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Vivian Maier Photographs

Vivian Maier Self Portrait
Vivian Maier Self Portrait

I first heard about Vivian Maier on the This American Life special The Invisible Made Visible. Aside from all the other wonderful stories and performances on the special, was the work of a photographer I had never encountered before. If you haven’t heard the story about Vivian Maier’s photographs, I won’t ruin it here. I would urge you to download the special ($5 digitally) and watch the amazing story unfold.

Issues of Vivian’s posthumous privacy aside.

Needless to say, I was blown away. I have known of many photographers’ work that is arresting, but Vivian’s raw output is incredible. Over the course of her life, Vivian generated 100,000 to 150,000 negatives and over 3,000 prints. That she was never known when she was alive and that we were almost robbed of one of the greatest American photographers, is a frightening thought. While I have selected a few of her photographs I would urge you to take a look at vivianmaier.com for an even greater collection.

I, myself, shall be saving my pennies to hopefully one day afford one of her prints. She has served as an inspiration to my work lately and has shown me how much can be accomplished by just taking a moment to see the world.

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Flickr gives 1TB of Storage and I Purchase a Cannon T3i

Flickr has announced that all users will be getting 1TB of free photo hosting. That is pretty sizable free storage! Add to that, they have also announced that all images will be available at full-size and the deal gets even sweeter!

I used to use Flickr way back before Yahoo bought them and for the most part, I really enjoyed the service. I even paid for it at one point, before I realized that I don’t like renting where I put my precious images.

This news is a game changer in terms of photo storage and hopefully realigns Flickr as the serious photographer’s web storage option. Even their home page allows you to calculate how many photographs 1TB holds (The answer is, it is always a lot of photographs!). I was so jazzed, I quickly picked up a refurbished Cannon Rebel T3i Body (for $351.99) to replace my ailing Rebel XT now almost 10 years old.

So, my advice is to dust off your Yahoo account and get snapping!


Update: Flickr was sold and the first thing they did was back out of the 1 TB of storage. They didn’t keep it for existing users. Unfortunately, the profit model of a ton of storage for free is unsustainable. Google Photos did the same thing, however, I trust Google will be around in ten years. I’m not so sure about Flickr at this point.

Personally, I now keep my photos backed up locally. Maybe something to explore on a self-hosted basis in the future. Contact me if you have any recommendations!

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Things Come Apart

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Things Come Apart is a fascinating series Todd McLellan of taking things… apart. You really can’t describe it without saying the name.

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Pressgram

Pressgram

Pressgram is an Instagram like image sharing app built for WordPress. Best of all, you retain full ownership of your images. Support it on Kickstarter!

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Photos of Children From Around the World With Their Most Prized Possessions

Photos of Children From Around the World With Their Most Prized Possessions. I love this.

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PechaKucha 20×20

An intense presentation style developed in Tokyo of 20 slides, each slide being on screen 20 seconds (hence 20×20). All PechaKucha presentations are over in 6.66 minutes.

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Incredible Photos of Afghanistan October 2012

These photographs in the Atlantic of October 2012 in Afganistan are beautiful, frightening  and incredibly touching.

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Look guys, I voted

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While I feel 7-eleven’s cup endorsements meaningless, it does make me wonder if voting in the United States will ever be as easy as grabbing a cup of coffee? Can we make the process as seamless as picking a candidate and swiping your credit card?

Update:

Surprisingly, it looks as though the 7-11 election cup thingis actually very accurate?! And apparently Obama is is the leadwith 59%. Who knew?

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GRIN

GRIN (Great Images In NASA) is the official depository for all images from NASA, even if its acronym doesn’t make much sense. It is an amazing resource and full of fascinating images.

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Sunset Smith and 9th

!(photo)http://photos14.flickr.com/15965227_f4424dc1cd.jpg(Smith and 9th Street during sun showers)!:http://www.flickr.com/photos/funtimeben/15965227/