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Photography Tutorial - Depth of Field

This video shows a very interesting photography tutorial on depth of field with Shelton Muller of Total Image magazine (www.total-image.com.au)

Thomas Heatherwick innovative design

Thomas Heatherwick (born 1 March 1970) is an English designer, often mislabelled as a sculptor or artist. He is known for innovative use of engineering and materials in public monuments.

Thomas Heatherwick describes himself as a three-dimensional designer. His projects are diverse, innovative and breathtaking each in their own individual way. Just have a look for yourself!

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Bill West: War Shock

War Shock

"In war, truth is the first casualty"

Aeschylus

Like the politics implicit in these photographs, we first glimpse patterns that demand our scrutiny if we are to gain deeper understanding. Armed forces fighting, frenzied and jagged, shadowed, merging with the muddy earth, fading into ashes. The names of thousands of American soldiers dead in Iraq, crumpled, torn, hung out to dry. The faces of the dead haunting the memories of those left at home. The wasting away of vibrant young lives, the destruction of American values.

War Shock is a protest: a protest against governmental deceptions; against the reckless loss of American soldiers; against the needless deaths of tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians. It is a protest against the desecration of the Constitution; against the dismantling of American freedoms, the disrespect for our law; against the toleration of torture.

Read the names of the dead, see their faces. As Americans we are all responsible, we are all complicit. In a democracy, the country's policy is the policy of the people; our government acts in our name. Can we sit idle, constructing excuses about how powerless we are to initiate change?

There is no alibi to standing by in silence. As a country, we voted for the people who started this. Volunteer. Protest. Write a politician. Vote! We must care enough to exercise rightful influence on our government's actions. We cannot become numb as more lives are tossed along this ill-considered path. Please honor these men and women by demanding a path to change. Cry the names of the dead until everyone sees our tears.

Bill West

The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.

General Westmoreland

(source: http://www.photoarts.com/gallery/billwest/statement.htm)

Art materials

Dick Blick's first catalog originated in 1911 in the form of a small pamphlet issued by its two founding partners, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Blick. The warehouse was located in their kitchen and shipping was done through the local post office.

Today, Dick Blick remains the premier art supplies source for professional artists, students and teachers, and continues to be a family-owned business. Dick Blick also publishes annual school and artists' catalogs, and its website features a wide range of art materials available at the best prices.

Sicaf Seoul, 2003

The Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival (SICAF) is an annual showcase festival of animation, cartoon and related art genres held in Seoul, South Korea since 1995.

Among the most notable SICAF events was a 2003 performance by Ferenc Cakó, a Hungarian sand animation artist, which has been widely distributed online. Cakó uses fluid, economical movements to express the creation myth.

(source: Wikipedia)

Farnham Young Arts, slideshow

The FYA is a group of artists from the south of england. The FYA is working to bring together young artists from the south to network, collaborate and exhibit.