://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/3535.htm brilliant posted by: isidorus 22:57 7.27.09 and so simple. thanks, alice. this is grand idea.... posted by: publius 20:55 7.27.09 wish i'd thought of it first... http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonepowell/sets/72157613841045343/ found (natch) at: http://whatalicefound.noussnouss.com/ we did turn them into newts... posted by: publius 09:30 5.18.09 but.... ...wait for it.... THEY GOT BETTER! http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/18/nigeria.child.witchcraft/index.html it's just too perfect... posted by: publius 00:56 4.12.09 http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/11/polar.bear.attack/index.html the more woody harrelson does his thing... posted by: publius 11:03 4.11.09 the more i appreciate him. zombies indeed... http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/10/woody.harrelson.zombie/index.html Music/Art . . . . Ropeadope posted by: rahoohl_dewk 10:29 4.6.09 Ropeadope, the "record" label. Great website (www.ropeadope.com), but even greater photo archive: http://www.ropeadope.com/archives/photos/ The ravages of time posted by: spacehippie 19:07 2.19.09 I read the Joaquin Phoenix story on Huffington Post, and started clicking on random links. I generally enjoy anything that exposes the inherent silliness of the fashion industry, so I clicked on the link to the Pamela Anderson story. Click on the last picture in the slide show accompanying it (but only before a big meal, not after): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/19/pam-anderson-the-butt-of_n_168140.html Life Magazine Photo Archive posted by: rahoohl_dewk 08:42 2.11.09 hosted by Google (is there anything they don't do?) http://images.google.com/hosted/life The archive dates back to the 1860's, but mostly covers the 20th century with never-before-seen images of any historic topic you can dream up. I think this belongs here rather than the AV club...forgiveness please actually thousands of them.... posted by: publius 09:51 1.4.09 i'm quite taken with birds. i even, on occasion, go out walking with my camera with the sole intent of photographing the little buggers. if you, like me, like birds you will, like, like this site. http://ibc.lynxeds.com/ and while you're at it, watch attenborough's "the life of birds" documentary series (available for on-demand viewing if you have netflix...). it is one of the greatest things i have ever watched. and that is all i have to say about that. beijing post-olympics ghost town posted by: horsebeater 14:31 8.27.08 http://beijing2008.popphoto.com/2008/08/beijings-ghost.html beef prices are falling! posted by: publius 11:09 6.11.08 [ cue cow falling on sam the bald eagle's head on the muppet show ] check out this picture of a protest in south korea over the decision to allow american beef back into the country... http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/06/11/world/11korea.inline1.ready.html that's a lot of people...each one holding a candle like this: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/06/11/world/11korea-span-600.jpg here's the story if you actually want substance with your eye candy... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/world/asia/12skorea.html photos of uncontacted tribe... posted by: simplicissimus 12:45 5.30.08 this is quite simply one of the coolest things i've ever read, and some of the coolest pictures i've ever seen: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7426794.stm look at all the photos, and make sure to enlarge them. this is about as real as it gets. so you wanna be a rock'n'roll posted by: publius 13:18 5.29.08 the pictures in the slide show that accompanies the article below are uniformly awesome, but some pictures are more awesome than others... http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/05/29/arts/29phot_ready.html the article (make sure to watch the slide show): http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/arts/music/29phot.html I love data visualization posted by: isidorus 23:39 4.29.08 and Ben Fry's work is a pretty great example of the genre. a photo I wish I made, i guess, in keeping with the spirit of the thread: http://www.benfry.com/allstreets/ here's one for the sports fans out there http://www.benfry.com/salaryper/ the library of congress... posted by: publius 16:48 4.18.08 has a flickr account...and there's some cool stuff on it... http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/ screw the article... posted by: simplicissimus 16:53 3.14.08 check out the photo (which you can enlarge) down the right hand side. