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heroes and models

2 December 2013 | Art, Lifeform, Photo | No Comments

вот, кстати, замечательный анонимный фотограф JR, что обнажает наши лица, убирает надуманные маски, знакомит с миром:

JR creates “Pervasive Art” that spreads uninvited on the buildings of the slums around Paris, on the walls in the Middle-East, on the broken bridges in Africa or the favelas in Brazil. People who often live with the bare minimum discover something absolutely unnecessary. And they don’t just see it, they make it. Some elderly women become models for a day; some kids turn artists for a week. In that Art scene, there is no stage to separate the actors from the spectators.

хороший.

  

случайные воспоминания

17 November 2013 | Culturology, Photo | No Comments

мне кажется, первый кадр, что обязательно хочет сделать любой, попавший в Израиль, — это непременные целующиеся девочки и мальчики в военной форме с автоматами наперевес.

это куда важнее любых религиозных останков на свете. и пока мы щелкаем фотозатворами им вслед, у мира непременно остается шанс.

  

после войны

10 November 2013 | Geography, History, Photo | No Comments

фотографии Берлина в 90-х.

теперь это уже исторический эскурс, да. и еще, мне кажется, здесь будет сложно увидеть или понять, но Берлин все же один из самых потрясающих городов, что я видел. неизменно живой, эволюционирующий, молодой.

via.

  

becoming a digital citizen

15 August 2013 | Art, History, Photo | 1 Comment

и еще — на этот раз фонд Пола Гетти открывает двери:

The Getty makes available, without charge, all available digital images to which the Getty holds the rights or that are in the public domain to be used for any purpose. No permission is required.

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Initially, the images available through the Open Content Program are of works in the J. Paul Getty Museum’s collections. Over time, images from the Getty Research Institute and the Getty Conservation Institute will be added. Museum images can be found on the Museum’s Collection webpages or on the Getty Search Gateway. Those available as open content images are identified with a “Download” link. Images provided are JPEG files at a minimum of 300 DPI.

хорошие.

  

своим путем

29 July 2013 | Culturology, Photo | No Comments

Хельмут Ньютон о хорошем:

Я очень поверхностен, я предпочел бы снять Катрин Денев, чем какого-нибудь ученого или писателя. И я люблю этот поверхностный мир. Мне нравится все искусственное, красивое и смешное, я люблю, когда пятидесятилетние мужичины встречаются с восемнадцатилетними девчонками. И я надеюсь, этот мир никогда не исчезнет.

да, наверное, он каким-то образом удивительно прав.

  

светить везде

24 May 2013 | Photo | No Comments

Орит Бен-Хайм, прекрасная, фотографирует[1] людей с книгами в Нью-Йоркском метро:

The Underground New York Public Library is a photo series featuring the Reading-Riders of the NYC subways. The photos come together as a visual library. This library freely lends out a reminder that we’re capable of traveling to great depths within ourselves and as a whole.

есть в этом что-то интимное, да? легкий укус вуайеризма, будоражащее желание перевернуть чужую страницу.

 


  1. мне нравится, как смешные зрители укоряют ее в постановочности.  ↩

  

лица и тени

12 May 2013 | History, Photo | No Comments

фотографии Антанаса Суткуса. чудесные — вот, например, Сартр в СССР. а так же все другие.

  

possessions

10 May 2013 | History, Photo | No Comments

это Мэрилин Монро, которую заснял 15-тилетний любитель-кинооператор:

The film from which these stills were taken was shot by Peter Mangone, aged 15. Marilyn Monroe, aged 29 had just divorced Joe DiMaggio and was living at the Gladstone Hotel. Peter had been skipping classes to stake out the star and take photographs. On this day, Marilyn recognized her young fan and beckoned for him to follow. For the next few hours Peter accompanied Marilyn, the photographer Milton Greene, and the designer George Nardiello, turning the camera on and off throughout the afternoon.

я думаю, она прекрасна[1].

 


  1. любое признание красоты субъективно, да? и никчемным оправданием можно было бы уныло разводить канитель о других типах женщин, что нравятся мне персонально. но какой смысл? вот она, и теперь среди нас. а остальное суть излишне.  ↩

  

с куклой

17 April 2013 | History, Humour, Photo | No Comments

это фотографии Бастера Китона, человека, который знал о юморе все.

  

the lack of happy ending

19 March 2013 | Culturology, Lifeform, Photo, Sex | 1 Comment

чудесные заметки о разговоре с девушкой по имени Стоя, порнозвездой:

DANIEL LONG: One of the things that excited me about the interview was the fact that I’ve had so much fun reading your Tumblr. Even when you’re talking about business or promoting a sex toy, there still manages to be some thought-provoking shit in there. Where’d you get your writing prowess?

STOYA: I was homeschooled. My mother is not a teacher. Her background is in civil engineering and accounting, so when it came to science she was like, “Hey! I’ve got some chemicals and some test tubes! Let’s go play in the backyard!” (laughs) English didn’t really even happen. It was all just picked up by osmosis from reading. If I didn’t know a word, I would try to figure it out by the context and then look it up in the dictionary to see if I was right. When my mother decided to teach me French, she gave me Les Misérables and had me learn directly from it. I was probably in what would amount to the third or fourth grade at the time.

Socially there were huge drawbacks to being homeschooled, but I think it taught me how to be creative and how to figure things out for myself. It made me very active in my own learning process, and I think that’s carried over into my adult life.

и беседа действительно хорошая — о литературе (например, о Дэвиде Фостере Уоллесе), о нервных срывах, о людях и их желаниях; о бесконечном поиске. вот, скажем, еще одна неожиданная цитата:

DANIEL LONG: Let’s talk Turkey.

STOYA: Turkey has taken a serious liking to me, especially the Turkish version of 4CHAN. At first I was like, “What the fuck is up with all of these Turkish fans?” I thought about it for a while and realized, “Hey, I’m part Serbian.” These guys are pretty much genetically wired to want to rape and pillage me after doing it so relentlessly to my ancestors. Naturally they’re fans of watching me get fucked. (laughing) Obviously. But now that some of the Turks are in a twitter over me, I also get the religious ones who are sending me messages like, “You whore infidel!” which is really kind of driving me insane. I don’t want to look at the Internet because I know it could be something from one of my awesome fans in Sacramento who has loved my work from the beginning, or it could be some Turkish man screaming at me about how I’m going to Islamic hell.

или другое ее интервью:

ROBERT BRINK: I noticed that people who interview you tend to latch on to you being a tech geek, making your own outfits and not living in Los Angeles—things different from the average porn star. Most porn interviews I see don’t say much of anything. The girls seem to play the role of the hot horny chick who only wants to please a man. Do you think by putting this other stuff about yourself out there that you’re offering something more than just being a “typical” porn star?

STOYA: Having worked in the adult industry for a while now, I’ve learned many of the girls really do have other facets to their personality—hobbies and families and serious things they invest a lot of time and energy into. But many of the girls are playing a role. Actually, I consider some of them the best actresses in history because they play a role everyday. They play it in front of cameras and in behind-the-scenes interviews and on social media. It’s really admirable, but in this day and age where there is no privacy I just don’t have it in me to maintain a 24/7 persona like that. So I’m just myself. Fortunately people react to it in a favorable way.

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ROBERT BRINK: I feel like you’re parodying it.
STOYA: I try so hard to do it right and give them what they want but there’s this giant river of sarcasm running underneath it.

она же, тем временем, и дальше трансформирует порнографию в искусство.

прекрасная.