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antifainternational · 2 years
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A tale in six photos we think should be titled Fuck Around & Find Out Why It's OK To Punch Nazis
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simply-sharon-tate · 9 months
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“A Beginner’s Guide To Mao Tse-tung,” modeled by Sharon Tate in the December 1967 issue of Esquire. Photography by William Helburn.
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vintagecameraporrrn · 6 months
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W. Eugene Smith - photography 1946-1955
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emmaklee · 25 days
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(via Striking Portraits of Muxes, Mexico’s 'Third' Gender)
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jaspervdj · 1 year
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short story / coming of age
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brickcentral · 2 years
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Hello community! It's time for another photo essay and this time we asked to @alexandrecoelho to share a photo essay featuring the LEGO City Stuntz sets 60333: LEGO Bathtub Stunt Bike, 60293: LEGO Stunt Park and 60294: LEGO Stunt Show Truck and you better be ready for some action!
“Welcome, welcome, to the most magnificent stunt show of the world: Lunacy Wheels!”.
This is what Tread “The Phoenix” Octane used to listen every day for almost 10 years. He was the star of the show. Always trying to overcome himself and presenting to his audience the most risky stunts that his crazy mind could invent. But like someone said one day, “He who play with fire…gets burned”. And so it happened. After a bad landing, Tread suffered a huge lesion and The Phoenix”, just like the mythological bird, “burned to ashes” and ended up moving away from the show. So now is where our story begins.
After about 2 years, Tread sees a giant billboard announcing that the “Lunacy Wheels” is back in town. Full of enthusiasm and curiosity to see how the show is now, he decides to put his feet on the way.
But his eyes can’t believe what they see! Only a very small group of people remains in the audience and he can’t understand why, until…the show begins. “But what the hell…” he thinks! There’s nothing about lunacy now! That’s why no one goes to see the spectacle!
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After a truly unexciting introduction from his old friend Citrus “The Clown”, he presents what used to be one of the most hilarious attractions. “A huge applause to Sudsy “Duck” Simon”! But all the comic parts were cut out of the stunt. He used to jump over 10 giants bathtubs, landing on a pool full of ducks that flew and quacked over people in the audience. Sometimes, someone were unlucky enough to catch a “gift” from a duck, but it made people laugh even more. Now, he only jump over a small rubber duck and land on the same pool…but no duck’s to fly in the end.
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Tread expectations about the main attraction starts to vanish. If Citrus and Sudsy couldn’t make the crowd laugh, what in the world would make the new stunt star? “We now present to you, the extraordinary Incognitro”. “It’s starting”! And like Tread suspects, no lunacy, no craziness, no fearless. Despite the presenter’s encouraging presentation, there was nothing about infamous on Incognitro. Very small jumps, no flames, without taking risks. Like…he was afraid of something. In his mind, Tread only saw one option, because, he couldn’t believe that the show has reached this point.
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So, in the end of the show, Tread went to talk with Nate, the owner of the (no so far) entertainment. The team couldn’t be happier for seeing him. Only Incognitro doesn’t seems to be with the same party mood. But regardless of all the satisfaction for this reunion, Octane had to express his concern about all that he saw and despite being very apprehensive, he volunteers to help them rebuild the show to give it back the lunacy of other times.
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Nate take Tread to the old material warehouse and with the assistance of the rest of the crew, they uncover all the old ramps and props. In a few days and with a huge enthusiasm of everyone, everything looks brand new again. All the ramps were painted, all the pyrotechnic devices were replaced, all the gears have been oiled and the water tanks were filled. It’s time to share the renewed “LUNACY WHEELS”.
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“Dear people of the LEGO Valley, we are pleased to present you again in our arena, back from the ashes, the incredible, Tread “The Phoenix” Octane”! And…baaaammmm! Like a thunder, rumbling and crashing, Tread makes its entry making the crowd go wild.
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The flames light up the arena, giving to the jumps a ferocious and dangerous feature. Even the maniac robots are looking more harmful than they used to be. Tread is so full of adrenaline that the stunts seems to be greater than ever. “But wait a minute, dears spectators! Incognitro is joining the show!” - announce Citrus. Unexpectedly and without any previously training, the dark rider that have replaced Octane during his time of absence, break the lane inside, almost throwing him to the ground.
