Quote of the Day – April 10 2015
“There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.”
Robert Frank
Quote of the Day – April 9 2015
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.”
Albert Einstein
Why are there so few images of naked men worth seeing?
I run a tumblr with well over 40,000 images and a city of followers.
Over 98% of the images you will find there are of women. Usually naked women.
Updating my tumblr daily as I do requires work. The sheer volume of available images of naked females makes my job relatively easy.
Why is […]
Quote of the Day – April 8 2015
“In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.”
Alfred Stieglitz
Could anyone paint a Vermeer?
Inventor Tim Jenison is the focus of the new documentary Tim’s Vermeer. His mission: to prove that a Vermeer masterpiece could be created by an amateur like himself.
In the film Tim Jenison uses technology to recreate the master’s painting The Music Lesson − it’s an experiment that could show that Vermeer relied on fancy tools […]
Quote of the Day – April 7 2015
“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”
Ansel Adams
Turning Christmas trees into lingerie
The French are renowned for beautiful lingerie design but brand Organic Lingerie is being truly entrepreneurial by turning January’s sad Christmas trees into underwear of beauty. The fabric is called Pine Viscose and is made by treating the needles and bark and then spinning it into a thread.
They say it’s similar to cashmere […]
Quote of the Day – April 6 2015
“A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.”
Leonardo da Vinci
Danish sexologist believes children should be taught to critique porn in the classroom
Sex education is schools can be a contentious issue but an idea from a Danish sexologist is sure to set a new bar for controversy.
Aside from the obligatory birds and the bees talk, professor Christian Graugaard is calling for porn to be critiqued in classrooms to allow students to critically analyse the video in an […]
Quote of the Day – April 5 2015
“But, in fact, a person’s sexual choice is the result and sum of their fundamental convictions. Tell me what a person finds sexually attractive and I will tell you their entire philosophy of life.”
Ayn Rand, The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought