the big picture - human landscapes from above

boston.com does a really great series called "the big picture" which if you are unfamiliar with them, it's photography with a theme. and they're all really interesting, haha. i figured i'd blog this one of human landscapes because it's really gorgeous.. and also at times really depressing how humans are shaping the earth in the more negative spectrum.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/human_landscapes_from_above.html

you should also check out these sets of pictures too:
at work
scenes of the recession
these are really interesting to see because of the stark contrasts in employment and unemployment.

i fail

sorry about being unfaithful to this blog :[
good thing is that i have a bunch of stuff to share through research -- primary sources are pretty rad.

but this will have to do till then:
http://photosthatchangedtheworld.com/

some of these are amazing. familiar, but profound on its impact on the world and society. ch-ch-check it out! it's updated everyday as well.


first picture on the internet 1992

Rainbows are made from panda vomit

Not sure what Flickr has up its sleeve, but here's a nifty Easter Egg. If you happen to explore the panda category, you'll be greeted with a (happy?) panda with rainbow vomit and photographs spewing out of its mouth.

It's just so bizzare and awesome at the same time, you'll need to view it for yourself.

http://www.flickr.com/explore/panda

The "Out of Reach" Project

Over at the Cursive Buildings blog, photographer Joshua Heineman started up a project called Out of Reach. He took a bunch of stereoscopic images from the 1800s and early 1900s and compiled them into animated gifs. His goal:

i’m breathing new life into the past using old digitized photographs from the new york public library. i’ve spent hours rekindling these moments. & they will not be the last. i’m so so deep on these funny little things… it’s like the past has rediscovered a dimension!

Sure, creating two-framed animated is nothing new, but there's a traditional beauty about these images. It's actually neat to see an almost "living" image of times past.

Although after a while, my eyes started hurting, heh.

Out of Reach (at Cursive Buildings)