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2009-05-11T04:32:00.000-07:00

I've started using tumblr for these types of posts. Go Check it out: lockezinho.tumblr.com

That's a lot of People

2009-04-27T15:43:00.001-07:00

From my friend Stephen, the first warm day in Sheep's Meadow.

Darwin's Tires

2009-04-27T15:38:00.000-07:00

My friend Darwin snapped this beautiful image of stacked tires in Manhattan.

John Humble, Prices and 10 year-old Photos

2008-12-19T12:46:00.000-08:00

Via the excellent photoblog American Suburb X I came across the photos of John Humble, an LA-based photographer who has been capturing the banal side of the city for several decades. The Jan Kesner Gallery has an excellent overview of his images which is actually much better than the photographer's own website. Humble was the subject of an exhibition at the Getty last year and a book.

I'm posting the photo above because I like how prices on signs serve to anchor a photograph in a particular time and economic climate. In movies when they show gas stations I'm always looking at the price to try to figure out when it was filmed. This photo is from 1997. I think there's something odd about pictures that are a decade old. They sit in this uncanny valley where they seem almost contemporary, but not quite. They're not yet old enough to evoke any sort of nostalgia, which seems to kick in around the 20 year mark.

Speaking of things roughly 10 years old, I can't write a blog post about the late 1990s without linking to the Back Street Boys incomparable I Want it That Way, unfortunately not available for embedding. Still, click thru for 4 minutes of pure pop pleasure.

Slanted Lisbon

2008-12-19T12:40:00.001-08:00

I found this image randomly surfing photoblogs. It's from Rafa Fotografia. I really like the angled perspective, the straight lines of the windows in the funicular and all the gritty detail like the little stones on the sidwalk and the graffiti on the wall.

Nine women can't have a baby in one month

2008-12-14T17:49:00.000-08:00

project management lingo. reading the list gives me nostalgic shivers.

SFO to GRU for $850

2008-12-13T12:34:00.001-08:00

Some years ago I set up a fare tracker alert for flights between San Francisco and Sao Paulo. I put in the absurdly low fare of $850 and I never got any bites... until today.

Avoiding Foreign Currency Charges at ATMs

2008-12-09T04:37:00.000-08:00

If you are American and travel abroad a lot I recommend First Republic Bank's ATM Rebate checking account. They don't charge any foreign ATM withdrawl fees or foreign currency conversion fees. Chase, BofA, Wells Fargo and the like all charge up to 3% outside the US which is outrageous.

2001 Crisis on YouTube

2008-12-09T04:34:00.000-08:00

Leftist filmaker and politician Pino Solana's documentary about Argentina's 2001 economic crisis, "Memoria de un Saqueo" is on Youtube, split up into 12 parts. Here's the first one.

Ecuador Default

2008-11-18T03:56:00.001-08:00

Felix Salmon on the coming chance of Ecuador defaulting:

that there's only one person with the ability to tell [Ecuadorean President] Correa to get a grip -- and that's Hugo Chavez. When Chavez is bondholders' best hope, you know things are pretty desperate.

Link

A Casting Choice

2008-11-16T14:14:00.001-08:00

In Hollywood’s imaginings, over the past decade, a black President is no longer a fantastical premise; it’s an incidental plot point, a casting choice.

From David Remnick's very long piece in this New Yorker on Obama's win and what it all means..

My boyfriend, who's Brazilian and 21, said he expected Obama to win because, afterall, the president is always black in movies.

Sexy Tango Solo

2008-11-16T14:08:00.000-08:00

Talento Argentino, the local version of America/Britain/Australia's Got Talent shows a lot of Tango and folclore related performers. Definitely a plus. [Via Tangocherie]

Iceland Winter 2008

2008-11-16T14:04:00.000-08:00

Recent events had savaged my net worth by 60 per cent and pushed up my cost of living by more than 20 per cent. Iceland’s plight was mine, too.

On life in Iceland, after the crash. Reminds me of Argentina 2002.

2008-11-15T07:56:00.000-08:00

"No pictures, no pictures, the boss doesn't want any pictures." ...

"Fuck the bosses! Every boss I have ever had sucks and you know what guy, your boss sucks too, he don't pay you enough for all your hard work, fuck him."

Will Steacy rants on photographing in the public domain. I like his approach.

