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zbzb: 2471 on Flickr. Film: still better than Instagram.

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 04:31:52 -0500

2471 on Flickr.

Film: still better than Instagram.

"My way of working is very impulsive. I never know what I want before I actually start shooting. I..."

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:08:33 -0500

“My way of working is very impulsive. I never know what I want before I actually start shooting. I don’t arrange the setting. The golden thread running through my work is the autobiographical aspect – but not in an obvious way. It is autobiographical in the sense that I photograph things close to me, what is around me. And in the end it matters more in which way I print it and how I photograph something than what.”

- from an interview with photographer Dirk Braeckman. (via theincoherentlight)

pauloctavious: So the other week I went to Ann Hamilton: event...

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:52:51 -0500

pauloctavious:

So the other week I went to Ann Hamilton: event of a thread and brought my parents and a camera and documented the experience.

pauloctavious.com

Amazing.

dianakathleen: Lauren & I © Diana Kathleen Bradbury

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:38:59 -0500

dianakathleen:

Lauren & I

© Diana Kathleen Bradbury

mpdrolet: Robert Herman I love this. Amazing portrait.

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:46:19 -0500

mpdrolet:

Robert Herman

I love this. Amazing portrait.

lizdevine: Billy Frank Jr. Ecotrust’s Indigenous Leadership...

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:30:12 -0500

lizdevine:

Billy Frank Jr.

Ecotrust’s Indigenous Leadership Awards, Portland, OR—November, 2012

It has taken me a while to post this photo because I wanted to make sure I told the amazing story of Billy Frank Jr. This man is a legend.

In the 1850’s a treaty was negotiated with Native Americans for tribes to have the rights to fish, hunt, and gather shellfish. However, when tribes exercised their rights off-reservation, they were arrested for violation of state law. Billy believed in the rights of the treaty and continued to fish his tribe’s Nisqually River, and was arrested over 50 times in the 60’s and 70’s. In 1974 his dedication finally paid off when the issue was brought to the courts in U.S. v. Washington, and the judge ruled in favor of the Native Americans. The tribes in Western Washington were made co-managers of the salmon resources and re-affirmed their right to half the harvestable salmon. For the past 30 years Billy has held the position of Chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. Billy has devoted most of his life to protecting the salmon of the Nisqually River. His dedication to the environment and Native American rights is more than admirable, it’s heroic.

“It’s so important that we have our salmon. That’s who we are. We’re salmon people.” -Billy Frank Jr.

vincentfuckingprice: Vincent Price rides some...

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 03:59:29 -0500

vincentfuckingprice:

Vincent Price rides some rolly-coasters.

BEST.

welovecindysherman: Cindy Sherman in John Water’s 1998...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:38:24 -0500

welovecindysherman:

Cindy Sherman in John Water’s 1998 film, Pecker.

zbzb: BUTLER March, 2011. The Coolest Man in all of China....

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:31:39 -0500

zbzb:

BUTLER March, 2011.

The Coolest Man in all of China. [Photographed with the Leica V Lux 2 during my Leica Explorer voyage through China.]

!! FOR HEALTH AND SUCCESS IN 2013, AND FOR STRONGER LOINS, FOLLOW ZBZB!!

Do you want / need stronger loins? Of course you do, silly.

thomasprior: alan skating newark this afternoon Come. On.

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:02:40 -0500

thomasprior:

alan skating newark this afternoon

Come. On.

bexfinch: Abke in the river

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:56:52 -0500

bexfinch:

Abke in the river

mpdrolet: Kolobrzeg, Poland, July 23 1992 Rineke Dijkstra

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 11:53:24 -0500

mpdrolet:

Kolobrzeg, Poland, July 23 1992

Rineke Dijkstra

codywbratt: Garrett Cornelison’s bear suit makes him sleepy....

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 14:32:00 -0500

codywbratt:

Garrett Cornelison’s bear suit makes him sleepy. One of the things I love about Phoot Camp is that we setup this shot including a giant octabank suspended 15 feet in the air and no one in the shot even gave a second thought. We just shot it as everyone carried about their business.

Interested in attending Phoot Camp 2013? Get notified when applications open!

zbzb: BUTLER August 6, 2011 So. Great.

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:22:49 -0500

zbzb:

BUTLER August 6, 2011

So. Great.

lizdevine: Dinner with the Dandy Warhols It’s rare a band asks...

