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This wheat-pasted mural was created by Shepard Fairey for Wynwood Walls in 2009. It includes references to climate change, the question of war, and human rights, with the figure on the far left of Burmese opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi.
Obey Giant is a street art campaign by artist and guerrilla marketer Shepard Fairey. The campaign originated with the André the Giant Has a Posse sticker that Fairey created in 1986 in Charleston, South Carolina. Distributed by the skater community, the stickers began showing up everywhere. In 1989, while a student at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design), Fairey released his manifesto and the Obey Giant campaign was born. The campaign, an "experiment in phenomenology" pushed primarily through stickers and prints, has a mission to attempts to stimulate curiosity and bring people to question both the campaign and their relationship with their surroundings. Because people are not used to seeing advertisements or propaganda for which the motive is not obvious, frequent and novel encounters with Obey propaganda provoke thought and possible frustration, nevertheless revitalizing the viewer's perception and attention to detail. Over time the artwork has been reused in a number of ways, most famously in with his "Hope" campaign poster for Barack Obama in the 2008 United States Presidential election.
Wynwood Walls, located on a six-building complex along NW 2nd Avenue between NW 25th and NW 26th Streets, was opened by Tony Goldman and Goldman Properties in 2009 to bring together the world's greatest artists working in the graffiti and street art. In 2010, Tony added the Wynwood Doors, 176-feet of roll-up storefront gates. And in 2011, murals outside the complex have been commissioned for Outside the Walls.
Ymbert DE BATARNAY, conseiller de quatre rois de France
(D'après « Revue des questions historiques » paru en 1887)
Le proverbe populaire "tel maître, tel valet", n'est pas vrai seulement en économie domestique ; il a son application dans la politique et dans l'histoire. Le caractère d'un souverain, ses goûts, ses qualités intellectuelles et morales, et aussi ses défauts, se devinent facilement aux qualités qu'il exige et aux défauts qu'il cherche à exploiter dans ceux qu'il prend pour collaborateurs.
Ymbert de Batarnay, seigneur du Bouchage, méritait à ce titre de sortir de l'oubli où il était tombé, malgré une allusion flatteuse de Commines. J. Quicherat, cet érudit sagace qui a su pénétrer tant des secrets du XVe siècle, ne s'y était pas trompé. Les recherches déjà anciennes auxquelles il s'était livré sur le compte de ce personnage, avaient donné naissance à un dossier considérable ; et M. de Mandrot qui, sans les connaître, avait rencontré, au cours de ses propres travaux, ce nom trop ignoré, avait deviné lui aussi la valeur de celui qui le portait et commencé à l'étudier. Il a donc très légitimement recueilli la succession de son éminent prédécesseur, au sein de son ouvrage Ymbert de Batarnay, seigneur du Bouchage, conseiller des rois Louis XI, Charles VIII, Louis XII et François Ier, paru en 1886.
Qu'était-ce donc que cet Ymbert de Batarnay, dont le nom n'éveille au premier moment aucun souvenir historique ? Un membre de cette petite noblesse de Dauphiné dans laquelle Louis XI recruta nombre de bons serviteurs, sur lequel son adresse de chasseur, s'il faut en croire un récit quelque peu légendaire, attira l'attention du dauphin, grand chasseur lui-même ; un simple écuyer, dont son maître, suivant une de ses habitudes, avait commencé la fortune par un riche mariage. Si, malgré la violence faite, sinon au cœur de la jeune Georgette de Montchenu, du moins aux désirs de ses parents, qui payèrent de la perte de leurs biens et de la seigneurie du Bouchage, entre autres, leur résistance à la volonté royale, Ymbert de Batarnay n'eut, semble-t-il, pas trop de peine à se faire aimer de sa femme ; au moins une intervention aussi énergique de Louis XI en sa faveur témoigne-t-elle de l'estime dans laquelle le roi le tenait dès lors ; car, en politique pratique et avisé, ce prince n'achetait par de pareils bienfaits que ceux dont il attendait des services.
