#Gregory Tillman

[itcars]

Porsche 993 Speedster by Gunther Werks

Images by Gregory Tillman || IG

#Gunther Werks #Porsche 993 Speedster #Porsche Speedster #porsche #cars #classic cars #tuned #Gregory Tillman

[diceriadelluntore]

Storia Di Musica #307 - Edizione Speciale Natale 2023 - Dylaniati Vol.1

Per queste due ultime storie musicali del 2023 ho voluto giocare un po', sempre però partendo dal disco del mese, Bringing It All Back Home di Bob Dylan. Pochi dischi sono stati più seminali, nel vero senso del termine: non si parla solo di successo commerciale, questione che con Dylan è sempre stata relativa (per dirne una, ha più numeri 1 in Gran Bretagna che negli Stati Uniti), ma di una fondamentale spinta creativa e di ispirazione, che dura da 6 decenni. Dylaniato è il titolo che Tito Schipa Jr diede ad una sua compilation di riletture di classici dylaniani, nel 1987. Il titolo mi è sempre piaciuto, e lo userò per una carrellata di omaggi al menestrello di Duluth, che insieme ai Beatles è l'artista più coverizzato di sempre.

Isabella Lundgren è una giovane e talentuosissima jazzista svedese, che nel 2019 prende in prestito l'iconica copertina, cambiandone dei particolari: lei è insieme ai suoi musicisti, Dylan era con la moglie del suo manager Grossman, i dischi sul tappeto riprendono l'idea della copertina originale, tra le scelte dell'artista svedese spicca Kind Of Blue di Miles Davis. Lundgren sceglie alcuni capolavori della discografia di Dylan e li riarrangia con stile, accompagnata dalla sua voce calda e bellissima: spiccano una versione riuscitissima di The Times They Are A-Changin' (sempre dolorosamente attualissima) e una Forever Young dolcissima; il titolo non è una canzone di Dylan ma una nuova canzone scritta da Brian Kramer, cantautore newyorkese.

La musica di Bob Dylan è stata a lungo molto apprezzata in Giamaica (i Wailers registrarono una strana, inquietante versione di Like A Rolling Stone già nel 1966), e data la sorprendente elasticità mutevole delle sue canzoni (e l'altrettanto elastica adattabilità delle sue canzoni ai ritmi reggae), ecco a voi un disco celebrativo in stile reggae delle sue composizioni: sebbene suonino stranissime, alcune canzoni acquistano significati ancora più profondi, come Toots Hibbert che a Maggie's Farm conferisce un'ulteriore intensità in ricordo dei canti per far rimanere glis chiavi nelle piantagioni a lavorare, ma è notevole anche la Mr. Tambourine Man interpretata dal grande Gregory Isaacs. Del disco esiste anche un Volume 2, questo:

dove le stesse canzoni sono remixate in dub style.

Ma uno dei più recenti, siamo nel 2010, e interessanti omaggi al genio è questo, che si intitola Subterrean Homesick Blues: A Tribute to Bob Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home, dove alcuni dei più interessanti cantanti e musicisti della scena indie rock americana rilegge i classici immortali di questo disco, avvicinando ai capolavori originali l'ennesima generazioni di giovani. La compilation presenta le cover di artisti come The Morning Benders, Peter Moren del gruppo Peter Bjorn And John, i Castanets (con una versione originalissima di Maggie's Farm), Asobi Seksu, Mirah, o The Helio Sequence che rifanno con delicatezza Mr Tambourine Man. Tra le canzoni, anche alcune outtakes che uscirono nella leggendaria prima uscita delle Bootleg Series (The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991, un disco fatto di "canzoni scartate" che sono tutti dei gioielli assoluti). Tra le curiosità, la versione di una di queste, If You Gotta Go, Go Now, reinterpretata da Josh Tillman, che fa parte dei bravissimi Fleet Foxes, grazie al fatto che venne usata in una serie TV, divenne una piccola hit.

Meraviglia di Dylan e delle sue canzoni!

Buon Natale e il 31 Puntata Speciale Numero 2.

#dylaniato vol.1 #special edition #recensione

[rrresearch]

Wolfgang Tillmans

b. 16 August 1968 — Remscheid, West Germany

Notable Works: 

To look without fear | MoMA Exhibition (2022)

2017 | Tate Modern Exhibition (2017)

Anti-Brexit Campaign (2016)

Device Control (2016)

Truth Study Center (2005 - ongoing)

Central Nervous System (2008 - 2013)

Freischwimmer (2001 - 2003)

Paper Drop (2001 - ongoing)

Concorde Grid (1997)

Lutz & Alex (1992)

Videos: 

Wolfgang Tillmans, Hasselblad Award

Wolfgang Tillmans – 'What Art Does in Me is Beyond Words' | Artist Interview | TateShots

Q&A with Wolfgang Tillmans & Gregory Crewdson 

Books:

Wolfgang Tillmans — Books

Tillmans Reader

Wolfgang Tillmans: Neue Welt

Wolfgang Tillmans: Lighter

Wolfgang Tillmans: Freischwimmer

Wolfgang Tillmans: What’s wrong with redistribution?

Wolfgang Tillmans (Phaidon)

Wolfgang Tillmans: Truth Study Center

Wolfgang Tillmans: Portraits

Wolfgang Tillmans (Taschen)

Further Reading:

Artspace | “Wolfgang Tillmans Opens Up on His Art, His Influences, and His Personal Tragedy.”

Frieze | “Wolfgang Tillmans’ Ways of Seeing”

The Guardian | “Wolfgang Tillmans”

The New Yorker | “The Life and Art of Wolfgang Tillmans”

See Also: 

Between Bridges

i-D

Turner Prize

Frank Ocean

Hans Ulrich Obrist

#wolfgang tillmans #photography #sculpture #exhibition #installation #queer artists

[lboogie1906]

Gregory Allen Howard (January 28, 1952 – January 27, 2023) was a screenwriter and producer, known for writing the screenplay to Remember the Titans (2000). He was born in Norfolk, Virginia, but his family moved around often due to his stepfather's career in the Navy. He graduated from Princeton University with a BA in American history, he briefly worked at Merrill Lynch on Wall Street before moving to Los Angeles in his mid-twenties to pursue a writing career. He worked as a freelance writer and on several television shows, including being a story editor for Where I Live and working on True Colors. He wrote a stage play, Tinseltown Trilogy, that garnered him awards. He was then selected for the assignment to write an original screenplay for the biographical film of boxer Muhammad Ali. Studio delays and rewrites meant that his first feature film, Ali, was not released until after his next script, Remember the Titans. Remember the Titans was a spec script written by him after he discovered the unique story of the integrated high school football team that the town of Alexandria. He worked on several other projects. He was an uncredited writer for Glory Road. In 2004, he worked on the script for a film project with Morgan Freeman based on the 761st Tank Battalion. Howard wrote a screenplay called Factor X. In 2014, he completed the screenplay of a movie about the Soviet Airwomen of the Great Patriotic War called Night Witches. He co-wrote and co-produced the 2019 Harriet Tubman biographical film Harriet, for which he received a "story by" credit. On November 12, 2019, his Black Panther Party script Power to the People was acquired by Paramount Pictures with George Tillman Jr. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn_AfjaslF5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[trascapades]

