Thumbs and Ammo posits the idea: would it be funny to replace guns with thumbs up in stills from movies?
YES!
Currency Collage: $1 Bill
Mark Wagner makes these stunning collages out of $1 bills. Be sure and check out his mega-collage called Liberty.
From the Artist Statement:
The one dollar bill is the most ubiquitous piece of paper in America. Collage asks the question: what might be done to make it something else? It is a ripe material: intaglio printed on sturdy linen stock, covered in decorative filigree, and steeped in symbolism and concept. Blade and glue transform it-reproducing the effects of tapestries, paints, engravings, mosaics, and computers—striving for something bizarre, beautiful, or unbelievable... the foreign in the familiar.
Modern Mad Men
In anticipation of the beginning of Season 6 of AMC's Mad Men (stream an Inside Look for free now), Shutterstock turned its designers loose on marking the delta from Mad Men to Modern Mad Men.
From the post:
Our designers set their sights on the main Mad Men characters with that in mind, choosing an everyday symbol from their daily lives and transforming it through a 21-century lens. While most of these folks would be doing very similar work today, the tools they use to get it done would be quite different. (Just imagine what Peggy could accomplish with a MacBook at her disposal.) Read on to see what a difference a half-century can make.
Action Sports Photographer On Capturing Some Extreme Kayakers
Tim Kemple a renowned action-sports photographer created this video documenting one of his trips to Mexico where he photographed some of the most talented kayakers in the world. He uses the Phase One, 645DF+ with an IQ180 digital back and 28mm lens at a shutter speed of 1/1600th.
My friends would say I like to tinker. Impossible flash syncs, complicated rope work, and razor thin focus planes. The athletes push the limits of their bodies and equipment. I do the same.
The Beautiful Faces of Centenarians
German photographer Karsten Thormaehlen Jahrhundertmensch photo series examines the faces of people who have reached 100 years old.
Whales Up Close
Once a book-keeper at a California State marine lab, Bryant Austin published Beautiful Whale, the works from his trip to the South Pacific to photograph whales up close.
The Quick Crew
From their website:
"Quick is Norwegian dance crew based in Oslo. Quick was formed in 2006 by twin brothers Suleman and Bilal Malik and their childhood friend Nasir Sirikhan. A year later also b-boy Kim Daniel Eriksen joined the crew. They started dancing in 2004 and have in few years managed to become one of the most successful dance crews in Europe."
Stunning Electron Micrographs of Diatoms
Scanning electron micrographs of DIATOMS, microscopic algae that form the base of the food chain and produce 20% of Earth’s oxygen.
IMAGINARY BIBLIOTHÈQUES IDÉALES
Famed French photographer JF Rauzier’s series Bibliothèques idéales presents these imaginative Ideal Libraries, with crisp architectural precision, from many composited layers of photos.
SKYE Photos of the Day
SKYE user David Krovitz
From SKYE user Kreg Sterns
Marataizes, Brazil from SKYE user Magno Moreira
From SKYE user Marshia Gyuricz
From SKYE user Chris Kim
The SKYE Weather + Photo app keeps on giving....
Da Nang's Firebreathing Dragon Bridge
On the 38th Anniversary of the liberation of Da Nang City in Vietname, this 666 meter long, 37.5 meter wide fire-breathing dragon bridge across the Han River opened to the public.
15,000 Philips LED lights means that it can change to an array of vibrant colors, and of course it spits fire and water on command.
Using the Blackmagic Camera: The Quiet City – Winter in Paris
American Andrew Julian uses the astounding Blackmagic Cinema to capture, in moving and gorgeous detail, his recent trip to Paris. "The Quiet City ."
my 5 - Books of Poems I Love: Talking 'bout My Generation - Gabrielle Calvocoressi
I was so excited to be asked to think about and then offer “5 things” for this wonderful project. I thought about poets like Bisop and Frost who changed my life and the way I wrote. I thought about Albums like Coltane’s Transitions or Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours that are currently helping me re-imagine what my work might look like. I thought about making a list of friends and kind people who are always giving me the opportunity to wonder at my good fortune (that list would have gone on for days). It’s hard to pick 5 things and yet it’s such a pleasure, as well. Here are 5 books by poets of my generation. They inspire me with their risk and generosity and intellectual rigor. They seem to me to be the work of artists & intellectuals with a sense of adventure and responsibility. In the case of Sean Singer, there is the great lesson that perhaps the great book you haven’t read is still waiting to find a home and how one needs to be the kind of citizen who fights for the things they love. Here are 5 (and I could go on and on) books from my generation. I’m excited to be growing up with all of these folks.
