Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts
RIP Evelyn Mchale
23 year old Evelyn Mchale committed suicide jumping off the Empire State Building in May 1st, 1947. This unusual image was taken by a photography student the happens to be around a few minutes after her death. It haunts me since James showed it to me earlier today. A lot was written about it already, for example here in Jason Kottke's blog, where there's also a link to a caption from the original life publication of this amazing, eerie image. She looks like a hollywood star laying in her soft bed after a hard day on the set of some stupid comedy. The fact her suicide note was so desperately sad, writing about her fiancee "He is much better off without me … I wouldn’t make a good wife for anybody", only adds to the depressive glamour of this moment. A beautiful demonstration of the archaic, basic relation between death and aesthetics.
Somewhere between 2001 and Star Wars
...There is NASA. There is naturally something breathtaking in these images, but the music is a bit annoying. I recommend watching while listening to Sun Ra
Meanwhile in NJ
Israel is experiencing the biggest civil protest in its history, and in Demarest NJ we fly plastic helicopters in the rain wearing high heels, getting tattooed and experiencing the suburban lives of proper New Jerseyian housewives. Here are some images from our lazy August in the united states of america, so far.
Gif Attack!
Some Gifs from my work:
1/2 Chikos (2010, Photos: Gadi Dagon)
Friday (2010, Photos: Gadi Dagon)
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And a little bonus: Dolores and me at the studio in Essen
Mud wrestling action
Here are some pix that the talented Doro Tuch took at the mud wrestling that happened in the lunapark
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