🕊🎶#ArtIsAWeapon #GregTate "Celebrating Greg Tate: More Than Posthuman: Rise of the Burnt Sugar Arkestra Mojosexual Cotillion" this Sunday, July 17, 2022, 7:30 PM (doors open at 6:00 PM), @lincolncenter #SummerForTheCity. Limited advance reservations: www.lincolncenter.org/series/summer-for-the-city/celebrating-greg-tate-more-than-posthuman-rise-of-the-burnt-sugar-arkestra-mojosexual-cotillion **This celebration honoring Greg's life and legacy will be live-streamed for folks who are unable to attend - go to Lincolncenter.org ** Reposted from @lincolncenter: Gregory Stephen Ionman Tate (1957-2021) was a giant of Black radical thought and creativity, and a conductor of incandescent, community-driven music. Tate's body of writing as an influential critic would be enough to enshrine him as a cultural icon, but he is equally important to a generation of musicians as both the co-founder of the @blackrockcoalition, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to the complete creative freedom of Black artists; and the creator of @burntsugararkestra, a sprawling, omnivorous, and outrageously accomplished improv collective. Reposted from @burntsugararkestra - For this homecoming concert, curated & presented with The Tate Family at one of his favorite venues, more than thirty Burnt Sugar Arkestra members will perform in celebration and tribute to one of the most essential voices in the history of 21st Century Avant Groidd music and thought. On the same day, The Tate Family, Lincoln Center, and Photoville will honor Tate's life and work with the presentation, “In Praise of Shadow Boxers, Dissonance & Dissidents: A Pop-Up Tribute Exhibition to Greg Tate”. The exhibition will feature six-foot prints by 24 artists with whom Tate was in community and whose work he championed. Each image is accompanied by a personal statement by that artist about Tate. The band: Liza Jessie Peterson – MC, Freedome Bradley – MC, Pastor Kaji Dousa – MC Vernon Reid – Conduction, Lisala Beatty – Vocals, Shelley Nicole – Vocals & Conduction, Bruce Mack – Vocals/Synthesizer & Conduction, Karma Mayet – Vocals, Abby Dobson – Vocals, Sequoyah Murray – Vocals, Shariff Simmons – Vocals, Simi Stone – Violin, Satch Hoyt – Flute & Percussion, Lewis “Flip” Barnes – Trumpet, Avram Fefer – Soprano Sax, V. Jeffrey Smith – Tenor Sax, “Moist” Paula Henderson – Bari Sax, Dave “Smoota” Smith – Trombone, Leon Gruenbaum – Keyboards & Samchillian, Ben Tyree – Electric Guitar, Andre Lassalle – Electric Guitar, Jason DiMatteo – Acoustic Bass, Shawn Banks – Congas, LaFrae Sci – Trap Drums & Electronics, Marque Gilmore tha’ Inna•Most – Trap Drums & Electronics, Jared Michael Nickerson – Electric Bass & Conduction, Latasha N. Nevada Diggs - Vocals/Electronic Soundscapes. Bill Toles – BSAC Media Design, LaRonda Davis – BSAC Stage Crew, Ginny Suss – BSAC Stage Crew. Image 1: 🎨Poster art by Amy Gail. Created with photos by Nisha Sondhe, Laura Williams, Daryl Tillman, Ginny Suss, Simone Cassas, & Sachyn Mital. . Image 2: 📸 by Nisha Sondhe #BlackBrilliance #BlackGenius #GregTateCelebration #LincolnCenter #burntsugararkestra (at 60 Lincoln Center Plaza, Damrosch Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgCILUOgl0N/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#artisaweapon #gregtate #summerforthecity #blackbrilliance #blackgenius #gregtatecelebration #lincolncenter #burntsugararkestra

[tothennthpower]

I get my smile from my #Dad. Also, my urge to create my life my way, and on my own terms. He's always been supportive of my creative ventures, and was especially happy and proud that I talked about him and used one of his insanely corny ass #dadjokes in my standup. He and my mom have always encouraged me to be 100% myself, and love hearing about my many adventures and journeys - emotional, mental, and spiritual. I love learning more about him and the many layers of who he is, and am especially excited for him as he embarks on his latest venture and newest chapter as an author. I love you, Dad! Thank you for being you, and for providing me with half of my incredible genes 😁❤️ Also on this day, I have to give thanks, love, and appreciation to all the #fathers in my life: my #fatherinlaw, Fred, my #uncles, David, Eric, and Chann, my #unclesinlaw, Roger and Jim ; my #brothers, Mailyn and Jared; my #brotherinlaw Henry; my #cousins, Warren, Steven, TJ, Ace, Alston, Sam, Tom, Menachem, Patrick, Fred Miller, Johnny, Lewis Sr., and Gregory; all my #playuncles, #playcousins, #playbrothers, #oldfriends, #newfriends, and #bestfriends. Thank you all for being the strong, loving men that you are. 🥰🤗😚 And lastly, a blessing to my late #grandfathers and #grandfatherinlaw, John Tillman II, Garfield Jenkins, and Nelson Hitchcock Sr., and my late #stepfather Jerry Wilson, and the #ancestors known and unknown. Thank you all for your love and Spirit. I carry it in my heart always. #father #daddy #grandpa #papa #fathersday #happyfathersday https://www.instagram.com/p/CfAvDVKOOwE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#dad #dadjokes #fathers #fatherinlaw #uncles #unclesinlaw #brothers #brotherinlaw #cousins #playuncles #playcousins #playbrothers #oldfriends #newfriends #bestfriends #grandfathers #grandfatherinlaw #stepfather #ancestors #father #daddy #grandpa #papa #fathersday #happyfathersday

[spiderandthesims]

1880s Names

A

Boys

Abel, Abraham, Adam, Addison, Adelbert, Alexander, Alfred, Aloysius, Alphonse, Ambrose, Amos, Anderson, Andrew, Angus, Anthony, Anton, Archibald, Art, Arthur, Aubrey, August, Augustine, Augustus, Avery

Girls

Ada, Adelaide, Adele, Adeline, Agatha, Agnes, Alice, Alma, Almeda, Alta, Anastasia, Angeline, Anna, Annabelle, Anne, Arizona, Augusta, Augustine, Aurelia, Aurora

B

Boys

Barney, Benjamin, Bennett, Bernard, Bishop, Bradford

Girls

Beatrice, Bernadette, Bess, Bessie, Beulah, Birdie

C

Boys

Carlton, Carson, Casper, Cassius, Cecil, Charles, Chauncey, Chester, Christian, Christopher, Clarence, Claude, Clement, Clifford, Coleman, Conrad, Cornelius, Curtis

Girls

Camille, Caroline, Catherine, Cecilia, Celestia, Celestine, Celia, Charity, Charlotte, Christine, Claire, Clara, Clarice, Claudia, Clementine, Conception, Constance, Corda, Cordelia, Cornelia

D

Boys

Dallas, Daniel, Darius, David, Dennis, Dewitt, Dorsey, Douglas, Dudley, Dwight

Girls

Daisy, Delia, Della, Delphia, Docia, Dollie, Dolly, Dolores, Dora, Dorcas, Doris, Dorothy, Dove, Dovie, Drucilla

E

Boys

Early, Edmond, Edward, Edwin, Eldridge, Eli, Elias, Elijah, Elliott, Ellis, Ellsworth, Elmer, Elton, Elwood, Emerson, Emery, Emil, Emmett, Enoch, Ephraim, Erasmus, Erastus ,Eric, Ernest, Ervin, Erwin, Eugene, Everett, Ezra

Girls

Edith, Edmonia, Effie, Elaine, Elda, Eldora, Eleanor, Elise, Eliza, Elizabeth, Ella, Elma, Elnora, Eloise, Elsa, Elsie, Emily, Emma, Emmaline, Era, Erma, Erna, Ernestine, Essie, Esta, Estella, Estelle, Esther, Ethel, Ethelyn, Etta, Eudora, Eugenia, Eula, Eulalia, Eunice, Euphemia

F

Boys

Felix, Ferdinand, Francis, Franklin, Frederick, Fredrick

Girls

Fanny, Fay, Felicia, Fern, Fidelia, Flora, Florence, Florida, Francis

G

Boys

Gabriel, Garrett, General, George, Gideon, Giles, Golden, Gregory

Girls

Geneva, Genevieve, Georgia, Georgie, Goldie, Grace, Gwendolyn

H

Boys

Harmon, Harold, Harris, Harrison, Henry, Hollis, Homer, Horace, Howard, Howard, Howell, Hugo

Girls

Harriett, Hattie, Henrietta, Hester, Honora, Hope, Hortense

I

Boys

Irving

Girls

Imogene, Indiana, Iona, Iris, Isadora

J

Boys

Jack, Jackson, Jacob, James, Jasper, Jeremiah, John, Jonathan, Joseph, Josiah, Judson, Jules, Julian, Junius

