Photo Safari: Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Sunday, July 27th, 2008 Posted in people, New York City, Atomische Photos | No Comments »It was fun to watch this group of intrepid boaters put their canoe in the water at the end of Huron Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. It was a little tricky for them -- this wasn't an official NYC Water Trail ...
Brooklyn Botanical - Spiral
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in Gadgets, Photography, Atomische Photos | No Comments »I'm thinking of selling my macro lens and ring light flash, and perhaps even the 30D and 10-22mm wide angle zoom lens. I have only used the macro lens twice, and while the photos are impressive the technique itself doesn't ...
Breaking News! People Get Hair Cut!
Saturday, July 19th, 2008 Posted in Politics, New York City | No Comments »This morning's big above-the-fold headline in The New York Times is an important story about how people get short haircuts in the summer. No simple trend piece, this one took a writer, four reporters and two photographers to complete. In other ...
Can we afford another president who thinks it’s smart to be dumb?
Thursday, July 17th, 2008 Posted in Politics | No Comments »As Bush has reminded us countless times, he's not very smart. Here's a video of McCain warning us that he's actually a little dumber. From The Jed Report
Bulbous Bollards
Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in Photography, New York City, Atomische Photos | 1 Comment »PS1 Warm Up 2008
Sunday, July 6th, 2008 Posted in Other People's Art, New York City, Atomische Photos | No Comments »Click here to view more from the series. If you haven't been to PS1 for a Saturday Warm Up recently, now is a good time to go. The current outdoor installation is P.F.1 (Public Farm One) from the WORK ...
Other People’s Art: Shen Wei
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in Other People's Art, Photography | No Comments »Next in the series of photographers I admire is Shen Wei. I first noticed him when coming across photos from a recent project of his called Almost Naked, a series of amazing intimate portraits, with a few interesting environmental/still life ...
Happy Anniversary Charles Darwin
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 Posted in New York City, Atomische Photos, Travel | No Comments »This week marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. The story behind his exploration has always fascinated me, since reading Voyage of the Beagle as a school kid. Two years ago the American ...