I went to Burning Man in 2002 and it changed my life. The positive influence the event had on me, and the new vistas it opened, are topics for another post someday - this post is merely a reminiscence of the silly page I wrote in the fever of my return to the real world. At the time, more than a few veterans of the desert proclaimed that I had given the first clear explanation of what makes Black Rock City so magical. The event is much tamer now, and far more mainstream, but this account still captures a bit of the essence of why we go, and brings a smile to my face when I remember those initial moments when I set foot in the dust…
Many years back I had a taste for 3D photography, and assembled some crude tools to experiment with. The photos were fairly limited by the way the available camera and lens constrained the lighting and aspect ratio, as well as the way stereoscopic photography constrains your distance to the subject and the composition of the shot. Some of the photos are not too bad, and as a set they do a decent job of illustrating the challenges in making great stereo photos.
Paintings by George Tooker
Painting by Hannah Faith Yata
Swirling fantastical shelters and sculptures woven from sticks and branches by artist Patrick Dougherty.
Design proposal for development of Chernobyl’s exclusion zone.
“Blob VB3”, an egg shaped mobile living space, designed by architecture firm dmvA.
Light drawing photography by Eric Staller
Light drawingphotography by Eric Staller.
Citric acid battery photographed by Caleb Charland.