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Using the last stunt of the night, just like he’s challenging him, Incognitro jump at the same time than Tread, but he hit the target first, throwing Incognitro to the fish tank. In the middle of the fall, his helmet jump of, finally revealing his identity. To everyone’s surprise, Incognitro is in fact…a girl! But not just any girl! It’s Foxy, Nate’s daughter and Tread apprentice when he was the star of the show.
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Foxy explains how sad she was after Octane left the show and how that sadness turns to angry after a while. Also the team thought she had disappeared after Tread accident, because they didn’t know that was her riding the black motorcycle. Tread hug her and apologize for all the time that he was away. And well, what’s better than a big attraction? Two of course! Foxy became to be part of the show too of course and now, every person, little or old, could start to be astonish after they enter in the arena and listen: “Welcome, welcome to the most magnificent stunt show of the world: Lunacy Wheels!”
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geniusbeach · 1 year
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石の言葉
 名古屋を巡る車の中で、静岡に砂丘があることを友人から教わった。鳥取以外に砂丘が存在することは意外だったが、私はちょうど、ぼうっと眺めるだけで済む単調な風景を欲していたところだった。というのも、このところ雑事に追われていたせいで、精神は干された雑巾のように疲弊しきっており、何事に関しても乾いた考えしか浮かばなくなっていたからだ。友人に請うて予定を変更し、翌日足を伸ばしてみることにした。
  三月某日。朝から曇天。連休の中日であるせいか車道はしばしば滞った。昼過ぎにようやく浜名湖に着き、そばにある店で鰻を食べつつ、私は植田正治が撮影した写真を思い出していた。白い空と白い砂に二分された画面の中央に、黒い服を着た人物が立っている。現実から遊離した夢のような断片。まるでタンギーの時空にぽつんとある、マグリットのオブジェ。新しいのにどこか懐かしい、シンプルで強烈なイメージだ。そんな不思議な光景が、この先で待っているだろうか。重箱の蓋を閉め、肝吸いをすする。椀のなかにある黒い背景と白い肝のネガポジを反転すれば、近くて遠い異世界が現れるだろう。思いもよらぬ効果は、そのように簡単な操作で得られるのかもしれない。携えたカメラで何かを撮ってみよう。
 中田島砂丘は浜松の南部に位置し、遠州灘に面している。砂は、その東端が接する天竜川の上流から運ばれてくるそうだ。駐車場に車を停め、滑り止めが敷かれた小道を歩いて登って行く。林を抜けると視界が開けた。友人が声を上げる。空と、一面の砂が広がっていた。砂原へと続く急斜面を、足を取られながら興奮ぎみに降りる。すると、不意に下方から視線のようなものを感じ、私は立ち止まった。目を凝らすとそれは人でも動物でも虫でもなかった。石であった。坂の下に、じっとこちらを見つめている石があったのだ。遠ざかる友人をよそに、砂に顔を打たれながら、私はそれを見た。あたりにごろごろ転がる石とは何かが違う。風と波の果てしない響きのなかで、その石は白くきわだち、寂しそうだった。
 私たちにはどこか通じ合うものがあった。ルートを外れ、靴にざばざばと砂が入り込むのも構わず、石のもとまで無心で下って行った。拾い上げると、それは花崗岩であった。美しい卵型をしており、側面に少し平べったい部分がある。表面はチョコチップアイスを思わせる、白にわずかな黒のまだら模様。握ってみるとたしかな重みがあり、旧知の仲でもないのに、手にしっくりとなじんだ。持ったまましばらく考え、その石を散策の相棒にすることに決めた。
 石は、大人しい。しかしその性質はなかなか気難しい。浜を東へ歩いていく途上、こいつをどう扱おうかと悩んだ。ぐっと握りしめたり、持ち上げたり、掲げたり。ときに置いたり、立てたり、回したり。はたまた投げたり、落としたり、転がしたり。その全面が顔ともいえる、しかしいっさい動いてくれないカタブツをなだめすかしながら、何枚も写真を撮った。そのうち何やら、石の言葉が聞こえてくるような気がした。しかしその言葉とはいったいどんなものだろう。
 雨に濡れて。/独り。/石がゐる。/億年を蔵して。/にぶいひかりの。/もやのなかに。
 そう書いたのは詩人草野心平だが、なんでもない石について、石そのもののごとく簡潔に、そこに秘められた歴史と存在の必然性を言い表している。なおかつ映像的でもあり、事物を外部から見た限界ぎりぎりのところを巧みに描写している。とはいえ、それは石の発した言葉ではなく、あくまで人間から見た石の姿にすぎない。最終的にその主張を想像して汲み取るのは我々読者だ。詩人石原吉郎によれば、詩とは「沈黙を語るための言葉」だという。結局、我々が読めるのは「書かれた詩」でしかない。ほんとうの詩は事物と感興との沈黙の関係にあり、口にしたとたん霧消してしまうたぐいのものなのだ。ただしその意味で、カメラは言葉と同等に詩をつかみ得る道具となる。
