I have yet to see the actual footage, but the opening of the Olympics was reportedly incredible. If these pics are any indication, I’d say the reports are correct.

I’d be much obliged if you could take the time to go vote for a pic I took and submitted to JPG magazine.
Just click the pic and have at ‘er! Thanks in advance.

Cinders Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn is currently hosting a show called “Slowdancing to Slayer” by photographer Tod Seelie. Some great pics.

Square America’s “Visit from St. Nick” series is almost as hot as the party pics I posted last week.
This guy should be on every card this year every year.

Of all the sites I was pointed to this year, this one’s my favourite. If it turns out I’ve been sleeping on it for years and this [...]

Slate’s David Segal has a great piece on questions of plagiarism in photography. Well worth a look.

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I’m really digging Bob Krawczyk’s fantastic amateur archival site of Toronto architecture.
Warning: right now, it’s dead slow and riddled with errors. I suspect it’s being hammered thanks to an article by Catherine Dawson March in today’s Globe and Mail.
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The photography discussion continues. I found Mike Rothermel’s post on Capturing Your World worth a read: he argues that the “shoot it yourself” photography craze is coming to an end. While I find that unlikely, I think there’s truth to this paragraph — and the rest of his blog isn’t bad, either.
As the price of [...]