Reflections In The Bean

The 30 Most Obnoxious (And Expensive) Gamer Stock Photos

2009-02-24T11:17:00.001-06:00

Hahaha, oh man this is great!

The Salvage of Flight 1549

2009-02-10T13:57:00.002-06:00

Just how did they get that plane out of the Hudson river? Photographer Stephen Mallon shows us the salvage of flight 1549.

Tickets for Chicago screening of Objectified on sale today

2009-02-02T21:22:00.005-06:00

New film by the makers of Helvetica:

Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our relationship to manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. It’s a look at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets. It’s about industrial designers, the people who re-examine, re-evaluate and re-invent our manufactured environment on a daily basis. It’s about personal expression, identity, consumerism, and sustainability.

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Side note: If you haven't already seen Helvetica, it is showing on Channel 11 on Independent Lens. Check the web site for local listings.

(via Gapers Block)

Yousuf Karsh and Free Admission at the AIC

2009-01-28T14:31:00.003-06:00

Yousuf Karsh. Sir Winston Churchill, 1941.

In an effort to get more people inside the museum during the coldest days of the year, the Art Institute of Chicago is expanding free general admission to the entire month of February. AIC is also offering half-price admission to Becoming Edvard Munch which opens to the public on Feb. 14. While the Munch show is getting all the attention, there is another exhibition that should not be over-looked. Take the stairs down to the lower level to see some really spectacular portraits by Yousuf Karsh. The 100 photographs in this exhibition include such famous subjects as Ernest Hemingway, Georgia O’Keeffe, Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, and Marian Anderson.

Yousuf Karsh: Regarding Heroes
January 22–April 26, 2009

The Circus is in Town

2009-01-28T10:04:00.002-06:00

No, I'm not talking about our Governor's impeachment trial... I'm talking about Saltimbanco, the new on-the-road Cirque du Soleil production currently at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates. The Tribune has an exclusive backstage look at this incredible show.

Inauguration goodies

2009-01-23T11:16:00.006-06:00

What a week! Are you sick of the Obama inauguration coverage yet? I didn't think so... time to relive the moment with some awesome photo links:

Happy New Year

2009-01-08T18:25:00.003-06:00

Hello friends! Thanks for checking in on us. We have a gallery of new work up for you. Regularly scheduled updates are forthcoming.

Annie Leibovitz Dec. 2

2008-12-01T19:47:00.002-06:00

Head on down to the Harold Washington Library tomorrow evening for a special appearance by Annie Leibovitz. She'll be in town to support her new book, Annie Leibovitz at Work. The event is free, and no reservations are required, but seating is limited. Doors open at 5 p.m.

Harold Washington Library Center
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State Street
Chicago 60605

LIFE photo archive hosted by Google

2008-11-30T19:50:00.002-06:00

Add this one to your reference links. Now you can search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive directly in Google image search.

Michael Wolf's Transparent City

2008-11-11T08:23:00.002-06:00

Transparent City opens this Friday, Nov 14, 2008 - Jan 31, 2009. Don't miss a lecture by the photographer on 11/20 @ 6:30pm.

Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S. Michigan Ave
312.663.5554

The Chicagoan

2008-11-08T20:19:00.003-06:00

Check out these ridiculously cool magazine covers. They are all part of a new book by Neil Harris titled The Chicagoan: A Lost Magazine of the Jazz Age.

(via ChicagoMag.com)

Happy Halloween!

2008-10-31T15:45:00.000-05:00

Poladroid

2008-10-31T13:41:00.000-05:00

Less than a year after the demise of Polaroid film comes a fun little app that will create 'polaroid-like' pictures from your digital photos. Meet Poladroid!

Perroquet

2008-10-23T08:45:00.002-05:00

A beautiful study of birds in flight made by fashion photographer Sølve Sundsbø.

(via Boing Boing)

Made in Chicago: Portraits from the Bank of America LaSalle Collection

2008-10-19T13:41:00.002-05:00

Cecil McDonald Jr.'s Frances before dinner

October 18, 2008 – January 4, 2009
Exhibition Hall, Chicago Cultural Center
Free

Made In Chicago provides a rare glimpse into one of the largest and best corporate collections of the photographic medium. The exhibit features over 60 artists, including familiar names like Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind, but also many young rising stars like Cecil McDonald Jr.

(via Chicago Mag)

Lay Flat

2008-10-19T13:23:00.004-05:00

Lay Flat is the new moniker for what was once Remain In Light. Looks like the content has expanded to include a few essays, an interview and a poem to go along with the the photographs. I couldn't find a publication date on the website, can someone tell me when the first issue is scheduled to come out?

Wisdom

2008-10-18T12:11:00.003-05:00

Wisdom is the new book by Andrew Zuckerman, who you probably remember from the kick ass Creature book.

Graduate Portfolio Days

2008-10-17T19:08:00.003-05:00

Hey students, interested in pursuing an M.F.A., M.Arch. or M.A.? The Graduate Portfolio Days were conceived to give you immediate feedback on your work as suited to admission to a graduate course of study. Already held in NYC and SF, don't miss this final event right here in Chicago.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago
The Sage Studios for Fashion Design
36 S. Wabash Ave. 7th floor
Chicago, IL 60603
Sunday, Nov. 2, noon-4 p.m.

Haunted Chicago

2008-10-15T11:52:00.000-05:00

The 10 most haunted places in Chicago.

Strolling the White City in 2008

2008-10-02T09:05:00.004-05:00

A couple weeks ago I went on a tour of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition fairgrounds, or at least, what's left of the fairgrounds. Today Jackson Park is a quiet, unassuming place, but if you look hard enough you can still see some remnants of the White City.

Character on the Animal bridge.

Last original Kasuga Lantern from 1893, Osaka Garden, Wooded Island.

View of the former Palace of Fine Arts, now the Museum of Science and Industry, from the Wooded Island.

A tranquil place in the Osaka Gardens.

Stroll the White City

2008-10-01T09:12:00.003-05:00

Chicago Tribune unearths some rare photos of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.

Chicago Poster Biennial Winners Announced

2008-09-26T21:33:00.002-05:00

The winners of the First Chicago International Poster Biennial have been announced. The posters will be on public display in Daley Bicentennial Park through October 29.

Library of Dust

2008-09-24T08:37:00.003-05:00

Library of Dust depicts individual copper canisters, each containing the cremated remains of patient from a state-run psychiatric hospital. The patients died at the hospital between 1883 (the year the facility opened, when it was called the Oregon State Insane Asylum) and the 1970’s; their bodies have remained unclaimed by their families.

Description from photographer David Maisel's unsettling Library of Dust project. A new book based on these photos is out this month.

Forgotten Chicago

2008-09-18T23:16:00.003-05:00

Lots of interesting Chicago trivia on this site like old yellow signs, tiny streets and the story of Indian Boundary Line.

Chicago photoblogs I have been digging recently

2008-09-07T19:48:00.003-05:00

Thought I would share some of my favorites in no particular order: