Category Archives: Photography

Yale Finally Opens Up

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Yale University has just opened up its museum archives to the public providing limited free online access to images from its vast cultural collections. Currently, they’ve offered access to 250,000 images at their new online catalog, with the goal of … Continue reading →

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Art of the Streets

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Brian D. Butler
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Visit London, See the World

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

The amazing annual Travel Photographer of the Year exhibition is now open until June 10th at London’s Royal Geographical Society. The show includes winners, runner-ups and historic photos from their archives.

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The Art of the Car

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

The Musée des Arts Paris is now presenting “The Art of the Automobile” , which features 17 fabulous cars from Ralph Lauren’s amazing car collection. The cars on display—among them Bentley, Mercedes, Jaguar, Ferrari and Bugatti—provide a visual timeline for … Continue reading →

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The English Obsession

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Hat-tip to Simon Wallace for the post idea. If you’ve spent any time in England during the past decade, you will probably agree with London-based photographer Peter Dench that “the English have turned drinking into a national obsession, nearly an … Continue reading →

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Dimanche est Paresseux

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Brian D. Butler
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Charles Bukowski Loved His

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

   

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GigaPanBot Does It Again

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Photographer Jeffrey Martin of the website 360cities has created what maybe the world’s largest indoor photograph ever: a mindboggling 40 gigapixel, 360-degree image of the exquisite Philosophical Hall in the magnificent 12th century Strahov Monastery Library in Prague. Using the … Continue reading →

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Sunday, Why So Random (again)

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

 

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A Bridge Too Far

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Brooklyn-based artist and programmer Clement Valla, whose work is featured over at the French website Fubiz, got his start working as architect; you can see his personal artistic evolution in his series Bridges, which takes cropped images from Google Earth … Continue reading →

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