Number 61 » photography http://number61.net by Matthew Gipp Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:51:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Einstein’s Funeral http://number61.net/2010/04/29/einsteins-funeral http://number61.net/2010/04/29/einsteins-funeral#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:22:37 +0000 Matthew Gipp http://number61.net/?p=5570 The Day Einstein Died—LIFE

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Landspeed Record

Hiphopopotamus

Crock You

Rhinox

Bair Guitar

]]> http://number61.net/2010/02/02/beast-mode/feed 2 Fiery European Festivals http://number61.net/2010/02/01/fiery-european-festivals http://number61.net/2010/02/01/fiery-european-festivals#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:54:27 +0000 Matthew Gipp http://number61.net/?p=4561

]]> http://number61.net/2010/02/01/fiery-european-festivals/feed 0 The HAARP Conspiracy http://number61.net/2009/12/10/the-haarp-cnspiracy http://number61.net/2009/12/10/the-haarp-cnspiracy#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:51:08 +0000 Matthew Gipp http://number61.net/?p=4214 Right or wrong, the Norwegian Sky Spiral appears to have brought renewed scrutiny to the Department of Defense’s disturbing, ionosphere-boiling HAARP Project. The accompanying gallery of pictures.

Soviet Russia had one too. It’s since been abandoned. Here’s some pictures of that.

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Last night, some bizarre swirls appeared in the sky over Norway.

]]> http://number61.net/2009/12/09/lights-over-norway/feed 1 Bhopal In Pictures http://number61.net/2009/12/09/bhopal-in-pictures http://number61.net/2009/12/09/bhopal-in-pictures#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:34:07 +0000 Matthew Gipp http://number61.net/?p=4165 25th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster—The Big Picture—Boston Globe
re: The Bhopal gas tragedy

]]> http://number61.net/2009/12/09/bhopal-in-pictures/feed 0 Nasty, Brutish and Short http://number61.net/2009/11/17/nasty-brutish-and-short http://number61.net/2009/11/17/nasty-brutish-and-short#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:51:00 +0000 Matthew Gipp http://number61.net/?p=3449 Oops, they weren't logs after all: The moment a crocodile was killed after taking a foolish shortcut across a herd of hippos - The Daily Mail

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The test site, named the Semipalatinsk Polygon, would go on to host 456 atomic explosions over its 40-year existence. Residents in the surrounding area became unwitting guinea pigs, exposed to the aftereffects of the bombs both intentionally and unintentionally.

The Big Picture blog’s heartbreaking photo essay.

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]]> http://number61.net/2009/10/22/superheroes-in-action/feed 0 If Taxi Driver is a Metaphor for Gentrification, Travis Bickle Won http://number61.net/2009/10/08/taxi-driver http://number61.net/2009/10/08/taxi-driver#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:27:01 +0000 Matthew Gipp http://number61.net/?p=2251 Scouting New York, a cool blog written by a film location scout living in New York City, recently started a new feature called New York, You’ve Changed.

The idea is to compare shots of New York City in movies with shots of the city today. Here’s Part 1 of Taxi Driver.

Part 2, published yesterday, here.

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]]> http://number61.net/2009/09/16/wired-cave-diving/feed 0 On Google Street View http://number61.net/2009/08/13/the-new-york-times-wine-club http://number61.net/2009/08/13/the-new-york-times-wine-club#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:36:53 +0000 Matthew Gipp http://number61.net/?p=1027 Google Street View.
Street View collections represent our experience of the modern world, and in particular, the tension they express between our uncaring, indifferent universe and our search for connectedness and significance.
Via Kottke. ]]> An interesting essay on (and collection of screencaps of) the metaphysics of Google Street View.

Street View collections represent our experience of the modern world, and in particular, the tension they express between our uncaring, indifferent universe and our search for connectedness and significance.

Via Kottke.

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