Tag Archives: media

Nordic

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Ny-Ålesund is an extreme place, probably the northern-most inhabited place on Earth. It has a post office and a hotel. It is an international research station on the island of Spitsbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago, north of Norway. I came … Continue reading →

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Constrained publishing

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Somehow, I ended up liking Facebook. I mean, it’s a black hole. It’s a pit where losing one own’s writings and all, and where sharing cat shots. Trivial stuff gets published every day, trivial photos and quotes and cat shots. … Continue reading →

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Bananas –in Old San Juan

Posted on November 29, 2014 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Woody Allen’s Bananas (1971) was, I recently discovered thanks to YouTube, shot in Old San Juan, and some other parts of Puerto Rico, notably the El Yunque Rainforest. The scene in the next video was shot close to where I … Continue reading →

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Power of Photo and Hair

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Antonio Vantaggiato

A glimpse of this iconoclastic photo triggered today a remembrance of how much I liked Helmut Newton’s powerful photo style in the 80’s. Now, I’m reminded of the model, Elsa Peretti, whom was a top-model at the time and is … Continue reading →

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I Love Babylon

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Plaque with face of the demon Humbaba | Babylonian | Old Babylonian | The Metropolitan Museum of Art I love Babylon. This image, together with 400,000 more is available as a free resource for non-commercial use. Here.

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