Visual Mumbling

timelightbox: Two young women in matching outfits in front of...

Tue, 29 May 2012 12:16:50 -0400

Two young women in matching outfits in front of an open air garage.

In the early ’80s Staten Island seemed like a world away from Manhattan. In Chrisitine Osinki’s newly rediscoved photographs, she reveals a time capsule of the growing borough, caught in a state of limbo between New York City and the rest of America. With a new Kickstarter she hopes to publish a new book of the work. See more here.

thenextweb: The photo on the left is how it was taken with...

Tue, 29 May 2012 12:12:06 -0400

thenextweb:

The photo on the left is how it was taken with Instagram, the one on the right is what happens when you apply a filter to it, re-upload, apply a new filter, and so on. (via What happens when you apply every available Instagram filter to one photo? - The Next Web)

(Via the awesome Appelogen blog)

Happy Memorial Day

Mon, 28 May 2012 14:20:36 -0400

Happy Memorial Day

Caged children (Taken with instagram)

Fri, 18 May 2012 18:43:25 -0400

Caged children (Taken with instagram)

Broadway Junction

Wed, 16 May 2012 17:51:26 -0400

Broadway Junction

Highland Park

Wed, 16 May 2012 17:50:00 -0400

Highland Park

Another one from The Hole in East New York.

Wed, 16 May 2012 17:46:34 -0400

Another one from The Hole in East New York.

Maspeth

Tue, 15 May 2012 19:08:00 -0400

Maspeth

Ridgewood

Tue, 15 May 2012 19:04:00 -0400

Ridgewood

The Hole

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:49:00 -0400

The Hole

A friendly little fella in Ridgewood, Queens.

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:47:00 -0400

A friendly little fella in Ridgewood, Queens.

benjaminrasmussen: Why it sucks when your wedding photographer...

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:37:31 -0400

benjaminrasmussen:

Why it sucks when your wedding photographer sells your pictures as stock.

timelightbox: China Daily/Reuters May 3, 2012. Researchers...

Fri, 04 May 2012 16:27:20 -0400

timelightbox:

China Daily/Reuters

May 3, 2012. Researchers dressed in panda costumes carry a cage as they transfer giant panda Tao Tao to a new living environment at the Hetaoping Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan province, China.

From rescue operations for a capsized ferry in India and May Day protests to elections in France and preparations for the Kentucky Derby, TIME’s photo department presents the best images of the week. See more here.

timelightbox: Dawoud Bey — See his work on LightBox here. I...

Wed, 02 May 2012 17:56:36 -0400

timelightbox:

Dawoud Bey — See his work on LightBox here.

I recently stumbled across a blog entry of his from 2008 on Advice to a Young Artist, a good read that is absolutely worth checking out.

Show your work to as many people as possible. If you show the work to friends and associates, show it to those you think are doing work that is at least as interesting or more interesting than your own, who have even more experience than you do, so you can establish an ongoing critical dialogue with them. It is impossible to do good work, show it to a lot of people, and nothing happens. You have to believe this. If youare showing your work to informed viewers and no on is responding or talking your work up to other people, you need to take a long, hard look at your work. Do not be foolish enough to think that everyone else is wrong and that you are right! People that I know who look at work—even with very different interests and tastes—tend to agree when something interesting comes along. And if any one of them sees something interesting, they will usually tell someone else. I always talk to curators I know about interesting new work that I have seen, encouraging them to take a look at it as well. Usually we agree, and even if they are not able to do anything right away, they keep the work and the artist on their radar.

(via From the Island : Jiří Makovec) Jiří Makovec has some...

Wed, 02 May 2012 11:36:23 -0400

(via From the Island : Jiří Makovec)

Jiří Makovec has some of the most original New York street photography I’ve seen in a long time. Check it out.

(via From the Island : Jiří Makovec) Jiří Makovec has some...

Wed, 02 May 2012 11:35:24 -0400

(via From the Island : Jiří Makovec)

Jiří Makovec has some of the most original New York street photography I’ve seen in a long time. Check it out.

(via From the Island : Jiří Makovec) Jiří Makovec has some...

Wed, 02 May 2012 11:34:49 -0400

(via From the Island : Jiří Makovec)

Jiří Makovec has some of the most original New York street photography I’ve seen in a long time. Check it out.

After a drizzly morning yesterday it turned into a beautiful...

Wed, 02 May 2012 11:14:14 -0400

After a drizzly morning yesterday it turned into a beautiful afternoon so I decided to head over to Union Square to see what was going on with the Occupy Wall Street protests. While I’m not sure where this movement is going organizationally, I’m not about to underestimate the undercurrent of frustration that binds all these disparate groups together. One of my regrets is underestimating the impact of the movement back in the fall when it was in Zuccotti Park so I felt something of an obligation to at least give it another shot for the sake of history. Yesterday’s protest fell far short of bringing the city to a standstill but it could be to Occupy’s benefit moving forward to keep expectations low and then slowly rebuild into something more substantial.

(via Riding the Subway with Stanley Kubrick | mcnyblog)

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:50:36 -0400

(via Riding the Subway with Stanley Kubrick | mcnyblog)

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:49:31 -0400

(via Riding the Subway with Stanley Kubrick | mcnyblog)