News
07/11/08 - I got a feature in *
dareme's
journal. Thank you Olivia, I'll be proud of that "Jazz, Thought and Beauty" for the rest of my life.
16/10/08 - *
nysh featured
The last sunset in her
journal. Thanks!
12/10/08 -
Turin - 16 got a feature in =
Tinman-20-Tinster's
journal. Thank you for the support, Jess!
22/08/08 - Some photos from my
Jazz series were featured by ~
Inc0LOr in a
news article, together with more beautiful music pics. Multumesc!
05/05/08 -
Is this all that remains? ranked second in *
photography-key club's
Abandoned places contest. Yay!
26/04/08 - *
thatIam featured
Turin - 16 in her
journal... Thank you sweetheart!
24/04/08 - *
Triton5 featured
Turin - 14 in his
journal. Thanks a lot!
16/04/08 -
has been featured by ~
too-much4you in his
journal. Thank you!
04/04/08 -
La Mer de Glace has been featured by *
glunac in her
Shoutboard. Thank you Gloria!
13/03/08 - *
indi-is-conan featured
La Mer de Glace,
On Stage - 14 and my
Live jazz shots post processing tutorial... Thank you, mate, I'm flattered!
10/03/08 - ~
favocal featured
Jazz and
La Mer de Glace in her "
Photography as its best" news article. Thank you!
19/02/08 -
On Stage - 14 was featured by ~
free-way in her
journal. Merci beaucoup!
31/01/08 - My
Mosaic vs. painting journal was featured (together with some pics of mine) by *
glunac in her
journal. Thank you, my dear friend!
30/01/08 - *
laurentroy is featuring my
news about live jazz shooting and my
tutorials in his
journal: take a look at it, since it collects a number of interesting resources! Oh, and... thank you, Laurent!
19/01/08 - =
JacquiJax featured some jazz picture of
mine in her
journal. Thanks!
15/01/08 - =
Tinman-20-Tinster featured some photos of mine in her journal. Thank you dear!
13/01/08 - =
Elorine featured
La Mer de Glace in her
journal. Thank you once more!
09/01/08 - =
Amersill featured
Turin - 3 in her
journal. Thanks!
30/12/07 - =
Elorine featured me in her
journal. Thank you!
09/12/07 - Reached 10000 pageviews.
06/11/07 - A very lucky day!
Turin -13 is the
winner of *
WordoftheWeek's
"DARK" contest. And
Thrill of power has won =
onewordphoto's
"STORM" contest.
24/10/07 - `
Tepara featured
Turin - 8 in her
journal... thank you!
08/10/07 -
On Stage - 10 won *
WordoftheWeek's
"WIND" contest!
30/09/07 - =
Amersill featured
La Mer de Glace in her
Beautiful Italy news. Thank you
28/09/07 - =
nice2mice featured
Jazz in their
journal! Thanks so much!
04/09/07 - A copule of weeks ago, while I was on holiday, ~
Justannie died in a car accident. It is the saddest news I could ever find coming back. I have lost a dear friend.
15/08/07 - Stopping by at home. ~
InnocentEssence featured
Wall deco in her
journal. Thanks!
11/08/07 - Off to my holidays, at last. See you back in september, folks!
10/08/07 - *
blackandecker featured me in
his journal. Thank you sincerely!
09/07/07 - *
AvalonSky featured me in her
journal. Thank you, Abby, for your kindness.
26/06/07 -
Turin - 3 was a winner in =
Tinman-20-Tinster's bridge contest. Yay!
06/06/07 - =
BellaU featured
Turin - 11 in her
journal... thanks a lot, Michelle!
01/06/07 - Joined ~
LandscapeClub.
31/05/07 - Joined ~
Closeup-Photography.
23/05/07 - *
NonIntentonal featured
Wall deco in her
journal. Thanks dear!
20/05/07 - I managed to repair an old Pentax flash I bought years ago for my film SLR camera. It appears to be compatible with my Canon 30D. Some experiments in the near future.
13/05/07 - Joined *
WordoftheWeek.
09/05/07 - `
wdwparksgal featured my
DA journal CSS tutorial... Thanks dear!
06/06/07 - Problem gone. The deviation is there. At last.
05/05/07 - DA doesn't show my most recent upload. Well, not a news actually.
05/05/07 - Started featuring other deviants.
04/05/07 - Significant changes in my journal's look.
I will not engage a discussion about what art is, or should be, or has been. This world is full of dictionaries and encyclopedias, and i am sure that anybody out there has its own opinion on the subject. Please read on to discover what the title of this journal actually means.
During the last weekend, Turin hosted a contemporary art exhibition, called Artissima. The name, a non-existent italian word (the absolute superlative of a substantive), shows some originality in itself.
Artissima gave a chance to young and unknown creative minds from all over the world to expose their creations beside the pieces of popular artists: this is, per se, one of its most interesting aspects, imho. Plus, the exhibition was full of capturing pieces: some photography, some painting, and a number of more or less appealing installations.
Among these, i loved a strange (and big!) structure made of a multi-windowed frame, where each window had a different size and was occupied by a metal panel: a set of automated hammers hit the panels, creating sounds that remembered bells. Sorry, I don't remember the name of the piece and its author (he was italian, however), but i can definitely say that I would be happy to have it in my living room, acting as a musical wall.
As a side note, I don't know whether my neighbors would share my pleasure, though. Maybe I could enjoy a scaled-down model anyway.
Connected to Artissima, another nice exhibition happened in Turin. The streets of a central quarter of the city, San Salvario, became a space where artists could expose their pieces, trying to integrate them with the place and the life flowing in it. It was called Paratissima, from "Para", the name of a movement gathering "para-artists" of many different extractions.
Now, I'm coming to the point. One of the Para-pieces, was the "Pink Shit", boldly showing multiple occurrences of itself along a sidewalk.
I don't know what the idea took its origin from. I suppose (only suppose) it came from a very very old joke: when I was a child, I learned from my mum that if someone doesn't understand what you're saying and asks "Cosa?" (What?), you can brilliantly answer "Una merda rosa!" (A pink shit!): in italian, the question and answer compose a rhyme; I can understand that most of the thrill is lost in the english translation.
Well, I am sure that now you, really all of you, just can't wait to see how art can be a pink shit, or maybe how a pink shit can be art, it doesn't matter: we can consider the question from multiple sides; each of us will find their own answer.
So, here it is, the Pink Shit!
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If you search for wonderful nature images (and not only nature) where colors, details and composition make the difference, visit *
wingmar's gallery and you will be left without words. His vision and skill make up a very personal, outstanding style and a true joy for the eye and mind.
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