May 2013
31 posts
Slide Show: Arne Svenson: The Neighbors
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals “Three years ago, Arne Svenson, a photographer living in lower Manhattan, inherited a CT-501 500-mm. Nikon telephoto lens from a bird-watching friend,” writes Raffi Khatchadourian in this week’s New Yorker. See on newyorker.com
Garry Winogrand - Nonstop and Unedited
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals Mr. Winogrand was so prolific that he could hardly be bothered to edit his work. A new retrospective explores the relentless output of a complicated artist. See on lens.blogs.nytimes.com
meta: The Most Advanced Augmented Reality...
See on Scoop.it - AR - QR The meta augmented reality glasses is a Kickstarter project that, if completed, will provide the give the world an affordable augmented reality pair of glasses See on techpp.com
Exposing the beauty of deadly disease through...
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals The complex mechanisms that conspire to attack our bodies often have an beguiling allure that belies their malevolent nature. That’s the theme behind Hidden Beauty, a new book of medical… See on theverge.com
Dancing in the Dark: The Architectural Photography...
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals Hélène Binet’s architectural photos pit light against dark to evoke depth. From her days photographing dancers, she has plumbed the tension in seemingly empty spaces. See on lens.blogs.nytimes.com
Recon Jet goes up against Google Glass, aimed at...
See on Scoop.it - AR - QR Google Glass isn’t the only Android-based wearable computer in town. Introducing the Jet HUD computer, with built in sunglasses and rugged design. See on androidauthority.com
Brief Encounter
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals Brief Encounters, a 2012 documentary directed by Ben Shapiro, follows acclaimed photographer Gregory Crewdson’s decade-long quest to create a series of haunting, surreal and stunningly elaborate portraits of small-town American life — a depiction of a disturbing and imperfect world. Crewdson’s fascinating photographs are elaborately staged, well-designed...
Audi unveils augmented reality platform with Somo
See on Scoop.it - AR - QR Audi has unveiled Audi Vision, a mobile augmented reality platform which allows users to bring brochures to life.Audi Vision will allow… See on thedrum.com
This Week in Photography History: The Birth of...
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals In this blog post, we report on famed fashion photographer Richard Avedon and his illustrious career as a photographer. Read more at The Phoblographer. See on thephoblographer.com
Amazing Vintage Images from Japan’s Forgotten...
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Condé Nast Opens Library
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals REVISIT some of fashion’s most beautiful photographs from the past 100 years as Condé Nast opens its archives for a new exhibition, opening on June 15 as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. See on vogue.co.uk
VirtualMob’s Point-At-Me Aims To Let Brands Easily...
See on Scoop.it - AR - QR Today UK startup VirtualMob is officially launching its Augmented Reality self-service — Point-at-Me (PAM) — which mixes drag ‘n’ drop content creation, e-commerce, and analytics in a bid to make it even easier for companies to get in on the AR… See on techcrunch.com
Architecture Photography by Andreas Bobanac
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals Amazing architectural and urban interior photographs by Andreas See on photohab.com
Hungry Planet: What the World Eats - in pictures
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals Californian photographer Peter Menzel visited 24 countries for the book Hungry Planet. His work shows how much the world’s weekly groceries cost See on guardian.co.uk
Tap-Scan.Me
See on Scoop.it - AR - QR NFC and QR Codes working as one. See on tap-scan.me
Pioneer car navigation system rocks augmented...
See on Scoop.it - AR - QR Pioneer will soon launch a new car navigation system in Japan that uses dashboard cameras to scan the road ahead for approaching street signs and other cars, and will share images of road conditions with other vehicles. See on pcworld.com
Is Nobuyoshi Araki's photography art or porn?
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals Alex Moshakis: Araki’s pictures of trussed-up women in various states of undress – currently on show in London – explore the hidden eroticism beneath Japan’s polite society See on guardian.co.uk
Tribute to Frida Kahlo: A Photography Project
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals One of the most recognized artists of all time, Frida Kahlo has made herself an icon with her self-portraits. She accomplished a great deal in her lif See on visualnews.com
Augmented reality fitness games coming to tablets...
See on Scoop.it - AR - QR Augmented reality fitness games coming to tablets and phones Techlife Getting fit is becoming more fun as the first augmented reality fitness apps appear for smartphones, tablets and even PCs. See on techlife.net
Beautiful Photos Capture the Majesty of Waves...
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals All of his life, French photographer Pierre Carreau has been fascinated by the shape and movement of waves. It makes sense, then, that much of his phot See on petapixel.com
Vertical Horizon by Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals As the city grows around him, photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze trains his lens on the upward mobility of Hong Kong’s architecture. Jacquet-Lagrèze See on thecoolist.com
Tel Aviv Rabbis Issue Smart Phone App And Bar...
See on Scoop.it - AR - QR The Chief Rabbinate of Tel Aviv has begun to issue kashrut certificates to restaurants with QR codes printed on them. Smartphone users can scan the QR code to determine whether the restaurant complies with the level of kosher observance they… See on failedmessiah.typepad.com
A Futuristic Short Film HD: by Sight Systems
See on Scoop.it - AR - QR Sight, a brilliant and disturbing short sci-fi film by Eran May-raz and Daniel Lazo, imagines a world in which Google Glass-inspired apps are everywhere. Thi… See on youtube.com
Augmented Reality Is Going Mobile--and Coming to a...
See on Scoop.it - AR - QR What was once a futuristic technology is now giving students an immersive way to learn from the world around them. See on thejournal.com
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This Week in Photography History: The Birth of...
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals This week in Photography History we are featuring a photographer known initially for her large black and white (often nude) photographs of her children and eventually her unique perspective in land… See on thephoblographer.com
Vintage Nude Photos On Display In Berlin's...
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals The Museum of Photography in Berlin has just opened an exhibition of nude photos from the turn of the last century. ‘The Naked Truth and More See on gadling.com
Sebastião Salgado: The silent drama of photography...
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals Economics PhD Sebastião Salgado only took up photography in his 30s, but the discipline became an obsession. His years-long projects beautifully capture the human side of a global story that all too often involves death, destruction or decay. See on ted.com
Bill Brandt - picture of the day
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. Bill Brandt was one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. See on guardian.co.uk
Portrait Photography by Alexander Zaitsev
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals Amazing portrait by Alexander Zaitsev, professional photographer based See on photohab.com
Augmented Reality in a Contact Lens - IEEE...
See on Scoop.it - AR - QR A new generation of contact lenses built with very small circuits and LEDs promises bionic eyesight See on spectrum.ieee.org
April 2013
67 posts
4D Street Art using Augmented Reality Artist...
See on Scoop.it - AR - QR 4D Street Art using Augmented Reality Artist Leon Keer incorporates augmented reality to his 3D street paintings to create an even bigger visual impact. See on futuretechreport.com
Museum of Vancouver Launches The Visible City...
See on Scoop.it - AR - QR Today the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) launches the Visible City, a virtual exhibition of Vancouver’s neon history, and in doing so becomes the first cultural institution in North America to have taken augmented reality technology to the streets. See on rushprnews.com
Museum of Vancouver Launches The Visible City...
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals Today the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) launches the Visible City, a virtual exhibition of Vancouver’s neon history, and in doing so becomes the first cultural institution in North America to have taken augmented reality technology to the streets. See on rushprnews.com
My hero: Félix Nadar by Richard Holmes
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals The first great French portrait photographer of the 19th century, Nadar was a master of visual biography and a fearless promoter of new scientific ideas See on guardian.co.uk
Slide Show: I Only Want You to Love Me,...
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals Next week, “I Only Want You to Love Me,” an exhibition of work by the British photographer Miles Aldridge, opens at Steven Kasher Gallery. The photographs, taken between 2005 and 2012, offer a glimpse into the artist’s cinematic, highly saturated… See on newyorker.com
Landscape Photography by Ruben Brulat
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals For Ruben Brulat, photography is about capturing See on photohab.com
QR wine
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QR codes used in pilot program for melon tracking...
See on Scoop.it - AR - QR A new trial by the Pudong Agriculture Association will start labeling produce with the barcodes. The Pudong Agriculture Association in China has just revealed that it will be starting a pilot program See on qrcodepress.com
Pictures of Beautiful Old Film Rolls Show Classic...
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals ‘The Unseen Seen’ is a project by Austrian photographer Reiner Riedler that captures the beauty of classic cinema in an unconventional way. By way o See on petapixel.com
The Augmented Reality Project
See on Scoop.it - AR - QR Making use of current technology as a means to enhance learning is an important part of the Avenues education. See on open.avenues.org
Augmented reality chips to be installed in mobile...
See on Scoop.it - AR - QR augmented reality firm, Metaio, has just announced that it is anticipating the installation of its dedicated chips into mobile devices before this year come See on mobilecommercepress.com
A Poster That Shows 100 Groundbreaking Cameras in...
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals A neat piece of photo-related home (or studio) decor: Brooklyn-based poster printer Pop Chart Lab has created a beautiful new poster called “A Visual C See on petapixel.com
QR Desperados
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Lee Miller: intimate moments of a 20th-century...
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals Lee Miller, muse to Man Ray and pal of Picasso, was a celebrated photographer who captured the spirit of 20th-century life. Her full archive will go online at leemiller.co.uk See on guardian.co.uk
Landscape Photography by Kenneth Verburg /...
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals Beautiful landscapes by Kenneth Verburg, ICT consultant and talented semi-professional See on photohab.com
QR codes help University researchers to understand...
See on Scoop.it - AR - QR The scientists were able to use the barcodes to monitor the social hierarchy in a colony. Scientists in Switzerland from the University of Lausanne have found a new and fascinating use for QR codes i See on qrcodepress.com
MINOX B CAMERA has built-in EXPOSURE METER -...
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals You’ll have fun shooting magnificent perfectly exposed pictures (3” x 4” and Larger) with this new marvel of West German precision engineering. The Minox B (weighs but 3-1/4 oz., only 3-7/8” long) eliminates guesswork. Mohir’s insight: :) See on blog.modernmechanix.com
Celebrity Portraits by Kate Barry
See on Scoop.it - Backstage Rituals After graduation from l’Ecole de la Chambre See on photohab.com
