Category Archives: Art

Change Someone’s World

Posted on February 16, 2011 by AJ Kessler

Sometimes we forget that ordinary photos,  not just those from the front lines or inside a repressive regime, can change people’s lives. World’s Coolest Grandma If you can’t think of anyone you could help, consider joining the Help-Portrait project (http://help-portrait.com/)

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What’s the Use?

Posted on February 15, 2011 by AJ Kessler

I know more than a few landscape photographers who are photographers, mostly, because they get to be outside and see cool stuff. I know photographers who take photos because they like to call themselves photographers, or because they like the … Continue reading →

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A Darwinian Theory of Beauty

Posted on February 14, 2011 by AJ Kessler

Is beauty in the eye of the beholder?  Or the culturally conditioned eye of the beholder?  That’s the oft proffered explanation.  But why do the Japanese love Mozart?  Why is Shakespeare read the world over?  Denis Dutton argues that what … Continue reading →

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