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Love this mini documentary on how people are working to shift the variety of content being uploaded to Wikipedia (via DoLectures)
An exciting project of mine taking form in 2012 is the documentation via interviews of my family history. I started this last May in a series of short conversations with my grandmother — a magical woman — and this year, I will continue it in a higher quality way (better audio recording device, better photographs) and expand it to include loads more family members. You cannot imagine the story tellers I am lucky enough to have in my family and the lives they’ve led.
This film inspires me to do it even more.
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Great interview with photographer Magnus Reed over at FvF.
Most interesting are his thoughts on whether or not it is easier to be a photographer today or back in the 80s when he got his start relatively casually.
I think in many professions this is a good question to consider — now, we have so much access to tools and networks, but it can almost be overwhelming and there are so many paths forward. I think it is just a question of choosing and going forward stubbornly and adjusting as life happens.
Via freundevonfreunden: FvF Berlin: Meet Photographer Magnus Reed
Once: stories worth seeing
An incredible iPad based magazine with some truly outstanding storytelling by photo as well as with interactive and worthwhile text that drives home the images.
Addicted.
You can download the first issue for free and then pay just 3 bucks for subsequent issues. Color me a fan.
You have come through a storm of challenges, dear Cancer. Soon you will feel the warm sunlight on your face.
Beautiful line drawings by artist Vasilj Godzh
via Fubiz
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I found an amazing female adventurer!!!!!
Meet Klara Harden, who hiked across Iceland by herself and then made a gorgeous short length film about it. Learn more about her, her work and the trip via her Facebook, Flickr and Vimeo.
Thanks to Black Eiffel for the tip-off.
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i might be slightly obsessed with marina munoz.
i am definitely obsessed with the blog “into the gloss”.
when it pops up in my google reader, it is my first read of the day.
Me as a “My Little Pony”, glasses & all.
Thank you amtendler for the heads up on this, my childhood dream just came true.
A beautiful photograph of my favorite jewelry designer Kate Jones wearing work from her line Ursa Major. Whenever I have something special to celebrate personally, I allow myself to indulge in a piece of Kate’s.
Is it being 2012 reason enough to celebrate?
Be sure to also check out an ever-evolving storyboard on Kate’s blog. There is also a great interview with Kate over on N’east Style from last year.
Photo from umajor: My hands, my jewelry, shot by dear friend, Ellinor Stigle
// Modern Day Adventurers//
Last year I stumbled upon a blog depicting modern-day adventurer/explorer Ben Saunder’s attempt to reach the Geographic North Pole, unsupported aka SOLO in the fastest time ever.
Note: Be sure to check out all the incredible videos that he created with his team in the lead up to the attempt
Unfortunately for us all, Saunders was unable to complete his solo attempt at the North Pole — the weather was working against him and made it impossible to attempt.
I subsequently became utterly fascinated with the new faces and stories of the modern-day adventurer, as before coming across Saunder’s work — has assumed this sort of life was a thing of the past. (I also assumed incorrectly that the kind of brilliant travel writing that came back from said explorations was no longer occurring — but I think we all know there are some insanely wonderful memoirs out there).
Other than Saunders, there is Alastair Humphries (who in 2011 encouraged us all to take some microadventures in our close-to-home environs) and who is also as you read, rowing across the Atlantic Ocean. (See blog here)
Saunders, Humphries as well as Martin Hartley (photographer) and Andy Ward will be attempting a South Pole expedition in 2012, see the expedition website to read up on it.
For me, the beauty in the adventures that these men are embarking on is the ability to continue to see Earth as an incredibly unexplored, unknown planet (much like the Planet Earth series etc with David Attenborough do). That there are STILL places within our reach that can test the limits of what we understand and how we interact with it.
I am missing some fabulous female adventurers though — and am going to track them down because I am sure they exist….
// WAR//
“By cowardice I do not mean fear. Cowardice… is a label we reserve for something a man does. What passes through his mind is his own affair.” - Lord Moran, The Anatomy of Courage (from “War” by Junger)
One of the most moving pieces of documentary that I’ve seen or read of late is the dual documentation of the FOB Restrepo by Sebastien Junger (writer) and Tim Hetherington (photographer/videographer).
What began as a long-term assignment for Vanity Fair by both turned into a moving documentary named after a medic killed in the early days of their assignment, Restrepo.
It also was the basis of a book by Junger called “War”.
It also resulted in some of the most breath taking photography that I’ve ever seen by Hetherington.
As you may know, Hetherington was killed while photographing the conflict in Libya last year.
Related
just ordered this fantastic 2012 calendar from the recently launched online store, our paper shop.
cannot WAIT for it to arrive and grace my walls with its beauty.
highly recommend checking out their premier collection of paper goods. i, for one, am saving up my pennies to ask them to design some custom stationary for me someday.
I was in Milan for the New Year.
We stayed at an incredible hotel.
We ate insanely beautiful food (one, two, three - among others).
We walked so so so much and discovered beautiful streets with perfect lighting.
We celebrated four years.
We celebrated 2012.
Art, culture, fashion, and other things worth loving.