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080313/NEWS03/803130412/1001/ look at that dude! hard to tell if the main photo posted by: publius 15:37 3.10.08 if from the an upcoming wes anderson film or a new/retro beastie boys video by spike jonze... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/world/asia/10pstan.html cool posted by: publius 16:29 1.12.08 congratulations. those are great shots... The Death of the Greens posted by: rabble-rouser 15:23 1.12.08 As I recall, this was the same picture NPR used a while back, but I may be wrong about that. In any case, page 69 (dude) of the February 2008 Chicago Magazine. it's all true... posted by: simplicissimus 13:18 1.12.08 though i didn't even know they were running it. they asked me for permission awhile back and then i never heard boo. it's from the cabrini green set. the mag is apparently running a "best of flickr" gig. anyhow, i'm not sure which one it is, and i haven't seen it...i think subscriptions come out sooner than newstand/web. more details as events warrant. in that case... posted by: publius 12:09 1.12.08 assuming that it's simplicissimus, can we get some more info...do tell, do tell! print version just arrived yes posted by: rabble-rouser 12:08 1.12.08 i checked the website and it's not there. yet? errrr.... posted by: publius 11:59 1.12.08 for those of who may find it a bit difficult to track down a copy of chicago magazine, can we get a link or somethin'? viva la fort posted by: rabble-rouser 09:39 1.12.08 I'm not saying that a member of this board has his or her photography published in this month's Chicago Magazine, but I'm sure as shit not saying it didn't happen. Congrats. Kids With Cameras posted by: spacehippie 23:37 12.6.07 "Daddy, what's film?" This is a question I realized many children will be asking their parents in the very near future (for the record, mine hasn't yet, but I fully expect him too). With the digital age of photography fully upon us, I came to a pleasant realization. I could give my three year old son my camera, and let him take as many pictures as he wanted, and he could see the results instantly. He friggin' loved it. After his first drop of the camera, however, I realized the drawbacks of this arrangement. So, while I do let him take photos with my camera from time to time, I have gotten him his own, kid-friendly digital camera. The image quality isn't great, but he doesn't care. It's rugged, has cool colors, and a binocular viewfinder so he doesn't have to look through the lens with one eye, which is harder than I thought for really young kids. Some of the pictures he takes turn out surprisingly well. Sometimes, it's just a happy accident, but sometimes he really composes his frames well. There's also an added benefit that comes from having a perspective on the world that most photographers could only get by holding their camera at crotch level. Even armed with this experience, I was amazed at the beauty of some of these pictures: http://kids-with-cameras.org/kidsgallery/ These all come from children in the slums of Calcutta who were featured in the documentary, "Born Into Brothels". If you haven't seen it, I suggest you do. The children themselves make for perfect "characters" in the story, and while the gravity of their situation is not toned down at all in the film, it is handled tastefully and respectfully. I was expecting either a bleak and harsh look at the lives these children lead, or a treacly feel-good movie. Fortunately, it was neither. Instead, the film provides a glimpse into a world most will never experience, and with a unique perspective. cute knut... posted by: publius 11:01 12.5.07 grows up...it's his first birthday... http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/05/polar.bear.ap/index.html spent some time on flickr with posted by: horsebeater 00:15 9.20.07 ...and certainly enjoyed his trip to washington. arrrr..... posted by: publius 00:23 9.19.07 it be national talk like a pirate day, so the folks at flickr are flying the jolly roger on their logo...perhaps i'll work one up for the fort, matey... http://www.flickr.com/photos/baharak/ http://www.talklikeapirate.com/ mr. ping ping posted by: simplicissimus 13:11 7.13.07 is that an honorary title? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=468172&in_page_id=1811&ct=5 perhaps the coolest thing i've posted by: publius 20:36 6.15.07 ever. http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/129 actually.... posted by: publius 02:25 5.28.07 i did take them. photos from memorial day weekend in dc... http://www.flickr.com/photos/52391017@N00/sets/72157600275580732/ posted by: hlk_rumsey 13:53 4.27.07 http://tinyurl.com/yt2a8q A very cool site from the peep posted by: rahoohl_dewk 11:15 4.24.07 http://changeme.gettyimages.com/ maybe a little TOO cute... posted by: publius 11:47 4.19.07 http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/19/knut.threat.ap/index.html posted by: publius 15:55 4.16.07 http://www.ifilm.com/video/2834484 this damn thing just keeps get posted by: simplicissimus 14:22 4.16.07 http://apnews.myway.com/image/20070416/GERMANY_POLAR_BEAR.sff_NYOL771_20070416092823.html?date=20070416&docid=D8OHNL080 Not a picture, really, but an posted by: isidorus 10:27 4.6.07 Check out this year's submissions for official state easter egg. http://www.whitehouse.gov/easter/2007/eggsbystate/# Pretty impressive work. Then check out wyoming's. Apparently, some folks in Wyoming aren't too happy. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5468350,00.html a baby polar bear... posted by: simplicissimus 14:34 4.5.07 what could even be close to as cute as the idea of nelson as a puppy? a baby polar bear http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/05/knut_slideshow200705?slide=8 a few things... posted by: publius 21:29 3.29.07 first, ignore that last vertical character at the end...that shouldn't be there. second, if you look at what you attempted to put in the first time, the important thing to locate is the location of the image amongst the other urls. the first url, that includes kimballhoman, you can ignore. that is the link to the page on flickr where you can see your picture. not relevant there. what you want to put after the src bit in the image included is the actual location of the image, which is the url that ends in .jpg. so to place pictures in the future... 1. track down the url that ends in .jpg in the bit of code you've gotten from somewhere 2. copy and paste it after the src= bit in the code above 3. replace the : in the url with the ampersand_fifty_eight_semicolon bit.... and there you go... or spend 15 bucks on a basic html book, make all of my explanations above seem amazingly inane, and be shocked and amazed how easy the world of building web pages actually is. you need to use an html image posted by: publius 19:22 3.29.07 it's a bit hard to type out the exact syntax, because the characters get parsed out by the way the tentfort code works...below is an image of what i typed in to include your photo... you're basically just telling the browswer where to find the image...you need a bit of trickery with the url to fool the parser, so the colon in the location is entered as &fifty_eight; as you can see... if that's not clear enough let me know... entirely too much effort for a posted by: simplicissimus 18:56 3.29.07 ...but how the hell did you do that? ps: this was taken at an abandoned motel in gary, indiana...let's just say that "gary fever" is back, in full effect, and this time i mean business. in fact, it looks like that crazy auditorium building we shot back in 04 -- the piece of which is in my back yard to this day -- is next on the list. how about this... posted by: publius 17:21 3.29.07 again... posted by: simplicissimus 16:01 3.29.07 http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimballhoman/433242503/" title="PhotoSharing">http://farm1.static.flickr.com/155/433242503_b11249259b_b.jpg" width="685" height="1024" alt="bricks iv" /> testing... posted by: simplicissimus 15:59 3.29.07 http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimballhoman/433242503/" title="Photo Sharing">http://farm1.static.flickr.com/155/433242503_b11249259b_b.jpg" width="685" height="1024" alt="bricks iv" /> tacoma narrows posted by: isidorus 16:41 3.26.07 http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsapp/BT/BSI/SUSPENSI/tacoma.mpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge Tentfort Flickr group? posted by: rahoohl_dewk 14:13 2.14.07 How about someone set up a Flickr group for Tentfort members? Simpli and I discussed this during Don Cheadle Day. I'm not familiar with setting up a Flickr group but methinks some Tentorters are... thoughts? originally posted in the iraq posted by: simplicissimus 13:45 2.14.07 then i realized nobody would ever see it. http://www.worldpressphoto.com/index.php?option=com_photogallery&task=view&id=875&Itemid=146&bandwidth=high i also recognize looking at all the other photos up for awards...incredible. it's a street... posted by: simplicissimus 20:34 12.15.06 well, it's two streets on the west side of chicago. kimball ave. for the northsiders. homan ave. for the southsiders (well, those south of north ave.) odd in that it's the only street i know of that "changes" names from north to south. interesting in that i like the way it sounds. and because i'm never going to get to pick a name for a rock band, flickr is is the next best thing. what the fuck is kimball homan posted by: horsebeater 16:17 12.15.06 you beat me to it posted by: isidorus 12:38 12.15.06 http://www.wbez.org/ nice work blush posted by: simplicissimus 10:18 12.15.06 i'm famous bi-yatch! (link will only be relevant for a couple of days, when the pic will be changed): http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/ well done simplicissimus.... posted by: publius 19:44 12.14.06 these photos are awesome... http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimballhoman/sets/72157594412747472/show/ gets me every time posted by: simplicissimus 22:36 10.25.06 all three: http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/toddler-gets-trapped-inside-vending/20061024171209990011?cid=2194 just cause i love y'all... posted by: simplicissimus 11:10 9.5.06 ...i'm gonna name-check the flickr account for ya: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimballhoman/ Actually, this is a photo I th posted by: isidorus 10:55 9.5.06 given his recent obsession with derelict motel signage http://www.gapersblock.com/rearview/ I might not have to wish I too posted by: spacehippie 22:46 8.5.06 http://tinyurl.com/pvkuj I've got Photoshop CS2 and a good tripod at work. I've also got mountains to shoot, which don't move very much. I'll try and see if my little camera, my skill level, and luck will get me the rest of the way. i wish i shot this video posted by: simplicissimus 13:14 8.4.06 truffle! shuffle! indeed. http://chunkuaele.ytmnd.com/ those are cool... posted by: publius 12:13 7.13.06 but nowhere near as cool as there: http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2004/Michael_Wesely_11-20-04.html i'm sure you can track down more of the photos on the internets. he had exposure times of up to three years...truly spooky stuff... sometimes the idea is so fucki posted by: simplicissimus 09:54 7.13.06 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/12/arts/design/12atta.html?ex=1152936000&en=f6f3781922c2b7a5&ei=5087%0A google earth... posted by: publius 21:29 7.12.06 for architecture geeks...the interactive nolli map... http://nolli.uoregon.edu/ they shoot horses, don't they? posted by: publius 20:37 5.22.06 the leg of derby winner barbaro after breaking it in the preakness... Nice try, simpli. posted by: spacehippie 11:53 5.9.06 Careful. Remember what happened to a perfectly good thread having fun with the vice president when I tried to get cute with the whole photo posting thing. Maybe just a link to the page? ok, it's not a photo. posted by: simplicissimus 08:35 5.9.06 but it makes me giggle anyhow: master_of_the_obvious.jpg oh, it isn't just any meat-pac posted by: simplicissimus 00:55 5.9.06 it is a meat-packing plant that every single person on tentfort's "one conservative friend" got me into. let's just say he's a vip at that particular location. I got the same error 3 out of posted by: spacehippie 23:10 5.8.06 Why it went through that once, I couldn't tell you. But when the link worked it appeared to be a meat packing plant outside of Sandusky, no? i get a tinyurl error... posted by: publius 13:05 5.8.06 when i click on that link The Plant posted by: horsebeater 06:41 5.8.06 Where Pigs Go to Die: http://tinyurl.com/s9j5t Microsoft one-ups Google. posted by: spacehippie 13:25 5.5.06 If you were a fan of Google Earth, prepare to be amazed. Go to http://local.live.com/. Type in "1601 Avenida Cesar Chavez SE, 87106" (the address of Albuquerque Isotopes Park - our AAA Marlins farm team) in the address box. You'll have the usual options - road and aerial views, but click on "bird's eye". You can zoom in even more by clicking on the larger buildings icon. You can also change the direction of your view by clicking on the compass. The clarity is unreal. I spent way too much time playing around with this one. Sadly, they don't have this for every city yet. In fact, I'm baffled by the list of areas that are covered (http://www.birdseyetourist.com/?page_id=559). But you could take a good tour of all the crumbling buildings in Detroit. Have fun. rain man posted by: ludwig 16:45 3.29.06 http://www.kirchersociety.org/blog/?p=361 he looks like mark david chapm posted by: ludwig 17:32 3.22.06 the guy who shot john lennon he just doesn't look *well*... posted by: simplicissimus 15:38 3.22.06 does he? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060322/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/bolivia_explosions ok, so it's a video... posted by: publius 14:22 3.21.06 but i still wish i'd taken it.... cnn had it under the headline "Cat falls 10 stories -- doesn't land on feet". that pretty much sums it up... (you may have to sit through an ad first...) http://edition.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/us/2006/03/21/sc.cat.falls.affl is it me, or is this woman's s posted by: simplicissimus 20:42 3.19.06 http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/18/iraq.protests.ap/index.html wow. posted by: simplicissimus 21:33 3.16.06 i added a little more info to the caption: "Dr. Thomas Hanke, TeGenero's chief scientific officer, said TGN1412 had not caused problems before. [Shortly thereafter, and in the presence of a shocked and disbeliving crowd, he split the skulls of over a dozen newborns -- one after the other -- in order to inhale what he referred to as their 'brain-essence.' After appearing to go into a trance he then disrobed and ran out of the press conference, exclaiming loudly that he was 'the lizard king.' As of press time, he had still not been located by the authorities, who were seeking him for 'questioning.'" if there has ever been a more posted by: publius 21:22 3.16.06 picture of a "mad-scientist type", i have no idea what it is... http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/03/16/uk.clinical/index.html click this posted by: isidorus 14:48 3.4.06 http://www.flickr.com/photos/cms_/84096615/in/set-1748883/ i'm officially retarded today http://www.flickr.com/photos/c posted by: isidorus 14:47 3.4.06 my bad posted by: isidorus 14:47 3.4.06 where should I click through? posted by: ludwig 12:45 3.4.06 I'm clicking and nothing's coming out! a photo I wish I made posted by: isidorus 22:45 3.3.06 25 years of high and low temps for chicago. beautiful. click through and check out san francisco. even better. conspiracy theorist. posted by: simplicissimus 18:51 3.2.06 whether you know it or not, the word "contrail" is rife with conspiratorial overtowns. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/basics/2001-03-07-contrails.htm my take? they want some of my vital essence, of course. airline contrails posted by: ludwig 15:51 3.2.06 I remember a great deal of chatter immediately after September 11thabout how clear the skies were after all air travel was grounded follwoing the attacks. I had some realization of how much air poolution is produced and how little I notice it. I thought the satellite images from airplane contrails in this article were pretty interesting. The contrails seem to lack a long time. I doubt whether we understand the role they play in climate change (I'm thinking less global warming and more cloud seeding, etc.). You have click on the thumbnail and it shows you a numbre of other photos. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4755996.stm file this under... posted by: simplicissimus 11:49 3.1.06 "Not that anyone cares, but..." here is my flickr account (with my new nomme de guerre (sp?)....those who know, know): http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimballhoman/ the two photos are the definition of placeholders until more get put up, but i'm still trying to figure it all out. any tips? a friend of a friend did this posted by: ludwig 10:36 3.1.06 http://www.screenhead.com/funny/short-video/jonathan-coulton-does-flickr-157516.php Watch it through. It gets amusing about a minute in. maybe it's me in my architectu posted by: publius 09:21 2.23.06 but i think this photo is awesome... http://www.tentfort.com/images/arch/human_truss.jpg and then there's lou reed.... posted by: publius 09:34 2.18.06 from a nyt review of an exhibition of lou reed's photographs at the steven kasher gallery in new york... "i wish i could say that lou reed's photographs approach the originality of his musicianship; that they hint, even vaguely, at the compressed emotions and stripped-down urbanity of his songs. but i can't, because they don't. these color photographs - many taken from the window of mr. reed's tribeca apartment - are ordinary to the point of anonymity." this is up simpli's alley posted by: ludwig 14:34 1.5.06 it's the website for a friend of a friend. Good stuff: http://www.earldotter.com/Default.htm space shuttle posted by: ludwig 09:33 1.3.06 http://addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&type=news&ID=15593 lava fall posted by: ludwig 15:37 12.4.05 http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/archive/2005/Nov/20051130-0361_RPH_large.jpg mmmmmmmm posted by: simplicissimus 21:49 11.13.05 it's like somebody went into the receases of my brain. looked around. ran some tests. and generated a site that contains hundreds and hundreds of images specifically selected to make me orgasm. i'm gonna have to keep some tisse next to the computer at all times: http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/steel/ no comment necessary... posted by: publius 15:48 7.21.05 http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2005/07/20/international/21boliviaCA01ready.html google earth download link posted by: publius 18:21 6.29.05 http://www.tentfort.com/download_files/googleearth.exe i can send you the executable. posted by: publius 18:11 6.29.05 my computer is too lame to run it anyway.... izzi posted by: horsebeater 18:10 6.29.05 only you are allowed to have google earth... "Thanks for your interest in Google Earth, but we're sorry we can't offer you a download right now. As you know, Google Earth is in beta, and we're still building out our ability to take on new users. We're making good progress, and expect to be able to accept new downloads shortly, so we recommend you check back daily at earth.google.com. We hope to be able to welcome you and other new planet surfers soon. We appreciate your patience, The Google Earth Team" tentfort is no place for indiv posted by: isidorus 09:22 6.29.05 but yeah, I had a meeting at 7 am and I have another tomorrow so no 5:33 for you until Friday REMEMBER: Google Earth! i thought you had a meeting at posted by: armyoflebron 14:52 6.28.05 you sure are spending a lot of time on tentfort today for somebody who's so busy. (though your last post looks extremely interesting.) guess i'll see you at 5:33 tomorrow morning. this. changes. everything. posted by: isidorus 14:48 6.28.05 download Google Earth. Type in your address. Check the box for "buildings." Get fascinated. Waste loads of time. Wonder if there's a mid sized town somewhere in China creating all these 3-D. models. www.earth.google.com picture from earth posted by: ludwig 17:38 6.13.05 http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050613.html Are they sure this isn't photshopped? more roger fenton... posted by: publius 15:57 5.27.05 i'll probably go check out this exhibit for two reasons: 1. to see "the queen's target" 2. to see if my maligned (except by horsebeater) opinion above that most of rog's work is of nothing more than historical interest needs modification. i doubt it, but i'll report back. i can tell you're all on the edges of your respective seats... http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/27/arts/design/27smit.html?pagewanted=print black girl. posted by: simplicissimus 15:31 5.23.05 i can see how this happens without any malicious intent. i can also see how it would be a little distressing. most of all, however, i can see how it is funny. http://www.nbcsandiego.com/education/4520186/detail.html?rss=dgo&psp=nationalnews your man on the street in chic posted by: publius 18:19 5.19.05 stochl had me with this line... "it's not that i dislike happiness, but i suppose it's not my attitude." http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/19/arts/design/19stoc.html?pagewanted=all ".......or the kid gets it!!!! posted by: simplicissimus 10:38 4.15.05 http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39339000/jpg/_39339680_rings300pa.jpg pictures from space... posted by: publius 10:05 3.18.05 picking up on ludwig's post a couple of ones back...check out keyhole. you download a little viewer and can then zoom in to pretty much any point on the globe. the detail