interesting article on the controversial bodyscan technology which the US government began deploying… in 2007 in limited field trials. By January 2011, their numbers had grown to about 500 units, with another 500 to be fielded in 2011. Perhaps moved by the public pressure last fall, the government this month began testing new scanner software at airports in Las Vegas, Atlanta and Washington, D.C.. The new software produces a generic outline of the passenger instead of a near-nude image…
i’m currently working on some promo stuff for the saturday slot at local nightclub ‘the sugar factory’, using some great imagery from young photographer marlous whom i met recently, the client wants to hire and promote young talent which gives me a great opportunity to work with some talented, less established young photographers of which there are fortunately plenty…
the amsterdam zoo ‘artis’ has been infected with a series of wild wooly animals, a month long project involving a group of knitting volunteers has resulted in this playful outdoor exhibition artis wild, nice… (dutch only)
nicely made birthday celebration photo-mosaic of the (overly hero-worshipped) ‘god of apple’ mister steve jobs for the ‘LA times’ (via the CR twitter feed)
many thanks to my blog friends at ‘fontanel’ for the shout out this morning…