larisa shepitko


“i was looking for my own formula of immortality.” (1971)

unfortunately, this stunning and brilliant russian writer director was not immortal, and passed away in a vicious car accident at the mere age of 40.  but what she left behind were very few yet tremendously powerful pieces of work such as “the ascent” and “you and i” by sv

live – missing in the picture

i remember seeing this series a while ago at palais de tokyo in paris and thinking it was quite interesting. hatim el hihi and jean-marie delbes made these images by retouching out the dead people from famous record covers. here are the most famous but there is lots of others equally nice here by pp.

MAN OF THE MOMENT: CHRIS HEDGES


nothing is more fashionable than a bit of brains… quite an inspiring man in a world filled with ignorance… chris hedges is a pulitzer prize winning american journalist, author, and war correspondent.  he has taught at columbia university, NYU and princeton amongst others. chris spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent for the christian science monitor, new york times, NPR and others. a quotation from his book was used as the opening title credits in the academy award winning film, the hurt locker. if you don’t know him, then you should now. by ad