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Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden 2018 Daily Planner

Erin Benzakein and Michele M. Waite

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This gorgeous planner brings the natural beauty of beloved Floret Flower Farm to every day of the...

Alton Brown recommended The Third Man (1949) in Movies (curated)

The Third Man (1949)

1949 | Thriller

8.0

(9 Ratings)

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"Carol Reed’s black-and-white tale of postwar Vienna is a perfect storm of dialogue, music, photography, and production design. Although the most celebrated moment is the reveal of Welles and that sly smile, for me the moment that makes the film is the final shot when Alida Valli just walks right by Joseph Cotten. Damn."

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Amy Fine Collins recommended Peeping Tom (1960) in Movies (curated)

Peeping Tom (1960)

1960 | Horror, Thriller

7.8

(16 Ratings)

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"See above about Michael Powell. This was the first picture of his I ever saw, and it is possibly the creepiest. He and Susan Sontag have similar ideas about photography as memento mori. It takes a certain amount of hubris for a filmmaker to liken his own profession metaphorically to a particularly perverse form of serial killing."

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Into Africa: The Poster Portfolio

Frans Lanting

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Journey Into Africa through the lens of National Geographic photographer Frans Lanting, whose images...

Kinderwunsch

Ana Casas Broda

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This is an intimate and evocative collection of images depicting the complex interactions and...

Small Blue World: Little People. Big Adventures

Jason Isley and Scubazoo

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A stunning and quirky collection of underwater photography, with miniature figures posing in an...

What They Didn't Teach You in Photo School: What You Actually Need to Know to Succeed in the Industry

Demetrius Fordham

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This book won't tell you how to take photographs. It will, though, teach you a much more difficult...

Gardening

Judith Heneghan

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Learn how to grow beautiful plants and delicious food! Simple step-by-step instructions and...

Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Regarding the Pain of Others in Books

Nov 8, 2017 (Updated Nov 8, 2017)

Regarding the Pain of Others

Susan Sontag | 2004 | Essays, Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences

8.0

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Not what I expected but powerful nevertheless

Acclaimed American writer Susan Sontag returns with an extended essay about photographing war and inhumane circumstances, an extension of her 1977 work "On Photography". I had expected a philosophical take on pain but this was still important nevertheless.

Sontag's earlier "On Photography" is justifiably regarded as a classic. This book is promoted as revising some of its more important arguments. Like the earlier book this is mainly a summary of points with which most teachers, and students, in this area are likely to be familiar. It is useful to have the arguments drawn together. Without doubt, Sontag's words exude intelligence, exploring how we look at painful images from photojournalists, our reaction to mass media, and how we interpret terrible news about war, even how we look at religious paintings.

She takes us on an argumental debate that covers all aspects of visual imagery through descriptive text. Shes talks of the shock and horror seen by some in photography, to how others see it as political leverage. What this book does, is to make us understand that one photographic image can have a double purpose, and that not all in a war image is truth. A good essay for the Sontag collection.

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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) shared own list

Nov 19, 2017

The latest generation of smartphones comes with a panoply of apps to get you started, from email and photography to navigation, weather and video-calling services.

But every one of those default apps has at least one alternative on the app stores, and there are often dozens more that can represent a big upgrade. The Guardian has narrowed down this mammoth list:

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The Guardian: Best Apps to Improve Your Smartphone

Whether you want an alarm that syncs with your body clock or a to-do list you can speak to, these are the apps you’ll need to make your smartphone smarter: