By Lawrence Lai
The Silence After: Sandy’s New Landscapes
As the nation prepares for the unofficial start of summer on Memorial Day, New Jersey’s coastal communities are facing a landscape massively altered in October 2012 by Superstorm Sandy. All photos © Mike McLaughlin Union Beach New Jersey native Mike McLaughlin turned his camera to… Read More »
EmailThe Living Is Queasy in Circle Wheel House
“The Wheel House” is a performance piece that uses a circus wheel, fashioned into a home, which two performers (drifters) maneuver through and around while the audience views and, at some performances, travels alongside. The wheel itself is made up to resemble a home with… Read More »
By Lawrence Lai
Cowboys of the Americas
Gauchos, vaqueiros, chagras, charros, huasos. In countries around the Americas, in different languages and by any other name, they are all cowboys. All photos © Luis Fabini Vaqueiros (2010) Sertao, Brazil. A vaqueiro wrestles a bull in the corrals. Luis Fabini’s interest in photography began… Read More »
By Lawrence Lai
Google Timelapse: A Quarter Century of Earth’s Change
Working with the U.S. Geological Survey, NASA and Time magazine, search giant Google has unveiled a project that shows how planet Earth has changed over the course of a quarter century. Compiled from millions of Landsat satellite images, one can see the retreat of a… Read More »
Art Invades the United Nations
Australian artist Andrew Rogers has been creating sculptures for world leaders for decades. Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, former Mexican President Vincente Fox and the late Nazi hunter and holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal have all commissioned his work. So it’s little surprise that… Read More »
Vertical Horizon: Cityscapes of Hong Kong
French artist Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze, stunned by Hong Kong’s architectural “race to the sky,” captured these breathtaking images of Hong Kong’s towering skyscrapers. The series titled “Vertical Horizons” calls attention to the geometric patterns that is Hong Kong’s skyline from extreme angles. With a population of… Read More »
By Lawrence Lai
The Original Mad Man
Bert Stern was a star in the world of advertising, rising from a mailroom boy for Look magazine to photographer of the stars. All photos © Bert Stern, courtesy of Staley-Wise Gallery, New York Twiggy in front of a Bridget Riley Painting, 1967 Some of… Read More »
Tammam Azzam – ‘The Syrian Museum’
Tammam Azzam is a Syrian-born artist who created stirring digital composites using images of the Syrian War and classic masterpieces. In his words, “the Syrian Museum series incorporates iconic subjects from the greatest European masters, paralleling the greatest achievements of humanity with the destruction it… Read More »
By Lawrence Lai
Cold War Meets Sci-Fi?
Located 100 feet beneath the granite rocks of the Vita Berg Park in Stockholm, Sweden, an Internet service provider’s data center appears like a set created for a science fiction film. The space, known as Pionen White Mountain, was an underground nuclear fallout shelter and… Read More »
The Deadly Cost of Cheap Clothing: Dangers in Bangladesh
Since 2005, photographer Abir Abdullah has been documenting the dangers in Bangladesh’s garment manufacturing industry. Abdullah’s mission had been to bring to light the many fire accidents and building collapses that plagued the industry because of poor building codes and shoddy construction. In March of… Read More »
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