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I came across with this photography that Alan D. Hull shot during his travel to French Polynesia where Gauguin lived after leaving behind his family.

It is a pareo, a wraparound used by women.

I love this Gauguin painting and I think that it is a very beautiful work. I would hang it at my wall if I had it.

Left: Copyright © 2000 by Alan D. Hull

wallpaper Fall in Colorado by Mari

wallpaper I just found some amazing pictures Mari at 365 Days is taking of this fall in Colorado. I was impressed by the colours and hues of yellow of some photos when this one appeared. It reminded me of the colours of Klim't work below.

I'm having back problems so I believe I will have to stop blogging for a while. I cannot sat too long at this chair and using the computer is worsening the problem. I should have already stopped last month.

So this picture to enchant you. Thank you Mari!

Update: The photo was taken in Michigan as Mari corrected at a comment.

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wallpaper John Liebenberg's Lions Soccer Players

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"The South African national John Liebenberg is one of the outstanding photographers of Southern Africa. While working as a press photographer for The Namibian and Reuters, he openly disregarded the censorship regulations in South Africa and showed the horrible face of the Apartheid regime of South Africa, as well as the face of the Apartheid regime’s wars in the neighbouring countries: Namibia and Angola. His photos appeared on the front pages of big western newspapers. However, portraits and landscape photography are among his preferred motifs and themes."

Text source: Nairobi Now.

wallpaper Biggest Human Smiley Faces in Russia and US

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Via OddityCentral.

Right: "In a carefully planed event, the citizens of Chelyabinsk calculated when Google’s satellite, “Quick Bird”, passes directly over the city and formed a yellow smiley face that could be noticed from out of space. The result of their organized effort will be seen the next time Google Earth updates, but whether they get the exposure they were looking for or not, the people behind the Smiley-Face of Chelyabinsk have our congratulations for the effort."

Left: "In October 1st, in celebration of the World Smile Day, a giant smiley face was spotted on the top parking deck of the new Amway Center arena. It was made up of hundreds of smiling people dressed in black and yellow, who stood shoulder to shoulder for a good ten minutes. The human smiley face was a result of Orlando’s World Smile Search Campaign, which looked for people who had smile stories to share with the world. In half a year, over 20,000 stories were received, and some of the people who shared their stories were invited to be apart of the smiley face.

The human smiley face of Orlando was acknowledged as the largest smiley."

wallpaper Anti Iraq war protesters - The March of the Dead

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Try searching "anti war protests" and you will see that the results are not at the mainstream media, they are at anti war activists sites and some blogs.

This is a strategy to tell people that there is nothing to be done and nobody cares. Many people are not silent and many are deeply concerned and I have posted about February, 15 2003 anti-invasion protest.

In March, 18 2008 protesters blocked the traffic and government buildings in Washington to mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war.

A group of protesters did "The March of the Dead" to symbolize the death of civilians and military people.

More pictures of the protest here.

"Far from the eyes of the people." Ironic: "weapons of mass destruction" are being used in Iraq.

wallpaper Kites uniting people over the world

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Right: Octopus kites, photography by Brian Champie.

Left: Bintaro Jaya residents in Tangerang participated in a kite flying event, receiving a reward from the Indonesia Record Museum (MURI) for flying 2,000 kites.

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Art and reality has been a theme for many studies, theories and discussions since the Greeks but artists show with their work what it takes ten chapters to be explained.

René Magritte, the famous surrealist painter, did many works about the illusion of art.

This excerpt explains "The Human Condition", 1933 at the right:

"At first, one automatically assumes that the painting on the easel depicts the portion of the landscape outside the window that it hides from view. After a moment's consideration, however, one realizes that this assumption is based upon a false premise: that is, that the imagery of Magritte's painting is real, while the painting on the easel is a representation of that reality. In fact, there is no difference between them. Both are part of the same painting, the same artistic fabrication. It is perhaps to this repeating cycle, in which the viewer, even against his will, sees the one as real and the other as representation, that Magritte's title makes reference." (emphasis mine)

Ben Heine, Belgium like Magritte, has a series Pencil vs Camera, I did this post about it, where he adds some elements to his photographies with drawings and than take a picture of his creation:

"I took this photo near Rochefort in Belgium. I also drew the rough

sketch on the crumpled paper. I wanted to make something very simple and minimalist. We always need a sun!"

Still, it's a photography. Art is about creating, not copying.

Text sources: Magritte.

Ben Heine.

(Click at the pictures to enlarge)

wallpaper Fun: The Four Dogs

wallpaper I created the label "The Four Dogs" and will be publishing pictures of four dogs in different situations. If you find any interesting picture with four dogs please tell me. This one was taken from this site. Hope they are having fun!

wallpaper In Search of the Divine by Christophe Dessaigne

wallpaper I just found the work of the photographer Christophe Dessaigne. and felt like sharing this photography he has at his portfolio:

"Christophe's photomontages deal with the themes of melancholy, fantasy, and solitude. "When I was still a child, the closing scene of Planet of the Apes struck me. It left a permanent mark in my mind. The final vision of the Statue of Liberty coming out of the sea and sand before Charlton Heston and its post-apocalyptic staging when Man realizes how infinitely small and ephemeral he is, is definitely grandiose. Same with the 80s SF masterpieces like Mad Max, Blade Runner, or Brazil. This cinema is a great source of inspiration for me, it has influenced me strongly." He adds "The works of painters like Jean-Pierre Ugarte or Beksinski are also inspiring to me, just like the masters of surrealism are: Dali, Magritte... On the comics side, the works of Metal Hurlant-era masterminds Druillet, Moebius, Caza etc is pure genius to me. These people have left their mark on the comics imagery and fantasy. They have been and still are great storytellers." As to photography, Christophe finds interest in photographers like Chad Michael Ward, Shane Harrison Parkson, or master of long exposure Michael Kenna."

You can see more of Christophe's universe at Flickr. or wait because I will surely post some of his great works.

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Left: Picture by Ramat gan in Israel
Right: Picture by Per Gunnar Ostby in Botswana

wallpaper Mimetism: imitating to survive

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Left: Flounder in Italy (picture by tropposnello)

Right: Flounder in Brazil (by MLyra)

Mimetism is the way some animals avoid predators by imitating natural elements like the color of the environment they live.

Flounders have stains in their bodies that mimic the soil they live.

Two examples of how precise they are.

There are other forms of camouflages like "playing dead".

Click to enlarge the pictures. It took me a while to understand the left picture.

wallpaper Observatory: sky from the underground

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No matter from how deep the sky is always there.

wallpaper Pencil vs Camera by Ben Heine

wallpaper I found Ben Heine blog and I'm amazed. This is a series of combinations with a photography and a drawing. You can see others of these great series here. A must-see.

© 2010 - Ben Heine

wallpaper *•●☆★☆ bumble~bee ☆★☆●•* amazing photographies

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I'm falling...

in love with you

I found this photographer when I came across with this picture by *•●☆★☆ bumble~bee ☆★☆●•*, yes this is her nickname. This is one of many amazing pictures she has. I'm still looking at her photostream. You can do the same if you want to experience her world by clicking at the link.

Image: Flickr

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Tom Thumb is a serious candidate for the record of smallest dog in the world.

"Owners Susan and Archie Thomson were delighted when he and his brothers and sister were born at the family's West Dunbartonshire home.His siblings are three times the size of the tiny dog, who can fit inside a teacup and cannot reach his mum to feed when she is standing up."

I don't want that Tom feels lonely. I found a tiny octopus, a tiny hamster and a tiny frog and he doesn't have to feel sad now.

Source for Tom Thumb: mail online.

wallpaper Revealing shadows

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I don't need to say anything.