Quote of the Day – June 11 2015
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
Winston Churchill
These haunting photos by Autochrome pioneer Mervyn O’Gorman are 102 years old
These haunting photos by Autochrome pioneer Mervyn O’Gorman are 102 years old
From the article :
“IT’S a beautiful, dreamy shot of a young girl in a red cape sitting on a beach that wouldn’t look out of place on Instagram or within the pages of a fashion magazine.
It might surprise you, then, to learn that this […]
Quote of the Day – June 10 2015
“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”
Soren Kierkegaard
What I’m reading…’Picasso & Lump: A Dachshund’s Odyssey’
David Douglas Duncan was an acclaimed combat photographer for Life magazine for much of his life. He spent the late fifties working on several books about Picasso, including the bestselling Picasso and Jacqueline and Goodbye Picasso, and spent several months living with the artist at his villa on the Riviera.
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Quote of the Day – June 9 2015
“Most people live in a kind of trance, blaming their parents, their school, the government for something. They don’t take responsibility for themselves, so, I can change something if I don’t like it.”
Mike Oldfield
Things I’ve Learned: Brian De Palma’s Golden Rules of Shooting a Sex Scene
From the article :
“1. You have to have the actors and actresses beautifully photographed.
Eroticism is a bit of an illusion. You have to really capture the naked body, like beautiful paintings of nude women. I stress the fact that they must be exquisitely photographed. With the advent of the digital revolution, love scenes are not […]
Quote of the Day – June 8 2015
“A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.”
James Dickey… Poet, and author of Deliverance
Quote of the Day – June 7 2015
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
Albert Einstein
Danish cowboy bares all in bid to be prime minister
From the article:
“John Erik Wagner, 51, has attracted global attention with his giant election posters featuring himself wearing nothing but a Stetson, a gun holster and a smile…..
“I’ve been trying to get elected for 10 years now, and this is my third election, so I thought I’d try something different,” he says. “Other candidates’ posters […]
Quote of the Day – June 6 2015
“There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once.”
Ken Venturi