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Link How Slate Edited History
To test the effects of photographic editing on memory, Slate altered the content or context of five images. The first was a TV screen shot from President Clinton's 1999 impeachment…

May 28 2010, 4:30am | Comments
Metafilter MeFi: If the past is a palimpsest, what are… Ten days ago, Slate Magazine conducted an experiment modeled on the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell's 1984: they asked readers to look at eight photographs of notable…

May 28 2010, 1:12am | Comments
Link Sorted Books project
The Sorted Books project began in 1993 years ago and is ongoing. The project has taken place in many different places over the years, ranging form private homes to specialized…

April 29 2010, 3:20pm | Comments
Link More from Eyjafjallajokull
As ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano continued to keep European airspace shut down over the weekend, affecting millions of travelers around the world, some government agencies and airlines clashed over…

April 22 2010, 2:37am | Comments
Link Time Traveler Caught in Museum Photo? | forgetomori
It’s the short description for the photograph shown at the virtual Bralorne Pioneer Museum, from British Columbia, Canada. The image can be seen specifically on this page (scroll down to…

April 20 2010, 3:40pm | Comments
Link Manipulating Reality - How Images Redefine the World
Manipulating Reality presents a selection of 23 artistic approaches that work through photography and video to develop possible models of reality. Its aim is not to understand whether photographs can…

January 29 2010, 5:00pm | Comments
Link IMG MGMT: Teen Image
IMG MGMT is an annual image-based artist essay series. Today’s invited artist, Seth Price presents an essay challenging the traditional photo essay format. Ritualized Unknowing People keep trying to get…

November 5 2009, 3:06am | Comments
Link Stunning Images of Herds from Above [PICS]
Though the term “herd behaviour” today is most often used when talking about financial markets, it originally described individuals in a group acting together without direction – for example an…

October 4 2009, 5:16pm | Comments
Link Abandoned Places In The World
When starting on this post for some reason I was thinking that there are not many abandoned places in the world, at least the cities. I knew there are many…

July 14 2009, 4:05pm | Comments
Link Jamie Livingston's Polaroid of the Day
A collection of Polaroids, one per day, from March 31, 1979 through October 25, 1997: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/15131 There’s no author listed, no contact info, and no other indication as to where…

June 24 2009, 3:24pm | Comments
Link MachineAnimalCollages
Fantastic meat landscapes and animals made of machinery

May 5 2009, 1:02am | Comments
Link A Society of Simulations
This essay aims to increase our understanding of simulations and their impact on our notion of reality. Following on some observations regarding the dominant role of visual representations in our…

April 20 2009, 3:22pm | Comments

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