is pretty staggering (though i'm sure that there's a limit to the resolution for national security reasons - even so, certainly a useful research tool for "the terorrists"). trust me, you'll go through an addiction phase with this thing... http://www.keyhole.com The Queen's Target posted by: simplicissimus 19:50 3.17.05 while i may not be a photog, sexy or otherwise...i, too, was floored by the queen's target. what an incredible shot. i walk around chicago and no less than 100 times a day i think about whether some object or other would be nice to photograph, but not even in my mind's eye have i ever composed a shot so starkly beautiful. for those that didn't follow the link, i recommend it highly - just for that shot. as for publius.....lighten up. yeah, history's smile is all fangs. sure. but cut the guy some slack. and it is interesting, no? he was probably entirely uninterested, let alone unaware, of the "power" of the one shot we drool over, while we freely disregard those that he was probably most noted for because they are so overtly sentimental and maudlin. cliches only become cliches...at first they are uncut wisdom. don't fault him for the millions that came after him and did the same thing. true - but aren't you a little posted by: ludwig 19:39 3.17.05 Your critique who applies to any artist who produced his or her work when the medium was new. Was the photogrpahy about "art" when it started? No, usually it was reserved for portraiture and recording significant events, such as a bris. I don't think that any of Fenton's contemporaries were doing anyhting terribly avant garde and considered him a fuddy duddy. fenton... posted by: publius 00:21 3.17.05 the photographs in the slide show on slate are interesting almost exclusively from a historical perspective. with the exception of "the queen's target" (which is great from any perspective) they're really only intriguing in a burns brothers documentary way. the last couple of landscapes are nice technically but the titles turn them into cliches - and the fact that he got there first doesn't do much to mitigate that fact. to anyone living today their impact as art - of their impact at all - is minimal. if you've seen something like the matrix, it's tough to view most of these images as much more than historical snapshots. and that's all i have to say about that. timely. posted by: isidorus 23:47 3.16.05 benton's photos are much better, in general, than what's included here: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/17/arts/design/17gilm.html?hp note the first one -- one of lewis carroll's little girl pictures. while I was in grad school there was a big exhibit of these. one of the reviews included his famous quote: "I am fond of children (except boys)." Roger Fenton posted by: ludwig 18:13 3.16.05 The photos from this slide show are outstanding: http://slate.msn.com/id/2114884/ FLoodgate opening posted by: ludwig 08:38 3.10.05 The photo onthe right of this article is pretty cool: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dam10mar10,0,2652350.story?coll=la-home-headlines I also admire this creative ma posted by: ludwig 11:04 3.4.05 http://smilinggoat.com/crackers.html High res images from space posted by: ludwig 08:40 3.4.05 This web site has some pretty good photos from space. This photo of New Zeland is pretty cool: http://www.rednova.com/images/images-of-the-day/?image_id=145 it's a scrotum! posted by: isidorus 22:50 2.9.05 with a bobbit-ified penis stump. It took me a while to figure this one out (I'm slow). http://www.tonystamolis.com/portfolio/09.html this one's the best though http://www.tonystamolis.com/portfolio/03.html what else matters.... posted by: publius 21:27 2.8.05 really? Tropes posted by: ludwig 19:39 2.8.05 The man likes taking photos of naked birds and giving the bird. actually isidorus... posted by: publius 00:28 2.8.05 this one's even more for you...compare and contrast... http://tonystamolis.com/clients/GQ/02.html http://www.tentfort.com/show_emotion.asp the one on the left... posted by: publius 00:15 2.8.05 is pretty awesome... http://www.tonystamolis.com/portfolio/15.html happened across this guy sort of kind of randomly. some of his compositions are good, some are vice-magazine-gimicky and some are so-so (though from what i can tell from the versions on the site they're all pretty great technically). this one's for you isidorus... http://www.tonystamolis.com/portfolio/01.html