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It's always fun to see old classic cars restored to their original beauty. There was quite a variety of vehicles at the vintage car display at the Ukrainian Village just East of Edmonton. I can't recall which cars these came from but the shiny chrome always gives interesting reflections in the sunshine.
This is the last coin spin shot I got worthy of posting. This one gave more of a distortion effect as opposed to spin.
As time passes memories that were once so clear, seem to become scratched, they become distorted and eventually they are forgotten.
I think this is why I take so many photographs. Life is precious and I don't want to forget a single second of it. Being able to look at a photograph and remember exactly what you were feeling when you took it and who was stood next to you is a wonderful thing. I guess that's how my memory works, my memories are linked to visuals. I like that.
Fall swamp foliage, long exposure / vertical pan.
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SNAFU • DUAL • KURS • PARS
A stitched panorama made from 9 photos.
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Benched in Southern California
Kodak Tri-x, Canon EOS 650 (great cheap camera!)
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I just love the way the rim of this glass has distorted the spiders shape ! For Arachtober. Sorry to post and run again, I'll catch up tomorrow x
French postcard by Cartcom. Photo: Sandrine Expily / Studio Magazine. Caption: Björk, Prix d'interprétation pour Dancer in the Dark. Cannes 2000. The photo was part of theexhibition 'Un Regard sur Cannes', presented at the UGC Ciné Cité Strasbourg-Étoile.
Icelandic singer and songwriter Björk (1965) is the former lead singer of the alternative rock band The Sugarcubes and has pursued a solo career under the name Björk since 1993. Björk is known for her interest in a wide variety of music genres, including pop, jazz, alternative rock, electronic and classical music. Her music label One Little Indian announced in 2003 that Björk has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide. Björk has also played the lead role in Danish director Lars von Trier's film Dancer in the Dark (2000) opposite Catherine Deneuve.
Björk Guðmundsdóttir was born in the Icelandic capital city of Reykjavik in 1965. She is the daughter of Gudmundur Gunnarsson (an electrician) and Hildur Hauksdóttir who divorced before her second birthday. Björk (pronounced "Byerk") grew up in a hippie-type community with her mother and her seven siblings. She started to study classical music at the age of 5. Her musical career started when she was eleven years old and studying classical piano. One of her music teachers sent a recording of Björk playing Tina Charles' song 'I Love to Love' (But My Baby Loves to Dance) to RÚV, the only radio station in Iceland at the time. This recording was subsequently broadcast and, in response, the music label Fálkinn offered Björk a record deal. In 1977, Björk released her eponymous debut album. It consisted of a number of Icelandic children's songs and covers of popular songs like 'The Fool on the Hill' by the Beatles, which Björk sang in Icelandic. Björk's stepfather accompanied her on the album with his guitar. The album went platinum in Iceland and has become a collector's item. In 1980, Björk graduated from the Conservatory. In 1980, together with bassist Jakob Magnússon, she formed the band Jam-80, which later became the band Tappi Tíkarrass. The single 'Bitið fast í vitið' was released in the same year. The album 'Miranda' was released in 1983. Björk then started collaborating with Einar Örn Benediktsson and Einar Melax from the band Purrkur Pillnikk and Guðlaugur Óttarsson, Sigtryggur Baldursson and Birgir Mogensen from the band Þeyr. After writing some songs together and rehearsing them for a few weeks, they decided to continue together under the name KUKL. KUKL toured Iceland with the anarchic punk band Crass from England, and later they visited England for some concerts with Flux or Pink Indians. As a result of these collaborations, the band produced two albums: 'The Eye' in 1984 and 'Holidays in Europe' in 1986. Both albums were released by the Crass Records label. In 1984, Björk formed the duo The Elgar Sisters with guitarist and fellow KUKL band member Guðlaugur Óttarsson. KUKL broke up, partly because their label Gramm was discontinued. In the summer of 1986, some members of KUKL and the surrealist group Medus started a collaboration and the arts collective Smekkleysa ("bad taste") was formed. A musical division was formed, the band Pukl, but soon the name of the band was changed to The Sugarcubes.
The Sugarcubes' first single was 'Ammæli' (or 'Birthday', in the English version). After the single became a hit in the UK, the band was placed on the One Little Indian label, which was founded by Derek Birkett, the former bassist of Flux of Pink Indians. The Sugarcubes then also signed a distribution contract with the American Elektra Records. In 1988, The Sugarcubes recorded their first album, 'Life's Too Good.' This album brought the band international success. Meanwhile, Björk kept herself busy with some smaller projects. In 1990, she recorded the album 'Gling-Gló' with the jazz group Trio Guðmundar Ingólfssonar, which was only released in Iceland. Björk also provided vocals on several tracks on 808 State's album 'Ex:el'. This collaboration sparked her interest in house music. In 1992, The Sugarcubes decided to split up. The members of the band realised that they all had different ambitions. Björk moved to London and started thinking about a solo career. She started working with producer Nellee Hooper, who had previously produced for Massive Attack, among others. From this collaboration came Björk's first international solo hit, 'Human Behaviour'. The album 'Debut' was released in June 1993. 'Debut' consisted of a mix of songs Björk had written since she was a teenager and songs she had co-written with Hooper. NME named it album of the year. The album was a worldwide success and sold nearly 3 million copies. Björk returned to the studio in 1994 to work on a new album with Nellee Hooper, Tricky, Graham Massey of 808 State, and producer Howie B. The album 'Post' was the result of this collaboration. The album Post was the result of this collaboration. Just like 'Debut', it was a collection of songs that partly consisted of songs that Björk had written in the previous years. In January 1997, 'Telegram' was released, an album of previously unreleased remixes of the songs on Post. Later that year, the album 'Homogenic' was released. This album marked a dramatic break for Björk from her earlier "fairy-like" image, which was still cultivated on 'Debut' and 'Post'. For 'Homogenic', Björk worked with producers Mark Bell from LFO, Howie B and Eumir Deodato. 'Homogenic' was her first concept album and is considered one of Björk's most experimental and extroverted albums to date, with its powerful beats reflecting the landscape of Iceland.
In 2001, Björk released her fourth solo album, 'Vespertine'. On the album, Björk creates an introverted, personal world filled with microbeats and small rhythms. 'Vespertine' is in stark contrast to 'Homogenic', on which extroverted lyrics and rather aggressive beats still predominate. On the album, Björk worked with the experimental music group Matmos, the Danish DJ Thomas Knak and harpist Zeena Parkins. Björk used lyrics by American poet E.E. Cummings and American filmmaker Harmony Korine. She then toured theatres and opera houses in Europe and North America and was accompanied by Matmos, Zeena Parkins and an Inuit choir that she had put together after auditioning during a trip to Greenland. In 2004, the album 'Medúlla' was released. The majority of the sounds on this album were created by vocalists although often electronically distorted. On the album, Björk used the vocal skills of throat singer Tagaq, hip-hop beatboxer Rahzel, Japanese beatboxer Dokaka, avant-rocker Mike Patton, Soft Machine drummer and singer Robert Wyatt, and several choirs. She also used a poem by poet E. E. Cummings again, this time for the song 'Sonnets/Unrealities XI'. In August 2004, Björk performed at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics. She performed the song 'Oceania', from 'Medúlla'. Björk's sixth studio album 'Volta' was released in 2007. It's the follow-up to 'Medúlla'. Many people contributed again, including Timbaland, Chris Corsano, the drummer of Lightningbolt, the African group Konono Nr. 1, Toumani Diabaté, Mark Bell (LFO) who also participated in earlier projects by Björk, Antony (Antony & The Jonsons) and Chinese pipa expert Min Xiao-Fen. The first single was 'Earth Intruders', inspired by the Tsunami disaster and a nightmare that Björk had during a flight when visiting the site of the disaster. 'Innocence', 'Declare Independence' and 'Wanderlust' were the next singles. She performed at Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall in New York and at the Glastonbury Festival in England. Björk appeared on the soundtrack of the film Moomins and the Comet Chase (2010).
Björk's seventh studio album, 'Biophilia', was released in 2011 It was followed by 'Vulnicura' (2015) and 'Utopia' (2017). Björk's acting career began in 1990 when she appeared in the Icelandic, English-spoken, black-and-white film The Juniper Tree (Nietzchka Keene, 1990), based on the Grimm Brothers' story of the same name. Björk played the role of Margit, a girl whose mother had been murdered because she was into witchcraft. Björk then had a small role as a supermodel in Prêt-à-Porter (Robert Altman, 1994). In 2000, Björk starred in the Danish-French film Dancer in the Dark, written and directed by Lars von Trier. In this film, set in the United States, Björk plays the role of the Czechoslovakian immigrant Selma. Selma tries to use her work in a factory to save money for an eye operation that will prevent her son from going blind. Björk also made the soundtrack for this film, which was released on CD under the title 'Selma Songs'. The album includes a duet with Thom Yorke of Radiohead, entitled I've Seen It All. The song was nominated for an Academy Award and performed at the 2001 Oscars ceremony. At the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, the film received a Palme d'Or and Björk was named Best Actress. At the Cannes Film Festival, she said that it would be her only cinema performance because it was too painful for her and because she considered herself a music artist and not a cinema artist. However, in 2005, Björk starred in the American-Japanese film Drawing Restraint 9, directed by Matthew Barney, who was also her partner. Björk was also responsible for the film's soundtrack. Björk also appeared prominently in the documentary Gargandi snilld/Screaming Masterpiece (Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon, 2005), which sheds light on the Icelandic music scene. Björk has a son named Sindri Eldon Thorsson (1986) with Þór Eldon, guitarist of The Sugarcubes. She has a daughter with artist Matthew Barney, Ísadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney (2002). Barney and Björk most likely broke up in 2013, and the two have since been separated. In 1996, a psychologically disturbed fan from Florida named Ricardo López sent Björk a hollowed-out book containing explosives. López filmed himself making the bomb, and shot himself after sending it. The police intercepted the book before it reached Björk.
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This distorted image, captured as we drove past Central Burying Ground in Boston, was unexpected given that I first saw this lady talking to herself and shouting at passersby. There is a grace there that I never saw with my naked eye.