One Year Ago

Reuters: Presumptive US Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) holds up a baby as he takes part in a town hall-style meeting in Bristol, Virginia, June 5, 2008.

One Year Ago

AP Photo by Alex Brandon: Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, holds a baby during a rally at Washington High School in South Bend, Ind., Wednesday, April 9, 2008.

One Year Ago

AFP/Getty Images: US Democratic presidential hopeful Illinois Senator Barack Obama holds a baby after holding an education roundtable discussion with teachers and parents at TC Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia, on February 10, 2008.

Inauguration Poster

 

My cousin put this awesome poster up at the end of her driveway to celebrate the End of the Error.

One Year Ago

Reuters: : US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) (C) reacts as he holds a baby at a rally in Columbia, South Carolina January 20, 2008.

Photographs from 1980

Barack Obama, or one of the Jackson 5?
Compare and contrast:

Time Photo Gallery: Obama: The College Years

A 1980 photo shoot reveals a playful side of the President-elect
Photographs by Lisa Jack

Time Out Chicago: What would Nixon do?

Rod Blagoyevich photographed while getting Richard M. Nixon's autograph

One Year Ago

Reuters: Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama holds a baby during a campaign rally stop in Independence, Iowa, December 15, 2007.

Ice Storm Photos

 

Pine tree boughs after landing on my neighbor's roof and fence

 

The pine covered with ice

 

The decimated pine after the sun came out

 

An icy tree

Economic Shot in the Arm

Barack Obama concentrates on a shot at Schultzie’s, a bar in South Charleston, W. Va., last May. It’s among the photos by Brooklyn photographer Scout Tufankjian in the book 'Yes We Can,' on sale Monday, Dec. 8.


NYDailyNews: On the road with Obama: An NYC photographer's exclusive

One place where the economy is not failing is Obama merchandise. Vendors in DC are doing a brisk business selling Obama t-shirts, hats, pins and other ephemera. I keep seeing TV ads for Obama plates and coins. And there will be plenty of coffee table books like this one.

It's not like anyone out there is clamoring for the George W. Bush coffee table books, anyway.

Life Magazine Photo Archive Now Online

Artist Pablo Picasso wearing a cow's head mask on beach at Golfe Juan near Vallauris, France, 1949
Photographer: Gjon Mili

LIFE photo archive hosted by Google

Guardian (uk): Life magazine photo collection goes online

One of the biggest photo collections in the world that ranges from the 1880s through to the seminal moments of the 20th century and on into the present day was made available to the public online yesterday.

The bulk of the archive is from Life magazine, the premier platform for photojournalists in the 20th century. About 10m images will eventually be available, from Marilyn Monroe and JFK to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. About 97% of the pictures have never been seen before.

Google announced yesterday it had done a deal with Life to put their pictures online. Also available is work from other archives, much of it collected by the former Time publisher Henry Luce.

The collection includes the entire works of Life photographers Alfred Eisenstaedt, Gjon Mili and Nina Leen. Also available are: the Zapruder film of the Kennedy assassination; Dahlstrom glass plates of New York from the 1880s; and Hugo Jaeger Nazi-era Germany 1937-1944.

Carved tribal drinking mug from Africa.
Date taken: 1901

More Inspiration

A clay man sports an elaborate headdress at the Museum of Archaeology in Campeche, Mexico, which features various such depictions of ancient Maya in traditional dress.
(Paul Ross)

Experts describe the terra-cotta statuettes as the finest figurine art of ancient America. The museum in Campeche houses one of the most complete collections of Maya art in Mexico.
(Paul Ross)

Archaeologists say the Maya figures were buried with each deceased person on the island of Jaina, as many as 10,000 in all.
(Paul Ross)

Less politics, more art. From this Los Angeles Times travel section article.

Veteran's Day

President-Elect Obama marked Veteran's Day yesterday in a quiet ceremony with Iraq war veteran and Illinois Veteran's Affairs Department Director Tammy Duckworth.

yahoo: U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and double-amputee Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckworth place a wreath at a veterans memorial in Chicago November 11, 2008. Duckworth is director of the department of veteran affairs for Illinois.
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES)



I always think of this poem on Veteran's Day. In my hometown this was always read at the cemetery on Memorial Day.

In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army

In Flanders Fields the poppies grow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Don't Let the Door

Telegraph (uk): George W Bush in pictures (Photo gallery)

Funny

A squirrel pauses at attention as it tries to take some of the material from a U.S. flag Thursday Nov 6, 2008 in Omaha, Neb.
(AP Photo/Dave Weaver)

35 Great Photos Of President Obama

20: Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama exits his vehicle as he arrives to board his plane October 27, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

From the Boston Globe photo blog Big Picture.

Real, or CGI?

Telegraph: A green-crowned hummingbird feeds on a heliconia flower Photo: GETTY

Real!

Telegraph (uk):
Costa Rica: on cloud nine with the most exotic birds
Monteverde, in the heart of Costa Rica, is home to some of our brightest feathered friends, says Barbara Noe.

Cool

Crystal forest: People clambering through the cave of crystals wearing suits and backpacks of ice-cool air to cope with the 112F temperature

DailyMail (uk): Pictured: The Cave of Crystals discovered 1,000ft below a Mexican desert

Peek-a-Boo Panda

Too cute. Pictures from The Daily Mail (uk)

Obama Inspires

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Slideshow, Barack Obama at "Change We Need" Rally in Richmond, Virginia, October 22, 2008

Your Daily Inspiration

Photograph taken from the Hubble Telescope