« …the simplest thing in the world is to photograph some person taking off his/her clothes. »
– DAVID HURN, magnum photos
« sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul. »
-EDWARD ABBEY



the photography of SEBASTIÃO SALGADO
« violence and brutality are not monopolies of distant countries…what disgusts me most is to see how much hatred is contagious…we are a terrible animal, we humans. »

RUTH FRANKLIN unearthed this while working on her biography of the late great author SHIRLEY JACKSON. this was the latter’s response to some reader mail.
back in the arctic

visiting paris fam
MANU getting real pensive on the RER when the disposable cams come out

i came for the BOUGUEREAU
+ maybe a TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
one week back in paris, here we go

so much wisdom by COATES

if i were russian – 2 days in moscow
worth reposting because i miss this voice
jon stewart as quoted in the LA times