Si l'on ignore ceux qui, à ce moment déjà, avaient pu rendre du Bouchage précieux à son maître, il est facile, en lisant le livre de M. de Mandrot, de voir comment une telle bienveillance fut justifiée plus tard. Les aptitudes dont témoigne la carrière de du Bouchage sont de celles que Louis XI appréciait au plus haut degré, car il fut ce que le roi fut par dessus tout lui-même : un diplomate, constamment chargé, pendant toute la durée du règne, des plus délicates missions. Ainsi il semble à peu près établi que, pendant le séjour de Louis XI à Péronne, c'est lui qui alla, au nom du roi, porter la lettre recommandant à Dammartin l'abstention de toute hostilité contre les Bourguignons, et l'assurant même (il y en avait besoin) de l'entière spontanéité avec laquelle le roi accompagnait Charles le Téméraire dans son expédition contre les Liégeois.
Pendant toute la vie de Charles de France, frère de Louis XI, il travailla à le maintenir ou à le ramener dans de bons termes avec le roi. Après la mort de ce triste prince, il fut l'un des principaux intermédiaires employés à détacher de leur maître les serviteurs du duc de Bretagne, surtout ceux qui, comme Odet d'Aydie, s'étaient attachés à la fortune de François II, après avoir commencé par suivre celle du duc de Guyenne. Chargé parfois de missions plus pénibles, de la répression de l'émeute de Bourges en 1474, de l'insurrection de Roussillon en 1475, il contribua, par une indulgence d'autant plus remarquable chez lui qu'elle faisait tout à fait défaut chez son maître et chez la plupart de leurs contemporains, à atténuer des rigueurs qui nous paraissent aujourd'hui exagérées, mais qui sans lui l'eussent été bien davantage.
Enfin il négocia l'entrevue de Louis XI avec Édouard IV en 1475, la remise du connétable de Saint-Pol entre les mains du roi par Charles le Téméraire, et, après la mort de celui-ci, avec les gens de Maximilien la cession de la Franche-Comté. Son rôle ne cessa pas, comme celui de tant d'autres conseillers de Louis XI, après la mort de celui-ci.
Fidèle à Charles VIII et aux conseillers que son père lui avait lui-même choisis, il contribua plus que personne à maintenir dans l'obéissance les Orléanais, que leur duc poussait à la révolte contre la régente ; il prit une part active aux négociations qui, par le mariage de Charles VIII avec la jeune duchesse de Bretagne, préparèrent la réunion définitive de cette province à la couronne, et à celles qui, en assurant au marquis de Saluces, moyennant l'hommage par lui prêté à Charles VIII, l'appui de la France contre la Savoie, devaient faciliter l'invasion française en Italie ; et quand le moment fut venu, son maître lui confia la mission d'acheter le concours des condottieri italiens, mission difficile à une heure où l'épuisement du trésor rendait l'économie absolument nécessaire.
Sous Louis XII, il est également chargé d'obtenir des subsides des États du Dauphiné et surtout de « donner ordre au passage tant pour faire passer les gens de guerre de pied et de cheval que pour les vivres » ; sa connaissance des montagnes où il avait passé son enfance pouvait être d'un puissant secours ; mais son âge le rendant désormais incapable de prendre part à une longue expédition, il ne suivit pas Louis XII au delà des Alpes.
Enfin François Ier, honorant sa vieillesse par une marque suprême de confiance, tout en respectant un repos bien gagné, lui remit la surveillance de ses filles, et le nomma gouverneur du dauphin dont on attendait encore la naissance.
Ce fut, comme on le voit, jusqu'à la fin, une existence fort remplie que celle d'Ymbert de Batarnay ; les intérêts de sa propre fortune, rétablissement de ses enfants et de ses petits-enfants, absorbaient largement d'ailleurs tous les loisirs que pouvaient lui laisser les affaires publiques. Apre au gain, comme la plupart des gens de sa province, il n'avait laissé échapper aucune occasion de s'enrichir, et Louis XI ne les marchandait pas aux serviteurs en qui il pouvait se fier. Devenu par son mariage seigneur du Bouchage, il avait par la suite considérablement arrondi ses domaines de Dauphiné.
Après la condamnation du comte d'Armagnac et celle du duc de Nemours, il y avait joint plusieurs des seigneuries qu'ils possédaient dans le midi de la France ; le comté de Fezensac y avait été reconstitué à son profit ; en Touraine enfin, il avait acquis le château de Bridoré, il avait reconstruit celui de Montrésor, sans parler de ses autres possessions semées un peu partout et dont l'énumération serait trop longue. Ce n'est donc pas sans motif, sinon sans raillerie, que Louis XI l'appelait le « riche comte », et il pouvait lui promettre à titre d'encouragement, sans que celui-ci eût droit d'en prendre trop d'humeur, « ce qu'il aimait le mieux, argent ».
