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Leaving the viewer a changed person: Irving Penn

A good pho­to­graph is one that com­mu­ni­cates a fact, touches the heart, and leaves the viewer a changed per­son for hav­ing seen it; it is in one word, effec­tive.” Irv­ing Penn Irv­ing Penn reminds us that there’s a com­mon thread in the expe­ri­ence of beauty, whether it’s organic or inert, whether it’s tamed or wild, whether […]

I’ll give you the slip: Blondie

Amer­i­can Band­stand meets Deb­bie Harry. She goes utterly cool, a McLuhan-like anti­dote to the hot main­stream­ing of the Band­stand. The audi­ence? Watch for the hot-body boy­toy in the yel­low form-fitting T in the front row. Just to be sure younger read­ers know, that wasn’t the typ­i­cal look for the launch of New Wave. But it […]

The real Tron

via youtube.com Every­thing that you need to know about neural net­works, micro-chips, elec­trodes & san­guin­ity, spe­cial effects and the power of love to over­come all obsta­cles. For a heart-warming, time-warping triple fea­ture, watch Tron with The Planet of the Apes and Time & Again. from Dan McCarthy’s Stream