Takashi Murakami in NYC
Contemporary Japanese artist Takashi Murakami's new show is on view at the Brooklyn Museum until July 1st. If you're not in the vicinity, visitor's images uploaded to Flickr provide a fabulous tour! click to enlarge...
Previously: Banksy Hits the Brooklyn Museum
Images of Takashi Murakami's show at the Brooklyn Museum via UrbanBlitz, DigitalTammi and TWI-NY.com's sets on Flickr!
Hold the Sun
A beautiful metaphor for the power each of us holds in our hands... "Holding the Sun" pictures!
Images by jiaren777 and barbieisaslut, more amazing shots on Flickr!
Sweet Skyline Success
Colorful Contemplation
Pink Sherbert Sunset
Alphaville in NYC
Scott Teplin's magical “Alphaville” goes on display in NY this week. Inspired in part by Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 film, the exhibit features "meticulously rendered drawings of fantastical rooms in which odd scale shifts, implausible situations, and strange juxtapositions of furnishings are the norm".
Scott Teplin's alphabet can be seen in detail here. Link via BoingBoing!
L.A. to New York City in 4 Minutes
Something inside our head screams "ROAD TRIP!" when we watch this time lapse video of a drive from L.A. to New York City...
Filmed by Michel and Oliver Gondry for French pop star Laquer.
Bonus: Man vs. Wild: New York
Girls of the 60's
A pool of random images from Flickr provides a fascinating look at 60's big hair, pop fashions and bombshell sexiness... Lovely 60's Girls
Link via Bedazzled! Images via Rachel Welsh in Newsweek, Brigitte Bardot Postcard & Marisa Berenson's Snakey Hair
Porn Posters From 60's & 70's
Vintage Stripper Polaroids
LSD Gives You Great Hair
60's & 70's Cult Shorts
Matchbook Sign Language
A wonderful display of American Sign Language hands made from matchbooks found on the street by artist JK Keller, genius stuff... Sign Language Matchbooks
Click image to see entire alphabet. Link via Drawn!
Previously: Matchbox Boogie Woogie
Vintage Cinema Postcards
A fascinating and massive collection of theater postcards from around the world, from Roloff on Flickr... Vintage Cinema Postcards
Previously:
1917 "Future New York"
Vintage Stripper Polaroids
A technicolor Hollywood flashback below...
Women In Film
A beautiful and mesmerizing video that morphs together the faces of 100 of the finest actresses the world has known - Women in Film!
Celebrity Time Travelers
Modern Renaissance
Hollywood Rebirth
Mate a Movie
Matchbox Art
We love these tiny delicate hand painted matchbox portraits, from "the odd little paintings of Paul Moschell"... black raBBit boy
More of Paul Moschell's wonderful work.
Let It Go
Note to people who still have their holiday decorations up, it's the end of January, time for Letting Go. More of Mike Mostransky's magical images!... End Of The Line, Pink Balloon, Blue Sky, Morning Visit.
Kids rule...
Funny Baby Videos
Look What I Did
Junior Mullet
Cool Pictures
A little reminder as blustery weather settles in around the country... cold is our friend!
Photo by Nancy Folk/National Geographic World In Focus Contest
2007's Warm Temperatures & Wacky Weather
How the U.S. Could Cut 28% of Greenhouse Gases
Wake Up & Smell the Planet: A Guide to Getting Green
Faces in Everyday Places
Something magical takes over when faces show up in everyday places, it's like you've entered cartoonland... Faces in Places!
More funny faces...
Legal Alien in NYC
His Name is Lepos
Scrunchy Buddy
Miniature New York City
Through the magic of the tilt-shift photography technique, New York City turns into a miniature toyland...
More teeny tiny New York City miniatures below!
Previously:
NYC in Animation
Future New York
Mini Car Love
Nelson Mandela's World AIDS Day Concert
14 days until Nelson Mandela's annual World AIDS Day concert hits its fifth year this December 1st in Johannesburg, with a fantastic line-up and hopes for keeping the battle against AIDS in the minds and hearts of us all... 46664 - It's In Our Hands
Complete Info on The 46664 Concert
An Extraordinary Artist Line-Up!
More at Thirty-Three Productions
Previously: Hope for the Future
Continue reading "Nelson Mandela's World AIDS Day Concert" »
Twisting the Maypole
A beautiful video that's getting acclaim and fan love, Jenny Owen Youngs - "F*ck Was I"
We like its dreamy feel and the clever way a maypole is used. It's a small budget production, that's captivating, original and touching.
