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Cape Light
Joel Meyerowitz's photographs of Cape Cod (collected in the seminal book, Cape Light ) have long been personal touchstones for me. My own photographic explorations-- haphazard and amateurish as they certainly are-- have been profoundly shaped by his aesthetic: minimalist (though not in the calculated, art-movement sense of the word), informed with an almost fatalistic devotion to the capture of moment , deeply concerned with the methods by which light and color interact to produce a generative emotion. His seascapes, particularily, are works of great beauty whose value, at least to me, primarily lie in the way they attempt to simultaneously capture both the most ephemeral and omnipresent of natural phenomenon (the unfolding and dissipation of clouds, the play of light on ceaselessy moving water, the ebb and flow of individual moments whose asccretive significance is often only dimly noted in the short term, yet is constantly present and constantly adjusting the tenor of our own cognitive weather.
William Gottlieb on Joel Meyerowitz
August 30, 2004 in Photography | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Gas Stations
Via the The Cartoonist:
unusual gas stations:
August 26, 2004 in Design | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
WWW.POSTCARDMAN.NET
A staggering collection of vintage postcards covering almost any topic one could imagine.
WWW.POSTCARDMAN.NET - Old Vintage Antique Postcards
August 24, 2004 in Design | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Atari Industrial Design
a small collection of Conceptual sketches for Atari Industrial Design.
August 15, 2004 in Design | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Theme Park Maps
A rather extensive collection of Theme-Park Maps, featuring international and domestic parks of all different sizes and locales. Take a few moments to browse some of the treasures herein--this and this being two of the more compelling (at least to me) examples...
August 14, 2004 in Design | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
PolaZone Gallery
So...
I've finally gotten around to putting together my own gallery over at Polazone, and having taken my rather humble place beside the other, more talented folks there, decided this would be another good opportunity to encourage folks to visit,..
August 12, 2004 in Photography | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Groceteria.com: Did You Bring Bottles?
This excellent site details the history of supermarket chains. The emphasis seems to be on California, but the information gathered is astonishing, especially for those like me who are interested in the commercial history of America...
Groceteria.com: Did You Bring Bottles?
August 4, 2004 in History | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Bubble Books
Patented in 1917, Harper Columbia's Bubble Books were the earliest book-record combinations marketed specifically for children.
August 2, 2004 in History | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
The History of the Forklift & Pallet
via: Incoming Signals: A Weblog
A fascinating exploration of the development of palletization and its impact on the industrial world.
History of the Forklift & Pallet
August 2, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
