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Photographs of the director Roland Emmerich’s London house: “The American bedroom features a bed throw made from vintage army underwear, a headboard … gulfstream/2543

Culled from Flickr: “here and there I found some photographs which were quite good.” See also 12 Tips for Improving Camera Phone Photos. gulfstream/2444

Mr. Eaves dropped his Nikon 990 into a pond, dried it out, and took some amazing photographs. gulfstream/685

Oh, wow! Wonderful photographs by Guy Bourdin. (Got here via the a page documenting some suspicious similarities between his photographs and  … gulfstream/1296

The State Library of Victoria is currently running an exhibition of Lewis Morley photographs. (Morley is most famous for his photo of Christine  … gulfstream/1330

Timothy Noah compiles a list of excuses for Abu Ghraib from putative right-wing commentators: it’s the fault of moral relativism, gays, porn, … gulfstream/1442

Excellent (and not too US-centric) “Emotional Moments” photographs from the Olympics. gulfstream/1536

“Rather startled, I watched this scene from close quarters behind the window until 19.10 hours during which time (75 minutes) I made some photographs … gulfstream/1704

Right to take photographs in public spaces trumps right to privacy. (And right to practise one’s religion, sort of.) But: only if the photographs … gulfstream/2024

Why is there such a big market for skin lightening creams in Asia? (“4 out of 10 women in Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea and Taiwan … gulfstream/2073

Great photographs, as reviewed by people on the internet. “Sam, GORGEOUS scene I luv it! Too bad u couldn't get a little more color in sky area. Blues … gulfstream/2132

Haunting (and disturbingly beautiful) Magnum photographs of the WTC on September 11 and days after. gulfstream/2153

Photographs of iconic scenes, with street-vendor postcards and trinkets substituted for the real thing. (Makes more sense when you see it.) gulfstream/2183

Some nice small-living-space design ideas in this profile of an architect’s 550-square-foot apartment. (See the photographs.) gulfstream/2271

Pretty & interesting photographs of commercial aircraft. (e.g. aircraft taking off at the ends of runways, unusual angles, luxury interiors.) See also … gulfstream/2279

Quotes Collected

There is something on people's faces when they don't know they are being observed that never appears when they do. If we did not know how Walker Evans … sontag/6

In photography's early decades, photographs were expected to be idealized images. This is still the aim of most amateur photographers, for whom a beautiful … sontag/2

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