YouTube and work like this gives us hope for the rebirth of music videos. Taking them back from the multi-million dollar glitz that MTV shoves down our throat, and returning to the sublime and meaningful.
A Still Dreamland
We haven't had a chance to see Jason Matzner's Dreamland, but we just fell in love with it's dream-like scenes over at film stills...
Variety calls Dreamland a "woozily romantic, gorgeously lensed directorial debut about a trailer park love triangle".
Do this before going to see it... Living the Dream
New York City in Animation
An amazing series from Ironic Sans that captures NYC in cartoons, from Fritz to Casper - dont miss... Animated Manhattan!
Seeing New York City
Will sees things most visitors walk right by in NY, but are at the heart of the city's rich imagery and urban beauty... A Test of Will
Inside NYC...
Subway Snuggling
Diva Posing
The Diane Arbus Twins Today
This article ran a while ago, but we just caught it on VintagePhoto and found it to be a rare peek behind the scenes at Diane Arbus's work and subjects... Double Exposure
Diane Arbus Gave Us a Nudist Fetish!
Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen's Copy Arbus's Twins
And check out the before and after of Diana Arbus's infamous baby photo of Anderson Cooper!...
Sweet Skyline Success
The battle over the future of the Domino Sugar Plant in Williamsburg has been going on for a while. But it looks like this classic piece of NYC's skyline has been landmarked and will remain in place!
Take that you greasy mullet wearing skyline hogs.
Sunset over Brooklyn from the Williamsburg Bridge
Suspended: The Williamsburg Bridge at Night
Photo of Save Domino from Oculo on Flickr
The Domino Sugar Factory rules over NY City below!...
Escape New York
One of the nice things about New York City, you can leave the streets, right from the street... a great shot of Billy's Antiques and Props by Joe's NYC...
Up on the Roof
Heroes of the Undergrill
Caputuring New York City
Another great escape below...
Rocktography
The McCarren Pool in Brooklyn rocked this summer with tons of amazing bands and music. And photographer Paul Bachmann was there to capture the magic... Rockographer
Previously:
Daft Punk Plays Coney Island
Al Pacino Pool Party
Music to Our Eyes
More from the McCarren Pool Parties...
Point Lookout Beach
A beautiful Long Island sunset captured by Mike Mostransky... Point Lookout Sunset
More great photos from Mike in Moments Captured
A magical shell covered hand below...
What Has Laura Dern So Confused?
"Is it that she's in INLAND EMPIRE, or that she's watching it?"... fourfour breaks down this mysterious David Lynch film with brilliant screen captures and commentary!... I (Heart) Inland Empire
fourfour on film:
Haute Tension Dissection
Why Earth Has Colors
Go With The Flow
Mountain Men
Lightning Strikes
A Test of Will captured these amazing shots of lightning over New York City recently... Friday Night Lights
There's been a bolt of lightning across the country this week. Check out the complete set in extra large
Britney Spears is Pretty on the Outside
To combat Britney Spears boredom (the same stuff, over and over) - we're getting our Britney fix from Pretty On The Outside this week, try it, it's fun!...
Previously:
Britney Spears Boobs
Britney Spears Underwear
Britney Spears Rehab Revelations
More pretty images of Britney Spears below...
Continue reading "Britney Spears is Pretty on the Outside" »
Icons and Distortion
A mesmerizing film from "The Scrims" that's a bricolage of 50's natural sciences footage, distorted images, video, lights and live music. Trippy good stuff - watch it here.
Triptastic links:
Mid-Summer Smoke-In
Candy in Amsterdam
Humbled by Hubble
More on "The Scrims" video/film below...
Mysterious Sky
JustiNYC adds movement and whimsy to New York City's skyline with these fantastic images from the series Sky Takes Over...
Eye Candy
Emerald City
Sky Diamonds
A spooky skyline below...
Mediterranean Blues
Our friend Kevin has been visiting Ponza, a gorgeous island off of Italy, and torturing those close to him with amazing photos...
Previously: The Keys to Happiness
Check out the incredible beauty of Ponza, Italy below...
Colorful Contemplation
Ease into the weekend with this beautiful image by FortPhoto...
Mean Girls
And we mean that in a good way. The East Village by A Test Of Will.
More cool peaks around NYC...
Punks in Bloom
Ladies, Oh My Ladies
Hot Dog and a Hoodie
Previously: The Real Mean Girls
Save the Earth
Celebrate Earth Day by joining the virtual march to Stop Global Warming! It only takes a few seconds to add your name and demand our leaders reduce carbon dioxide emissions now! Please sign here
What does the future hold for my species?
More on the Hanuman Langur below...
Dear God
Why do you challenge us so?
Deepest sympathies to the families and friends of those killed in the Virginia Tech shootings. Our hearts are with you all.
Photo above is the Helix Nebula, also known as the Eye of God.
Pink Sherbert Sunset
Spring into the weekend with this beautiful sunset over Pawnee Pond from the wonderful work of FortPhoto...
Steamy Sunset Over Manhattan
100 Miles Up the Hudson River
There's No Place Like Home
Peace in The Valley
Peace in the city. Peace in your soul.
An inspiring image of peace and tranquility from the "valley of endless rains", Cherrapunjee Hills (Meghalaya in India) by Java Cafe.
Winter Be Gone
Check out Tozzer's beautiful photos of NYC's Phagwah Festival...
"Phagwah, or Holi, is the Indo-Caribbean Hindu celebration of the new year... kids and families 'color' one another with dye and powder and chase away the winter grays." - Phagwah Festival Photo Set
The #1 Law of Winter Subway Survival
More about Phagwah below...
Resolute (and On Sale)
New York City is filled with everday art (and humor), and thankfully we can rely on people like Vidiot at Telescreen to point it out for us...
The sublime art of NYC fountians
One more recent shot (and caption) we loved below...
Donald Trump's Hate Candy
Maybe the best thing you'll see all month, from Gallery of the Absurd... Trump's Super Premium Valentine Hate Candy
More Valentines: Lindsay's Adventures in Wonderland
"If Ivanka weren't my daughter, perhaps I'd be dating her."
Loudmouth balloon head with the greasy mullet
The many handsome faces of Donald Trump
Donald Trump cries like a losing baby
Tacky trump terrorizes NY skyline
Donald Trump's greasy red crack
Recent kick-ass stuff from Gallery of the Absurd below!...
Sky Diamonds
The fact that Java Cafe considers himself only "a serious amateur" is a humbling thought for the rest of us...
More Intrepid Colors
A city's darkness pierced by the heavens below...
Camera Toss
Found this cool Flickr pool called - Camera Toss. Basically, you throw a camera in the air while taking a picture. There's some interesting ideas behind this technique... "It is about trading risk for reward in the pursuit of art." Times Square NY by Variable Resistance above.
Previous Flickr Pool finds:
Men With Long Hair
Abandoned Couches
Folding Freaks
Pugs in Hats
More on Camera Tossing below...
Caterpillar Tripping
This fantastic Flickr Find from Majikthise might just be "the natural inspiration for candy buttons"... Cecropia Moth Caterpillar by The Unpredictables. Have a trippy weekend!
Pretty Messed Up
We're digging the site Pretty On The Outside and their hilarious and intrepid illustrations that capture the essence of celebrity today...
Lindsay Lohan's Crotch Is Cursed
Tom Cruise and Clay Aikens's ball boys below...
Lost track of time
Losing track of time takes two paths when we visit the wonderful site Fourteen Places To Eat, we step into an amazing place of time lost, and two hours later, we wonder where the time went.
Holiday cards from FPTE!
More rural favorites
Last picture show
Simple life
Gridlines
Angelina Jolie's art purchases
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt recently attended a show for the artist Banksy, and Ang snagged a few choice pieces. We're big fans of Banksy's work and thought you might enjoy seeing the interesting mix Angelina purchased...
More on the art work and a shot of the piece Angelina told Brad she "must have" below!...
Plushie Aminals
There's something about these made up stuffed Aminals by artist Catharine Lyons that make us feel warm and fuzzy inside. They're featured in the "Animal Crackers" group show at Max Fish in NYC, Sept 21 - Oct 22. Stop by and get your cute on.
More fuzzy cuteness...
My kitty
Bunny lover
In Pugs we trust
Bring out the puppies
The mystery of Winston
The simple life
Remember the days when life was simpler? We don't either, but the fantastic site Box Of Slides helps us fake those memories. Go deep, this site is truly wonderful.
(*Lil update: we're back from being away last week and have lots of fresh links coming up!)
Vintage Stripper Polaroids
Unknown Family Photos
Find the dog in the pic below...
Light and flight
The inner fire is the most important thing mankind possesses.
- Edith Sodergran
Image and inspiration from On Fire by MrRR
Bush is a drag
Happy Labor Day from the White House...
Political Drag from the genius kidz at Worth1000!
We always pictured Bush as more of a ho, oh wait, they have that covered...