Girls

Jane, Josephine, Judith, Julia, Julie, Juliet, June

K

Boys

Kenneth

Girls

Kathleen

L

Boys

Lawrence, Lawson, Leander, Leonard, Lewis, Lionel, Logan, Lucien, Lucius, Luther, Lyman

Girls

Lacy, Lillian, Lilly, Louise, Lucia, Lucille, Lucinda, Lucretia, Lucy

M

Boys

Major, Malcolm, Marcus, Marshall, Martin, Mason, Mathias, Matthew, Maurice, Maxwell, Michael, Miles, Milo, Milton, Monroe, Morgan, Mortimer

Girls

Mabel, Madeline, Magnolia, Marie, Mary, Matilda, Maude, May, Melinda, Mildred, Millicent, Millie, Minerva, Minnie, Miriam, Missouri, Mollie, Mona

N

Boys

Nathan, Nathaniel, Neil, Nelson, Newton, Nicholas, Noah, Noel, Norman, Norris

Girls

Netta, Nettie, Nevada, Nona, Nora, Norah, Norma

O

Boys

Oliver, Oren, Orson, Otis, Otto, Owen

Girls

Odelia, Odessa, Ola, Olive, Ona, Opal, Ophelia, Ora, Orpha, Ottilie

P

Boys

Patrick, Percival, Percy, Peter, Phillip, Pierce, Pleasant

Girls

Pansy, Parthenia, Patience, Pearl, Penelope, Permelia, Philomena, Phoebe, Polly, Priscilla, Prudence

Q

Boys

Quincy

R

Boys

Raymond, Richard, Richmond, Robert, Rodney, Roger, Ross

Girls

Rita, Rosalie, Rose, Rowena, Ruby, Ruth

S

Boys

Samuel, Seymore, Sidney, Silas, Simon, Solomon, Stanley, Stephan, Sterling, Stewart, Sylvester

Girls

Samantha, Sophronia

T

Boys

Thaddeus, Theodore, Thomas, Thorton, Tillman, Timothy, Tobias, Truman

Girls

Tennessee, Thelma, Theodora, Theodosia, Theresa, Tillie

U

Boys

Ulysses

Girls

Una

V

Boys

Valentine, Vernon, Victor, Vincent, Virgil

Girls

Vera, Verona, Vesta, Victoria, Viola, Violet, Virginia, Vivian

W

Boys

Walker, Wallace, Walter, Warren, Watson, Webster, Wesley, Wilber, Wilbert, Wilbur, Wiley, Wilfred, Willam, Willard, William, Wilson, Winfield

Girls

Wilda, Wilhelmina, Wilma, Winifred, Winnifred, Winona

Z

Girls

Zella, Zora

#1880s #baby names #sims 4 decades challenge #ts4 historical #This is part one of a series of posts #if you have trouble naming sims especially for the decade and historical challenges feel free to use this as a resource #i went thru the top 1000 names of the 1880s in the ssa name census and picked the ones i liked and hated the least lol #txt

[timoremdei]

Hypothetical Muses I Would Like to Write

Rules; name 3 -10 muses you’ve considered or would like to write in the future!

-Byron Lewis/ Mothman (Watchmen)

-Wade Tillman/ Looking Glass (HBO’s Watchmen)

-Freeza (DBZ/Dragonball Super)

-Hit (Dragonball Super)

-Davy Jones (Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean)

-Bellatrix Lestrange (Harry Potter)

-Pavi Largo (Repo! The Genetic Opera)

-Dr. Gregory House (House, MD [I’ve written him before but shhh])

Current Muses;

@timoremdei

@misternygmasir​ (by request)

@bxrbossa​ (inactive)

@cxmedienne​ (by request)

Tagged by; @elisethetraveller​

Tagging; @smilewithapurpose, @amazongoddcss, @babydxhl and YOU!

