a beautiful lie

model martha streck featured in photographs by taka mayumi for the french revue de modes.  the series is called ‘a beautiful lie’ perhaps because it explores the paradigms between that which is sensational, and yet psychologically distorted.  the first shot would look perfect poster-sized and in my bedroom, but that’s an entirely different conversation.  by sv

CATEGORIES: photography

hunter or haunted?

mister hunter s. thompson in his later, leisurely days. it’s hard to think of him as a young man in the US airforce where he was discharged, in june 1958, having been recommended for an early honorable discharge by his commanding officer. “in summary, this airman, although talented, will not be guided by policy”, col. william s. evans, chief of information services wrote. “sometimes his rebel and superior attitude seems to rub off on other airmen staff members.” in a mock press release thompson had written about the end of his duty, he claimed to have been issued a status of, “totally unclassifiable” which i think could be considered quite appropriate, no mockery intended. by dd

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TWIKNIGHT

vampire killing kit in a rosewood and ebony case with inlaid silver stringing and mother-of-pearl inlaid plaque. contents include a black powder percussion 2-barrel pistol, a powder horn and bullet mold, bone handled dagger with crucifix, three small crucifixes, mallet and two wooden stakes, book of common prayer, two small framed portraits of jesus, holy water and four glass vials with crystals. with this in your hand, they’ve got no chance by ars

CATEGORIES: objects

2012 london olympics: top 20 countries with the most gold medals

a few clear, obvious winners and then some. the US, china, and russia due to their sheer size and probability are easy ones, but then you have great britain at number 3 and korea at number 5 which are impressive to some extent. not to mention, odd balls like kazakhstan-12, hungary-9 and iran-17? mind you, this is based on most golds not grand total of medals, as that would shift the oddities even further. where are brazil, spain, belgium, portugal, sweden, etc? by dd

CATEGORIES: earth related