A Quick Story About Color
Crisp, colour photogrpahy has been around longer than you might think. I once saw the picture of a Khan, dressed in bright blue, barrel chested, with a sword by his side. I saw the description beneath the photo, but I could not believe what I was seeing. This was not the work of a modern…
20th Century Machiavelli
Edward Burnays, the 20th Century Machiavelli. Edward Burnays is the man who invented modern public relations. Few people have had a larger impact on society in their lifetimes, but I bet you’ve never heard of him. In fact, Burnays and his PR firm had a hand in everything from popularizing cigarettes for women, all the way…
The Inca, and the Mysterious Quipu
Progress on a Historical Mystery that I’m Paying Attention To – Decoding the Mysterious Quipus of the Inca. There are few civilizations born on our earth as interesting and particular as the Inca. Their emergence as a unified political entity in the plateaus of the Peruvian Andes around the 13th Century is steeped in myth and opaque…
Inca Masonry
Here are shots I took of Inca masonry that I’d like to share from my trip to Peru in 2016. Pisac Ruins between Pisac and Cuzco (tell me the name if you know it) Sacsayhuaman Machu Pichu Ollantaytambo
The Work of Adelphoi Zangaki (the Zangaki Brothers)
The Work of Adelphoi Zangaki (the Zangaki Brothers). These two brothers were Greek photographers. They were probably called Constantine and George, though we don’t actually know for sure. Between 1870 and 1890, the brothers travelled throughout Egypt and other parts of what was the Ottoman Empire at the time, taking pictures of all the greatest…
Call to Adventure
Excerpt That Obsessed Me – by Anthony Bourdain. “I wanted adventures. I wanted to go up the Nung river to the heart of darkness in Cambodia. I wanted to ride out into a desert on camelback, sand and dunes in every direction, eat whole roasted lamb with my fingers. I wanted to kick snow off my boots…
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