A Wedding And An Earthquack
Worldpressphoto 2008
Winner is Tim Hetherington, UK, working for Vanity Fair, with a picture of an American soldier resting at bunker, Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, 16 September.
Yeah, aren't we all tired of this war?
60 Years of Magnum Photos
Putain
Genesis Project
Genesis is the latest project of world-renowned photographer Sebastiao Salgado, now on show in London. This image shows an Antarctic iceberg between the Paulet and the South Shetland Islands. Antarctica, 2005. The Genesis project is designed to reconnect us to how the world was before humanity altered it almost beyond recognition.
Anyway. I love this picture. A frozen castle, it's so beyond or before 'and they lived happily ever after'.
The Garden
© CZ 2007
Once again the quiet heat of a 'new april' garden. I have set two simple goals. There are books to be read - The Burning by Thomas Legendre, Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami - and there is skin to be burned. Both can be done at the same time and I love the synergy of it: cuddled up in physical as mental warmth. Smarter and smoother, it sounds like an ad for the easy approach and, well, I am not planning to zap away from this one.
*ps. The smell of my deckchair, a mix of cushioned dusty sun and woody dried winterrain, occasionaly overruled by a breeze of fresh laundry, made me a bit nostalgic but i could handle it with a couple of sigarets (no oldtime nicotine memories yet, though the smell of burning grass accidently set in fire by a careless sway of a tub triggered some real vivid ones), so... anyway, a perfect day.
Rebound
© CZ 2007
The epic ending of a short trip. So yeah disappearance is all about returning, the table set for another empty stomach. Being a habitual man, lacking imagination, my pulse an old tune, Thailand it was, and telling such, this solo venture ended. So to all that were aware of the gap, hello; to all else that weren't, a nice little shrug; too all a timid smile in a tanned face.
Stepping Out
Star Infant
Ah well, just live on in that bubble of self-importance, of perpetual romantic delusion; through Hubble's eyes were nothing really. So -2⅓ vision me, despite that excuse, stop watching loose shoelaces, stop thinking of everything in 'quotes'; believe me, there is no career in careering your childhood.
:link to super hi-res image, still smaller then the real thing though.
Eclipse
For all of you romantics and skygazers, a total lunar eclipse is on its way. The eclipse began at 2018 GMT, with the Moon totally immersed in the shadow of the Earth between 2244 and 2358 GMT. The eclipse is visible from the whole of Europe, Africa, South America, and eastern parts of the US and Canada. It is set to be 'best in years'.
Well, enjoying the miracle of a clear night (it was raining all day), all i say is count me in, lets rock this rock.
:link
*edit: It was crap, hazy skies after all, well duh..
Iceberg
Green UFO
Spring is in the air. Really. The compass of the sun has finally gained that magnetic pulse, that Captain Sparrow momentum that makes birds fly and knobs knot. It's there, reluctantly, premature, kinda annoyed even -yes maybe that too, freak weather not the nicest of personal titles- but winter really never got a hold this year so yeah, why would it start bothering now? Defeat should be taken with a little shrug. A tiny smile with snow white teeth. So yeah, Britney got a clean shave (and no I am not going into that) and I did got a new pair of working jeans. Change is cool. And whatever sense of urge, "see me falling" or "see me rise", i wonder, is there always more to it then what meets the eye? Can't i just take it for granted?
Spring is in the air. Really.
*edit: Wot ya say?? Really.
Worldpressphoto 2007
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'The picture ( Spencer Platt, USA, Getty Images ) shows a group of young Lebanese driving through a South Beirut neighborhood devastated by Israeli bombings. The picture was taken on 15 August 2006, the first day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah when thousands of Lebanese started returning to their homes.'
Death is there, no dead bodies though, so guess the jury's taste is changing towards subtlety. Nice capture of the moment anyway. Cool Mini.
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