5. Honey & Smoke by Sean Singer
(Ryan's note: Gabrielle's pick isn't published yet, but here is Sean's 2001 Yale Series of Younger Poets winning first book, Discography )
Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Gabrielle Calvocoressi is the author of The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart (Persea. 2005) and Apocalyptic Swing (Persea. 2009), which was a finalist for The Los Angeles Times Book Award.
She is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including a Stegner Fellowship and Jones Lectureship from Stanford University, a Rona Jaffe Woman Writer's Award and a fellowship to Civitella di Ranieri in Umbria. Her poems have been featured in the Washington Post and on Garrison Keillor's Poet's Almanac and in numerous journals. She also writes the Sports Desk column for The Best American Poetry blog (http://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/sports-desk/) and is the Virtual Editor for Broadsided Press. She tweets @gabbat, @broadsidedpress and may be writing her third book @caracaraoriole. She is on the advisory board of The Rumpus' Poetry Book Club (http://therumpus.net/the-rumpus-poetry-book-club/). She lives in Los Angeles and is the poetry editor of the Los Angeles Review of Books (http://www.lareviewofbooks.org ).
We are revisiting the original post, published last year, with our new format.
Discarded Stuff becomes Stunning Sculptures
Plastic stuff is seen as entirely disposable, barely worth anything, and certain not deserving of our attention or respect. Unless of course you listen to the Shinto thought that ALL objects have a spirit. Artist Sayaka Ganz seems to exhibit this thought in these provocative and beautiful sculptures made of discarded plastic.
NASA Best of Satellite 2012
Like a "Now That's What I Call Music" but for Satellite imagery of the Earth, brought to you by NASA.
NASA Best Satellite 2012 first appeared on 5thingsilearnedtoday.com
Arctic Magic Timelapse
Illustrations of Animals Containing Landscapes
Watercolor artist and illustrator Daniel Mackie’s takes a simple idea, using the shape and form of animals as the frame for wondrous landscapes. Wondrous!
Timelapse Earth
This Hi-Def timelapse of Earth from the International Space Station not only makes gorgeous use of publicly available photography, but photographer Bruce W. Berry brings a cinematic eye and the sensibility of a poet-explorer, tinkering with the timing of the frames to give us a sense of the actual speed one experiences as a crew member.
Abandoned Amusement Parks
Creepy and sad.
Gulliver’s Kingdom in Japan. Located about 2.5 hours outside of Tokyo, the amusement park closed in 2001 due to low attendance. It was demolished in 2007. Photo: Old Creeper
Spreepark in Berlin. It closed in 2002. Photo: Afar
The Comet Rollercoaster at Lincoln Park in Massachusetts. It closed in 1987 and the coaster was torn down in 2012. Photo: Frank C. Grace
Disney’s Discovery Island and River Country Water Park. The 11.5-acre property was closed in 1999. Photo: www.insidethemagic.net
Six Flags New Orleans was flooded during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and never reopened. Photo: Wikimedia.org
Chippewa Lake Amusement Park in Ohio. It closed in 1978 and was razed in 2009. Photo:www.abnf.co
Amusement park in Pripyat, Ukraine. Its grand opening was scheduled for May 1, 1986; it opened for only a few hours on April 26 before the town was evacuated due to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant explosion. Photo: Noah Goodrich
Gulliver’s Kingdom in Japan. Located about 2.5 hours outside of Tokyo, the amusement park closed in 2001 due to low attendance. It was demolished in 2007. Photo: Old Creeper
Himalayan Timelapse
12 different spots in Ladakh, a Himalayan region: Pangong Tso lake,Tsomoriri lake, Kargil, Leh, Khardungla Pass, Nubra Valley, Diksit Valley, Likir Monastery, Chang La Pass and Moonland.