2006-03-05
websites | books
• Laughter is the spackle of the soul. Wonder what happened to that photo album you thought got thrown away at the landfill? Perplexed about the snapshot of you and your ex-girlfriend, torn and tattered and tossed out the window of your car? This site retrieves discarded home pictures, makes up captions and shares them with the world. As a side note, you could also look at their site Say Something Cryptic, comprised of the writings and ruminations of a group of "Reality Avoidance Therapists", though they may be more on the mark than some of our world's leaders these days.
• Runs with Scissors. A Brooklyn based school teacher and amateur photographer who sometimes flaunts the conventions of the powerful [e.g. "..You can't take pictures in here..."]
• Seen but Not Heard. "helveticaneue" hails from south central Pennsylvania where she takes incredible photographs and captures the essence of the air around her.
• Mountain Mike's Flickr Photos. Evocative of remote rural settings. I await the re-opening of his personal site, Mountain Mosaic.
BOOKS: You could add these to my personal wish list
• Ghosts in the Wilderness: Abandoned America. Written and photographed by Tony and Eva Worobiec who traveled throughout the midwest USA. Said one reviewer: "...these evocative photos (Tony's are taken in black-and-white and hand-tinted, Eva's are shot in color) focus on what has been left behind -- vehicles, farms, schoolrooms, kitchens, sofas, peeling walls, clothing still on hangers -- and have the feel of vintage postcards or 19th-century spirit photographs re-imagined by John Steinbeck". — Francine Prose
• Turkish Wrestling. Lawrence Grecco's three year odessey photographing the Kirkpina championships. Turkish Wresting is a ancient sport full of machisimo and bravado, taken seriously for over six centuries. Grecco was permitted to go on-field and document this athletic and powerful artform close up.
Tthhaat's all fer now... ¶ 02:13
• Laughter is the spackle of the soul. Wonder what happened to that photo album you thought got thrown away at the landfill? Perplexed about the snapshot of you and your ex-girlfriend, torn and tattered and tossed out the window of your car? This site retrieves discarded home pictures, makes up captions and shares them with the world. As a side note, you could also look at their site Say Something Cryptic, comprised of the writings and ruminations of a group of "Reality Avoidance Therapists", though they may be more on the mark than some of our world's leaders these days.• Runs with Scissors. A Brooklyn based school teacher and amateur photographer who sometimes flaunts the conventions of the powerful [e.g. "..You can't take pictures in here..."]
• Seen but Not Heard. "helveticaneue" hails from south central Pennsylvania where she takes incredible photographs and captures the essence of the air around her.
• Mountain Mike's Flickr Photos. Evocative of remote rural settings. I await the re-opening of his personal site, Mountain Mosaic.
BOOKS: You could add these to my personal wish list
• Ghosts in the Wilderness: Abandoned America. Written and photographed by Tony and Eva Worobiec who traveled throughout the midwest USA. Said one reviewer: "...these evocative photos (Tony's are taken in black-and-white and hand-tinted, Eva's are shot in color) focus on what has been left behind -- vehicles, farms, schoolrooms, kitchens, sofas, peeling walls, clothing still on hangers -- and have the feel of vintage postcards or 19th-century spirit photographs re-imagined by John Steinbeck". — Francine Prose
• Turkish Wrestling. Lawrence Grecco's three year odessey photographing the Kirkpina championships. Turkish Wresting is a ancient sport full of machisimo and bravado, taken seriously for over six centuries. Grecco was permitted to go on-field and document this athletic and powerful artform close up.
Tthhaat's all fer now... ¶ 02:13
