Culture Buzz New York Based photographer Todd Selby has created a website featuring photos of various artists, writers and musicians in their homes. Like an uber-hip version of Cribs these photos have me indulging in the best kind of voyeurism. The subjects of the photo essays include white-suited legend Tom Wolfe, Vice magazine diarist Lesley Arfin and foxy video director Georgie Greyville.
A sandstorm is captured just before it hits a town in Iraq.
Photographer Paul Armstrong captures the essence of a superhero in...shall we say...his "off season."
A photo taken on June 22nd of a rainbow behind the Empire State Building.
Is this a dust storm on the Martian surface, or mud pots in the Bolivian highlands?
Culture Buzz A series of photographs by Sam Taylor-Wood captures tough guys in tears. The series features portraits of Jude Law, Robert Downey Jr., Robin Williams, Paul Newman, Ed Harris, Benicio Del Toro, Hayden Christiansen, Ryan Gosling, Gabriel Byrne, Laurence Fishburne, Woody Harrelson, and Kris Kristofferson. In the words of Jack Handy “It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.”
A hypnotic site that serves as a library of online images that depict many of the same things (get it?).
Culture Buzz A Flickr photoset juxtaposing screens from GTA IV's Liberty city with shots of New York City includes many accurate and crazy details. For more ways in which GTA IV resembles real life, be sure to read this article about dating advice according to Grand Theft Auto.
Culture Buzz A series of photographs of terminally ill subjects taken shortly before and after their death are being exhibited in London. The photos depict 24 subjects ranging from a 17-month-old baby to an 83-year-old man. Like a much creepier version of Young Me/Now Me, the exhibit is challenging Western taboos about death and dying.
Celebrity Buzz The pet chow of Martha Stewart has passed away and is remembered in a photo essay on his famous owner's blog. For a lady whose heart many would claim is the color of gun metal, Martha really manages to tactfully handle the process of grieving for a pet (although her wrapping the corpse is, admittedly, mildly creepy).
Tech Buzz Polaroid is discontinuing the production of their instant film, but they will be coming out with a hand-size printer that produces color snapshots in about 30 seconds. We like the way Polaroids have the uncanny ability to make every image look like it's from 1982. This printer looks pretty cool, but in the meantime, we'll be buying all the Polaroid film reserves we can get off eBay.
Culture Buzz Pity the paparazzi. Like traditional journalists, their livelihood is being threatened by amateurs, who've started making big bucks snapping candid shots of celebs using their camera phones. But if you're ballsy and unscrupulous, there's no reason you can't be part of the future too - so grab your smart phone and a star map, and get stalking!
Culture Buzz Flickr teams with the Library Of Congress to release some of its amazing catalog of photos. We love it when the web gets used this well. The LoC has scanned in copyright-free photos for everyone to access and use. And they need your help - browse the collection and help out with tagging the images.
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