A Clip from "The Corporation"

Advertising to Children in Formative Years

Fooled

Here's a new take on advertising. Well, since I don't watch TV (no cable) it may not be that new but it's the first time I've seen it.

New Chapter in Analog Photography

Debut of The Impossible Polaroid Project

From their Impossible project space on Broadway co-founders Dr. Florian Kaps and André Bosman of the new Polaroid-style film have launched their product to the world with a video introducing the people involved and with a photo exhibit of "firsts" imagery collection.

Linked to that site is the project's new site, all about the factory, making of the film and dfferent sizes, press information, people involved, photographers chosen to participate in the first collection and an article about Edwin Land and the fascination of instant film.

This is especially exciting to me because I love analog work. I have an SX-70 camera that has laid dormant since Time-Zero film went out of production. I also have a DayLab slide copier with 2 different Analog instant film holders I used to reproduce my slides onto Polaroid film.

I can't wait to try this new film!

Wiki Contribution

For much of my adolescent years I was a proud member of a small but very strong Jr. Drum and Bugle Corps out of New York called The Southern Tier Grenadiers. We were all was significantly impacted by being a part of this team of unique and dedicated peers and adult leaders. It also kept us out of trouble.

Many lifetime friends were made and we have stayed connected since the corps folded in 1978. We have a group on Facebook and last week I announced that I wanted to start a Wiki page for our corps group. I tried to start an article but it was rejected for not having enough supporting web reference for a full blown article and I was advised by Wiki to start a web page or create a stub.

Today an excited member from the FB group posted a comment that he entered a stub. His comment is "I would recommend that you all work on the Grenadiers' Drum Corps Wiki page" (http://drumcorpswiki.com/Southern_Tier_Grenadiers)

stub

I've entered another bit of information there today and will continue to find more information.

I'm excited about this and hope this continues!!!

Important Pictures

When Mr. McMillan asked what pictures we remember as being important, a reel of images flashed through my mind. I could have responded with Diane Arbus' work, Dorathea Lange's Migrant Mother, Man Ray and Weegee, but what sticks most is amateur photographer Charles Porter IV's photograph of firefighter Chris Fields holding a dying infant, Baylee Almon. This image won the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography in 1996.

The reason it sticks is that it's an image signifying pre-911 death of innocence of the United States. The making and distribution of the photo (and of another similar pic by Lester LaRue) is of innocence all around. Neither men knew each other but were just a few feet apart. The photographers were amateurs and took their pictures not knowing the baby was dying.

The baby is a symbol of all innocent victims. My children were small then, so the significance remained strong as I thought of the families involved in the bombing.

Wiki article


Here is a link to the picture.

Bookmarks

Link to my bookmark site on delicious.

You know, I didn't think a bookmarking site would be a big deal, but now that I've done it I enjoy having all the sites I usually go to right there. It's very convenient and I have it up all the time. Previously I pawed through my browser's bookmark menu or relied on the URL drop-down. Changing that has cut down "searching" time.

Artist's Modern Medium: iPhone

Artist's Modern Medium: iPhone

ABC NEWS VIDEO


Brushes Application Page

There’s a companion application, Brushes Viewer, that makes a video recapitulating each step of how Colombo composed the picture.

"His cover illustration for the June 1, 2009 issue of The New Yorker was the first one created on an iPhone for a major magazine. Video animations of his Finger Paintings have since appeared weekly in www.newyorker.com." (http://jorgecolombo.com/about/index.htm)

ALT Jorge Colombo sketches for The New Yorker using Brushes, an application for the iPhone.

The New Yorker Finger Painting Page


Jorge Columbo Website

June Cover Story

Fan page on Facebook

My Try on Facebook