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John Foster: Accidental Mysteries, 08.25.13: Dog Days of Summer 25 Aug 2013 | 06:37 pm
Accidental Mysteries for August 25, 2013 showcases our canine friends in art, in honor of the Dog Days of Summer.
Rick Poynor: Collage Now: Sergei Sviatchenko 23 Aug 2013 | 01:51 am
In a crowded field, Sergei Sviatchenko’s highly reductive photo-collages look like his own and no one else’s.
Rick Poynor: Collage Now: Cut and Paste Culture 23 Aug 2013 | 01:49 am
Cut-and-paste culture is booming and collage-making is rampant: paper-based, digital, and all points between.
Alexandra Lange: Driving Vermont's routes I began to wonder: Why does this town get a brand-new energy-efficient supermarket, and that one a minimart-... 20 Aug 2013 | 07:39 pm
Driving Vermont's rural routes I began to wonder: Why does this town get a brand-new energy-efficient supermarket, and that one a minimart-slash-video store-slash-bank?
Andrew Howard: A Manifesto for Higher Learning 19 Aug 2013 | 08:39 pm
Andrew Howard, MA course director at ESAD — Escola Superior de Artes e Design in Matosinhos, Portugal — shares this with his incoming graduate students each year.
John Foster: Accidental Mysteries, 08.18.13: Folk Funeraria of the South 18 Aug 2013 | 09:34 pm
Accidental Mysteries for August 18th focuses on folk funeraria of the South.
Fred A. Bernstein: At the Pebble Beach Concours, Lincoln Looks Back to Look Forward 16 Aug 2013 | 11:10 pm
At a time when Lincoln is working to reestablish brand identity, the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance has zeroed in on its extraordinary heritage of fine design.
Rick Poynor: Keld Helmer-Petersen: Pioneer of Color Photography 15 Aug 2013 | 11:41 pm
An accessible edition of Keld Helmer-Petersen’s 122 Colour Photographs, a landmark 1948 photobook.
Edited by John Bertram and Yuri Leving: If there ever were a book whose covers have so reliably gotten it wrong, it is "Lolita". 15 Aug 2013 | 12:07 am
Excerpt from Lolita — The Story of a Cover Girl.
Rob Walker: Found in my digital shoe box: Striking pictures of September 2001 signage. 12 Aug 2013 | 09:12 pm
Snapshots of late-September 2001 signage reveal a tentative American moment.