Toutes ces acquisitions, parfois d'origine très contestable, n'étaient pas naturellement sans être contestées ; mais du Bouchage avait pour lui le roi, et si les procès qu'il eut à soutenir furent pour lui jusqu'à son dernier jour une cause de tracas, au moins ne portèrent-ils presque jamais atteinte à sa fortune.
Ainsi du Bouchage était avide et intéressé : c'est par là qu'il donna sur lui prise à Louis XI ; mais les faveurs du roi ne tombèrent pas cette fois comme tant d'autres sur un ingrat ; et la fidélité religieusement conservée par du Bouchage aux trois successeurs de Louis XI, comme à son premier maître, devient chez lui comme une sorte de patriotisme. D'ailleurs, comme rien n'est aussi voisin d'un défaut qu'une qualité, on peut dire que, sans cette préoccupation excessive de sa fortune, sans cette sollicitude à ne laisser échapper aucune occasion de l'accroître, sans son opiniâtreté à la défendre, du Bouchage n'aurait peut être pas été pour Louis XI le diplomate sagace qu'il fut : la gestion de ses propres affaires le forma à celle des affaires publiques, et elle ne lui fit jamais oublier ses devoirs envers l'État. Elle dut surtout développer chez lui une qualité louée par Louis XI, bon connaisseur en pareille matière : « la patience à attendre le bon coup », et elle ne l'empêcha pas de se faire de nombreux amis, surtout parmi les dépositaires de la faveur royale ; enfin il possédait si bien l'art de se rendre nécessaire qu'aucun des souverains sous lesquels il vécut ne crut pouvoir se passer de ses services ; ce sont là, sinon des vertus, du moins des qualités faites pour assurer la fortune de celui qui les possède.
Comme le fait justement remarquer M. de Mandrot, les défauts incontestables de du Bouchage furent à coup sur moindres que ceux de beaucoup de ses contemporains, et « si ses talents ne l'élèvent pas au rang d'un homme d'État de premier ordre, peut-être faut-il en accuser surtout l'époque où il vécut et l'éducation qu'il reçut de Louis XI ; son premier maître (...) Autoritaire au delà de tout, ce roi forma d'excellents serviteurs et légua à son fils des conseillers avisés, mais jamais il n'eût souffert qu'autour de son trône une tête s'élevât trop haut. Le mérite de l'homme qui nous occupe fut précisément de se rendre indispensable à ses maîtres, sans jamais forcer le talent que la nature lui avait départi.
« Certes la France a possédé nombre de politiques plus féconds et la royauté s'est servie d'instruments d'une trempe autrement fine ; l'histoire les connaît ; depuis longtemps elle les a jugés, et les travaux les mieux fondés de la critique moderne n'ont pas modifié sensiblement l'opinion que nos pères s'étaient formée de leur génie. Moins appréciés nécessairement ont été les acteurs secondaires du drame. Travailleurs acharnés, n'ont-ils pas, eux aussi, bien servi leur pays, chacun à son rang et à son heure ? N'ont-ils pas pour une grande part contribué à l'achèvement de l'édifice de la monarchie, et par suite à la constitution de l'unité française qui fut son œuvre ? A ce titre, les hommes comme du Bouchage méritent d'être signalés, et l'on estimera, du moins je l'espère, qu'Ymbert de Batarnay avait droit à quelques pages de souvenir ».
Question Mark. Aus der Serie „Satzzeichen“ 2014
Rotierende Skulptur aus Lianen Findling, fluoriszierendes Klebeband, schwarze Totenkopf Büchse und Schwarz Licht
Skulptur, Objekt, Video, Installation, Fotografie
Markus Wintersberger 2014
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A companion shot to 'Bright Eyes'. This one is more or less the same, shot a little brighter and edited to have a less gritty feel, but the expression still makes it a pretty non-traditional galm shot.
I tend to lean to exposing things to the left of the histogram (underexposed). Just a tendency I have, most people tend to go to the right and blow things out. For these sorts of studio shots with a lot of pale skin and a white background (specifically a glossy shower) getting the exposure balanced is interesting to say the least, but I really do love the look of a nice, bright glam shot like this.
