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Photo Study of Life in a Womens Prison

fuzzylogic — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:05:59 +0000

Cosmin Bumbut is a fantastic Romanian photographer I’ve known about for years, that hasn’t been properly featured at the Daily Sloth yet purely by chance. But this post isn’t about the pictures he took.

Some time ago he came up with the project of giving 6 convicts in a women’s prison in Romania point-and-shoot cameras so they could document firsthand what life in prison is like. The results are stunning – the pictures that came out of the project are one of the purest examples of documentary photography that you’re likely to see. Completely free of constraints that learning photography “the proper way” brings with it, the pictures are simple, yet emotionally rich and completely raw in essence, in a way they never could have been if they were filtered by the eyes and mind of an outsider.

If you want to learn more, Cosmin tells the story of the project here (scroll down for English translation).

2000 Boobs for Vladimir Putin

fuzzylogic — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:28:37 +0000

I will leave my opinion of Putin and political idolatry in general aside, and just say that this guy is my new hero. 1000 women, 2000 boobs and one man very dedicated to breasts.

Also: Moscow girls are NICE. This is possibly the best viral tourism ad ever. Anyone for a road trip?

The Album of Bebel

Mr. Lu — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:31:42 +0000

It’s smooth, hip, sharp. Chilled not cold. It is pop without the bullshit. This is Bebel Gilberto’s Tanto Tempo Remixes album. For some, the name Gilberto might ring a bell, but this isn’t her daddy’s music. Gilberto was born into a musical family, being the daughter of Brazilian singers and performers Miucha and Joao Gilberto. The songstress cut her chops early, with a performance at Carnegie Hall alongside Brazilian legend Stan Getz, and even appeared on her mother’s solo album, Miucha, at the age of nine. She was
destined for the stage.

But some might wonder why I would write about an album that is six years old, and from a foreign artist, instead of exploring something more “recent” and local. Truth be told quality never gets old. This album is worth a pick up. Bebel’s voice is smooth. It hits in the right place. It’s not overbearing and it allows for the music that accompanies her to really develop as the album progresses. The production value on the tracks are in itself something worth nothing. Remix albums are a tough sell. For those who are music lovers, they get used to the original sounds of the album and to create a new base sound that can fit into the mold of the first album is tough. But the producers of this album broke that mold and did so in the way that allowed the album to shine as if it were an original creation. The beats flow naturally, allowing the listener to…

Douglas Adams: Parrots, The Universe and Everything

fuzzylogic — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 04:27:51 +0000

This is a lecture by the great Douglas Adams at University of California not long before his death. Yes, yes I know – “the video is a bloody hour and a half!”, I hear you cry. But if you can manage to carve out that much time out of your day, you really should see this. Actually it’s even a time saver, because if you went and watched a nature documentary for 90 minutes and then a comedy for another 90 it would take you twice the time, and here it’s effortlessly merged into one.

Douglas first talks about endangered species and conservationism in general, mostly related to his book, Last Chance to See, before getting into human nature, religion and science and finally taking questions from the audience.

If you’ve read Last Chance to See and the famous Digital Biota lecture that was in The Salmon of Doubt you’ll be familiar with a lot of the material, but it’s still worth listening to the talk on it’s own. Enjoy.

The Boob Jiggler

fuzzylogic — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 03:51:49 +0000

So here is a Chinese infomercial which, it seems, is trying to convince us that jiggling womens breasts will somehow get them to grow – by a process which apparently stops boobs from seeping into the stomach and instead makes the brains flow down to fill up the cleavage. No doubt fun to watch, but certainly complete hogwash as far as science goes.

Still, I firmly believe that even while this invention may do nothing to increase breast size, if it catches on it may bring about world peace.

The Platypus Gun

fuzzylogic — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 03:38:44 +0000

Silly comic for the evening by Andre Navarro. Enjoy.

The Anatomy of a Toy: The Screwed-up Art of Jason Freeny

fuzzylogic — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:51:50 +0000

Jason Freeny is a ridiculously talented designer that likes to show us what it would look like if you ripped the skin off of some of our favorite cartoon and video game characters. It’s a very interesting study into anatomy and general screwed-upness. It is also quite awesome.

To find out more visit Jason’s website or blog.

Stitching Dreams: Amazing Examples of Panography

fuzzylogic — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:43:02 +0000

Panography is a photo merging technique that’s a close cousin to panoramic photography. But whereas panoramic photography relies on a strict grid to create one huge image, Panography uses a “scattered” structure where the pictures aren’t taken in a neat sequence from a tripod, but instead usually hand-held and seemingly without any order whatsoever.

The most common subject of panography are big architecture-dominated scenes – buildings, squares and cityscapes, but the technique can be used for almost any subject, even portraiture or macro. And given enough patience it can be combined with other techniques such as long exposures, light painting or HDR for truly other-worldly effects.

What I like about the technique isn’t just the ability to break out of the standard rectangular shape that defines 99.9% percent of photos, but also the ability to draw attention on individual details that would normally be lost in a huge scene while cutting out less important things and very literally guide the viewer to where you want him to go in the picture.

Enjoy some great examples of this technique:

For more examples check out the panography group on flickr.

Holy Cow! Is it a Bird? Is it a Plane? No, It’s a Guy in a Wing-Suit!

Ena — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:13:53 +0000

Jeb Corliss wing-suit demo from Jeb Corliss on Vimeo.

Every Single Discussion About Sexism Ever Made

Ena — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:47:08 +0000

An absolutely hilarious comic by Gabby Schulz.

You can check out the original post and what inspired this comic here.