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Saturday, June 30, 2007
web over garden
Ludwika Ogorzelec's Mist: from the Space Crystallization Cycle is an art installation in Toronto's Sculpture Garden made with plastic film, bamboo and steel wire.
chuck close at AGO
"A Couple of Ways of Doing Something" is a new photo exhibition at AGO featuring amazing daguerreotype portraits by Chuck Close. The subjects are his friends, among them Cindy Sherman and Philip Glass seen in the photos above.
end of the wires
Shot in winter, on the road to Montreal.
Update: This is not the actual road to Montreal! It's a side road in a farm.
Friday, June 29, 2007
Lefini Faunal Reserve, Congo
Photograph by Michael Nichols A baby gorilla grasps the hand of a caregiver at the Lefini Faunal Reserve. The center was set up to rehabilitate "bush-meat orphans," young gorillas whose mothers are illegally killed by poachers for meat. Gorilla babies rely on the care and emotional support of their mother for as long as eight years.(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for "Central Africa's Orphan Gorillas," February 2000, National Geographic magazine)
Easter Island
Photograph by Gordon Gahan Giant stone moai stand on Easter Island's stony slopes. Earlier explorers believed the stone statues were worshipped as gods by native Polynesians, but Captain James Cook and his men speculated in 1774 that they were constructed to honor ancestors, a view still held by many today.(Text adapted from and photograph from the National Geographic book Voyages to Paradise: Exploring in the Wake of Captain Cook, 1981)
Bardai, Chad, Date Un
Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie The village of Bardai is an oasis in the heart of the Sahara Desert. Located in the Tibesti mountain range, Bardai has been a key area for rebel fighters near Chad's volatile northern border with Libya.(Photograph shot on assignment for National Geographic magazine)
Spissky Stvrtok, Slovakia
Photograph by James L. Stanfield A gothic church towers over the town of Spissky Stvrtok at the foot of Slovakia’s High Tatra mountains. The High Tatras, tallest of the Western Carpathian range, straddle the border of Slovakia and Poland and have been declared a biosphere reserve by UNESCO.(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Czechoslovakia: The Velvet Divorce," September 1993, National Geographic magazine)
Near Lovozero, Siberia, USSR
Photograph by Dean Conger "Memory stakes a trail in a roadless land as a Saami, or Lapp, herder heads for his reindeer herd 30 miles [48 kilometers] from Lovozero. Since the 1930s, reindeer raising, the primary occupation of many Soviet Arctic people, has been managed mostly by state and collective farms, but animals forage on the tundra, surviving largely on lichens and mosses."(Text and photograph from "People of the Long Spring," February 1983, National Geographic magazine)
Near Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, Canada
Photograph by Nick Caloyianis A diver films a Greenland shark beneath the Arctic ice."'It rose up and hovered near me in an almost vertical position...When I saw its mouth starting to open, I got concerned.' But there is no record of Greenland sharks ever attacking humans, and a nudge with a strobe light sent this one into retreat."(Text from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Greenland Sharks," September 1998, National Geographic magazine)
Washington, D.C., Date Un
Photograph by Sam Kittner A large menorah stands before the Washington Monument in honor of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights. The nine-branched Hanukkah menorah commemorates the Miracle of the Oil, when, during the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem, one day's worth of consecrated candle oil lasted eight days. Hanukkah is an eight-day holiday which begins on the 25th day of Kislev, the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar. In 2006, Hanukkah will begin at sundown on December 15.(Photograph shot on assignment for National Geographic magazine)
Dabburiya, Israel, Date Un
Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart Homing pigeons relax in a loft in Galilee. Part of Israel, Galilee was the cradle of Christianity, and some say the Bible is still the region’s best guidebook. (Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Land of Galilee," December 1965, National Geographic magazine)
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Photograph by Jodi Cobb Blossoms arranged in a shallow basin create a serene still-life in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Not just a pretty pastime, flower arranging is among the skills UNICEF teaches young women from impoverished areas of Thailand to keep them from joining the sex trade. (Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "21st-Century Slaves," September 2003, National Geographic magazine)
Le Mars, Iowa, Date Un
Photograph by James P. Blair A farmer in Le Mars, Iowa, empties corn from a combine on his family farm. By fertilizing heavily, this farmer was able to raise enough corn on 140 acres (57 hectares) to fatten more than 700 hogs and 100 head of cattle. (Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Revolution in American Agriculture," February 1970, National Geographic magazine)
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Date Un