#Courage is a lie. The universal truth is MEMES #I don't care who you are but they will; OOC

[rachel-pidgley]

early sunrise: waking up early to catch the first glimpse of the sun peeking over the horizon, curled up on your front porch squeezing a mug of hot coffee in your hand, excitement regarding what the new day may bring.

lottery (acoustic) - jade bird | ether & wood - alela diane | naked as we came - iron & wine | the chain - ingrid michaelson | fortune (acoustic) - william fitzsimmons | facing west - the staves | sea of love - cat power | golden (acoustic) - becca mancari | that’s what makes this house a home - holley maher | waiting for you - isobel anderson | to build a home - the cinematic orchestra | making all things new - aaron espe | up to me - sera cahoone | first day of my life - bright eyes | in the stream - s. carey | never in my wildest dreams - dan auerbach | howling light - j. tillman | follow my voice - julie byrne | call the days- nadia reid | amsterdam - mandolin orange | mountain falls for the sea - findlay brown | fickle heart - ira wolf | be here now - gustavo bertoni | cover me up - jason isbell | morning is made - hush kids | hero - family of the year | morning rain - adam torres | lost in my mind - the head and the heart | jealous sun - parker millsap | gold laces - junius meyvant | virginia may - gregory alan isakov | like real people do - hozier | our remains - beta radio | tongue tied (acoustic) - beta radio | emmylou - first aid kit | fool - handsome ghost

| listen on spotify | 

#spotify #music #playlist #mood #mood playlist #spotify playlist #morning #sunrise #aesthetic #acoustic

[itcars]

Ferrari 812 GTS

Images by Gregory Tillman || IG

#Ferrari 812 GTS #Ferrari 812 #ferrari #cars #supercars #Gregory Tillman

[acti-veg]

Do you know any blogs for black vegans/ poc vegans to talk about certain topics? Recently I've been confused about how to address my families practices without bringing up old wounds.

I’d recommend that you look into the work of the following people:

Syl Ko

Dick Gregory

Dr. Amie Breeze Harper

Christopher-Sebastian McJetters

Brandie Skorker

Angela Davis 

Bryant Terry

Monique Koch 

Kevin Tillman

Christopher-Sebastian McJetters

Valerie McGown

Quite a few of these people have podcasts, books and blogs, but they’re all activists in their own right, concerned with race, feminism, colonialism, human rights, animal rights and the intersectional nature of oppression. I’d also recommend visiting blackvegansrock.com as they mostly exist to spotlight black voices within the animal rights movement. I hope that helps.

#ask #black vegans #vegan #vegans

[pharaohrameseselaton]

Dr. Alvenia Fulton was known as the "Queen of Nutrition," she taught comedian-human rights activist Dick Gregory how to fast and diet in the 1960s. She and Gregory also collaborated on the book, Vegetarianism: Fact or Myth? Born in Middle, TN, she was exposed to natural foods, herbs and cures of nature through the teachings of her father and mother, Richard and Mahala Moody. The trailblazing nutritionist went on to become the first Black to open a health food store and a vegetarian restaurant in the Black community in the U.S. in the late 1950s. She worked in her historic Chicago store, Fultonia Health and Fasting Institute, until she recently became ill, according to her nephew, Robin Brown, the chief of staff to Chicago Alderman Dorothy Tillman. "She taught us that our health is determined by the foods we eat and the liquids we drink," said Brown. He added, "She was the first anywhere to recommend fasting as a means of cleansing the body and allowing the body to cleanse and to heal itself. She called it therapeutic healing." Dr. Fulton is the author of two books, The Fasting Primer and The Nutrition Bible. She earned an N.D. and Ph.D. from Lincoln College of Naturopathy and Natural Medicines in Indianapolis. She also was the first woman to enter and graduate from Greater Payne Theological Seminary in Birmingham, AL, and went on to become a pastor of several churches, including St. Johns AM.E. in Louisville, KY, St. Stephens A.M.E. in Birmingham and St. Johns A.M.E. in Manhattan, KS." -- Jet, March 22, 1999 #Vegan #Veganism https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx2YGIDjkHt/?igshid=184lumfg4i3lb

#vegan #veganism

[marioomarvelascogomez]

La fotografía contemporánea es el conjunto de fotografías realizadas de 1980 a la época actual, estas pueden ser de distintos temas o temáticas.

Gregory crewdson:

En sus obras de arte a través de las pinturas, veo que intenta relatar u mostrar alguna historia antigüa, como una fotografía sin cámara.

Thomas Struth:

En sus fotografías observo fotos muy minimalistas, y muy atractivas para el ojo.

Wolfang Tillmans:

Estas son fotos a pesar de que muy basicas, son bastante atractivas a aunque sean muy simples de hacer.

[listerious]

15 Incredible Hoover Dam Facts

One of the greatest architectural achievements in the history of the United States was a structure built during one of the worst financial periods in modern history. Let's take a closer look at some of the most interesting facts about Hoover Dam, an astounding dam that has become one of the most popular man-made tourist attractions in Arizona and Nevada.

1. It's located on the border of two Western U.S. states

Hoover Dam is an enormous structure located on the Colorado River near the city of Boulder City, Nevada. It's situated right on the border of the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona, about 48 kilometers (30 miles) southeast of Las Vegas. Boulder City was established when the thousands of workers building the dam settled in the area. It was named after the nearby Boulder Canyon, one of the huge canyons that were originally considered as a location for the dam. The dam was eventually built inside the Black Canyon which is situated just below Boulder Canyon. This canyon was named after the Black Mountains, a mountain range in which its eastern part is situated. The western part of the canyon is located within the El Dorado Mountains.

Front view of the dam / Wiki Commons

2. It was built in just 5 years during the Great Depression

The project to build the dam in this location was authorized in 1928. This was the year before the Wall Street Crash happened, an event that initiated the Great Depression. Regardless of the bleak financial situation in the country, a joint venture of 6 different construction companies was formed called "Six Companies, Inc." They didn't spend much time coming up with a name for the joint venture, a prelude to the speed at which the dam was constructed. The project started in early 1931 and was officially completed just 5 years later on March 1, 1936.

3. The name of the dam didn't become permanent until the year 1947

Even though the dam was named after President Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), a man who was in office between 1929 and 1933 as the 31st president of the United States, the dam wasn't originally named as such. The project was originally referred to as the "Boulder Dam" or as the "Boulder Canyon Dam." Shortly before construction began, the name "Hoover Dam" was first used by the Secretary of the Interior Ray Wilbur. This name somewhat stuck even though the Roosevelt administration, who came to office in 1933, referred to the dam as the Boulder Dam. It wasn't until a bill of Congress was passed in 1947 that the name of the dam was officially restored to "Hoover Dam."

4. The scale of this structure is mind-blowing

Granted, Hoover Dam is not the biggest dam in the world anymore by any means, especially since countless similar structures have been built in China in the past couple of decades. It still has some amazing stats that emphasize the scale on which this structure was built: - Height: 221.4 meters (726.4 feet) - Length: 379 meters (1,244 feet) - Width at the base: 200 meters (660 feet) - Width at the top: 14 meters (45 feet) - Concrete Volume: 2,480,000 cubic meters (3,250,000 cubic yards) - Installed capacity: 2,080 MW The dam also creates the largest reservoir in the United States (when it's full) known as "Lake Mead." It has a length of 180 kilometers (112 miles) and a surface area of 640 square kilometers (247 square miles). This enormous reservoir has a maximum depth of 162 meters (532 feet) and can hold 32.236 cubic kilometers (7,733 cubic miles) of water, quite dazzling stats indeed!

5. It's a popular tourist attraction visited by over 1 million people annually

The dam opened up for tours as early as 1937, the year following its completion. These were briefly halted during World War II but reopened shortly after in 1945. The demand was huge as yearly visitor numbers rose to 448,081 by 1953. A new visitor center was built in 1995 which resulted in the yearly visitor count rise to over 1 million people for the first time. A new tour coined the "Discovery Tour" was established in 2001 and the visitor count has consistently been over 1 million yearly tourists, making it one of the most popular tourist attractions in Nevada and Arizona. The tours are offered by the Bureau of Reclamation and tickets can only be purchased at the visitor center.

Tourists on top of the dam / Wiki Commons

More interesting facts about Hoover Dam

6. Even though the project was only approved in 1928, a report to request a dam to be built in the area was already filed by the Bureau of Reclamation in the year 1922. This report was referred to as the "Fall-Davis" report in honor of Interior Secretary Albert Fall. 7. This report originally stated to build the dam "in or around the Boulder Canyon." Even though the Bureau of Reclamation dismissed the use of Boulder Canyon to build the dam and instead suggested the Black Canyon, it was still referred to as the "Boulder Dam" during this early phase. 8. Las Vegas was a small city of about 5,000 inhabitants during the 1920s and early 1930s. That's why a camp was erected by the government nearby which was to become Boulder City.

Boulder City in 1932 / Wiki Commons Anywhere between 10,000 and 20,000 unemployed people came to the site and thousands were hired. By 1932, over 3,000 people were employed by Six Companies Inc. By 1934, this number had reached 5,251. 9. The first project to be completed before work on the dam could start was to diver the Colorado River away from the construction site. This was achieved by drilling 4 tunnels into the canyon walls which each were 17 meters (56 feet) in diameter. 2 of the tunnels were drilled on the Arizona side and 2 on the Nevada side of the canyon. Combined, these tunnels have a length of 5 kilometers (3 miles). 10. The amount of concrete used to build the dam was incredible. It was estimated that a single continuous pour of concrete would take 125 years to cool, so the dam was built by pouring concrete in numerous blocks. These square blocks had a diameter of up to 15 meters (50 feet) and a height of up to 1.5 meters (5 feet). This means that the face of the dam consists of countless blocks of concrete stacked on top of each other.

The dam during construction / Wiki Commons 11. Unfortunately, building this structure was an extremely dangerous endeavor. This means that a total of 112 people lost their lives while working on the project. The first death occurred ay back on December 20, 1922, when a surveyor named John Gregory who was looking for a perfect spot to build the dam drowned in a flash flood. 12. Building the dam was extremely expensive as well. The budget of the dam in 1931 was about $49 million, the equivalent of about $680 million today. 13. The water level of Lake Mead has been consistently lowering since the 2000s. The causes are a combination of extreme droughts in the area and an increased demand for water from the Colorado River upstream. This is the main reason why the power plant has lost 23% of its output and now only produces 1592 MW a year, a number that could potentially decrease further as water levels drop even lower.

Aerial view of the dam / Mariordo / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en 14. Even though Six Companies, Inc. was a joint venture formed to build Hoover Dam, the company went on to build multiple other large-scale projects later on. Some of these included Parker Dam, a section of the enormous Grand Coulee Dam, and the Colorado River Aqueduct, an immense structure across the Mojave and Colorado Deserts that provides drinking water to Southern California. 15. An amazing bridge that carries Interstate 11 and U.S. Route 93 across the Black Canyon near the dam was completed in 2010. This bridge is called the Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, named in honor of the Governor of Nevada between 1971 and 1979 and an American football player who was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan in 2004. This magnificent structure has a length of 579 meters (1,900 feet) and carries the decks at a height of 270 meters (890 feet) above the Colorado River below.

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Géneros de la fotografía contemporánea

La fotografía artística contemporánea

La fotografía artística contemporánea surgió en 1980 en el museo de arte contemporáneo de paris, la fotografía artística contemporánea es donde el autor puede expresar cosas mediante fotografías, como sus sentimientos y cualquier cosa que se quiera expresar y dejar un mensaje más profundo de lo que muestra la fotografía.

Los tres géneros que más me gustan son. Narrativa, ciudad y cotidianidad y objetos.

Elegí esos géneros porque puedes expresar lo simple de las cosas cotidianas en una foto o al contrario, lo complicado de la cotidianidad.

1. Narrativa: Gregory Crewdson

Decidí elegir ese autor porque sus fotografías son las que más me agradan y por cómo está puede expresar a través de fotografías.

2. Ciudad y cotidianidad: Garry Winograd

Me pareció interesante este autor porque en sus fotos se puede entender bien la cotidianidad, sin tan solo saber el género.

3. Objetos: wolfgang tillmans

Me gusto mucho porque con simples objetos se puede hacer arte.

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