Archive April 2010

The New Faces of Select

Join us in welcoming Holly Wilmeth, Michael Hanson, Ryan Donnell, Coke Whitworth, Tim Klein, James Balog, Matthew Wakem, Stefen Chow, Andrew Spear, Blake Gordon, and Chris Noble to Aurora Select. Click here to view a selection of portfolio images from each new member of Aurora Select. Once opened click on a ...

A Song For Arizona

Sing Loud, Sing Together.As I was walking a ribbon of highwayI saw above me an endless skywayI saw below me a golden valleyThis land was made for you and meChorusI've roamed and rambled and I've followed my footstepsTo the sparkling sands of her diamond desertsAnd all around me a voice ...

A Quick Question For Sarah Palin

Photo By U.S. Coast GuardHow's That "Drill Baby Drill" and "Drill Here, Drill Now" Thingie Workin' For Ya?

It’s a Parody, Dammit

Guess how long before YouTube takes this down in Germany? In the U.S.?After all... This is technically illegal in Deutschland. (But not the U.S.)The "illegal in another country" issue is why Google said they left China. Because Search Results shouldn't be upgafucked-with by any given country's laws (says Google.) Yet ...

We Are Better, But, Not Safe Yet

Photo by Regina AvilosThe Roads Suck, But They Were Never All That GreatI want to begin by thanking all of you who stepped up to help, and post links. Thank you.Aftershocks are close to continuous. We don't even notice most of them. Some of them are downright troubling though.Food, what ...

Noor and Agence VU in Newsweek

Afghan national police ( ANP ) during training at the army base outside Faizabad. Jan Grarup / Noor Aurora partner agency photographers Jan Grarup (Noor) and Ad Van Denderen (Agence VU) images of the Afghan national police and Jordi Bernado (Agence Vu) work on Dubai make the March 29, 2010 national ...

Mexicali Relief

The Earthquake of Easter Sunday Was a 7.2 That's fucking huge. Large parts of Calexico, El Centro are damaged, but Mexicali was devastated. Right now. Right the fuck now. We need help down here. We're not exotic like Haiti, or an emerging democracy like Chile, but there are over 50,000 ...

SCIENCE AS HUMANITY’S BEST FRIEND

Today I want to share revelations from just-released scientific studies which have political and cultural implications we might want to consider. All of these are taken from the excellent blog Eureka! Science News.Fear of getting fat seen in healthy women's brain scans"A group of women in a new study seemed ...

Mat Szwajkos Captures Head of Esquire Magazine

Aurora Select photographer Mat Szwajkos’ portrait of David Granger, head of Esquire Magazine, graces the cover of Mediaweek’s March 20, 2010 edition. To see more work by Mat Szwajkos, visit Aurora Select.

Katja Heinemann’s Work in People Magazine

Aurora Select photographer Katja Heinemann traveled to Los Angeles, Wyoming and Long Island to produce portraits of teenagers who had undergone elective plastic surgeries for the current issue of People Magazine. Says’ Heinemann; “The main challenge for me was to come up with compelling portraits that showed off the kids’ ...

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