Maral of Platic Wave by ooVoo chat from Tehran talking to Cruel Black Dove; This and all photos courtesy of the Impossible Music Sessions At Littlefield Performance Space in Brooklyn on March 3, 2010, an audience rushed an empty stage. Though New York audiences are known more for their tendency to quietly nod their heads [...]
A few days ago, I posted an opinion piece (or POV) on a renowned photographer about to engage in a project which I deemed unrelated to his travel documentary specialty. As a consequence, I was criticized by a half dozen people in the blogosphere who, perhaps having misread the gist of my opinion, disparaged my [...]
Soldiers in the Korengal Valley, regarded as the most dangerous place in the world, and site of filming for the documentary. Photo: The US Army If the name Sebastian Junger sounds familiar, it probably is. Junger’s the journalist who wrote the wildly popular book The Perfect Storm. To the writer’s own surprise, the hardcover spent [...]
Photo © Ed Kashi/National Geographic-All Rights ReservedApart from joining the agency VII, Ed Kashi was also featured on NPR’s The Picture Show in a piece titled On Photographing Pakistan. He also has more of his photographs on the National Geographic blog. Ed Kashi’s objectives were to show how the people of Punjab live, and how [...]
Paul has spoken. Or at least chosen which mussel to eat first. The four-year-old common octopus made his final World Cup predictions on Friday morning, picking Spain to win the 2010 World Cup and Germany to take third place. Paul, who lives at the Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, is famous for accurately predicting [...]