Big Happy Friday
Yeeehaa, it's Friday! Grab a little end of the week eye candy over at Big Happy Fun House, and have one for us over the weekend (and one for Buddy)...
Hot Swingers below...
Gritty city
Photographer Mike Mostransky takes cool B&W shots of cities and landscapes, we dig the shapes and textures in his shots, and the way he captures city life. Check out a flash slideshow of his work at - Moments Captured
Gritty New York City...
Abandoned couches
Street skaters
Aged skyline
Bicycle entropy
Everyday geometry
Subway solitude
Boat graveyard
Brooklyn boxing
Two more great B&W shots from Mike below...
Delta blues
A year later and so many Katrina victims still need help, homes and their lives restored. Please do not forget Bush and his administration's unacceptably slow response to the crisis. This timeline shows how the events unfolded and Bush's disgraceful and uncaring actions as thousands of Americans were fighting to stay alive (barely assisted).
Michael Simon's incredible photos: Notes From The South
The Red Cross continues to provide all kinds of assistance and needs our support. Also many animals still need our help.
Remembering Katrina:
Getting to the hardest hit areas and people
The animals effected by Katrina
Katrina: hope and inspiration
Images captured on Flickr
Help and hindrance
Fire dance
A wonderous photo by Peter Sutherland of tiny gnats dancing like little people in the light, reminds us there's magic in unexpected places, if you look close enough...
Peter Sutherland's photos are on display in the pHytonics online gallery from August 25-31
The beauty of the universe is in the detail
The tiny, fleeting world of drops
Another shot that shows the wonder of nature is always near...
Ass man
Funny shot snapped by A Blog Soup at the *I Heart Danger* Party in NYC last weekend...
Advertised as "12 hour exploration of art, indecency, and indelicate ideas" A Blog Soup reports that Complacent Nation's *I Heart Danger* Party had bbq, beer, art, DJ's & dancing! Great photos of the "spontaneous break-dancing and krumping". A fave shot below.
Emphasis on the ass
Paris Hilton ass flap
Lindsay Lohan's asstastrophe
Surf's up
We're headed out for a little vacation (with Buddy). Lots of fun stuff and cool surprises going up while we're gone. So keep checking in and we'll see you in a week!
This beautiful shot is from OndraSoukup on Flickr, found on the rocking LAist (a cool LA site with a NY sensibility.)
The Make-Out Room
Beautiful and mysterious shot taken on City Island by DivergentArt. Find out more about the story behind it and this fascinating part of NYC in - I love City Island
Wonder if they rent it out? $150/month, ocean views! (via Curbed)
More shots of City Island. Photo via DivergentArt.
Fast city
New York is beautiful at any speed. From the great work of jutsiNYC on Flickr - Fast city
justiNYC's cool New York photo blog
Bright lights of the big city
Aged skyline
Sparkly
Note on today's posts: Typepad's still having problems, so we posted everything at once. Have a great weekend!
Laugh or Cry?
Since it's Friday, we say laugh...
Somethings are so good you gank em as is: Laugh or Cry? from Suggsy
That so reminds us of this very bad kid!
More funny photos...
The magic of a Harley gathering
What does this sign mean?
Nintendo 64 baby!
Beach schwang
Bum's Bums
Buggin'
Most of us will never get close enough to fully appreciate insects, and their intricate, colorful and highly adorned details. Here's an opportunity to see their complexity and beauty as you never have before through a fascinating set of extreme close-up insect photos by Igor Siwanowicz. Discover The Lords of The Undergrowth.
What really lies at the end of the rainbow
Outhouse at the end of the rainbow by the great Kotlus.
Maybe the gold's inside?
Dive in
Kick ass flip into the pool to take you into the weekend - Mathieson with half-twist by Kotlus
Prismatastical
Ever since we were a kid prismatical things have made us giddy. Like this stunning shot by AustinSpace - Meteorological oddity and B-17
Here's another beautiful angle from AustinSpace. More photos and cool info on this spectacular effect at SpokesmanReview.com... "The atmospheric optical phenomena occurs when sunlight is reflected by ice crystals found in cirrus or cirrostratus clouds."
The nature of art
Tien Mao hit the Storm King Art Center recently and took a bunch of great photos. Reminded us of how much we love this place. Just one hour north of NYC and a wonderful summer day trip.
From the official site... "Storm King Art Center is a museum that celebrates the relationship between sculpture and nature. Five hundred acres of landscaped lawns, fields and woodlands provide the site for postwar sculptures by internationally renowned artists." More beautiful photos at Tien Mao.
