You may not recognize the name Edith Shain, but chances are, you’ve seen her photo. In August, 1945, photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt was shooting in Times Square when the US declared victory over Japan, and an end to WWII. At the same time, 27-year-old nurse Edith Shain joined co-workers and fellow New Yorkers pouring into the [...]
Hey, remember that movie Space Camp, where the kids get accidentally launched into space? Well, I came close to that cinematic glory on my recent vacation to Florida, when I went to (watch) the Space Shuttle Atlantis launch in Cape Canaveral. It was the perfect experience for an ex-Space Camp Nerd-turned-writer, and a sad send-off [...]
The best photography advice I ever heard: Take more pictures. Google Streetview’s got us all beat there. While I’ve yet to edit the shots from my friend Mitch’s 30 birthday at the Russian restaurant from 2003, they’ve got about a gazillion photos sorted and geotagged. Sigh. Anyhow, great post at the always-interesting Google Sightseeing about [...]
One of my favorite parts of living in Philadelphia is the odd mash-up of bougie-international-nerdy-hipster-eccentric characters that you can find in one place, at any given moment. I was reminded of this particular urban charm on Sunday, when a few of us decided to bike up to the Cherry Blossom Festival in Fairmount Park. It [...]
Joe Stevens, the filmmaker behind Made In Queens, has been documenting custom and conversion vans across the West since 1996. His site ‘vans and the places where they were’ is a catalog of his endeavor. Enjoy.
To highlight a few of the new faces, and keep the tradition going, here is this year’s dose of holiday photos.