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Love It: Marilyn Minter's TimeOut Cover

Love It: Face Your Pockets Project

You can check out the entire gallery, and submit your own photo here.

Love It: Denis Darzacq's HYPER Portfolio Of Images

View the whole series here.

That Is Some Serious Papal Legroom

Kevin Connolly And "The Stare"

If you haven't seen it yet, NPR has a terrific audio slide show in which Kevin Connolly describes his "Rolling Exhibition".  From Kevin's website:

"1 year ago I was asked by a little boy in Christchurch, New Zealand if I had been eaten by a shark.

2 months ago I was asked by an elderly woman in Sighisoara, Romania if I had lost my legs in a car accident.

6 weeks ago I was asked by a bar patron in Helena, Montana if I still wore my dog tags from Iraq.

Everyone tries to create a story in their heads to explain the things that baffle them. For the same reason we want to know how a magic trick works, or how mystery novel ends, we want to know how someone different, strange, or disfigured came to be as they are. Everyone does it. It's natural. It's curiosity.

But before any of us can ponder or speculate - we react. We stare. Whether it is a glance or a neck twisting ogle, we look at that which does not seem to fit in our day to day lives. It is that one instant of unabashed curiosity - more reflex than conscious action - that makes us who we are and has been one of my goals to capture over the past year.

It is after this instant that we try to hazard a guess as to why such an anomalous person exists. Was it disease? Was it a birth defect? Was it a landmine? These narratives all come from the context in which we live our lives. Illness, drugs, calamity, war - all of these might become potential stories depending upon what we are exposed to in connection with disability.

In each photograph the subjects share a commonality, but what does their context say? Looking at each face, I saw humanity. Rolling through their streets, I found the unique cultures and customs that created an individual."

Lions Riding Horses

A Reminder That Still Images Can Still Effect Change

The aerial photo above, taken by Steve Ringman for the Seattle Times, has created a storm of debate against the logging practices of Weyerhaeuser in the Pacific Northwest.

Mudslide photo spurs look at logging practices

The aerial photo of the bare slope and slide areas in the Stillman Creek drainage raised concerns at , enough so that corporate officials did their own flyover, scouting landslides there and elsewhere in the Northwest.

 

Trevor Paglen and "Limit Telephotography"

I've now become obsessed with Trevor Paglen and his pursuit of "Limit Telephotography".  Not only are the images in his new series absolutely stunning, but the story behind them is terrific:

"A number of military bases and installations exist in some of the remotest parts of the United States, hidden deep in western deserts and buffered by dozens of miles of restricted land. Many of these sites are so remote, in fact, that there is nowhere on Earth where a civilian might be able to see them with an unaided eye. In order to produce images of these remote and hidden landscapes, therefore, some unorthodox viewing and imaging techniques are required.
                         
Limit-telephotography involves photographing landscapes that cannot be seen with the unaided eye. The technique employs high powered telescopes whose focal lengths range between 1300mm and 7000mm. At this level of magnification, hidden aspects of the landscape become apparent.
                         
Limit-telephotography most closely resembles astrophotography, a technique that astronomers use to photograph objects that might be trillions of miles from Earth. In some ways, however, it is easier to photograph the depths of the solar system than it is to photograph the recesses of the military industrial complex. Between Earth and Jupiter (500 million miles away), for example, there are about five miles of thick, breathable atmosphere. In contrast, there are upwards of forty miles of thick atmosphere between an observer and the sites depicted in this series.

You can see more of Trevor's work here.

The Photography of Jill Greenberg

If you, like me, are a fan of Jill Greenberg's photography, you'll love this short video that Cool Hunting did earlier in the year. 

Wealth Divide

No essay or magazine article in the world can convey the stark divide between the extreme rich and the extreme poor as this photo does - taken of the Paraospolis Favela and Sao Paulo, Brazil.  The photo is one of a series of amazing images showcased here on the deputydog blog.