Shot with my D300 and 50 f/1.4, two SB-600 flashes triggered via CLS. Both with diffusers, one camera right and close, pointed down at the model and the second camera left and high, over my shoulder pointed a little higher.
Editing was done in Lightroom and Photoshop. Basics in Lightroom and then the B&W added as a layer and then removed from the areas I wanted to have colour.
Three hundred Pontypridd students to put politicians on the spot
03 November 2011
Four National Assembly Members will be put on the spot on Friday 4 November when around 300 sixth-form students take part in a “Question Time” event at Hawthorn High School in Pontypridd.
Mick Antoniw AM, Andrew RT Davies AM, Eluned Parrot AM and Leanne Wood AM will be questioned by the students – who are from three Pontypridd secondary schools - on topics including recycling, health, the economy, education and the environment.
The event will be chaired by Dilwyn Young-Jones, South Wales Education Outreach Officer for the National Assembly.
www.assemblywales.org/newhome/new-news-fourth-assembly.ht...
Gwleidyddion i gael eu holi gan 300 o fyfyrwyr o Bontypridd
3 Tachwedd 2011
Ddydd Gwener 4 Tachwedd, bydd 300 o fyfyrwyr chweched dosbarth yn holi pedwar Aelod Cynulliad mewn digwyddiad yn Ysgol Uwchradd Hawthorn ym Mhontypridd.
Bydd y myfyrwyr, sy’n dod o dair ysgol uwchradd ym Mhontypridd, yn holi Mick Antoniw AC, Andrew RT Davies AC, Eluned Parrot AC a Leanne Wood AC ar bynciau a fydd yn cynnwys ailgylchu, iechyd, yr economi, addysg a’r amgylchedd.
Caiff y digwyddiad ei gadeirio gan Dilwyn Young-Jones, swyddog allgymorth addysg y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol yn ne Cymru.
www.assemblywales.org/cy/newhome/new-news-fourth-assembly...
The reason why this is here still puzzles me
Actually it's from the refresh of the Washougal, Washington Safeway grocery store. The floor paneling was off and a random "?" was painted on the floor bear the produce department. Probably shouldn't of told you that. Kind of ruins the whole mystery of it, yeah ... Well... You don't like it, make something up.
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A full interview with the Israeli painter Raphael Perez (in Hebrew Rafi Peretz) about the ideas behind the naive painting, resume, personal biography and CV
Question: Raphael Perez Tell us about your work process as a naive painter?
Answer: I choose the most iconic and famous buildings in every city and town that are architecturally interesting and have a special shape and place the iconic buildings on boulevards full of trees, bushes, vegetation, flowers.
Question: How do you give depth in your naive paintings?
Answer: To give depth to the painting, I build the painting with layers of vegetation, after those low famous buildings, followed by a tall avenue of trees, and behind them towers and skyscrapers, in the sky I sometimes put innocent signs of balloons, kites.
A recurring motif in some of my paintings is the figure of the painter who is in the center of the boulevard and paints the entire scene unfolding in front of him, also there are two kindergarten teachers who are walking with the kindergarten children with the state flags that I paint, and loving couples hugging and kissing and family paintings of mother, father and child walking in harmony on the boulevard.
Question: Raphael Perez What characterizes your naive painting?
Answer: Most naive paintings have the same characteristics
(Definition as it appears in Wikipedia)
• Tells a simple story to absorb from everyday life, usually with humans.
• The representation of the painter's idealization to reality - the mapping of reality.
• Failure to maintain perspective - especially details even in distant details.
• Extensive use of repeating patterns - many details.
• Warm and bright colors.
• Sometimes the emphasis is on outlines.
• Most of the characters are flat, lack volume
• No interest in texture, expression, correct proportions
• No interest in anatomy.
• There is not much use of light and shadow, the colors create a three-dimensional effect.
I find these definitions to be valid for all my naive paintings
Question: Raphael Perez Why do you mainly choose the city of Tel Aviv?
