I haven’t worked on this series in a while, but now seems as apt a time as any to continue this project. You’ll recall that the earlier focus was on the best car chases and the best shootouts in film. Well, as indicated above, in this post I hope to draw attention to some of … Continue reading
Category Archives: Art
Photo Of The Day: Sad Claudia
This picture was taken in 2008 on Christmas Eve… Circumstances have not improved for Claudia since I took that photograph. I suppose it is perhaps for the best that I refrained that evening from reminding Claudia that we all die anyway and, therefore, her concerns were meaningless and irrelevant in the broader scheme of things. … Continue reading
Photos Of The Day: Gold Mining In Burkina Faso
The landscape of Séguénéga in Burkina Faso, a commune in the north of the west African country, is suffering considerable environmental damage because of a massive increase in gold mining: The miners: The mining managers choose men to dig. Each bag of stones the men dig up is theirs to keep, but they have to … Continue reading
Photos Of The Day: Kudzanai Chiurai
The name of this series is Dying to be Men and it is intended to parody the aesthetics of propaganda and political representation. I wanted to look at the way government roles are essentially exaggerated personas. – Kudzanai Chiurai Born in 1981 in Zimbabwe, Kudzanai Chiurai is an internationally acclaimed young artist now living and … Continue reading
Paintings Of The Day: Brutal Buddhist Art
Think Buddhism is all about peace, love, flowers and meditation? Think again. Check out this sample of paintings I photographed inside various Buddhist temples in India: Continue reading
Photos Of The Day: Dueling Umbrellas In Damascus
I was amused by the fact that during a heavy rainstorm in Damascus, these kids chose to play with their umbrellas rather than use them to protect against the rain: Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 