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Heroes Among Us.
“Most of the U.S. national news about immigration is very sad: bitter political disputes in Arizona, or images of desperate immigrants trying to cross the border. So much pain numbs you. It is easy to...
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Marjah Under Starlight.
By way of Genehack, the Big Picture’s most recent photo dispatch from Afghanistan includes images that are breath-taking (above), sweeping (shades of A Broken Frame), cinematic, poignant, and just...
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Tales of the Homefront.
“These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and...
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A Mole in the Movement.
“Responding to the newspaper’s requests, the government instead released 369 pages related to a 1970s public corruption probe that targeted Withers — by then a state employee who was taking payoffs —...
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Lightning Crashes.
Via Boston.com’s indispensable Big Picture, the winners of National Geographic’s 2010 Photography Contest, including this remarkable divine commentary captured by Jay Fine. Definitely worth perusing....
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Ten in the Rear-View.
/> “Millions of gallons of oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico, several massive earthquakes wreaked havoc worldwide, Vancouver hosted a successful Winter Olympics, and so much more. Each photo tells...
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I’m Not There.
“Liu Bolin’s body art began when he lost his house in Beijing for the city’s preparations for the 2008 Olympics Games. He used his body to camouflage in his surroundings as a sign of protest.” A friend...
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Deep Dark Truthful Mirror.
“As the Evil Queen, Olivia Wilde joins Alec Baldwin as the spirit of the magic mirror from ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.’ In the dark depths of her lair, the Queen has summoned the mirror’s spirit...
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That’s No Moon.
“[T]he detail is stunning in his original high-res version. You can see craters on Tethys, and the thick atmosphere enshrouding Titan (including the north polar haze cap). The image is very close to...
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The Snowtroopers in the Cupboard.
By way of Geek Tyrant, photographer Avanaut makes snow and sand-flecked cinematic art from Star Wars action figures. Considerably more impressive than the “underground rebel base” playset I once made...
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O Guo It’s Full of Stars.
“A dazzling green aurora frames the arc of the Milky Way over Jokulsarlon, the largest glacier lake in Iceland, in a picture taken in March. The image was a first-prize winner in the Second...
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Rogues’ Gallery.
Via the NYT, various stars — including Brad Pitt, Rooney Mara, Michael Shannon, Viola Davis, Mia Wasikowska, George Clooney, Gary Oldman, Jessica Chastain, and Glenn Close — channel some of their...
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Back on Top of the World.
Soon after 9/11, I posted here that I hoped they’d break ground on the new buildings at Ground Zero before I left New York City and/or finished the PhD. Well, they got one out of two at least. Via the...
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Crimson Twilight.
“Darkness crept back into the deserts of the red expanse. Rumors grew of a shadow in the East, whispers of a nameless fear.” Those two crazy Brits just landed, and already they’re paying dividends:...
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The Secret Life of Hubble.
“Hubble has made over a million observations since launch, but only a small proportion are attractive images — and an even smaller number are ever actually seen by anyone outside the small groups of...
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Tulip Time.
“Abstract rainbows of color fill the landscape in these beautiful photos by French photographer Normann Szkop who hopped in a Cesna with pilot Claython Pender to soar above the tulip fields in Anna...
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Invisible Retouch.
I’ve seen a few collections of these around the series of tubes before and always find them fascinating: Celebrities before and after their ritualistic Photoshoppage. (More here.) The beauty industry...
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Someday My Prince Will Die.
Pocahontas? Cat lady. Rapunzel? Cancer patient. Snow White? Don’t even. For her Fallen Princess series, artist/photographer Dina Goldstein’s catches up with some of Disney’s most famous creations,...
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They’re All Scrappy Now.
The Governor would’ve gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for those crazy kids. By way of Io9, the Scooby Dead. (More here.) Reminds me quite a bit of the Left4Dead games.
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Rooms in a New York Shoebox.
“Tuschman began by building the dioramas. Apart from an occasional prop taken from a dollhouse or toy train set, Tuschman builds everything to a scale about big enough for his cat, Smithers, to fit...
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