April 24, 2013
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“It’s irrelevant to me who they are,” he says. “All that matters is if it’s a good picture or a bad picture. That’s all I care about.”

A good picture for him revolves around a moment. A glance, a breath. Something that peels back the façade and reveals the personality of the subject.

“Photography is just the technique, it’s the grammar, but it’s never the content,” he says.

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— Legendary photographer Platon, who has taken portraits of some of the world’s greatest leaders, shares his secrets of ego-wrangling. (via explore-blog)

(Source: , via explore-blog)

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March 15, 2013
"Libraries can also help raise questions. They can help learners see the connection between some problem and some new area of investigation. If we just understand the simple notion that people are most likely to take a deep approach when they are trying to answer questions or solve problems that they regard as important, intriguing, or beautiful, then we can imagine lots of ways in which libraries can play an essential role."

— “Why Libraries Are The Best Places To Learn,” Annie Murphy Paul’s interview of Ken Bain, author of What The Best College Students Do. (via kishizuka)

(via penamerican)

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March 15, 2013
"All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you; the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse, and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was."

— Ernest Hemingway (via penamerican)

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March 15, 2013
millionsmillions: Why is Zadie Smith so happy?

millionsmillions:

Why is Zadie Smith so happy?

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March 15, 2013
millionsmillions: Once again, the old “who pays writers?” debate, this time courtesy of The Atlantic. Further reading: “Writers should be paid $1 million per article.” [Image: The New York Times, c. 1942.]

millionsmillions:

Once again, the old “who pays writers?” debate, this time courtesy of The Atlantic. Further reading: “Writers should be paid $1 million per article.”

[Image: The New York Times, c. 1942.]

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(Notes: 33)
  
November 25, 2012
Zoe walking through the fields at Wychwood Stud, Buckinghamshire, UK. Photo by Anastasia Taylor-Lind @anastasiatl @viiphoto - @newyorkermag- #webstagram

Zoe walking through the fields at Wychwood Stud, Buckinghamshire, UK. Photo by Anastasia Taylor-Lind @anastasiatl @viiphoto - @newyorkermag- #webstagram

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November 25, 2012
Ruidoso hacking through country lanes at Wychwood Stud, Buckinghamshire, UK. Camilla Naprous and Ruidoso are at home for the winter after filming season 3 of #gameofthrones in Northern Ireland. Photo by Anastasia Taylor-Lind @anastasiatl @viiphoto @naprous86 - @newyorkermag- #webstagram

Ruidoso hacking through country lanes at Wychwood Stud, Buckinghamshire, UK. Camilla Naprous and Ruidoso are at home for the winter after filming season 3 of #gameofthrones in Northern Ireland. Photo by Anastasia Taylor-Lind @anastasiatl @viiphoto @naprous86 - @newyorkermag- #webstagram

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November 25, 2012
Is this like fallen heroes or political figures of the past ? Are magazines deserving street names so the next generation will be able to ask “What was a magazine ?” #Hipstamatic #JohnS #Blanko - @karimbenkhelifa- #webstagram

Is this like fallen heroes or political figures of the past ? Are magazines deserving street names so the next generation will be able to ask “What was a magazine ?” #Hipstamatic #JohnS #Blanko - @karimbenkhelifa- #webstagram

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November 23, 2012
thepenguinpress: Biographer D.T. Max discovers an unfinished David Foster Wallace story about the internet. It’s provisional title? “Wickedness.”

thepenguinpress:

Biographer D.T. Max discovers an unfinished David Foster Wallace story about the internet. It’s provisional title? “Wickedness.”

(via storyboard)

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November 22, 2012

storyboard:

Photographing Everyday Objects That Make Us Who We Are

They’re oft forgotten under the bed, nestled between some books on a shelf, or tucked away in a closet. A wooden box, a ring, a photograph — we all own those seemingly unremarkable objects that are, in fact, bursting with personal meaning. Revealing their story gives a glimpse into our past, shining a faint light into the depths of our soul.

That’s what Kristen Joy Watts and Ramsay de Give are doing with The Weight of Objects — a photography blog that features portraits of people side by side with ordinary, but prized, possessions. A founding member of the New York Times’ photo blog, Lens, Watts is the editor, and Ramsay’s the photographer — using a medium format “tank of a camera,” as he describes it, that was discontinued in 2004. (He is also colorblind.) We talked to the duo about light, color, and finding subjects in unexpected places.

How did The Weight of Objects come together?

Kristen Joy Watts: I wanted to match quiet portraits with a storytelling method that would reveal just a hint of each person portrayed. I thought that asking each subject to share the story of a treasured object would achieve that. And I knew that Ramsay would capture each object with the requisite awe and wonder.

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August 18, 2012
longreads: Top 5 Longreads of the Week: The New York Times Magazine, The Classical, National Geographic, Chicago Reader, The Morning News, fiction, plus a guest pick from Kriston Capps.

longreads:

Top 5 Longreads of the Week: The New York Times Magazine, The Classical, National Geographic, Chicago Reader, The Morning News, fiction, plus a guest pick from Kriston Capps.

(via longreads)

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Filed under: The New York Times Magazine The Classical National Geographic Chicago Reader The Morning News fiction plus a guest pick from Kriston Capps. 
July 29, 2012

Changing The Image Of AIDS

(Source: vimeo.com)

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July 3, 2012
humanrightswatch: Former detainees and defectors have identified the locations, agencies responsible, torture methods used, and, in many cases, the commanders in charge of 27 detention facilities run by Syrian intelligence agencies. The systematic patterns of ill-treatment and torture that Human Rights Watch documented clearly point to a state policy of torture and ill-treatment and therefore constitute a crime against humanity. Check out the interactive map here.

humanrightswatch:

Former detainees and defectors have identified the locations, agencies responsible, torture methods used, and, in many cases, the commanders in charge of 27 detention facilities run by Syrian intelligence agencies.

The systematic patterns of ill-treatment and torture that Human Rights Watch documented clearly point to a state policy of torture and ill-treatment and therefore constitute a crime against humanity.

Check out the interactive map here.

(via thepoliticalnotebook)

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June 30, 2012

Nils Frahm, born in 1982, had an early introduction to music. During his childhood he was taught to play piano by Nahum Brodski – a student of the last scholar of Tschaikowski. It was through this that Nils began to immerse himself in the styles of the classical pianists before him as well as contemporary composers. Today Nils Frahm works as an accomplished composer and producer in Berlin. In 2008 he founded Durton Studio, where he has worked with Deaf Center from Norway, L.A. composer Dustin O’ Halloran and Portland’s Peter Broderick amongst other fellow musicians.

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June 30, 2012

ABOUT LIVING ROOM SONGS:
Icelandic contemporary composer Ólafur Arnalds created and released a new song, one per day for one for one whole week during the month of October 2011. The songs were recorded and filmed live in the living room of his Reykjavik apartment and released instantly for free as streamed videos and mp3 downloads.

Thousands of fans followed this exciting project online at: livingroomsongs.olafurarnalds.com

Living Room Songs will now also be released on CD, Vinyl, Ltd. Special Edition CD & DVD and as High Quality Downloads on December 5th via Erased Tapes.


Following in the spirit of Ólafur Arnalds’ critically acclaimed Found Songs (2009) now comes Living Room Songs. This time Ólafur takes the idea further and invites the audience into the comfort of his living room, where the songs were recorded live and the whole process filmed. The songs were instantly released in form of a free mp3 download and video stream- straight from Ólafur’s Reykjavik apartment.

IN HIS OWN WORDS: ‘One night I was just playing my piano here in this apartment and I was writing a new song and I didn’t have my phone on me which I usually use to record ideas. So I actually took out my MacBook and I didn’t want to open like a proper recording program, so I just opened Photo Booth and recorded a video of myself playing the song so that I would remember the song. And I really liked the atmosphere of that video and that’s when I thought I should do a series of songs in my living room…’ – Ólafur Arnalds


Born in the suburban Icelandic town of Mosfellsbær, a few kilometers outside of Reykjavík, the 24-year old composer has always enjoyed pushing boundaries with both his studio work and his live-shows. Through relentless touring and determination this young artist has steadily gained recognition worldwide since his 2007 debut Eulogy for Evolution. Ólafur Arnalds’ second full-length album …and they have escaped the weight of darkness, continues his mission to lure an indie-generation of pop and rock fans into an emotive world of beguiling electronic chamber music and delicate classical arrangements. Ólafur is currently touring with Ryuichi Sakamoto on his Trio Tour throughout Europe.

‘The indie kid who knows the score’ – Guardian’s Observer

‘Timeless and sublime’ **** – Uncut

‘An artist of immense maturity’ (9/10) – Drowned In Sound

‘Hotwired to the soul. …will reduce you to wordless tears’ – The Quietus



TRACK LISTING:

I. Fyrsta
II. Near Light
III. Film Credits
IV. Tomorrow’s Song
V. Ágúst
VI. Lag Fyrir Ömmu
VII. This Place Is A Shelter

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