Answer: I was born in Jerusalem, the capital city which I love very much and also paint,
I love the special Bauhaus buildings in Tel Aviv, the ornamental buildings that were built a century ago in the 1920s and 1930s, the beautiful boulevards, towers and modern skyscrapers give you the feeling of the hustle and bustle of a large metropolis and there are quite a few low and tall buildings that are architecturally fascinating in their form the special one
Also, the move to Tel Aviv, which is the capital of culture, freedom, and secularism, allowed me to live my life as I chose, to live in a relationship with a man, Jerusalem, which is a traditional city, it is more complicated to live a homosexual life, also, the art world takes place mainly in the city of Tel Aviv, and it is possible that from a professional point of view, this allows I can support myself better in Tel Aviv than in any other city in Israel.
Question: raphael perez are the paintings of the city of Tel Aviv different from the paintings of the city of Jerusalem
Answer: Most of the paintings of Jerusalem have an emphasis on the color yellow, gold, the color of the old city walls, the subjects I painted in Jerusalem are mainly a type of idealization of a peaceful life between Jews and Arabs and paintings that deal with the Jewish religious world, a number of paintings depict all shades of the currents of Judaism of today
In contrast, the Tel Aviv paintings are more colorful, with skyscrapers, the sea, balloons and more secular motifs
Question: Raphael Perez Tell us about which buildings and their architects you usually choose in your city paintings
Answer: My favorite buildings are those that have a special shape that anyone can recognize and are the symbols of the city and you will give several examples:
In the city of Tel Aviv, my favorite buildings are: the opera building with its unusual geometric shape, the Yisrotel tower with its special head, the Hail Bo Shalom tower that for years was the symbol of the tallest building in Tel Aviv, the Levin house that looks like a Japanese pagoda, the burgundy-colored Nordeau hotel with the special dome at the end of the building, A pair of Alon towers with the special structure of the sea, Bauhaus buildings typical of Tel Aviv with the special balconies and the special staircase, the Yaakov Agam fountain in Dizengoff square appears in a large part of the paintings, many towers that are in the stock exchange complex, the Aviv towers and other tall buildings on Ayalon, in some of the paintings I took plans An outline of future buildings that need to be built in the city and I drew them even before they were built in reality,
In the paintings of Jerusalem, I mainly chose the area of the Old City and East Jerusalem, a painting of the walls of the Old City, the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the El Akchea Mosque, the Tower of David, most of the famous churches in the city, the right hand of Moses, in most of the paintings the Jew is wearing a blue shirt with a red male cord I was in the youth movement and the Arab with a galabia, and in the paintings of the religious public then, Jews with black suits and white shirts, tallitas, kippahs, special hats, synagogues and more
I also created three paintings of the city of Haifa and one painting of Safed
In the Haifa paintings I drew the university, the Technion, the famous Egged Tower, the Sail Tower, well-known hotels, of course the Baha'i Gardens and the Baha'i Temple, Haifa Port and the boats and other famous buildings in the city
Question: Have you created series of other cities from around the world?
Answer: I created series of New York City with all the iconic and famous buildings such as: the Guggenheim Museum, the famous skyscrapers - the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, Lincoln Center, the famous synagogue in the city, the Statue of Liberty, the flags of the United States and other famous buildings
Two paintings of London and all its famous sites, Big Ben, famous monuments, the Ferris wheel, Queen Elizabeth and her family, the double bus, the famous public telephone, palaces, famous churches, well-known monuments
I created 4 naive paintings of cities in China, a painting of Shanghai, two paintings of the city of Suzhou and a painting of the World Park in the city of Beijing... I chose the famous skyline of Shanghai with all the famous towers, the famous promenade, temples and old buildings, two Paintings of the city of Suzhou with the famous canals, bridges, special gardens, towers and skyscrapers of the city
If you asked the question: Would the new 7D MKII AF system handle a 150-600 Tamron with a 1.4X Teleconverter and still autofocus? Well I hope this will go toward answering your question. In short yes. But. And there's always a but. It does need good light and/or a high ISO (Up to 1250 in some shots I took) and you are limited to ( in my experience on the day anyway) Single point Spot AF. Single point AF. AF Point Expansion. AF Point Expansion (Surrounding points) and Zone AF. Well five out of the seven available isn't bad in my humble opinion.
This shot for instance taken later in the afternoon as I was about to leave the park and with the sun dropping away behind and to the right of this lovely animal had me reaching for the ISO button and a 1250 setting got the focus on and got me the shot. I could have focussed manually but I was testing things out. The Sigma Teleconverter takes nothing away from the sharpness though and I was pleased with the result even though I had to process the RAW file in the barely adequate Canon DPP software and finish it off in my usual workflow. The previous image of the Pere David Deer was also shot with the Sigma APO EX DG 1.4X TC'v on the back of the 150-600.
