These 65 photos make me so sentimental for the Yard Dogs Road Show and their amazing performances. This photographer is quite talented and captured the spirit of their shows adeptly.http://paintdragon.smugmug.com/Entertainment

     Photographer Martin Parr told the audience at a recent event organised by the British Journal of Photography (BJP) that he believes it is possible that street photography could be banned in the UK within five years.

And why? Because taking pictures may be construed as terrorism.

The full story here. A story which is bound to ( Read more... )

     Anish Kapoor's exhibit at the Royal Academy is open... and it features various dynamic pieces such as a giganic wad of red wax that moves on a platform and is currently being carved by the archways it gets shoved through.

The full story here.

This is worth mentioning because Kapoor is the artist responsible for Cloud Gate, for all ( Read more... )

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I'll never post this tonight and it's already Valentine's Day in Australia. So fuck it.


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     Chinese nationals get a kick out of laowai [foreigner(s)] making them stuff involving their language. God, they love it. Which is why I got a co-worker to write down stuff like this for me.

You can see where it says 年年有餘 (pinyin: nián nián yǒu yú) at the bottom (ahem).

Much to my chagrin, Lonely Planet's Mandarin phrase book ( Read more... )

We're free, finally. The chaos ends for another year.


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     If you know me well enough, you may find these images lurking in some of my work... if I ever find time for it...


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