Holding a piece of sky. A real one.
[via ariadnaguiteras via secondary image].
Whenever I encounter a word I don’t know, I always type it on Google Images. I understand faster a picture than a description of an object, which in my understanding is much closer to reality. Some years a go, I told my brother we should develop a visual dictionary together, and he just sent me something that approaches the idea in a more artistic way: The Photographic Dictionary.
Above, the visual description of “absence”.
Willy Ronis (August 14, 1910 – September 12, 2009) was a French photographer “de l’instant”, the best-known of whose work shows life in post-war Paris and Provence.
Taiwan Girl to kiss 100 men in Paris
[In the pic, Kiss #12]
A 27-year-old Taiwan girl ambition to kiss 100 men in Paris has become an overnight web sensation after she provided details of the quest on her much visited blog. The girl whose name is Yang Ya-ching, is a music student studying abroad in Paris. She came upon the idea of kissing 100 strangers three years ago. She didn’t have the courage to embark on her “Kissing 100 Men Project”until this summer holiday and has so far notched up 54 smooches, she said on her blog, which features photos of some of the encounters. Yang thought that two years’ study brought her only a degree but she wanted to do something that could give her a lasting memory of Paris. Therefore, she started her project during the summer vacation, and has a photographer to record the kisses.
Since then, Yang has kissed 54 men across Paris, including a street sweeper, a model and a tourist. Kiss No. 3 came from a French man who teaches in Africa. He liked her and invited her to visit him in Africa. The man who gave her kiss No. 48 bit Yang’s lip.
Yang, who plans to write a book about her kissing experiences, has attracted 1.97 million visitors to her blog, Some praised her courage and envied her, while others criticized her, calling her a slut.
After soliciting a kiss from the first man, Yang wrote in her blog: “ the kiss was like an autumm leaf falling into my pocket by accident.”
Author: Vicente Sahuc
Description: slow motion made in NY in ‘08 with a cheap Casio camera.
Music: “Numb” by U2 (Zooropa)
Last Suppers
A series of photographs documenting former Death Row prisoners’ requests for their last meal before execution.
Photos by James Reynolds.