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From the untidy, artist-infested neighborhood of Montparnasse stepped an unlikely savior: Eugène Atget. A failed actor and painter then pushing 40, he had picked up a camera a few years earlier and started a meager trade providing stock photographs to artists. Over the next 30 years, Atget systematically captured what he called "the old Paris" in some 10,000 photos of remarkable intelligence and poignancy. In the process, he helped transform photography into a serious art form, becoming one of its founding giants...
...radio stations. Several stations now have regular indie shows, and some, like Prambors FM, even broadcast live sessions. Acong, also known as Sir Dandy, recently performed on the program with his band Teenage Death Star. "We couldn't believe they asked us," confesses the musician who doubles as a painter and stage designer. "This is a format that didn't exist a few years ago because few were willing to take the chance on music like ours...
...were my panelists trying to be nerds, but they weren't even good at it. That's when I ordered a couple of bottles of wine, and the names started flying. The Maloof brothers were instantly agreed upon, since their family owns the Palms hotel in Las Vegas. Body painter Mark Frazier was the artist of choice. Michael Jordan, though he retired four years ago, made the list because, as many of the panelists attested, when you're at a party with him, "Jordan buys...
...demand printing is a cost-effective way to reach an audience, says Jeff Hayes, chief analyst at InfoTrends. Self-publishers have long served this purpose, Hayes adds, but Blurb reaches well beyond frustrated novelists. "It speaks to this long-tail economy," Hayes says. "If you're the local painter or you make jewelry, how do reach those who are interested in what you do? The key is to make it easier for the individual publisher and the interested reader to connect." Blurb's "slurper" tools, which pull text and images from the Web, have also inspired bloggers to put their...
...focus was. So politics is important me, something I think about a lot, but it is in my art a lot.”Her painted work eschews traditional perspective and techniques. As Salazar explains, “I think of myself primarily as a drawer, not a painter. In terms of the subject matter and what I’m thinking about, classical ideas of perspective are not really important, besides the point. I think about it more in terms of multiples, quantities, and patterns. Having rectilinear three-dimensional shapes wouldn’t help [and] has no place...