Photography
May 19, 2013 — John Hinderaker
Over a period of decades, Edison Electric Company documented the electrification of southern California in approximately 70,000 photographs. Recently Edison donated or loaned these images to the Huntington Museum, which has now put some of them online. They are historically interesting and, in many instances, aesthetically beautiful. They remind us of the romance of southern California in the 30s, 40s and 50s. Click to enlarge: I like the sign at
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December 30, 2012 — Steven Hayward
As we approach the new year (Go Stanford!, by the way), why not a few of the best images to get us up to the brink of the first glass of champagne:
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April 3, 2012 — Joe Malchow
Readers may be aware that Pope Benedict made a visit to Cuba last week. It was the first pontifical visit to that island nation since 1998, when John Paul II visited and prompted Fidel Castro to relax his government’s imaginary grip on the faiths of its people. Since the Communist revolution in 1959, Cuba has been officially atheist. It’s just one example, in a place full of them, of an
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March 16, 2012 — John Hinderaker
Here in Minnesota, we have enjoyed an unusually mild winter, and now it seems to be rushing pell-mell into summer. The thermometer has edged over 70 degrees several times this week, and today I think it got up to 75 or so. This is truly extraordinary for mid-March in Minnesota; March ties with February as Minnesota’s snowiest month, on the average. A few days ago, the Minneapolis Star Tribune posted
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January 2, 2012 — Steven Hayward
So I’ll be turning up on Bill Bennett’s radio show tomorrow morning around 7:35 am (eastern time) to talk energy, Iowa caucuses, the conservative movement, and whatever else we can get to in two segments. You can look up your local station, or listen live-stream through the magic of the Interwebs, at www.billbennett.com. As a preview, I’ll have a long post up tomorrow morning with my pre-Iowa caucus observations, how
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January 1, 2012 — Steven Hayward
Here’s two minutes of pure beach bliss, shot in hangover-friendly super slow-mo and with a soothing soundtrack that will go perfectly with a Bloody Mary.
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December 22, 2011 — John Hinderaker
Every year, National Geographic magazine awards prizes for the best photographs of the year in the categories nature, places and people. The winners for 2011 are here. A lot of them are spectacular; this shot of a dragonfly in the rain, taken in Indonesia, won the grand prize: This one of a zebra fleeing a waterhole in Tanzania is another of my favorites: Some of the non-nature ones are very
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December 1, 2011 — John Hinderaker
Except that, when photographs of Marilyn Monroe that have been unseen since 1952 suddenly are made public–3-D photos at that!–who can resist? These pictures, taken by an amateur at a party to which MM was helicoptered in, are being auctioned by the photographer and are expected to bring up to $100,000. For that, they probably will throw in the 3-D viewer. But you don’t have to pay any such sum,
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November 30, 2011 — John Hinderaker
Retronaut is a fun site that I don’t get to often enough. You can spend a lot of time there. Last night I stumbled across something of which I was not only unaware, but which I would have assumed to be impossible–color photographs of Shackleton’s ill-fated expedition to Antarctica, which began in 1914. There are a number of great photos at the link; here are just a couple:
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October 1, 2011 — John Hinderaker
Autumn is coming to Minnesota. No matter how many times you’ve been through it, it sneaks up on you every year. I took this photo off my deck this morning: It may have been the most beautiful day of the year; unfortunately, my son and I spent a good part of the afternoon watching the Minnesota Gophers get crushed by Michigan 58-0, their worst defeat in the Big Ten, ever.
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September 28, 2011 — John Hinderaker
Yahoo reproduced 16 photos that were submitted by readers to a National Geographic contest. Collectively, they are very cool; I recommend checking them out. This one is of dolphins. The person who took it wrote: I had just finished photographing surfers when this school of dolphins came through. For once I had my camera with me and was able to get the shot! OK, here is one more, of a
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