All images taken with the kit mounted on a monopod.
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Sittin' in the mornin' sun
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come
Watching the ships roll in
And then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time
Question Time to the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso (right) today in the EP hemicycle. Michal Kamiński (ECR)
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Leland Melvin, NASA Associate Administrator for Education and former space shuttle astronaut, answers questions from students about his experience as an astronaut on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011, at Ferebee-Hope Elementary School in Washington, DC. Ferebee-Hope Elementary School, in collaboration with Reading is Fundamental (RIF), hosted this event in honor of Black History Month, and to highlight the importance of reading. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Three hundred Pontypridd students to put politicians on the spot
03 November 2011
Four National Assembly Members will be put on the spot on Friday 4 November when around 300 sixth-form students take part in a “Question Time” event at Hawthorn High School in Pontypridd.
Mick Antoniw AM, Andrew RT Davies AM, Eluned Parrot AM and Leanne Wood AM will be questioned by the students – who are from three Pontypridd secondary schools - on topics including recycling, health, the economy, education and the environment.
The event will be chaired by Dilwyn Young-Jones, South Wales Education Outreach Officer for the National Assembly.
www.assemblywales.org/newhome/new-news-fourth-assembly.ht...
Gwleidyddion i gael eu holi gan 300 o fyfyrwyr o Bontypridd
3 Tachwedd 2011
Ddydd Gwener 4 Tachwedd, bydd 300 o fyfyrwyr chweched dosbarth yn holi pedwar Aelod Cynulliad mewn digwyddiad yn Ysgol Uwchradd Hawthorn ym Mhontypridd.
Bydd y myfyrwyr, sy’n dod o dair ysgol uwchradd ym Mhontypridd, yn holi Mick Antoniw AC, Andrew RT Davies AC, Eluned Parrot AC a Leanne Wood AC ar bynciau a fydd yn cynnwys ailgylchu, iechyd, yr economi, addysg a’r amgylchedd.
Caiff y digwyddiad ei gadeirio gan Dilwyn Young-Jones, swyddog allgymorth addysg y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol yn ne Cymru.
www.assemblywales.org/cy/newhome/new-news-fourth-assembly...
Question Mark. Aus der Serie „Satzzeichen“ 2014
Rotierende Skulptur aus Lianen Findling, fluoriszierendes Klebeband, schwarze Totenkopf Büchse und Schwarz Licht
Skulptur, Objekt, Video, Installation, Fotografie
Markus Wintersberger 2014
Some of you may have noticed that, unfortunately, owing to the fact that a certain person who sells truck photos on eBay commercially has been lifting my images from this album and selling them I have had to remove 2300 photos that didn't have a watermark. I have now run around 1700 through Lightroom and added a watermark with the intention of bulk uploading them again. Rather than watermark the existing (hidden) files in Flickr one at a time it will be easier to do it this way. I definitely won’t be adding individual tags with the make and model of each vehicle I will just add generic transport tags. Each photo is named after the vehicle and reg in any case. For anyone new to these images there is a chapter and verse explanation below. It is staggering how many times I get asked questions that a quick scan would answer or just as likely I can’t possibly answer – I didn’t take them, but, just to clarify-I do own the copyright- and I do pursue copyright theft.
This is a collection of scanned prints from a collection of photographs taken by the late Jim Taylor A number of years ago I was offered a large number of photographs taken by Jim Taylor, a transport photographer based in Huddersfield. The collection, 30,000 prints, 20,000 negatives – and copyright! – had been offered to me and one of the national transport magazines previously by a friend of Jim's, on behalf of Jim's wife. I initially turned them down, already having over 30,000 of my own prints filed away and taking space up. Several months later the prints were still for sale – at what was, apparently, the going rate. It was a lot of money and I deliberated for quite a while before deciding to buy them. I did however buy them directly from Jim’s wife and she delivered them personally – just to quash the occasional rumour from people who can’t mind their own business. Although some prints were sold elsewhere, particularly the popular big fleet stuff, I should have the negatives, unfortunately they came to me in a random mix, 1200 to a box, without any sort of indexing and as such it would be impossible to match negatives to prints, or, to even find a print of any particular vehicle. I have only ever looked at a handful myself unless I am scanning them. The prints are generally in excellent condition and I initially stored them in a bedroom without ever looking at any of them. In 2006 I built an extension and they had to be well protected from dust and moved a few times. Ultimately my former 6x7 box room office has become their (and my own work’s) permanent home.