Pared Mutante - Pintada Politica

2008-11-12T13:25:00.000-08:00

Here in Buenos Aires (where I'm living these days) it's common to see walls which have been white-washed and then painted with large bubble letters, half-filled with some color, usually blue. They're called pintadas politicas and are usually supporting some Peronist politician but can also be for other political parties or even factions for the president of a football club [thanks Albano]. The fotolog Pared Mutante documents the successive messages painted on a single building in Buenos Aires since 2006. [Via PeruFotoLibre]

PeruFotoLibre

2008-11-12T13:20:00.000-08:00

PeruFotoLibre is my favorite new blog. Check it out! Fascinating stuff both in Peru and around Latin America

Maciek Jasik - Lima, Peru

2008-11-12T13:07:00.000-08:00

I've been to Lima twice, in 1997 and 1999 and I don't remember as a terribly pleasant city; big, ugly, out of control. Still, I remember even then being taken with certain visual aspects of the place. New York based photographer Maciek Jasik has a fantastic series on the so-called Pueblos Jovenes, hastily built shanty-towns on the outskirts of Lima. Lima's perpetual fog and desert, mountainous landscape give these photos an otherworldly quality, like favelas on Mars. [via Shane Lavalette]

Delaney & Bonnie - When this Battle is Over

2008-11-12T12:58:00.000-08:00

I've been rediscovering all the classic rock I used to listen to in High School. Check out this video from Delaney & Bonnie, a southern soul/rock group from the late 1960s & early 1970s. Forget everything you know about Karen Carptenter and check out their original version of Superstar.

Pablo Cabado

2008-11-12T12:45:00.000-08:00

This series by Pablo Cabado portrays the decay of Argentina as seen through a derelict amusement park. The guy on the right kinda reminds me of Dan Hedaya. [via Heading East]

Monkey Puzzle Desert

2008-11-06T17:33:00.000-08:00

Image from Tacna, Peru, formerly part of Chile but before that it was Peru [long story]. I like that they planted a Monkey Puzzle Tree in the middle of the Atacama desert. Like Tequila in Alaska.

Obsession

2008-11-06T17:16:00.000-08:00

Richard Avedon didn't just take mind-blowing portraits with an 8x10 view camera against a white background. He also made absurdly campy commercials for perfume.

Here's the SNL version:

Actually, no, that was another real one. Hard to tell the difference between camp and reality 23 years on.

Warren Buffet 1977

2008-11-06T17:11:00.001-08:00

from the footer to some long article published by Fortune in 1977 about how stocks are like crappy bonds:

Buffett, who is now forty-six and still operating out of Omaha, has a diverse portfolio. He and businesses he controls have interests in over thirty public corporations. His major holdings: Berkshire Hathaway (he owns about $35 million worth) and Blue Chip Stamps (about $10 million). (link)

Smart guy, maybe I shoulda bought some BRK back then.

Foto sweet spot

2008-11-06T17:08:00.000-08:00

from a photo editor:

Photography is the key. Figure out how to use it. Video online is TV. We already know that works. Text online is, well, it’s great to read at a certain length but you know, it’s always going to work better printed. Photography is the perfect medium for communication online.[link]

Disco Camel

2008-11-05T11:07:00.000-08:00

My Brazilian friend Emerson is currently living in Dubai. I these pictures are from a nighttime camel ride. I like the flash in these pictures. You don't usually see animals photographed in this way. It's like they were props at some wild, Studio 54 type party, thrown in the desert.

Time to buy that investment property in Merced

2008-09-19T05:50:00.001-07:00

In August almost half of all the home sales in California were foreclosures. This is astounding. Still, this can be thought of as good news because it means the market is clearing and bottom, potentially has been reached.

Rail in Honolulu

2008-09-19T05:50:00.000-07:00

A proposed rail line in Honolulu is the big issue of the current election. I like the idea of mass transit in paradise.

Metaphor Watch

2008-09-18T05:22:00.000-07:00

The U.S. financial system resembles a patient in intensive care. The body is trying to fight off a disease that is spreading, and as it does so, the body convulses, settles for a time and then convulses again. The illness seems to be overwhelming the self-healing tendencies of markets. The doctors in charge are resorting to ever-more invasive treatment, and are now experimenting with remedies that have never before been applied

From today's Wall Street Journal

Avedon & Kinski

2008-09-12T13:35:00.001-07:00

When I saw the big Richard Avedon exhibition a few years ago at the Met this famous poster of fashion model Natassja Kinski was curious absent. Here's a clip from a Bio documentary about Avedon where he talks about the photo shoot with Kinski:

The poster sold two million copies! Avedon seems quiet excited about the shoot and the results produced. Art? Who cares!

Richard Avedon at Work

2008-09-12T13:14:00.000-07:00

I'm fascinated by pictures of photographers at work. From The Year in Pictures, probably the most thoughtful photography blog on the planet.

Robert Plant in a Speedo

2008-09-12T13:08:00.000-07:00

Damn I wish I coulda lived in LA in the 70s

From Brad Elterman's awesome sight of LA pics.

Whoops!

2008-09-12T12:59:00.003-07:00

I used to have a blog called Lockezinho. I accidentally deleted the blog.

Damn!

So let's start again!