The New York Review of Books: How Terrible Is It?

The New York Review of Books: How Terrible Is It?: "Terrorism is anything but new. Violence by nonstate actors against civilians to achieve political aims has been going on for a long, long time. "

lens culture photographer interview: Simon Norfolk

lens culture photographer interview: Simon Norfolk: "Simon Norfolk is a very talented driven young photographer who is pursuing one of life’s big questions with intensity and focused intention. He is studying war, and its effects on many things: the physical shape of our cities and natural environments, social memory, the psychology of societies, and more. "

Johnny Cash

"He was in his late thirties and already had plenty of mileage on him when he was discovered by television; longer hair and the shadows and dents of middle age brought out the character in his face, making him almost handsome."

China: Fifty Years Inside the People's Republic

Great photography exhibit from the Asia Society: China: Fifty Years Inside the People's Republic

Amidst the Pines, Belevue, Washington

Amidst the Pines, Belevue, Washington Photograph by pmorgan.

Lots of landscape photographs (almost all?) seem to be taken as if looking at a scene, rather than from the perspective of being in the scene. My experience is that most of the time in the wilderness, one is amidst the scene and only at the very summit/end/peak/distant shore is one able to see a classic landscape photographic perspective.