Entries by Chopi

Strolling in Delhi…

The Moghul and the Madam ….. Whatever could they be talking about? Madam my minaret stands at attention when I see your lovely boots! Oh Sir! I’m hardly familiar with minarets…. but your own shoes are ever so pointy and quite becoming…. To see more

Girl with Well

“Prom Night ’62: Alone with Mr. McNamara” should have been the name of this photo. It’s not just the kitschy aspect of the photo that is interesting, but the oddly symmetrical nature of it in general; the brick pattern on the wall in relation to the well, the conical ruffled dress and the upward sweep […]

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DoubleThink

London’s Metropolitan police has launched a new counter-terrorism campaign complete with anti-photography propaganda. It’s very interesting, considering the following; Within 200 yards of George Orwell’s flat 27B overlooking Canonbury Square in Islington, North London, there are thirty-two CCTV (closed circuit television) cameras. Orwell’s view of the tree-filled gardens outside the flat is under 24-hour surveillance […]

Nikos Econonomopoulos

Incredible Greek photographer…To see more ” Eighteen years later, Nikos Economopoulos is a law student in Greece headed for a lucrative career when a wave of numbness overcomes him in a classroom. He rises from his desk, walks out the door, and leaves jurisprudence forever for the precarious existence of a wandering photographer. “I wanted […]

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Lawrence Lessig on Barack Obama

Watch it or Read it and spread the word if you are so inclined. Click the image below to watch the Video or click here for the Transcript. So I want you to shut your eyes and imagine what it will seem like to a young man in Iraq or in Iran, who wakes up […]