Photograph by Sam Abell Steam rising from the hot springs of Yellowstone's Norris Geyser Basin is illuminated by a full moon. Three times the size of Rhode Island, Yellowstone National Park holds some 10,000 geysers, hot pools, and other thermal features, the greatest concentration of such geologic activity in the world.(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Yellowstone at 100: Walk Through the Wilderness," May 1972, National Geographic magazine)
San Andres Mountains, New Mexico
Photograph by George F. Mobley A young mountain lion tries to ward off its human captors just before they tag and tattoo its ears for research. If all goes well, this tiny kitten will grow into a 150-pound (68-kilogram) expert predator capable of single-handedly taking down an 800-pound (363-kilogram) elk.(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Learning to Live with Mountain Lions," July 1992, National Geographic magazine)
Iran
Photograph by Alexandra Avakian Iranian sisters work together to weave a carpet. Many village schools in Iran end at fifth grade, after which, girls often take up weaving while their brothers continue their education elsewhere. A completed carpet can bring $300 to $1000, a handsome amount in a place where the average monthly income is $150 and a wedding dowry can be up to $2000. (Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Iran: Testing the Waters of Reform," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)
Most, Czech Republic
Photograph by James L. Stanfield Snow falls on the city of Most in the northwest of the Czech Republic. The name of the city, most means "bridge" in Czech, harkens back to the swampy landscape of the 10th and 11th centuries that was covered with wooden bridges and used by merchants to transport goods from Prague to Freiberg and back.(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Czechoslovakia: The Velvet Divorce," September 1993, National Geographic magazine)
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Photograph by James L. Amos Holiday decorations enliven downtown Kalamazoo, one of the first American cities to close streets for a pedestrian shopping mall in 1959. On December 26, this mall will be buzzing with shoppers looking for bargains as retailers slash prices after the Christmas holiday. (Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Two Worlds of Michigan," June 1979, National Geographic magazine)
Old Havana, Cuba
Photograph by David Alan Harvey A dog wanders down a sidewalk near Castillo de la Real Fuerza in Old Havana. Named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1982, long before neglected walls and roofs started crashing down, Havana's historic quarter is starting to show the benefits of recent renovations which radiate along its mostly cobbled streets.(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for "Old Havana," June 1999, National Geographic magazine)
Loango National Park, Gabon
Photograph by Michael Nichols Sunlight radiates through the clouds, illuminating the pristine beaches of Loango National Park. The wide, sandy beaches are a haven for many species of wildlife, including the enormous leatherback turtles, who lay their eggs by moonlight every three years between October and March. (Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Gabon's Loango National Park: In the Land of the Surfing Hippos," August 2004, National Geographic magazine)
New York, New YorkNational Geographic Photo of the Day
Photograph by Jodi Cobb In the symbolic heart of New York City, the remnants of a past New Year?s Eve celebration decorate the street. Celebrated in Times Square since 1904, New Year?s Eve is marked first with exploding fireworks, then with the famous ?dropping of the ball? starting 10 seconds before midnight. Positioned at the top of a flag pole at One Times Square, the original ball was 700 pounds (318 kilograms) of iron, wood, and 100 25-watt light bulbs. After several reincarnations, today the ball is a 6-foot (2-meter) geodesic sphere, weighing 1,070 pounds (485 kilograms), covered with 504 Waterford crystal triangles, and illuminated by 432 light bulbs and 96 high intensity strobes.(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Broadway: Street of Dreams," September 1990, National Geographic magazine)
An Inspiring Stop-Motion Video (Modest Mouse Fan Video)
Stop-motion photography ain’t easy. It requires patience, patience, planning, patience, and a whole lot of patience.
So we gotta hand it to Max Tyrie and his friends — to create their stop-motion rendition of Modest Mouse’s “Missed the Boat”, they took original footage from the group, printed it out frame-by-frame on 4,133 sheets of paper, then took photos of those sheets of paper with a digital camera. Finally, they assembled thousands of photos into a four-and-a-half minute stop-motion video.
Wow. It’s not that we can’t imagine the amount of effort that went into this, we can, it’s that it’s almost painful to think about. Still, watching the result brings a smile to our face. It’s magical.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Pentax K100D Super
Pentax today announced an updated version of the K100D digital SLR. The new K100D Super adds ISO 3200 sensitivity, SDM (Supersonic Drive Motor) lens support and a Dust Removal system which operates in the same manner as the K10D; a combination of a special protective coating on the low pass filter and a high frequency 'shake' of the sensor using the SR system. In addition to the K100D Pentax has also revealed a new compact P-TTL flash, the AF-200G which has a guide number of 20.
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