1. hrtbps: The ‘Napalm Girl’, 40 years later Joe McNally, who was commissioned by LIFE magazine to find and photograph subjects of Pulitzer Prize winning photos, shot Kim Phuc – the girl running from an airborne attack in this devastatingly iconic shot during the Vietnam War. The original photo was taken by AP photographer Nick Ut, and turned Kim into a propaganda tool for the anti-war movement.  Joe had the privilege of meeting and photographing Kim, who had recently given birth to her newborn son. Joe knew to treat the situation with care, since showcasing her scars from the napalm burn was significant. “For me, doing this assignment reconfirmed so many things I’ve always believed about photography,” says Joe in his blog post “On a Road, 40 Years Ago“. “That photo made on that horrible day was made in less than a second. Yet a lifetime spun on its power. With so many photographs being taken everywhere, easily, and thoughtlessly, it’s easy to forget how powerful they can be, and occasionally are.” (via)

    hrtbps:

    The ‘Napalm Girl’, 40 years later

    Joe McNally, who was commissioned by LIFE magazine to find and photograph subjects of Pulitzer Prize winning photos, shot Kim Phuc – the girl running from an airborne attack in this devastatingly iconic shot during the Vietnam War.

    The original photo was taken by AP photographer Nick Ut, and turned Kim into a propaganda tool for the anti-war movement.  Joe had the privilege of meeting and photographing Kim, who had recently given birth to her newborn son. Joe knew to treat the situation with care, since showcasing her scars from the napalm burn was significant.

    “For me, doing this assignment reconfirmed so many things I’ve always believed about photography,” says Joe in his blog post “On a Road, 40 Years Ago“. “That photo made on that horrible day was made in less than a second. Yet a lifetime spun on its power. With so many photographs being taken everywhere, easily, and thoughtlessly, it’s easy to forget how powerful they can be, and occasionally are.” (via)

  2. heyoscarwilde:

    Virtual Ornithology

    illustrations by Kenard W Pak :: via pandagun.blogspot.ca

  3. deleteyourself:

    Monster Island in Williamsburg is being knocked over to build, who knows, another condo. To draw the “curtains” on the space, they spilled paint down the side of the building covering its famous murals. (Source)

  4. eatsleepdraw: Check out my art @ tetronix.deviantart.com.

    eatsleepdraw:

    Check out my art @ tetronix.deviantart.com.

  5. eatsleepdraw: Shophouses In Palembang, Indonesia. :))

    eatsleepdraw:

    Shophouses In Palembang, Indonesia. :))

  6. theniftyfifties: ‘Surprising Catch’ - pin up art by Gil Elvgren, 1952.

    theniftyfifties:

    ‘Surprising Catch’ - pin up art by Gil Elvgren, 1952.

  7. eatsleepdraw: by SSKY

    eatsleepdraw:

    by SSKY

  8. lionskeleton:

    Questionnaire

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Oh, hello. Fancy meeting you here. I'm Al. Recipient of the Ultimate Swearer of the Year Award. Petite Canadienne française poignée au "pays" des Loyalistes. Pleased to meet you.

This tumblr is 99% reblogs and 1% original content (mostly my own instragrammed photos) - probably less. I reblog all sorts of bullshit that amuses me or that I find pretty or cute or weird or interesting or etcetera.

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That said, if you'd like to see some original stuff, I've got two photo projects on the go. I'm bad a this: The Tim Hortons Project and I'm really bad, but getting better, at doing this: Dinosaurs! WOO!
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