by Pier Marton | Oct 9, 2009 | Art, Objects, Photo
With this “Street Material” series. Later in his career, Penn turned his gaze downward, literally focusing his camera on the detritus that he found on city streets. In his hands, a wad of gum became an object of beauty, a discarded cigarette butt an icon....
by Pier Marton | Oct 9, 2009 | Art, Mystery, Photo
A photograph from Morocco, by the late Irving Penn who just passed away. Aristotle remarks that Kratylus, the disciple of Heraclitus, used to move his finger in silence instead of talking in order to indicate that all things are in constant flux and hence it is...
by Pier Marton | Oct 6, 2009 | Art, Books
From Karinthy Frigyes to Philadelphia, and a few brains… … one of the most visually stimulative web logs around books and their graphics, by Will Schofield. Here just a few items of interest to me. Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More...
by Pier Marton | Oct 6, 2009 | Art, Future Tech, Software, Video
PhotoSketch: Internet Image Montage from China on Vimeo. Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | Oct 4, 2009 | Art, Ideas, Idées, Politics, Sights
More images with “full integration”. What we don’t see has to be more important than what we see. Thanks to Rhodes. Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | Oct 2, 2009 | Art, Health, Politics
Which was meant to elucidate “The meaning behind the Hitler salute”. “Conservative” forces are here to stay, but so are the forces of progress, and movement forward, as long as violence (and the violent speech behind it)… and those...