IwasFramed
This is a tumblelog, kinda like a blog but with short-form, mixed-media posts with stuff I like. Scroll down a bit to start reading, or a bit more to read more about me.
I just want to have a little fun before I die. I just want to have a little fun before I die.
Friends shot by Tommy Ton for Style.com: JD, Jeremy and Trunzo.
c’mon…………
Horace Dediu on the writer behind Shit My Dad Says and the lack of innovation in old media.
The creators disrupting old media aim to be hired by the the film studios, television networks, publishing houses, and newspapers they challenge. Creative tweeters angle for sitcoms, bloggers dream of scoring gigs at magazines and newspapers (the Gawker career path of yesteryear was a position at New York Magazine), and single-serving Tumblrs still hope for book deals. Even passion projects of creative professionals take this route: Portlandia and Children’s Hospital started as internet shows before IFC and Cartoon Network declared them cable worthy.
Media companies turn to such proven online properties and talents to save on development costs. Yet nothing is done to improve their increasingly creaky forms of distribution, whose dwindling returns ate into the development budget in the first place. So sitcoms fail, coffee table books flop, magazines go under, and creators are fired. Unlike the developer that spins an app into a lasting business, these artists earn only a meager fee or a brief job.
The problem is there’s no App Store for writers, directors, photographers or comedians. They’re stuck a generation behind software developers, only now entering a shareware-esque era of free podcasts, blogs, and videos funded by donations from a small segment of their audience.
Glimmers of hope exist, like Louis CK’s self produced Beacon Theater show and Josh Marshall’s Talking Points Memo, but these are the exception not the rule.
Creators need an App Store equivalent, one which handles business details, provides an audience, and allows them to earn money for their work. There’s tremendous economic value waiting to be unlocked.
(via dbreunig)
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Museo Soumaya I Mexico City
A friend of mine recently stated that you can’t go wrong with B&W, but I like to think that you can’t possibly go wrong whenever you’re shooting a beautiful subject, that’s when you really can’t go wrong. That, and B&W :]
A lot of expectation and controversy have risen around the Museo Soumaya, the newest glimmering aluminum-encased museum in Mexico City. But, why? Well, this museum belongs to the world’s richest man (according to Forbes 2010 list of richest billionaires), the mexican business magnate Carlos Slim Helú. The $70 million structure, part of the $800 million complex, is free admission and the Slim Foundation takes care of the maintenance costs, not to mention that it is home to Slim’s 66,000-piece private collection, including the second biggest Rodin’s collection in the world, the largest in private hands.
Some critics in the mexican art world say that Slim is more of a bargain hunter rather than an aesthete (referring to his collection) but I think it’s unfair to make such a statement when all he’s trying to do is making art more approachable to regular people who can’t afford traveling to another country to see relevant artworks. Yeah, he could’ve built a huge gallery for his own pleasure but no, he built this amazing space for us to visit. Shouldn’t that be enough of a gift to society? Why being so harsh on him? Well, I guess not eveyone will be ever satisfied with any effort a rich man makes. Of course it has some flaws but I think we should wait a little before start making hard reviews on such a young museum.
Art will be art, no matter its size, shape or media, that’s why I don’t believe in good or bad pieces from a particular artist for those pieces are part of their growth. I’m not claiming it to be the best museum either, but I do stay with what Slim said the night of the VIP opening gala, back in February: “It’s a gift to the city and to the whole country of Mexico, and to all the kids too”
The museum was named after Slim’s late wife, Soumaya Domit, who died of kidney failure in 1999. The Soumaya, besides being home to this eclectic collection, also houses a needed hope in the art circle.
One thing’s for sure, I won’t ever get tired of looking at its everchanging façade.
Enjoy!
-Alejandro M. Campos Herrera
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A friend of mine recently stated that you can’t go wrong with B&W, but I like to think that you can’t possibly go wrong whenever you’re shooting a beautiful subject, that’s when you really can’t go wrong. That, and B&W :]
A lot of expectation and controversy have risen around the Museo Soumaya, the newest glimmering aluminum-encased museum in Mexico City. But, why? Well, this museum belongs to the world’s richest man (according to Forbes 2010 list of richest billionaires), the mexican business magnate Carlos Slim Helú. The $70 million structure, part of the $800 million complex, is free admission and the Slim Foundation takes care of the maintenance costs, not to mention that it is home to Slim’s 66,000-piece private collection, including the second biggest Rodin’s collection in the world, the largest in private hands.
Some critics in the mexican art world say that Slim is more of a bargain hunter rather than an aesthete (referring to his collection) but I think it’s unfair to make such a statement when all he’s trying to do is making art more approachable to regular people who can’t afford traveling to another country to see relevant artworks. Yeah, he could’ve built a huge gallery for his own pleasure but no, he built this amazing space for us to visit. Shouldn’t that be enough of a gift to society? Why being so harsh on him? Well, I guess not eveyone will be ever satisfied with any effort a rich man makes. Of course it has some flaws but I think we should wait a little before start making hard reviews on such a young museum.
Art will be art, no matter its size, shape or media, that’s why I don’t believe in good or bad pieces from a particular artist for those pieces are part of their growth. I’m not claiming it to be the best museum either, but I do stay with what Slim said the night of the VIP opening gala, back in February: “It’s a gift to the city and to the whole country of Mexico, and to all the kids too”
The museum was named after Slim’s late wife, Soumaya Domit, who died of kidney failure in 1999. The Soumaya, besides being home to this eclectic collection, also houses a needed hope in the art circle.
One thing’s for sure, I won’t ever get tired of looking at its everchanging façade.
Enjoy!
-Alejandro M. Campos Herrera
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submission from amchphotography
mancandy
My friend Theron is 4 months deep into an amazing project (which I have talked about before) called This Wild Idea.
Theron’s partner in crime and travel companion is his gorgeous coonhound, Maddie. This damn dog has made me smile on a daily basis for months. Theron found a kindred soul in this pup and it comes through in his pictures of her.
He started posting the shots on a new site, Maddie On Things. I highly suggest you follow.
This dog you guys. This dog.
