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Just as the city began its painfully slow recovery from the snowstorm over the weekend, Wednesday morning brought on more snow and some trecherous winds with speeds of up to 50 mph. Local bus services were cancelled and drivers were discouraged to drive by the threat of hefty penalties.
In the meantime, on the cusp of the city's industrial underbelly, not far below the slowly awakening neighbourhood bars of Canton, Clinton Street was bustling with trucks under the watchful eyes of John W. Brown.
Non-Stop Trucking by John W. Brown
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Baltimore snow storm 2010.
There was snow. It needed to be transformed into either a pile on the edge of the sidewalk or . . .
Mi Casa es Su Casa
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Christmas may have passed, but - not unlike like the pine needles in the creases of your floor - Frosty lingers.
Frosty at Mt. Vernon Place
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These panos weight in at 3MB+, but I really thought that the added zoomability and detail was worth it. I hope you feel the same way upon your wait while downloading them.
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church
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This year's Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge held to benefit the Maryland Special Olympics was as polar as could be. Maryland's First Lady took the plunge in the company of Joe Flacco and Adam Terry of the Baltimore Ravens.
Air and water temperatures were around 23 and 36 degrees, respectively.
Polar Bear Plunge : Maryland's First Lady, Joe Flacco and Adam Terry
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Craig Robinson, Clark Duke and Rob Corddry showed up to promote Hot Tub Time Machine - while also schlepping down $10,000 for MD Special Olympics. Panorama to follow.
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The Boston Santacon kicked off at the Purple Shamrock. Red, white and green people gathered until having gained the momentum to launch onto the streets and into more pubs, restaurants and the subway.
More to come, as always.
How the Grinch Stole a Guinness
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Amanda Palmer performed live at The State Theater during her Fall tour, accompanied by the Nervous Cabaret. She can't do wrong, but she really did right tonight!
More soon . . . 'til then, visit her.
Amanda Palmer at The State Theater
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The National Cathedral website has recently published a dozen of my panoramas. Please visit and check them out. You will need QuickTime to view them. Those with iPods, iPhones and iTunes or Macs should have that already in place.
I am including one below plus a couple of eye candies from the same panorama.
I am grateful for the challenge of photographing this one. The last minute fabrication (i just about had to be kicked out of Home Depot that night) has paid off and have used the setup it yielded on several subsequent sessions, most notably during my Washington Monument project.
Washington National Cathedral
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Thanks to Molly Crabapple, who chose my photograph to accompany the New York Times article about her endeavors, you can see a partial panorama in the Art section of the October 4 issue.
This is a very exciting reprise to the Washington Post having carried the interactive version of my Monument crowd panorama during the Obama inauguration.
Thanks again.
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Yet another deliciously twisted session brought to you by Molly Crabapple and friends. Dedicated to Lucha Libre, Manko, the beautiful British model started off her poses as a mysterious man of generous proportions.
Note the rarity of the occasion as Molly gets to actually sketch at an event she hosts.
Manko at Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School
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Manko at Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School
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Once again I have returned to Sziget Festival with an exceptional support team. While you will notice that my own panoramas not yet made it up to the site - I have been busy keeping the project together and have had no internet access of my own since the end of the festival - there are some amazing couple of dozen views up there, with another 80 or so to follow.
The (similarly) incomplete archives of the past 8 years contain well over 300 panoramic images by the Sziget360 Media Farm.
"Some images are more equal than others."
Sziget Festival 2009
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R&B legend Dionne Warwick was the opening main act at Artscape 2009. Her undiminshed charm fittingly glistened without showing any tarnish from her 50 year carrier on the typically quietest night of the Festival.
Dionne Warwick at Artscape 2009
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CAKE took stage on Saturday night enroute from the Toronto Blues Festival to Richmond. The usual standards, f-bombs and crowd sing-alongs. The hillside by the old Mt. Royal Train station was packed solid. No time for giving trees away this time.
CAKE at Artscape 2009
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My little buddy took me out for a drink in Fells Point. It doesn't get much better than this.
Cocktails
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Ethel, Baltimore's Grand Dame of Jazz, performed at the historic Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore. The concert, organized by the schools alumni, celebrated the rich musical history of the school , showcasing the talents of its current students and graduates of the past half dozen decades.
I haven't seen Ethel in a long time. She still makes every song uniquely her own and lost not an ounce of the rare abillities afforded to only a few entertainers of our time. She radiates on stage and her 'soft power' irresisitibly pulls you into that beautiful world mostly gone, and only too rarely exposed through unique, magical talent such as hers. Baltimore is lucky to have her.
Douglass High continues to produce brilliant sounds - be sure to seek out the Dukes of Jazz for their award winning, energetic and innovative arrangements.
Ethel Ennis at Douglass High
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It's been a long time coming, but somehow I never had the time to join in the pillow fight in New York City. Even as the event - brought to you by the Urban Playground Movement - went international last year. But, finally, I made it!
I was unable to drum up deserved panoramic coverage elsewhere, but fellow panoramic photographer Gabor Rev did cover the Budapest event. Mind you, Hungarians hosted pillowfight on this second world-widened event day in a dozen cities, leading the international pack by a considerable margin. Hajrá Magyarok!<span>
I have not yet photographed a more tumultuous crowd from dead center, as it was requireed of me on this Pillow Fight Day in New York City. While the pillow fighters were as accomodating as they could be on the jam-packed square, I received my fair share of pillow bangs.
You may argue that the density should have helped, as there was no room to fall, this was no still crowd and, consequently putting these imges together was unusually fun-filled both on the account of the violently shaken handheld nature of the source and the inherent mobility of the subjects.
Pillow Fight Day - New York City
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The suggested rules on the official Pillow Fight Day site do talk of responsible littering and commitment to cleaning up, but I am uncertain how that aspect of the day went in New York City. Shortly after the crowd disbursed, leftovers were aplenty . . . and some liked it that way.
Pillow Fight Day - New York City
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The making of : see me squeezing my way through the crowd and trying to set foothold while snapping pics - courtesy of pretty Amy Gallinagh.
I made it into a couple of youtube videos, but this one really gives a sense of what it was like to photograph there. Look for me at the 8:17 mark coming in from the right hand of the screen.
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It has been very busy around here lately. Although I have not had the chance to post, rest assured that some 50 panoramas are awaiting to become live soon. More Dr. Sketchy's and burlesque performances, some risque b-movie making, music performances by Red Sammy, Deer Tick and the What Cheer? Brigade to name a few. And we are not missing out on World Pillow Fight Day either, so please check back soon.
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