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23
Feb
2010
Detroit and other examples of urban decline
The photo above is from a short photoseries in Time magazine, the title of which is “Detroit’s Beautiful, Horrible Decline.” Below are a few photos from another, much longer series by 7 different photographers who state:
Detroit is one of the most visually interesting cities in the world however it is also one of the most misunderstood and misrepresented cities. This group of photographs illustrates what contemporary Detroit artists have been doing in regards to developing an understanding and appreciation for this complex and diverse city from street portraits of the “survivors” to the landscapes of wild new growth to the industrial leftovers.
You can view the full series here.
I also came across a German blogpost entitled, “The beauty of a city’s downfall,” which features photos from all over the world of derelict buildings and cities decaying.
22
Feb
2010
Clearing the backlog
Some of these links have been sitting in my Gmail Notes a year now, and I’ve become sick of looking at them. A few of them I’d planned on leaving for when I had time to adequately address their theme and topic in a proper blog-post, but I’ve realised that’s not going to happen any time soon. So: Read the rest of this entry »
5
Jun
2009
Koyaanisqatsi for the global warming generation?
HOME is a 2009 documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The film is entirely composed of aerial shots of various places around the Earth. It shows the diversity of life on the Earth and how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet. The movie was released on June 5th 2009, simultaneously in cinemas all over the world, on DVD and on YouTube. Its release on the same date in 50 countries is a world record for any film release in history.
The film is 100% free and no profits will be made from its release or future showings. What is more, it’s copyright-free, which means it can be freely copied, distributed, broadcast etc. – as a whole and in parts.
Haven’t watched it yet, but one or two of the shots I saw looked promising. However, according to padraiq:
it seems more like propaganda than documentary
if you want to show people the earth, you dont fucking talk over it
some amazing shots ruined by narration :(((
In any event, click here to watch in high quality.
1
Jun
2009
Abandoned cities
Thanks to padraiq for sending me this: there are some lovely photos on archibase.net of Gukanjima, an island off the west coast of Japan which was home to a thriving coal mine. In the 70s, the mine was closed down and the island deserted, leaving this chaos behind:
This also happens to tie in with Wikipedia’s featured picture of the day: Mane St [sic] of Pioneertown, “an unincorporated and inhabited town built in 1946 as a TV and film set by, among others, Roy Rogers. The town was designed to provide a place for the actors to live while simultaneously having their homes used as part of the set.”
This is a dangerous page to visit, as it’ll inevitably lead to a list of ghost towns, such as Bodie, California:
And Kayaköy, Turkey:
And by the time you’ve read about them all, the day is spent. Good work!
If not, then here are some extra, related wiki rabbit-holes for you to bound down:
Urban Exploration [and some extra photo galleries at undercity]
19
Apr
2009
Hello, Goodbye
Website suffered some down-time in the past few days, but is now back up and running as usual. Unfortunately, I’ll be suffering some down-time in the coming days myself: I’ve just gotten a cold, right as I begin the last stretch of [actually] writing my thesis.
So, indeed, this will probably be my last post for a week or two at least. Until then, I’ll leave you — yes, You, if you’re so special as to be one of the 3 or 4 people who actually read this thing on a semi-regular basis — with a sweet piece of film shot by some fella at 1000 FPS of people at a recent rubgy competition in the Stade de France, Paris. It’s all rather beautiful; a series of clips of people cheerleading, playing rugby and hockey, and some materials being dropped to the ground.. All to a slightly odd rendition of Frank Zappa’s Chunga’s Revenge. :)
As he writes himself, make sure to download the actual video from the vimeo page if you want to experience it fully. Enjoy!
I-Movix SprintCam v3 NAB 2009 showreel from David Coiffier on Vimeo.
11
Apr
2009
The Nation (The bleedin’ state of ye)
Easter weekend is here, and after a day of government-enforced abstinence from drink what better way to waste a few moments than by breaking open a can of Dutch, and having a gander at what tonight could possibly have in store for us:
Classy stuff. You don’t find a great night like this on the continent, I tell ye.
More of the same here.