 石の言葉の意味は石にしかわからないが、聞くことはできる。それは生成と漂着の場所にこだまする音に根ざしているはずだ。ここは砂丘。海と空と砂と風がある。それらを組み合わせて固めた言語が質量となって、いま手のなかにある。石の組成、つまりこの風土の中心に改めて石を据えてみようと思った。空へと放り投げて、あるいは、太陽と重ね合わせたシルエットに向けて、シャッターを切る。一連の試行錯誤の末、徐々に一個の石の多様な側面が見えてきた。浜にある無数の石の中、風紋を斜めに切る光彩と陰影の間、人の足のような流木の上、それぞれの関係性の中で石は表情を変え、異なる何か訴えかける。それは静かだが、熱のこもった対話であった。
 石のようになかなか動こうとしない私に友人はやきもきし、途中からどんどん先に進んでいった。帰りがけに走って追いついたところ、持って帰るつもりかと聞かれた。私は黙って首を振り、堆砂垣の向こうにそっと転がした。ホテルに戻ると、お気に入りを見つけたと言って、友人はポケットから小さな黒い石を取り出してみせた。彼は彼で写真を撮っていたらしい。そうしてにやりとしながら差し出されたカメラの画面には、私と石の出会いが切り取られていた。少し笑うと、名残惜しさが込み上げてきた。ふたたび永遠の海亀の卵へと還った石は、満月とともに夜を語り明かすにちがいない。ここちよい疲労に包まれてほんとうの石となった私は、夢幻のなかでその会話を聞いただろうか。
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webdiggerxxx · 10 months
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serenem0m3nts · 1 month
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birthing new realities with sacred fire collective
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William Gedney :: Cornett boys smoking by car, Leatherwood, Kentucky, 1964 more [+] by this photographer
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nhlovesadri3 · 1 year
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Adriana Lima from the “Secrets of the Riviera” photo essay, shot in Cannes at the vsfs 2000.
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authorphilip · 3 months
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Live Concert Photography: Wild Nothing with JW Francis at Music Hall of Williamsburg 11/11/23
Live Concert Photography: Wild Nothing with JW Francis at Music Hall of Williamsburg 11/11/23 @WildNothing @shorefire @JWFranfran @capturedtracks @MusicHallofWB @bowerypresents
Live Concert Photography: Wild Nothing with JW Francis at Music Hall of Williamsburg 11/11/23 I’ve been busily attempting to catch up on my photo editing and a few other things before the close of 2023. Late August through a couple of weeks ago was among the busiest periods in recent JOVM history. In fact, I caught Wild Nothing play a crowd-pleasing headlining set at Music Hall of Williamsburg.…
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images-that-inspire · 2 years
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Stanley Kubrick from “Columbia University”, 1948, for Look magazine
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expendablemudge · 4 months
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THE WHO & QUADROPHENIA: How is it even possible that this album was released FIFTY YEARS AGO?! Does make it a great #Booksgiving idea, says my 5* #BookRecommendation https://expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-who-quadrophenia-how-is-it-even.html…
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jaspervdj · 1 year
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short story
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