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Preeminent Shifting Services In Secunderabad By: Ranjan Priyadrshi
Packing and moving companies are very useful for those people who are facing lots of problems while shifting their household goods from one place to another.(read entire article)(posted on: 2012-02-14)
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Reasons For Choosing Advanced Electronic Bidet Seats By: jone mikal
Bidets are useful addition to our bathrooms. They prove to be highly beneficial, in case you are suffering from some inflammatory diseases and find it hard to clean yourself properly.(read entire article)(posted on: 2012-02-14)
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Postwar Japanese Photography - Out Of Focus, Blurred And Rebelling By: Olivia Preston
The chronological timeline of the history of art is literally dotted with thousands, if not millions, of movements, styles and fads. Some, like Impressionism and Kandinsky's abstract art, change the history and course of expression forever. Others are lost, only to be rediscovered, re-referenced and revered as a short, but brilliant, part of history. Browsing those tumblr, flickr and photobucket blogs, one might be impressed by the odd-angled, blurring, action photography that some hipster with the latest SLR has uploaded, sharpened with the best in photo imaging program technology. Yawn! Far and above this form of art, one exhibition looks to remember – and thereby honour – a group of Japanese photographers who changed photography and journalism in a fundamental sense more than 30 years ago, at the same time doing what the hipsters did but just much earlier.
The exhibition is entitled Rough, Blurred, and Out of Focus: Provoke Magazine and Postwar Japanese Photography and will be held until February 27, 2012, at the Art Institute of Chicago. In a one-sentence nutshell, the work of Yutaka Takanashi, Daido Moriyama and Takuma Nakahira is examined, showing how their photographs published in just 3 years from 1968 to 1969 in Provoke Magazine started a visual and artistic revolution throughout the world. In many ways, the movement was the Impressionism of photojournalism: discontent with the strict rules of photography, where everything was neatly staged and in focused, the Japanese photographers felt they needed a visual voice to document the aftermath of the atomic bombings, American occupation, Westernization, urbanisation and rapid economic development.
Yutaka Takanashi, from 'SOMETHIN' ELSE' (c.1960)What was the philosophy behind such a radical new approach? For Nakahira, at least, it was the idea of photography as an equivalent of life; as much as he needed air, he needed to photograph. One famous quote features him propounding: “my photography is an absolute necessity for me, having forgotten everything.” This led him to famously create his visual diaries, which were hundreds upon hundreds of images – in a time of film, where time and development of photographs were costly, this style of documentary photojournalism was groundbreaking. As Nakahira noted: “I believe that photography is neither creation nor memory, but documents. The act of shooting a photograph is not something abstract. It is always concrete. No manipulation to make simple things complicated through conceptualization. Only the real I encountered through the medium of the camera is here in my photographs.”
While Nakahira may not have set out to change art and photograph directly for the sake of art itself, Takanashi certainly did. A fine arts graduate, his May 1960 one-man exhibition, Somethin' Else in the trendy and fashionable district of Ginza Garo set off a firestorm. The work featured photos of frontal images of buildings, shot parallel to the building being photographed. The work, which was hailed for its visual beatnik style, turned into a series that would mark the start of Takanashi's fame, which eventually saw him become a professor of arts and photography at the renowned Tokyo Zokei University, along with winning the Annual Award for best photos from Photographic Society of Japan in 1984 and 1993. We'd recommend an image search of the names to appreciate the style they pioneered.(read entire article)(posted on: 2012-02-14)
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Partner With International Warehouse Group For All Your Trucking In New York Needs In 2012 By: seo5 consulting
These days, transportation is costly and storing materials and merchandise can be expensive. If you want to limit your expenditures to just office space and outsource your storage, look no further than International Warehouse Group for your trucking in New York needs.(read entire article)(posted on: 2012-02-14)
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All About The Giant, Lesser, And Silky Anteaters By: Cody Watson
The giant anteaters are capable of growing to great heights ranging from about five feet to seven feet if measured from their tail to the nose. They are known for their lengthy tongues that alone can measure upto 50cms.(read entire article)(posted on: 2012-02-14)
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Once You Stop Taking Such Meizitang Made Of Laxatives, Your Weight Will Regain Soon By: ellian ellian
Once you stop taking such meizitang made of laxatives, your weight will regain soon(read entire article)(posted on: 2012-02-14)
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The Handy Use Ofgreen Laster Pointer Is The Selling Point Of This Kind Of Green Laster Pointer By: ellian ellian
The handy use ofgreen laster pointer is the selling point of this kind of green laster pointer(read entire article)(posted on: 2012-02-14)
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Scientific Guidance To Lose Weight By: ellian ellian
Scientific guidance to lose weight(read entire article)(posted on: 2012-02-14)
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The Effects Of Pollution On The Life On Earth By: Mark Bennett
Pollution has a drastic effect on the environment and people. The major effect of this pollution is on health of mankind and plays a key role in reducing the lifespan. Taking an action against environmental pollution is very important.(read entire article)(posted on: 2012-02-14)
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What To Expect From A Long Island Country Club By: Elizabeth Moschetto
Looking for Long Island clubs to hold your occasions? Selecting the proper country club ensures you of a memorable get-together. Discover which services you'll need, and what exactly are available from all of these establishments.(read entire article)(posted on: 2012-02-14)
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