Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
While they might look like photos, these are actually digital portraits, all done by Euclase, one of the best fan artists on the planet. Her work is absolutely phenomenal. The lighting, the texture she manages to capture on everyone’s clothes, the warmth of their skin…truly impressive stuff. You can see more of Euclase’s work at…
The man at the opera tells me I’m disgusting, but in a lot of ways, he’s lucky. There is no moisture in the air. I slept the night before in braids. It’s a matinee, so I’m holding a very strong day vibe: more Tracee Ellis-Ross in Black-ish than Diana Ross’s 1983 Central Park performance. My…
While on an expedition in Antarctica, photographer Alex Cornell had the rare opportunity to photograph a recently flipped iceberg. Defining to the old adage “just the tip of the iceberg,” it turns out the underside can be illuminated with unbelievable bright blues and striation that reveal visually stunning secrets of these sleeping giants. Witnessing a…
The artist is honoring the 12 people killed in the attack on the French magazine. A Charlie Hebdo supporter is drawing Muhammad every day until 2016.
Terry Richardson’s eight-month exile from the covers of mainstream American magazines has come to an end, with his work fronting the February issues of both Rolling Stone and Harper’s Bazaar. The controversial photographer shot at least 10 mainstream U.S. covers in 2013, but work dried up in the spring of 2014, after the latest and…
These 3d-printed zoetrope sculptures were designed by John Edmark, and they only animate when filmed under a strobe light or with the help of a camera with an extremely short shutter speed. He shares about the project: These are 3-D printed sculptures designed to animate when spun under a strobe light….
REALLY?! 01.15.15 InTouch Puts Transphobia on Its Cover with Bruce Jenner Photoshop On the heels of a Golden Globe win for ‘Transparent,’ praise for the Jolie-Pitts’ support of their child going by ‘John,’ and the year Laverne Cox ruled, InTouch proved it’s nothing but out of touch. Bruce Jenner’s gender is the papal white smoke…
The challenges of keeping a very, very big secret. Photo: Laurence Mouton/PhotoAlto/Corbis In the late ’80s, the founder of a support group for adopted children who had recently reconnected with their biological relatives coined the term “Genetic Sexual Attraction” (GSA) to describe the intense romantic and sexual feelings that she observed occurring in many of…
Begin: Right Rail Advertisement Container End: Right Rail Advertisement Container Begin: WordPress Article Content What if Silicon Valley had emerged from a racially integrated community?Would the technology industry be different? Would we? And what can the technology industry do now to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past? I met Bob Hoover one sunny Friday afternoon when…
Credit Illustration by Edwin Fotheringham A: Hey, girl! So great to see you at Mike’s party on New Year’s. You free this week? Want to grab drinks? * B: Yo!!!!! Sorry it took me so long to respond. I’m the worst. Yes! I’d love to! First round is on me because I’m so terrible. Tuesday???…