Diana Princess of Wales on the day of her wedding — age 20 — next to the cover on the day of her death with a photo taken by Patrick Demarchelier. It’s just fascinating to see the difference. I think the first picture tells me more, for some reason.
Call Guinness, we are attention-seeking freaks!
After a recent stumble into this rather cute photo of Pingping and Svetlana Pankratova, the world’s shortest man and leggiest woman respectively, it made me think back to my childhood fond memories of Guinness world records.
Those amazing facts and discoveries that warmed our hearts and made us smile.
You remember Robert Wadlow – the tallest man in the world (268 cm)? Or the beautiful SR-71 “Blackbird” world’s fastest jet aircraft (reaching Mach 3), or even the Petal – the world’s smallest camera (circa 1974). Of course there
CC41 – home front
For those who are interested in everything vintage, particularly from the 40′s, I suppose you can’t go wrong with the Government-controlled ultra functional supplies made in Britain during WWII, carrying the CC41 mark. This mark
Milla’s kick start to stardom
© Richard Avedon. (left photo – for Revlon, that’s Milla on the far right)
I wanted to share with you these two photos of Milla Jovovich by Richard Avedon. The first one taken in 1986 when she was only 11 years old after been spoted by Avedon, who featured her with 2 other models in the famous Revlon’s “Most Unforgettable Women in the World” advertisement. This marked Milla’s first big push to stardom. The 2nd one is from 1998, almost 10 years later. She was already a huge star by then.
after the shoot
This gear was so neatly packed before the photo shoot. Now look at it… At least nothing’s missing… i think.
It’s starting to be a standard routine with me. Before and during a shoot it’s all I can think about. Complete concentration and focus to get all the elements right and all that comes with it – the creative process, the direction, the smiling, the pep talk, giving direction, hearing input and advices, compromises, process and process it
Asimo – more than a toy
I find myself constantly surprised and amazed at the level technology and science can meet in creating inspiring inventions and get closer to realizing “old” familiar concepts. Asimo is one good example of that. There is so much invested in this Robot to such inspiring results. I really believe this level of artificial intelligence is only the tip of the tongue of what’s next.
It’s a remarkable learning creation that is quite successful thanks to some clever (or cheesy – take your pick) marketing. But I can’t help but wishing this cute little robot looked LESS like a toy and treated as such, and had some MORE “authentic” humanistic features… show us some skin, right? Although, looking through its evolution and early prototypes, I guess I shouldn’t complain. 