here’s an audio slideshow, from the BBC, about a 21st century photographer who recreated a 19th century camera to mark the 150th anniversary of the death of Robert Howlett, a young British photographer who was poisoned by the mercury and arsenic in the emulsions he was using. Some very beautiful architectural/industrial photography, for those of you interested in [...]
Archive for November, 2008
re-creation
Posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Bikes without Borders, Jim Goldberg
Posted in Uncategorized on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
hi all,
passing this on from Lesley Sparks:
A new partner with the World Press Photo Toronto exhibit this year was Bikes Without Borders – a Canadian organizaiton using bikes and bikes related solutions as a tool for development in marginalized communities.
This World Aids Day, December 1, BWB is asking for any unused bikes to be dropped [...]
Watching a screen
Posted in Uncategorized on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just watched Manu’s post of Immersion (the kids playing video games) and I thought is was excellent. It reminded me of Godfrey Reggio, the Director of Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi who did a short called EVIDENCE. see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb2WLB6U590
If you don’t know of Reggio and are interested in experimental documentary form (or if you simply [...]
Jitter resolution problems anyone?
Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hey everyone,
I just wanted to post a kinda fix for those of you having resolution problems when you go into fullscreen mode in Max. In the jit.window object box, try the following:
jit.window 720 480 @interp 2 (note: I’m using a 720×480 resolution because I’ve got NTSC video…yours may be a different resolution..in fact, you don’t [...]
“Notice” – David Shrigley
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged David Shrigley, Photography on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Glasgow-based artist, David Shrigley works in various media. A friend posted this link in her status (oh facebook! You spread information so wonderfully.) : Notice, by David Shrigley
I found the photo to be very interested…albeit a tad freaky as well. How glad am I that I haven’t run into a notice like that before [...]
Woah…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Flash, movie trailers, The Terminator on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, so I was perusing the internet and had to post this link to the new Terminator movie trailer. Technically it’s a flash animation, I believe, but it’s touted as a trailer for the film, at least online. For some reason I was really impressed. lol I guess I forgot that it was a flash [...]
Just some link
Posted in Uncategorized on November 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just wanted so share this link, that shows how I feel 90% of the time when I go to the movies.
OneWorldTV / another video sharing site
Posted in Uncategorized on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
just found this site on-line
it doesn’t get much traffic, but they have their heart in the right place
“OneWorldTV is a unique public platform for filmmakers, video journalists, NGOs and just about anyone with an interest in video and a concern for a better world”
http://tv.oneworld.net/
Banksy
Posted in Uncategorized on November 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
http://www.banksy.co.uk/
Speaking of ethics…
T
How was the movie?
Posted in Uncategorized on November 25, 2008 | 7 Comments »
how was the documentary last night?
and what did you think of mr. king?
cheers,
rick m
