360 City Panoramas: a fun way to visit Berlin!

Date December 5, 2007

This site is not new, but it’s new to me. I was researching historical imagery for a client project and story about the Russian economy. As is often the case in web-trekking, I ended up following a different interesting path. I veered towards Berlin, Germany, and Checkpoint Charlie, which led me to this incredible site [...]

“Self Representation in the Arabian Gulf,” Exhibit in Doha, Qatar

Date November 19, 2007

 
VCU-Qatar is hosting an exhibit exploring lens-based self-portraiture and identity in the Gulf region. The exhibit was curated by Natalie Bailey and Sally Van Gorder who are both artists in their own right (and Sally’s a good friend of ours! YEA, Sally!) The exploration of personal identity, as well as the display of it through photographic imagery, is especially [...]

The answer to “Where’s Waldo? (aka Abe Lincoln)” in a high resolution scan

Date November 16, 2007

USA Today reported today that a Civil War Historian, John Richter, thinks he has found Lincoln in an incredibly small crowd shot shortly before his delivery of The Gettysburg Address. The power of the scanner is impressive. The dedication of the historian to comb through the details of it is even more impressive (and [...]