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Re: Modern Japan Photographed with Bronica Zenza

motionid — Thu, 03 May 2012 09:52:17 -0000

That is a cool shot

Re: Stinky French Cheese

Hern42 — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:45 -0000

I miss cheese... you need to sell a kidney to get some barely decent ones here... sigh... that will make my next trip "home" even more enjoyable.
Quality post, as ever.

Re: Stinky French Cheese

Jrim — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:30:54 -0000

I didn’t realise it was possible to capture smell visually, but I think you might just have nailed it.

Re: Stinky French Cheese

Manny Santiago — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:10:41 -0000

It must be Cheese Day somewhere, because technically it's Spring, so what better excuse to take a day off of work and sit at the park or the beach than eating cheese? Maybe you have some secret Dutch favorites to share...

Re: Stinky French Cheese

Renzo Akkerman — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:43:10 -0000

Is today cheese day on the internet? :-) [http://www.smbc-comics.com/ind...]

Re: HESO Photo of the Week Yuki Aoyama

Hern42 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:30:30 -0000

Quality.

Re: (Chess Vs.) Hitler Vs. Einstein

Pedro — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:10:17 -0000

well written
plastically speaking the text is good
you prioritized form over content though

Re: HESO Photo of the Week from Arnaud De Grave

Estefania_85 — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:46:52 -0000

Great picture Arnaud. I loved the colors!!

Re: Modern Japan Photographed with Lomo LC-A

BlackGin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:22:40 -0000

Wonderful pictures!

Re: Pop Zeitgeist American Spring Imminent

Jon — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:35:51 -0000

While the state holds a monopoly over the use of violence, and the dissemination of information it feels as if it will be quite easy to maintain the status quo. If all that has to happen is a few heads get cracked, and the media reports it as maintenance of 'law and order', for the protection of the general public, the image of the benevolent state can be maintained.

And, let just assume that things do get increasingly out of hand, millions in the streets... what then? Capitulation isn't really an option for the elite. Putting a private army on the streets might be an option, but is so heavy handed that it would no doubt be massively counter-productive. Maybe even prompting the standing army to come to the protection of the people (not likely in the states, im(h)o). But why bother? It's obviously easy enough to destabilise protest movements from within through the use of agent provocateurs. The security forces (hehe) have plenty of experience of this and only get caught periodically... nothing changes.

However, i don't think it'll come down to that - distribution of wealth is already extreme to the point where it should be obvious that the majority should be in open rebellion, but 99% of votes cast go to parties that have shown that they'll do nothing to rock the boat. Democratically change is a non-starter. My conclusion is that the state roughly has the right balance between the promise of fear and reward. It's going to take something unexpected / external for them to mess this up!

Re: I Wrote This For You

Uchujin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:21:54 -0000

Great work from one great man I know (Jon) and one great man I don't (Iain)
A fantastic website that never fails to move and inspire.
More power to the both of you.
Can't wait to get my grubby paws on a copy of the book.
Thanks to Heso and Sean for the interview.

Re: I Wrote This For You

Hern — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:18:04 -0000

One of my favourite part of this big thing that is the interweb...

Re: I Wrote This For You

Michelle Halket — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:42:07 -0000

One of the more interesting interviews I've read - thank you for your great support and to Jon for answering some of the questions that I know many people are asking.

Re: World Beer 2011 Magic is the key Ingredient in Beer

Manny Santiago — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:57:35 -0000

Well, a body can only take so much water before asking for more proper seasonal sustenance.

Re: World Beer 2011 Magic is the key Ingredient in Beer

Jon — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:42:10 -0000

What an aptly named brew to review!

Re: Best Documentary Films of 2011

S Miles — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:13:16 -0000

Did you watch all of these? I've got some serious audience time to put in.

Re: HESO Photo of the Week from Alan Dejecacion

tehani_iris — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:58:09 -0000

Tito Alan's work is something we Filipinos can be truly proud of!

Re: HESO Photo of the Week from Alan Dejecacion

Dave Sumner — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:45:16 -0000

It's great to see Alan's work here. As a documentary photographer, Alan is world class. His photojournalism ranks with the best.

Re: Gebrüder Teichmann and the Machines Take Over the World

Manny Santiago — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:54:14 -0000

Great musicians and (I'll take your word for it) good guys, indeed. Love the esoteric atmosphere to the whole project. The beats behind it, I'm sure you are familiar with, don't hurt at all. Still haven't seen the entire BLNRB video with your work. Has that been released yet?

Re: Gebrüder Teichmann and the Machines Take Over the World

Uchujin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:41:12 -0000

Nice interview with some lovely lovely guys.
Met them a few times in Nairobi and again in Berlin.
Dedicated musicians and excellent chaps....will check out this latest installment.

Re: HESO Photo of the Week by Manny Santiago

Manny Santiago — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:00:03 -0000

Hern,

How are homeless people in Tokyo related to the Occupy Wall Street Movement? The point is everything is connected. There are tens of thousands of homeless on the streets throughout Japan, where winter can be extremely cruel, and they are being pushed out of whatever public space they have been occupying for years now by the indifferent bureaucracy that-at least in part-created them, when their own financial bubble collapsed at the beginning of the 90s. As the economic disenfranchisement of the lower classes reaches up into the middle class for its next bite, we shall see what happens.

I understand your rage and depression and ranting about throwing away perfectly good food. It will be a small thing like this that will enrage the populace into action. Pepper spraying kids at U.C. Davis. The straw that broke the camel's back, as it were. From the mainstream establishment standpoint that is their only choice. They are automatons who have very little faculties for critical thinking and an even smaller grasp of history. The book that they work from has been so overly redacted as to contain not a shred of good intelligence on how to deal with mostly peaceful civil disobedience. Look what happened with Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, the Dalai Lama. Bullies react in violence when they are confused on how to act. That is the point, they react to stimulus, not acting according to the how we should be moving forward together.

As Thoreau said, "A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight."

Re: HESO Photo of the Week by Manny Santiago

Hern — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:21:38 -0000

Yes, act human for a change.
Unrelated or not so much, today I learned about some of what happened in Lyon, France where militarized police evicted the local "Occupy Wherever" movement under whatever pretence. Yes, there were some drug addicts amongst the occupants, yes it was not pretty, but no it was not violent, as it was not violent in the other places where people are kick out by the local police of their Wherever. However there I learned that they threw away food, food that had been donated by some charity organization. They threw away food when there are still people with not enough to eat in the streets of the same city, or worse at home because it is shameful to say they you do not have enough money to eat. Food. Thrown away.And I am sure many people in France are giving shit to the US because of what happened at the university with the cop dozing the students.And I am sure many people in France and in the US are looking at Syria and Yemen and say these countries are really fucked up.There are differences in magnitude for sure...Is it a big difference?
I am depressed.Thanks Manny to bring this picture and these issues where people can see them.
I am sorry if this is not articulated and sound as a rant, I am really fucking depressed.

Re: HESO Photo of the Week from Charlie Lumanlan

Fernanda — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:25:09 -0000

Amazing set! So inspiring! <3!

Re: HESO Photo of the Week from Charlie Lumanlan

Longwei — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:05:52 -0000

I love this set, because of its "candid" sensuality, I like the light pink tones, back-lights. This is great piece of work

Re: World Beer 2011 Magic is the key Ingredient in Beer

Diane Siriani — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:52:58 -0000

I like this post!