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Lisa Black does some fairly awesome things with dead animals. Honestly, I wish I’d thought of this first and had the necessary skills to do it to this effect.
‘Fixed - Fawn’
‘Fixed - Baby Crocodile’ - This one has moving gears and actually walks. Creepsome.
I’ve been tinkering with a steam-punk story for a while now, and […]
Posted on February 20th, 2008 in Research with no comments
POLAND—Teresa, a child in a residence for disturbed children, grew up in a concentration camp. She has drawn a picture of “home” on the blackboard, 1948. © David Seymour
PESHAWAR, Pakistan—An Afghan girl at Nasir Bagh refugee camp, 1984. © Steve McCurry
“What do you think they see?”
“I don’t know, but it’s probably worth seeing.”
“Let’s put cameras […]
Posted on February 19th, 2008 in Research with no comments
Zoltan Balogh’s powerful image of the Sziget Festival in Budapest
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Posted on February 17th, 2008 in Research with no comments
‘Mr. Tetanus, a performance artist, wears a self-made 10mm spike through his ankle, behind the Achilles tendon, and has had it now for about twelve years. In the picture you can see it now, as well as a photo looking through the hole and showing the displacement of the tendon. He doesn’t take it out […]
Posted on February 14th, 2008 in Research with no comments
I don’t condone this at all, but it’s an amazing photo and a great springboard for a character someday.
Pieter Hugo won first prize in the single portrait category in 2006 for this photo of Malla Gahadima Ahamadu with the hyena Jamis, Abuja, Nigeria.
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Posted on February 14th, 2008 in Research with no comments
Nothing insightful or interesting to say about it. I just love it.
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Posted on February 13th, 2008 in Research with no comments
‘If you’ve ever considered getting a tattoo, it’s probably for aesthetic purposes. That’s all well and good, but in the near future getting a tattoo might be the best way to deliver vaccines, so if you go in for a new ink job you could also protect yourself from any number of diseases, including some […]
Posted on February 13th, 2008 in Research with no comments
Posted on February 13th, 2008 in Research with no comments
Talking CCTV cameras started popping up on newsites a few months back, and one was installed more recently (and mocked because, hey, some guy a mile away is telling you off through a camera. It just asks for mocking.) but now they’re really being rolled out.
‘The disembodied voices of authority offering advice and warnings that […]
Posted on February 13th, 2008 in Research with no comments
We all knew about anti-tank dogs, but there’s so much more.
I’m torn between the killer dolphins and exploding bats, myself.
I read about the dolphins a while back. When they were trained and finally put into the ocean, they all buggered off. Gotta love an animal that’s about as smart as you.
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Posted on February 12th, 2008 in Research with no comments