Intrepid colors
"Piping the sun to bed over Lake Intrepid, Queensland, Australia" - Sunset Piper from Blue Foot on Flickr
Growing lights
From Gridskipper... "Though only a couple years old, Hong Kong’s “Symphony of Lights” urban laser-light show has grown to encompass 33 buildings on both the island and Kowloon sides of the city."
Photo above of A Symphony of Lights from Wchkwok. More on the spectacular HK Lightshow.
Starborgs
Worth1000's Celebrity Cyborg photoshop contest is cool because it makes fun of famous people AND has robots, that's double the fun!...
Worth1000 loves to mess with celebrity worship...
Evil Twin
Celebrity Sideshow
Where Are They Now?
6 degrees of Kiefer Sutherland
Regrettable Tattoos
Fatty Fatty Boom Boom
Love this cute little guy's looks almost as much as his name... Fatty Fatty Boom Boom by Figuromo on Flickr... "The youngest pearlscale goldfish in my fish tank. Cute, tiny and fat."
Another gank and run from Majikthise cool FlickrFinds!
Previously... Frag it!
Music to our eyes
Flickr has expanded our view of the world in so many ways. Every visit we find something interesting, moving or compelling that we never would have seen if this amazing site did not exist. The many brilliant photos from the Scissor Sisters show last weekend at the Bowery Ballroom is a fabulous example. Now when we miss a killer show like this we can still feel like sweat's dripping on us in the front row!...
So many awesome photos on Flickr capturing the Scissor Sisters oozing sexual energy! Great shot above from The Modernage. Browse a bunch more here.
Previous Flickr gold...
Monkey & Kitten best friends
Elijah Wood's birth
Pugs in Hats
Bob and the battle of the brain
Bob has been fighting brain cancer since 1999. In 2002 he started keeping an online journal about his experiences and thoughts. Bob blogs about having his head opened, chemo cycles, dealing with doctors & diets, finding the love of his life, proverbs, song lyrics, and what it's like battling the scariest illness anyone could imagine. It's filled with courage and honesty, and a message that life is sweet and to treasure every moment - Brain Tumor History And Other Rants
Timeline summary of the last 6 years - is a good place to dive in. But you can pick up bits of wisdom and love by clicking on any week. Like his valentine's trick this February... "75 heart shaped post-its all over the house with different messages on them."
And no small part of this is that Bob is a rebel. A rocker, motorcycle lover, handsome redhead and one of the funniest people we know. Let's here it for rebels!
False gods
Sculpted effigies of the idolized and famous has reemerged as a popular form of social commentary. There was recent drama over a Britney Spears piece, and this week brings photos of a staue called Sphinx featuring Kate Moss in the lotus position. But the king of all is still Jeff Koons' monstrous ceramic of Michael Jackson and Bubbles that sold for $5.6 mil in 1988 breaking auction records!
Micheal Jackson and Bubbles: Banality
Best present ever
Do you remember the best present you ever got? Check out this AWESOME video of 2 kids getting a coveted Nintendo 64 back in the dayz, and revel in the joy and nostalgia of getting something you really really wanted when you were a kid... NINTENDO 64!!!
Bracing the cold
From the Gothamist comes a link to a very cool site packed with photos of things people in New York City use to prop up their air conditioners (with funny commentary on the items)... Cool-Props
Sao Paulo's "prehistoric" grafitti
The other day we posted photos of Buddy spotting petroglyph street art in NYC. Those are kind of "petroglyph lite". For some intense and detailed renditions of this street art style, we turn to the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil and Thomas Lock Hobbs amazing photos!...
Previously... The architecture of São Paulo
Brave new world
Several important gay films were made in the last year that became lost in Brokeback Mountain's roar. Fortunately, fourfour has put together an indepth review of the ground breaking film Mysterious Skin and takes us into the heart of a great movie we might have missed... Skin flick
Hammer in the morning
MC Hammer has a blog. He takes pictures with his cell phone of his kids and travels, it's kinda sweet. Like this post about the coming baseball season and watching his son play... "I get to sit back, eat sunflower seeds, drink water and enjoy the beautiful weather. A slice of Heaven. When my kids are happy I'm happy."
Taipei 101 at night
Taipei 101 has been the world's tallest building since its completion in 2003 (101 stories above ground.) So large that at 700,000 metric tons, that the sheer weight is said to have reopened an ancient earthquake fault. It's an altogether mind-blowing building. We've seen many beautiful photos of Taipei 101 over the last few years but this one captured by Antonio Papago on Flickr makes our heart pound... Taipei 101 night scene
