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art & culture

thinkinpictures wrote 1 week ago: Couple of months ago a friend asked me, what is culture? Few days later on, he offered a cold beer … more »

Tags: My Pictures, Photography, Sociology, Street Photography

the fork

thinkinpictures wrote 1 month ago: A photograph of a fork by Andre Kertesz (Paris, 1928). A fork and a plate are transformed, from two … more »

Tags: Photography, Sociology, the story of a photograph

'Candidate with a cane'

thinkinpictures wrote 2 months ago: A news photograph of F.D. Roosevelt, circulated in 1928, four years before he was first elected as a … more »

Tags: Disability, Documentary Photography, Photography, the story of a photograph

Fundamentalisms1 comment

thinkinpictures wrote 2 months ago: There is one video - linked in my last post - that keeps coming back in my mind. I am talking about … more »

Tags: Documentary Photography, film, Photography, Sociology, the story of a photograph

chocolate Jesus

thinkinpictures wrote 3 months ago: Untitled photograph (nude 2) by Christos Stavrou © 2008 I wish I could send you a chocolate Jesus, … more »

Tags: Music, My Pictures, Photography

fear & paranoia4 comments

thinkinpictures wrote 4 months ago: Soon after I took this photo above, standing by the entrance of Leeds University, and as I was wait … more »

Tags: My Pictures, Photo News, Photography, Street Photography

Rolling (the gaze)1 comment

thinkinpictures wrote 4 months ago: The Rolling Exhibition began as a simple photograph taken while Kevin Connolly was skating down a … more »

Tags: Disability, Documentary Photography, Exhibitions, Photography, Reviews, the story of a photograph

About a kiss and a bullet (authenticity & social relations)

thinkinpictures wrote 4 months ago: the kiss How does it feel to know that one of the most romantic images ever made was staged? The fa … more »

Tags: Documentary Photography, Photography, Street Photography, the story of a photograph

At twelve

thinkinpictures wrote 4 months ago: “In the early fall, I drank coffee with several generations of the Conner family, the close a … more »

Tags: Documentary Photography, Photography, the story of a photograph

Robert Frank's spectators2 comments

thinkinpictures wrote 5 months ago: I opened a classic book tonight, The Americans by Robert Frank (1958). A friend left it here with co … more »

Tags: Documentary Photography, Photography

appearance1 comment

thinkinpictures wrote 6 months ago: Untitled photograph by Christos Stavrou © 2007 All rights reserved “In the modern way of seei … more »

Tags: Documentary Photography, My Pictures, Photography

Christmas Truce, December 1914

thinkinpictures wrote 6 months ago: The British soldiers first saw the lights along German trenches on that Christmas Eve in 1914. Then … more »

Tags: Documentary Photography, Photography, the story of a photograph

removing barriers

thinkinpictures wrote 6 months ago: Photo by Christos Stavrou © 2007 All rights reserved Photograph from a degree ceremony in Leed … more »

Tags: Disability, Documentary Photography, leeds, My Pictures, Photography

Martin Parr recommends... (2007 photobooks)3 comments

thinkinpictures wrote 7 months ago: Influential photographer Martin Parr has presented a list of inspiring photography books, published … more »

Tags: Documentary Photography, Interesting Links, Photo News, Photography, Photojournalism

beware of trains and meanings

thinkinpictures wrote 7 months ago: Part One ‘Beware of trains’ by Christos Stavrou © 2007 I have received a comment abou … more »

Tags: Documentary Photography, My Pictures, Photography, Photojournalism

details of Japan: kawaii

thinkinpictures wrote 8 months ago: Photographs from a friend travelling in Japan right now. Painted images on walls, roller shutter do … more »

Tags: photo-travelling, Photography

Lee Friedlander: At Work2 comments

thinkinpictures wrote 8 months ago: Photos by Lee Friedlander (At Work, Boston Massachusetts, 1985-86) Work shapes who we become. … more »

Tags: Documentary Photography, Photography

the phatic image

thinkinpictures wrote 8 months ago: “From the beginning of the [20th] century the perceptual field in Europe was invaded by certai … more »

Tags: Photography, the story of a photograph

Sousveillance

thinkinpictures wrote 8 months ago: Sousveillance is the recording or monitoring of real or apparent authority figures by others, partic … more »

Tags: Documentary Photography, My Pictures, Photography, Street Photography


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