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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: Justan on October 16, 2009, 01:23:34 pm

Title: Art and Science in a Small World
Post by: Justan on October 16, 2009, 01:23:34 pm
Very cool collection of photos

(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/10/08/science/08micro_1_Paves.jpg)

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/10/0...08_micro_2.html (http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/10/08/science/20091008_micro_2.html)


Title: Art and Science in a Small World
Post by: Rob C on October 16, 2009, 02:27:04 pm
Goodness me; thought I'd stumbled into a Mapplethorpe pit!

Rob C
Title: Art and Science in a Small World
Post by: DarkPenguin on October 16, 2009, 03:59:51 pm
How could this one not win?

(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/10/08/science/08micro_15_Parais.jpg)
Title: Art and Science in a Small World
Post by: Jonathan Wienke on October 18, 2009, 06:53:32 am
Quote from: Rob C
Goodness me; thought I'd stumbled into a Mapplethorpe pit!

Rob C

I didn't see any urine-drenched crucifixes...
Title: Art and Science in a Small World
Post by: DarkPenguin on October 18, 2009, 10:28:14 am
Quote from: Jonathan Wienke
I didn't see any urine-drenched crucifixes...

Piss Christ was by Andres Serrano.  Mapplethorpe was better known for his flower and celebrity images along with some more controversial stuff right before his death.
Title: Art and Science in a Small World
Post by: Rob C on October 19, 2009, 01:38:51 pm
Quote from: DarkPenguin
How could this one not win?

(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/10/08/science/08micro_15_Parais.jpg)



Mr P

Karate also helps it beat the odds. On the other hand, its victims are said to die of fright.

All that said, I would suggest the moral is that one should never drink direct from the bottle, particularly in low lighting.

Rob C
Title: Art and Science in a Small World
Post by: Jonathan Wienke on October 19, 2009, 07:42:08 pm
Quote from: DarkPenguin
Piss Christ was by Andres Serrano.  Mapplethorpe was better known for his flower and celebrity images along with some more controversial stuff right before his death.

You're right. Mapplethorpe did the similarly controversial self-portrait with the bullwhip in his anus...