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 04:00:16 -0500

lizdevine:

Dinner with the Dandy Warhols

It’s rare a band asks to have their photo taken, but that is what happened with this shot. I wasn’t ready; I had my 85mm lens on, my flash wasn’t firing, and I had the flu—a perfect recipe for disaster. But despite my minor freak out when they asked for the photo, I’m really happy with how it turned out.

vecorta: We left home three months ago, still #europingaround....

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:24:39 -0500

vecorta:

We left home three months ago, still #europingaround. Here are some photos!

vecorta: Weihnachtsmarkt, Berlin.

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 11:02:51 -0500

vecorta:

Weihnachtsmarkt, Berlin.

jambis: December 17, 2012 Cancun, Mexico You wake up somewhere...

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:34:05 -0500

jambis:

December 17, 2012

Cancun, Mexico

You wake up somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean realizing that it might have been a bad decision. Your nose is runny, your knees are smacked in the back of the poor soul sitting in 23H, the baby screaming in the background (no, it was sadly not a nightmare) is doing everything within its powers to scratch whatever shred of humanism away from your. You hear the captain confessing that the flight will take 11 hours and 40 minutes. You curse somewhat too loudly, there goes the idea of “that corner of Mexico that is way north-east and really, “not far from Europe.” Oh well, you’re on a plane flying away from winter and into a tropical summer, life can not really be that wrong now can it?

The flight, sadly not operated by your favorite airline, but by a daughter-company, that’s really more of a step-daughter, the one you don’t like and forget to buy Christmas presents for, is actually more pleasant than expected. The airline, Condor if you must know, is very apologetic for not loading your special meal on the plane, and is happy to compensate you with a nice piece of salmon swimming in cream based sauce, leek and potatoes. Yes, it’s a German airline. The movies, displayed in the TV screens the poor Boeing 767, not in individual screens, are actually up to date and mildly amusing, and between dozing in an out of sleep and watching your own entertainment center, you manage to make it to Cancun, Mexico.

It’s 17:21 local time when you land. The air is sticky and your multiple layers of clothes are immediately showing their utter uselessness. It’s summer, get rid of the layers. Passport control goes off without a hitch and with minimal wait (the Israeli passport control and US immigration services should really learn from the Mexican) but then, having picked up your luggage, you face the next hurdle: an X-ray machine for the passengers luggage. Now you question the logic behind screening the poor folks who just got off a plane from Germany, having spent 11 hours and 40 minutes being tortured by a screaming baby and seats that were designed for midgets, for some unknown substances. What is it that you’re actually looking for you ask. Drugs they answer. Wait…WHAT? Is Mexico, the land of drug wars, the land that will benefit the most from a time machine destined to 1971, to that pitiful day that Nixon, yes Nixon, declared drugs to be public enemy number one of the United States, is screening for drugs. The flow of drugs, according to all current reading material is actually reversed. You look for some zen, some inner calm to get you through this.

60 minutes later you leave the terminal, greeted by a huge number of taxi drivers, find your own transport, and land in the Westin Cancun.

Now dear reader, before you roll your eyes at this, there are a few things that have to be made clear. There are two Westins in Zona Hotels in Cancun. You stayed at the quiet one, away from the party zone. Second, and this is important, you wanted a smooth landing and one that is somewhat familiar. Yes, the Westin has great beds that justify their name “Heavenly Beds.” Yes, you obsessively collect points with the SPG group and yes, you wanted a smooth landing. The Westin fit that bill perfectly and to drive the point home you are upgraded to a top floor room over looking the sea.

You’re barely able to keep your eyes open and the world seems to be spinning just a little bit off as you open the door to your room and realize that you are now the inhabitant of a room with a balcony and that balcony is overlooking an amazing sea. With the last battery power you still posses you jump up and down proclaiming everything to be amazing, you forgive the screaming baby, the midget seats and the drug control on the way to the country. The sweet smell of a warm sea, the sounds of the waves crashing into the sand literally underneath your balcony and the wetness in the air all point to the realization that you have arrived. Hola Mexico!

This.

log.andimalloutofgum.com: Ok @Flickr, you have our attention. Now show us what you can do.

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 05:09:15 -0500

log.andimalloutofgum.com: Ok @Flickr, you have our attention. Now show us what you can do.:

scottographs:

I don’t normally write blog “posts”, photos are usually my thing. But, there is something interesting going on right now. After looking somewhat dormant for a few years, Flickr, like a phoenix, has risen from the ashes of the yahoo cutting room floor and has delivered an excellent mobile app….

Oh how I would love for this to happen!

zbzb: BUTLER June 30, 2011. BEST.

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:03:29 -0500

zbzb:

BUTLER June 30, 2011.

BEST.