Saturday’s Kentucky Derby race – for many folks, the only horse race they notice all year – has, once again, brought unwelcome attention to the spendy sport.
Saturday’s Kentucky Derby race – for many folks, the only horse race they notice all year – has, once again, brought unwelcome attention to the spendy sport.
"Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still."
--Dorothea Lange, American photographer, (1895-1965)
A picture is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes, but some photographs can be worth just one heavy handful of potent words - words pregnant with meaning, set in bold with exclamation points and a severe emotional font, like Toxica.
"I chose nature photography as a way of capturing and sharing the beauty, power, and fragility of wild places and the life that inhabits them, so that those who have become mired in the man-made chaos may open their eyes to the real world."
--Guy Tal, American naturalist and landscape photographer
Just in time for the Olympic protests, Yahoo’s Flickr is
strapping on a new video lens. A site that has become a standard share space
for personal photos will now include subscriber videos too.
"We want to
be the eyes of the world - that's what's tattooed on our hearts. There's no
reason why that shouldn't include video."
-- Kakul Srivastava, general manager of Flickr
“The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street.”
--Robert Doisneau, French photographer,
(1912-1994)