Film Family Portraits
Paintings by Kirk Demarais. More at Creative Review.
An iPod music player is attached to the tactical vest of a U.S. soldier of 3rd Platoon from the 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division as he drives to the site of a roadside bomb explosion in the mountains of Wardak Province in Afghanistan July 11, 2009. (REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov). Via The Big Picture.
What some photographers will do for the perfect shot (in this case: carrying gear and wearing flip flops). The following pictures were taken by Hans van de Vorst from the Netherlands at the Grand Canyon, Arizona. The identity of the photographer in the photos is unknown. According to Hans, he climbed up safely.
Here's a good slideshow over at The New York Times. The artist Song Dong turned the contents of his mother's former home in Beijing into an installation titled "Waste Not."
A detail of "A football match of June 14th, 2002" by Chinses artist Huang Yong Ping at the Punta della Dogana in Venice on June 3, 2009. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images) Via The Big Picture.
Homes in Kabul built with drug money. Not the nicest places on the block. Via True/Slant.
Cellophane is celebrating America away from the usual technological advances and will return soon with fresh batteries.