I hope to avoid posting images that Jim had not taken his self, however should I inadvertently infringe another photographers copyright, please inform me by email and I will resolve the issue immediately. There are copyright issues with some of the photographs that were sold to me. A Flickr member from Scotland drew my attention to some of his own work amongst the first uploads of Jim’s work. I had a quick look through some of the 30 boxes of prints and decided that for the time being the safest thing for me to do was withdraw the majority of the earlier uploaded scans and deal with the problem – which I did. whilst the vast majority of the prints are Jims, there is a problem defining copyright of some of them, this is something that the seller did not make clear at the time. I am reasonably confident that I have since been successful in identifying Jims own work. His early work consists of many thousands of lustre 6x4 prints which are difficult to scan well, later work is almost entirely 7x5 glossy, much easier to scan. Not all of the prints are pin sharp but I can generally print successfully to A4 from a scan.
You may notice photographs being duplicated in this Album, unfortunately there are multiple copies of many prints (for swapping) and as I have to have a system of archiving and backing up I can only guess - using memory - if I have scanned a print before. The bigger fleets have so many similar vehicles and registration numbers that it is impossible to get it right all of the time. It is easier to scan and process a print than check my files - on three different PC’s - for duplicates. There has not been, nor will there ever be, any intention to knowingly breach anyone else's copyright. I have presented the Jim Taylor collection as exactly that-The Jim Taylor Collection- his work not mine, my own work is quite obviously mine.
Unfortunately, many truck spotters have swapped and traded their work without copyright marking it as theirs. These people never anticipated the ease with which images would be shared online in the future. I would guess that having swapped and traded photos for many years that it is almost impossible to control their future use. Anyone wanting to control the future use of their work would have been well advised to copyright mark their work (as many did) and would be well advised not to post them on photo sharing sites without a watermark as the whole point of these sites is to share the image, it is very easy for those that wish, to lift any image, despite security settings, indeed, Flickr itself, warns you that this is the case. It was this abuse and theft of my material that led me to watermark all of my later uploads. I may yet withdraw non-watermarked photos, I haven’t decided yet. (I did in the end)
To anyone reading the above it will be quite obvious that I can’t provide information regarding specific photos or potential future uploads – I didn’t take them! There are many vehicles that were well known to me as Jim only lived down the road from me (although I didn’t know him), however scanning, titling, tagging and uploading is laborious and time consuming enough, I do however provide a fair amount of information with my own transport (and other) photos. I am aware that there are requests from other Flickr users that are unanswered, I stumble across them months or years after they were posted, this isn’t deliberate. Some weekends one or two “enthusiasts” can add many hundreds of photos as favourites, this pushes requests that are in the comments section ten or twenty pages out of sight and I miss them. I also have notifications switched off, I receive around 50 emails a day through work and I don’t want even more from Flickr. Other requests, like many other things, I just plain forget – no excuses! Uploads of Jim’s photos will be infrequent as it is a boring pastime and I would much rather work on my own output.
Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, answers question posted at him from members of the international press and media upon his arrival at Schwechat’s International Airport in Vienna where he met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Antalya, Turkey, concerning the safety and security of Ukraine’s nuclear facilities. Vienna International Airport, Vienna, Austria. 10 March 2022.
DG Grossi is accompanied by Jacek Bylica, IAEA Chef de Cabinet, Massimo Aparo, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards, Lydie Evrard, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, and Diego Candano Laris, Senior Advisor to the Director General.
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
One millisecond after this shot was taken a slight breeze emitted from the dainty flitting of a butterfly's wings causing the digital camera to go toppling over onto the concrete below, shattering the lens cap to oblivion.
I have $177 in Paypal. Maybe I should go shopping for a camera in one piece. Maybe I should upgrade the mega pixels. Maybe I should find one that has Butterfly Armor.
Any point-n-shoot suggestions will be appreciated.
A few pictures from the Reebok x Ciroc event I was chosen to shoot at. Thanks again to Reebok for giving me this opportunity!
