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Photography of British Sci-fi fans at home dressed in character.

filmgeek — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:07:01 -0800

Land of the Free, home of the geek. Steven Schofield takes photos of british sci-fi fans, dressed in character in their homes. He treats it as 'found' photography, which seems to illustrate the subjects vulnerability. The title of the work is Land of the Free - and illustrates how American culture infiltrates, with the ironic edge of questioning the idea of the freedom of choosing to copy the look of these fictional characters. via kottke

Stacks of Miscellany

Burhanistan — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:07:47 -0800

This stack of retitled paperbacks should feed your appetite for random weird pictures and found objects. Homepage

Multicolr Search Lab

puke & cry — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:21:20 -0800

Multicolr Search Lab With the Multicolr Search Lab, you can browse through 3 million of Flickr’s most interesting images images, and find ones that share the same colours. Choose up to 10 colours from our palette of 120 different shades.

Major selling point: Trash can lids

Astro Zombie — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:23:52 -0800

It's lovely! I'll take it! Sometimes, you just wonder what people were thinking when they posted photos in their real estate listings.

Historical Photographs of China

peacay — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:23:32 -0800

The Sidney D Gamble Photograph Collection at Duke University consists of about 5,000 newly digitised pictures, taken predominantly in China between 1917 and 1932. Browse by subject, category or location tags. Photos taken in 1908 are to be added in the future. [via]

Mother Nature is an abstract artist

CunningLinguist — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:48:50 -0800

30 Incredible Abstract Satellite Images of Earth "From 400 miles away, the earth transforms into abstract art. The global landscape is impressionist, cubist and pointillist." Nice NASA images from 2000, downloadable as wallpaper.

Journey's of Franz K

Fizz — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:17:23 -0800

The Travels of Franz Kafka , a website that chronicles the many places and social interactions of Franz. A photographic journal collection of his life as he traveled. For your enjoyment, today being the 125th Anniversary of Franz Kafka's birthday. Cheers.

A quarter century in black and white.

dobbs — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:43:24 -0800

Joseph Szabo has been photographing his teenage students for the past twenty-five years, and has perfectly captured the ambivalence of that time of life. Samples from his books: Almost Grown, Jones Beach, Teenage, and Rolling Stones Fans.

American Museum of Natural History Photo Collection

peacay — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:39:49 -0800

Picturing the Museum: The American Museum of Natural History Photo Collection.

Oh, Alison, my aim is true.

dersins — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:42:29 -0800

"When my daughter Alison was born, in the tradition of a new parent, I began to photograph her, initially in a separate and private body of work. However, in the process of documenting Alison's growth, I developed a passionate interest in human relationships and capturing intimate moments in the lives of family and friends...." A haunting photographic essay from Jack Radcliffe.