Google announced today that it has gotten into the hiking game… and they’re making it a lot easier for those who would rather go there by armchair. Today they released an extensive trail based tour the majestic Grand Canyon. Just like Google Street View, you can now cruise down over 75 miles of trails including [...]
Finally, a ‘best of’ guide based on where people actually go. Social network FourSquare has crunched over 3 billion check-ins and tens of millions of tips to bring you the most awesome places in cities across the U.S. Sadly, they haven’t used done anything for Europe, yet. Click the pic to check it out.
Photographer Dane Shitagi’s project, NYC Ballerina, capture the beauty and elegancy of ballet dancers in a landscape that by itself is already breathtaking, New York City. The New York City Ballerina Project grew from the idea of New York City as a magnet for creativity; each photograph is a collaborative work of dance, fashion design [...]
Whether in Detroit for the first time or for a lifetime, uncover and discover this great American city. The first comprehensive, printed guide to Detroit in a generation, Belle Isle to 8 Mile: An Insider’s Guide to Detroit features more than 1,000 Detroit attractions, sites, institutions, events, restaurants, bars, shops, and curiosities, from the essential [...]
National Geographic’s The President’s Photographer explores the perspective of the visual historians who capture both public and intimate moments in the lives of Presidents. Browse this gallery of the work of some of the photographers—and their subjects—featured in the programme. Cecil Stoughton’s photographic coverage evolved from making the typical ceremonial images of previous administrations to [...]
The Avante/Garde Diaries recently released these two brief clips of an interview with master art forger Mark Landis who for the last 20 years created dozens if not hundreds of convincing art forgeries including works by Picasso which he then donated to institutions around the United States including over 50 art museums. Landis would often [...]
Many people (especially families of the victims) consider death row as the final stop before taking the trip down to hell. Reserved exclusively for the most violent, cruel and evil inmates, death row is an area in prison designed to house criminals awaiting execution – whose crimes are so extreme, that death is the only [...]
For the past five years, photographer Amy Stein has been driving across America and capturing portraits random strangers who are stranded on the side of the road after having their cars break down. She often drives on freeways hours upon hours before coming upon a new subject for the series. Stein’s project is also intended [...]
Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama take a moment to address the nation in the wake of a school shooting. Clips are from addresses immediately following the Columbine, Virginia Tech and Sandy Hook shootings. The three speeches have been edited together here to illustrate the endless cycle of violence we are trapped [...]
The American high school prom has acquired a particular worldwide resonance thanks to its central role in a thousand teen-themed films and TV shows. But what do real prom-goers look like today? Photographer Mary Ellen Mark shot 13 high school proms at schools from across the US that reflect a wide variety of regional and [...]
