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Erikborst.com updates

Photographer Erik Borst updates his portfolio website with some nice new pictures...

He also contributed several photos to the new alternative guidebook to the city of Amsterdam called 'Le Cool - A Weird and Wonderful Guide to Amsterdam'.
It shows an Amsterdam away from the tourists and dope smokers, filled with secrets that will amaze the most dedicated Amsterdammers. A great book!

"The guidebook for people who hate guidebooks"
--The Guardian

Source: skemone

Nikon D90

It's official, ladies and gentlemen. There's a new baby in Nikon's lineup: the D90.
If that wasn't enough, this camera comes packed with a world-first in DSLR technology, D-Movie.

"A new idea for D-SLRs, the D90 offers a movie function, allowing you to shoot movies in three different motion JPEG formats: 320 x 216 pixels, 640 x 424 pixels and 1,280 x 720 pixels. Now you can capture life’s moving moments with added drama by using many of Nikon’s NIKKOR lenses, including the AF DX Fisheye 10.5mm f/2.8G ED and the Micro-NIKKOR lenses. [...]"

Needless to say, I want one... now.

Official Site

Full specs and preview on DPReview.com

Beijing 2008 Olympics Photos

Interesting photos of the best moments of the Olympics.

BEIJING 2008

FFFFOUND Randomness

I know FFFFOUND is not a new project, but as time goes by their database turns more interesting everyday that passes by, an inspiring collection of random images, that you can navigate forever, exploring different tags depending on your clicks.

It's just sad they dont have a proper search engine, so you can choose where to start you browsing/zapping. And well to get an invitation is simply a nightmare, which I think it's cool.

Giant Dolls Promote Sessions

White dolls have been popping up all over Toronto's downtown core throughout the month of August. This week the 30-foot tall versions appeared. These guerrilla tactics are to promote Fido Sessions, a quarterly series of events promoting art, travel and design. If you text 411 to 10987 you receive invitations to Sessions events like tonight's exhibit of photographer Jamie Campbell's work at Walnut Gallery. Previous Sessions featured The Dark and Nicholas Di Genova. More info here. Credits.

Bending Light

Photographic experimenation from Reciprocity

DIED YOUNG STAYED PRETTY

An interesting looking look at the rock poster thing by Eileen Yaghoobian.

The Dark

Vancouver-based street artist The Dark was in Toronto last week for a Sessions event. Check out pics here and a video of the installation is here. If you are in Toronto and want to attend future Sessions events, text 411 to 10987 or check out the Sessions Facebook page.

Miroslav Tichý

"...After the communist overthrow in 1948 the young and promising world of the artist begins to tremble. Not willing to subordinate himself to the political system and follow the dicdates of Socialist Realism, he soon becomes an outsider. Noticeably he fails to cope with the repression under the communist system his resistance however never ceases. In opposition to the total integration of the individual into the ideologically tightly structured society he reponds with the negation of their social values. In the 1960s Miroslav Tichý, who is the son of a gentlemen's tailor, begins to neglect his appearance to such an extent, that his clothes fall from his body in rags. In his small home town he is increasingly being avoided as a derelict critic of the system. During this period he begins his photographic expeditions..."

Welcome to the amazing world of Miroslav Tichý .

Can Coca-Cola (and Social Media Tech) Save Lives?

For the past few weeks a campaign has been filtering through the blogosphere with exciting speed, reaching the likes of Inhabitat.com, BrandRepublic Treehugger.com and WorldChanging.com.

The ColaLife Campaign started as one man's idea; to tap into the hugely powerful distribution muscles of multi-nationals such as Coca-Cola, and ask them to distribute medicines to dying children in developing countries. Through a simple group on Facebook, ColaLife Campaign founder Simon Berry has gained international support and is now in conversations with Coca-Cola! The power of social networking is truly alive! To support the campaign, please join the Facebook Group!

MRTLMGYC [ThisMortalMagic™]

Spark turns Emptiness into Substance. The Material I call Dark.
The Work of Creative Director Jan Pautsch.Lilienthal.

ThisMortalMagic

Source: MRTLMGYC

Olympics Opening Ceremony

Stunning images from the 2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony