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F3

admin — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:09:17 +0000

Behold: my new baby. A beautiful Nikon F3 given to me by my boss. It’s in excellent condition, and I’ve been running around all weekend taking shots with it. Now all I need is some film processing stuff and a film scanner! Goodbye, paychecks…

Movies to Watch: Episode I

admin — Sat, 31 May 2008 18:27:20 +0000

A deaf musician is like a blind photographer, right? Evelyn Glennie, a Scottish percussionist who happens to be deaf, is proof that music doesn’t necessarily require a working ear. Instead, she literally feels the vibrations with her body and makes haunting music with Fred Firth in the documentary Touch the Sound (2005). Much of the film is dedicated to documenting her performances with myriad artists in locations diverse as an abandoned factory in Germany, a rooftop in New York and a restaurant in Japan. The cinematography is stunning, and while there is not much in the way of narrative (no overall story arc), it still captivates through the imagery and sound.

Bear Country

admin — Sat, 31 May 2008 15:00:57 +0000

A hike in the woods of bear-infested New Hampshire.

Bateau

admin — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:41:34 +0000

More from Paris, this time a boat on the Seine.

Model X

admin — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:20:44 +0000

Architectural models tell stories in their plastic figures and cardboard landscapes. The people who make these physical representation of things yet to come must devise plots to go with the placement of the figurines. The whole city is a static moment though, all caught doing what they were doing when the glue dried, and in these frozen poses, they walk down avenues of pristine wood pulp, wondering at the foam-board construction techniques. But in all the models I saw that day, not one little styrene man was caught scratching his ass.
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Lumbajack

admin — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:12:15 +0000

Hello, and welcome back to the new, improved manningave.com. Things will be a bit different around here, not least the design of the site. Expect more than pictures, and more updates in general. As for today, enjoy this shot, taken at the MoMA in New York. Peace.