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I'm thankful for the critical thinking and media literacy training I gained in high school.
Being the age I am, I can't thank my schooling for my digital literacy. The internet became "a thing" after I finished high school.
This is a perfect example of where I might have ended up looking like a fool if I'd believed the first link I found online.
Not that the internet was trying to mislead me, but it would have led me to provide at least a title or caption that would have been factually incorrect.
Instead, I thankfully learned more about and wrote more about this fellow, which (as I might have mentioned before) is one of the reasons I love photography.
If you Google "szarvas gabor" - as I did - the first result that appears is a Wikipedia entry for a Hungarian middleweight weightlifter. And while he may be worthy of a statue - I don't know - I mentally questioned whether this was the depiction of a weightlifter, looking at how he was presented.
If the man in this statue was a sportsman, it seemed much more likely he was a toreador (despite being Hungarian) than a weightlifter.
Even ignoring the slightness of the bust, you would imagine a weightlifter would be commemorated in some sort of full-length statue showing off his physique? Or, at least, shirtless displaying his pecs? And um, maybe it shouldn't be armless if he's a weightlifter? Or is that just me?
Thankfully, I didn't take Google's first search result as gospel.
In a new browser tab, I Googled "szarvas gabor statue". A Trip Advisor entry signposted me to another fellow who happened to have the same name.
I returned to my original search results and clicked the next link.
Though in Hungarian, Chrome's translation option (and photos on the page) allowed me to confirm this was the Szarvas Gábor I was seeking.
It did, however, poorly translate the first sentence of the entry to tell me he was not only a linguist but the creator of Hungarian agriculture. Not having been born until 1832, I found that slightly questionable...
It turns out the translation should read "a linguist, the creator of Hungarian language education", which makes far more sense.
The translation of the Wikipedia entry also tells me "he published humorous writings under the pseudonym Pap Rika" and paints him a little like a grammar nazi.
He sounds like my kinda guy!
Even if (or especially because) he's well-known enough for a statue but not enough to be the first result in a Google search.
You win some, you lose some, eh?
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His 10th anniversary gift may have been the new haircut from me, but Ezra also asked for a very special gift - it just took a little time to set it up :)
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf answers questions from the press. Continuing to make the future of Pennsylvania’s students a priority, Governor Tom Wolf’s 2021 agenda makes a historic $1.3 billion investment in public schools and creates fairness in education funding, while cutting taxes for working families and businesses. Harrisburg, PA – February 4, 2021
Part of the Question of the Moment bulletin board set, “Would You Rather Dance with Your Parents or Spill Your Entire Lunch on Yourself in Front of the Whole School?”
Big Questions for Artificial General Intelligence
2. Can abstract knowledge representation serve as an adequate foundation for the adaptive creation of context-specific knowledge representations?
(and if so, what kind?)
From the opening session: Review of AI and AGI Past Present and Future by Ben Goertzel of Novamente at the The First Conference on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI-08) Ben Goertzel was one of the conference organizers and is a driving force in the AGI community.
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) research focuses on the original and ultimate goal of AI -- to create intelligence as a whole, by exploring all available paths, including theoretical and experimental computer science, cognitive science, neuroscience, and innovative interdisciplinary methodologies. AGI is also called Strong AI in the AI community.
Another good reference is Artificial General Intelligence : A Gentle Introduction by Pei Wang
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Answer: This fucking place... and while you're pulled in the driveway taking a picture as you're saying "OH HALLZ NO" a prostitue will walk up to the SUV next to you and proposition the guy who is way into it. You think that when you whip out the camera they'd scatter like cockroaches, but the guy will say "is that for me?" and the lady will laugh and then you just start laughing and drive off without going in the place. OK... off to Hollywood.
This place and more places like it can be found in the West LA Sleaze District. (McCabes Adjacent).
And would it have been worth it, after all,
After the cups, the marmalade, the tea,
Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me,
Would it have been worth while,
To have bitten off the matter with a smile,
To have squeezed the universe into a ball
To roll it toward some overwhelming question,
To say: “I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all”—
If one, settling a pillow by her head,
Should say: “That is not what I meant at all;
That is not it, at all.”
[from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by TS Eliot]
what is your one overwhelming question?
Molly’s black belt test begins with a written test, which she’s been studying for for years. Questions include things like who created the Kyokushin style of karate, where, and in what year.