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Found this possible Banksy in Hollywood the other day.
And I’m not too sure if anybody else has even noticed this lowly homeless man who has taken refuge inside an abandoned, fenced-off parking lot. He hasn’t even been mentioned on LAist.com, which is always covering Banksy’s latest street creations in Los Angeles.
So is the fence meant to keep us out or this man trapped inside?
Banksy’s so deep.
If this were anybody else other than a cop, they would be in jail right now. But we all know how the law doesn’t work when it comes to cops breaking the law and violating people’s civil rights. The settlement from this lawsuit needs to come out of this cop’s own wallet and not the taxpayers. But before that happens, this hero should be fired and then face a judge.
To voice your concerns regarding this officer’s behavior, contact Vallejo’s Chief of Police Robert W. Nichelini:
Chief Robert W. Nichelini
111 Amador St., Vallejo, CA 94590
(707) 648-4321
Nikon’s video tutorial gives you a step-by-step guide on how to clean the lens of a SLR camera to remove dust and keep the camera operating at optimum functionality.
(via Gizmodo)
Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo
• Photographer Jim Lo Scalzo features the Salton Sea in his latest multimedia piece about abandoned places. [Lens]
• The New Yorker’s Journeys issue brings you images of wanderlust. [Photo Booth]
• The New Orleans Times Picayune is disappointed that it took a court case for its photographer, Alex Brandon, to come clean about all the police abuses he witnessed during Hurricane Katrina. [LA Times]
• The Flip camera is officially dead. The culprit? Smartphones. [NPR]
• The Emerging Photographer Fund is calling for entries for its $15,000 grant. Deadline is May 1. [Burn]
James and Karla Murray have been photographing the unique and quirky storefronts of New York City for over 10 years. Their documentation is especially nice considering how quickly independent stores are disappearing and being replaced by boring corporate chains. In 2009, they released their book, Store Front, which features 225 businesses — half of which are now gone. They started the project because they were attracted to the signage, but then they met and talked with the owners and learned their stories. Their work has turned into an archive of New York City commerce.
It sounds like a cliché, lamenting the “good old days,” but when you look at these great old businesses and think what’s now in their places — Starbucks, Foot Lockers, cookie cutter condos — you have to admit, we are losing out.
To see more of their work, go to the Clic Gallery.
As part of photographer David Friedman’s series on contemporary inventors, he talks to Steven Sasson about his 1975 invention — the digital camera. Sasson’s explanation is a little clunky, but basically he had the foresight to know that when you’re introducing something so foreign and revolutionary, you need to ease people into it so as not to overwhelm and frighten them.
“I like to say to inventors that, be aware that your invention is in an environment where the rest of the world’s inventing along with you, so by the time the idea matures, it’ll be in a totally different world. I think that was the case with the digital camera.”
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Photo by Erik Calonius/The U.S. National Archives
Two Pratt MFA students spent 30 hours to build this photobooth contraption.
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Photo by allabout george
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