Walk with Conviction

thebluthcompany: I want a friendship like this one.

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:38:27 -0500

thebluthcompany:

I want a friendship like this one.

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Sat, 18 May 2013 16:01:26 -0500

guh!

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:59:58 -0500

guh!

jillthompson: im-a-kittycat: “So my amazing daughter, Emma,...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:45:35 -0500

jillthompson:

im-a-kittycat:

“So my amazing daughter, Emma, turned 5 last month, and I had been searching everywhere for new-creative inspiration for her 5yr pictures. I noticed quite a pattern of so many young girls dressing up as beautiful Disney Princesses, no matter where I looked 95% of the “ideas” were the “How to’s” of how to dress your little girl like a Disney Princess…We chose 5 women (five amazing and strong women), as it was her 5th birthday but there are thousands of unbelievable women (and girls) who have beat the odds and fought (and still fight) for their equal rights all over the world”

- Jaime Moore, Not Just a Girl

This is awesome!

This is absolutely…. too awesome.

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Sun, 12 May 2013 16:19:29 -0500

actuallygrimes: i was completely obsessed with this movie when...

Sun, 12 May 2013 01:48:02 -0500

actuallygrimes:

i was completely obsessed with this movie when i was a teenager - from the movie om shanti om

nekomimi98: One of the most gorgeous songs of all time. The...

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:07:00 -0500

nekomimi98:

One of the most gorgeous songs of all time. The music video is gorgeous, too.

The time lapse I just posted made me think of this video and how much I like it. Her hair is also a personal inspiration.

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Fri, 10 May 2013 09:53:46 -0500

In one of the most elaborate sets in the world, British film...

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:53:04 -0500

In one of the most elaborate sets in the world, British film production company Pinewood Studio captures breathtaking shots in a tank filled with 1.2 million liters (317,000 gallons) of water. The underwater stage, which opened in 2005, has been used for a huge number of TV commercials, music videos and films, including The Bourne Ultimatum, Atonement, Elizabeth and Casino Royale.

thepittsburghhistoryjournal: Picnic area at Kennywood,...

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:47:17 -0500

thepittsburghhistoryjournal:

Picnic area at Kennywood, Pittsburgh, 1967

Childhood-era nostalgia rushin through looking at Kennywood photos

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Wed, 08 May 2013 15:00:53 -0500

timeshaiku: A haiku from the article: Richard Foreman’s...

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:55:57 -0500

timeshaiku:

A haiku from the article: Richard Foreman’s ‘Old-Fashioned Prostitutes’

mama’s day

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:54:34 -0500

mama’s day

descepter: How The Face Changes With Shifting A Light Source

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:58:47 -0500

descepter:

How The Face Changes With Shifting A Light Source

knphoto: ASIAN AMERICAN DISNEY PRINCESSES:by Kim...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:45:00 -0500

knphoto:

ASIAN AMERICAN DISNEY PRINCESSES:
by Kim (annakimskywalker) & Donnie (donniekompany)
11x17 inkjet prints

Most of us grew up watching Disney classics featuring the beautiful Disney princesses we all know and love. Disney was and continues to be a staple in the lives of many children. However, despite how much we admired these princesses, it was difficult relating to them because they didn’t physically represent us. Take a look at any Disney princess product and you will see the preference towards the White princesses, white washing of princesses of color (skin color, facial features, etc), and the shoving of these princesses to the side.

In the 76 years since Snow White was released, there have been 11 (soon to be 12) Disney princesses, only 4 of whom are women of color (Jasmine in 1992, Pocahontas in 1995, Mulan in 1998, and Tiana in 2009). It took 55 yearsto portray a woman of color as a princess, and these portrayals also came with problematic and inaccurate representations of their respective cultures & histories (not to mention Tiana was a frog more than half of the movie).

How are young APIA children supposed to believe in “happy endings” when we don’t see them happening to people who look like us?

All of the above was the inspiration behind this photoshoot. We believe physically showing some of our favorite princesses as Asian American women will allow us to build more of a connection with the princesses who weren’t women of color, but who still possess qualities we admire and/or see in ourselves.

**These are just 5 of the 15 we recently showed at our university’s Asian American Studies Expo.

Andrea as Sleeping Beauty
Henna as Belle
Cat as Cinderella
Young as Snow White
Jenny as Tinkerbell

Photography/lighting: Kim
Hair/makeup/wardrobe: Donnie
Editing: Kim & Rachelle

Gregory Peck candid, 1948.

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:27:50 -0500

Gregory Peck candid, 1948.

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Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:09:06 -0500

leslieseuffert: Japanese photographer, Satoki Nagata moved to...

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:42:30 -0500

leslieseuffert:

Japanese photographer, Satoki Nagata moved to Chicago in 1992 to document the city and its people. His background is in neuroscience (he has a PhD in the field), but his passion is creating intimate documentary photography projects in his city.

During a recent winter, Nagata decided to try his hand at using a flash for street photography at night. Instead of mounting his flash to his camera, however, he decided to use it off camera. Combined with the light rain and falling slow, the flash turned many of his photographs into abstract and surreal images that almost look as though he overlaid photographs of stars. The resulting series is titled “Lights in Chicago.” Nagata tells us, “In my most recent work I see the light and shadow produced by flash is the pure form of reality of people living in the city. Inside the bright light line, the significance of existence of the person appears. The image is abstract and surrealistic but also full of life and personality. Transparent layerings are created by flash with slow shutter speed and no reflection is involved in these images.”

lesliehowards: The Cameraman (1928) Once again, Keaton’s...

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:31:15 -0500

lesliehowards:

The Cameraman (1928)

Once again, Keaton’s supposedly “emotionless exterior” is belied. Nothing could convey total dejection anymore effectivey than that descend into the sand.

1000drawings: Bryan Keith Lanier

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:30:07 -0500

1000drawings:

Bryan Keith Lanier