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travelling around the net_curious images and pictures

Elvis at 21:

New York to Memphis

Unpublished Photos

@Proud Chelsea Gallery

(www.proud.co.uk)

_something you had never seen_

from

http://www.proud.co.uk/exhibitions.aspx

In 1956, a twenty-one-year-old Elvis Presley was at the beginning of his remarkable and unparalleled career. Photojournalist Alfred Wertheimer was asked by Presley's new label, RCA Victor, to photograph the rising star for a one-day assignment that quickly developed into an odyssey. Wertheimer followed Elvis in the hours before, during and after his performance, building up a collection of around 400 photographs in this short period of time. The photographer found himself stunned by the musician’s ease at being photographed, allowing him to document Elvis in the most private of moments. As a result he felt compelled to continue photographing the musician, stretching far beyond the requirements of his assignment.

With unimpeded access to the young performer, Wertheimer was able to capture the unguarded and everyday moments in Elvis' life during March and July of that year, the pivotal year that made Elvis' career—taking him from virtual obscurity to the verge of international stardom and his crowning as "The King of Rock 'n' Roll."

Wertheimer continued to accompany Elvis to Richmond, Virginia, which he regarded as an opportunity to observe Elvis down south, closer to his home environment. He proceeded to capture the most intimate of moments during the hours preceding the singer’s performance. His photographs range from Elvis’ flirtations with ‘the girl of the day’, spontaneous backstage performances, and, most of all, Wertheimer captured his mesmerising stage presence which contrasted so dramatically to his often motionless contemporaries. Following this, Wertheimer seized the opportunity to document a defining moment of musical history, the recording of ‘Hound Dog’ and ‘Don’t Be Cruel’, another glimpse into the evolution of Elvis’ career.

Wertheimer's unobtrusive photographs of Elvis in performance, with his fans, in the recording studio, and at home with his family present a unique look at one of the world's most famous cultural figures. These images represent the first and the last unguarded look at Elvis, and are an extraordinary portrait of a charismatic young man who would go on to become a legend.

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look @ http://www.archinect.com/tshirts/

_SLA wins COP15 arrival area_

"White Balance | COP15"

"The city is an ecosystem where each part is interdependent. Nature and city are not opposites, but merely different systems, that as a whole must be in balance. COP15 will affect the possibility for a future balance between human urbanization and Earths ressources.
The arrival area at COP15 will hopefully inspire to this thinking." (Stig L. Andersson: )

SLA is with the proposal ”White Balance” selected as the winner of 6.500 m2 arrival area for the COP15 Climate Change Conference. The area creates the framework for the daily reception of over 8.000 ministers, officials, media and organizations from 192 different nations.

THE TAG IS:

-CHECK THIS OUT!-

Danish Architecture Centre focuses on new urban space tendencies in Denmark

_Exhibition ongoing_

1 october 2009 – 29 january 2010

Danish Architecture Centre

Opening hours all week 10-17, Wednesday 10-21 (free entrance 17-21)

Free guided tours Sundays at 12 (Danish) & 14 (English)

Definitely some interesting ideas.

Anyway i like these new tendencies that try to provide a new meaning to Urban Public Spaces.

i wish i could visit personally this event...

THE TAG IS:

-MUST HAVE A LOOK-

http://english.dac.dk/visForside.uk.asp?artikelID=4956

Experiment(ON)

_first photo-shoots with nikon d90_

experiment (ON) Landscape

-some of these pictures might contain also experiments of Photo-retouching with Adobe Lightroom, or just adjustments with the Levels -

WHEN IT'S A MATTER OF CHARACTER...the work of Michael Paulus

from Michael Paulus' web site ....

http://michaelpaulus.com/section/59023_CHARACTER_STUDY.html

CHARACTER STUDY

A character study of 22 present and past cartoon characters

"Animation was the format of choice for children's television in the 1960s, a decade in which children's programming became almost entirely animated. Growing up in that period, I tended to take for granted the distortions and strange bodies of these entities.These Icons are usually grotesquely distorted from the human form from which they derive.

I decided to take a select few of these popular characters and render their skeletal systems as I imagine they might resemble if one truly had eye sockets half the size of its head, or fingerless-hands, or feet comprising 60% of its body mass.

These characters have become conventions that are set, defined, and well-known personas in our culture. Being that they are so commonplace and accepted as existing I thought I would dissect them like science does to all living objects - trying to come to an understanding as to their origins and true physiological make up. Possibly to better understand them and see them in a new light for what they are in the most basic of terms.

The photographed pieces are the original, translucent hinged overlay format. the rest are photoshopped facsimiles of the originals.

michael paulus "