Saturday, August 28, 2010

The Beauty and Power of Photography

“I am the cause, I am the stockpile of chemical toys,
my body is a deadly gadget,
I reach out in love, my hands are guns,
my good intentions are completely lethal.”
– Margaret Atwood (excerpted form “It is Dangerous to Read Newspapers”) 
This quote may be more relevant to my previous post that I keep on fussing with.
Now for the photography part:
Here are some interesting pics and a great video. It illustrates the loss of time for reflection or the need for reflection in choosing what we shoot or make.
 


Daguerreotype's within daguerreotype's early pomo?
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/01/72414
Watch this video to see a contemporary use of the daguerreotype technique of photography from start to finish. My apologies to iPhone users this is a flash video.
 http://bit.ly/cM2X3M

Making of Daguerreotype by Takashi Arai from Takashi Arai on Vimeo.

2 comments:

  1. not daguerreotypes, but still interesting: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/russia_in_color_a_century_ago.html

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  2. I'm fairly sure the first one is. It's hard to tell from the pictures available online.

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