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Provoke. Between Protest & Performance from AlbertinaMuseum on Vimeo.

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BR, Zündfunk: "Das Selfie ist nicht viel mehr als Selbstdarstellungssucht, gepaart mit digitaler Selbstbefriedigung. Behaupten aktuelle wissenschaftliche Publikationen. Dabei sind Selfies doch zuerst Kommunikationsmittel von junger Menschen." Weiter

Selfies (mp3)

Full story at bbc.com. Found via ideologic.org

chinadaily.com.cn:"They have been working for nearly 10 hours. All of them are born in the late 90s and come from rural areas outside the province. Wearing blue uniforms and having peculiar hairstyles, they make a living by repeatedly working on the assembly lines and contributing as one of the forces of the city's construction." Read on

"Social documentary photographer Arlene Collins presents her recent photographs from North Korea. In July Arlene photographed in the capital Pyongyang and traveled south to Kaesong and to the DMZ, the Demilitarized Zone."

Stags Hens & Bunnies, Blackpool 2013 from dougie wallace on Vimeo.

"An on-going project documenting Blackpool a Northern English seaside town. Stag and hen nights are about friends getting together to celebrate the bride/groom’s "last night of freedom." It is a last chance to gather together a group of same sex friends they have known since childhood, or through school, university and work. Mums, dads, sisters and brothers also often come along for the ride."

• www.dougiewallace.com
• www.spiegel.de

Laurent-Roch @ www.flickr.com

BBC: "The incredible story of a mysterious nanny who died in 2009 leaving behind a secret hoard - thousands of stunning photographs. Never seen in her lifetime, they were found by chance in a Chicago storage locker and auctioned off cheaply." Read on

Vivian Maier at en.wikipedia.org

Metalheads — Jörg Brüggemann from Gestalten on Vimeo.

"The lives and passion of heavy metal fans around the world captured in vivid images. Photographer Jörg Brüggemann traveled to Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Indonesia, Egypt, and the USA to shoot pictures of heavy metal fans. Metalheads is a collection of the resulting images, which strikingly portray them and their passion." Read on

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"These structures were commissioned by former Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito in the 1960s and 70s."

• More Pictures at humanscribbles.blogspot.com
• Pictures taken from the latest book of Jan Kempenaers

• German version of the video
  
• www.carlwarner.com

Another winner from this years Nikon Small World

Two winning photographs from the Nikon Small World Competition 2009

nytimes.com: "Enschede, the Netherlands — In this small town just across the border from Germany, a small group of Dutch scientists and one irrepressible Austrian salesman have dedicated themselves to the task of reinventing one of the great inventions of the 20th century — Polaroid’s instant film." Read on

198 Polaroid, 2004-2008
original version here: mimiko.net

www.1854.eu

boingboing.net: "Danish photographer Peter Funch stakes New York City street corners out for two weeks at a time, taking pictures of passersby from the very same spot. He then uses Photoshop to composite the results into single images."

• More photos
• www.peterfunch.com
• via www.boingboing.net

Behind the scenes of Iron Man photos by Jeff Bridges

ubu.com: "In the first programme of a major new arts strand, Ben Lewis's amusing odyssey delves into the world of the planet's most influential photographer, Andreas Gursky. Trying to find out what makes Gursky tick, Lewis's bizarre journey takes him on an adventure from Reading to Dusseldorf. When he meets finally his hero, he gains a fuller understanding of what it means to live in a 'Gursky World'." Watch/download here