The Team GB parade route passed by our office on the Strand. Naturally, we all downed tools and took to the streets to celebrate.
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14 PostsRIP Steve Jobs
Three different apples changed the world. The one eaten by Eve, the one that hit Newton, the one created by Steve Jobs.
Actors Acting in New York Times
A post by The Inspiration Room caught my eye …
The New York Times photography feature, Fifteen Actors Acting, has won a Gold Cube for photography
at the Art Directors Club global awards held in New York. Fifteen actors are captured in black and white
by Norwegian photographer Solve Sundsbo.
More images …. … Continue Reading
Golda and Dolph Lunderen
I won a LoveFilm competition this week and get to meet Dolph Lunderen in the flesh TOMORROW!!!
Those of you who have read my About Me page, know that there are only 3 men who rock my world … and Dolph is one of them.
Probably won’t be able to sleep tonight.
Details tomorrow.
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein and the Vienna Philharmonic performing Symphony No. 9 in D major: Mov. 4, “Adagio: Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend”
If you can’t see the video click here.
The Conductor
The great Leonard Bernstein
Portraits of the most Iconic people of all time
Webdesigner Depot recently published this post with over 100 portraits of the most iconic people of all time (or the most iconic images of all time – depending on how you look at it ).
The images are large and clear and many are stunning.
What is also interesting, are the comments, which had to be closed due to the intense debate on who should (or shouldn’t) have made the list.
Evelyn McHale – The Saddest Photograph
This photograph is of Evelyn McHale. On the 1st May 1947 she jumped 86 floors from the top of the Empire State Building. She was 23 years old.
On the ground below, a photography student named Robert Wiles managed to capture the scene minutes after her body landed on top of a parked limousine.
You can read the story behind the photograph here.
The Beauty of Bernini
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I have a new obsession courtesy of ‘The Power of Art’ on BBC Four … Bernini. His work is stunning. It had such a powerful effect on me that I put all my film, photography and writing projects on hold to focus on a new idea I had after watching the programme.
I plan to put up a project page detailing the various things I am working on along with a portfolio of all my completed work.
In the meantime, check out a gallery of Bernini’s most famous pieces ….