As always, Layflat provides the goods:
” Somewhere in densely populated Holland exists a twilight zone where it is possible to travel in time: a small strip of dunes separating polder and sea, just a twenty minute drive from the city of Amsterdam. In DUNE, Misha de Ridder unveils natural scenes so estranged and mysterious that they could be described as unreal realities. Lushly presented in this limited-edition artist book, De Ridder’s precise and highly detailed photographs call to mind Dutch landscape paintings of the 17th century and Romantic Era. In the barren and tormented nature of the dunes, it is light, color and atmosphere that salvage the memory of a wilderness lost.” ~ Layflat
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Ever heard of Colonel Percival Harrison Fawcett? Artillery officer, Archaeologist and Explorer? No? If you have a minute or three take a quick read through of his Wiki - here.
He sure doesn’t look altogether happy in the image above. What a bold stare. Perhaps someone from the future had just shown him a screenshot of GoogleMaps prior to the photograph being taken. That or someone in his line of vision was finishing all his brandy!
He was a true adventurer, an inspiration for all that followed from Hollywood. A tad crazy, but isn’t that what makes all the greats great?
Studying his attire, I think this winter I am going to make a concerted effort to dress a lot more Explorer-esque, look at that hat!
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I took this photo three years ago, in the North East of England (Newcastle), and while I am under no illusions as to how normal an image it is, it holds a special place for me.
The guy pictured was a housemate, and this image is all I need glance at to recount a dozen tales, picture his room and hear his voice. Nothing creepy, just good memories of good times.
As splendid as it is to have this captured moment, to bring me back, it actually saddens me, for this is one of the only images I have like this, despite all the people who I have known.
I should have taken more, I wish I’d taken more.
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Temple Grandin is a film you should watch. Finding fantastic freeze frames is a hobby you should take up and summer is a season that has well and truly started.
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I love this fine fellow so very much that he now takes pride of place on my desktop. He was created by Kreh Mellick, who you should give some time to today.
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April 4th, 1984
“He sat back. A sense of complete helplessness had descended upon him. To begin with he did not know with any certainty that this was 1984.”
George Orwell - Nineteen Eighty-Four
The month of April had been earmarked by myself as a month of no online video, DVD’s, movies or the like back in February, when I cautioned myself as to how little reading I was doing. I wanted it to be a month where the time usually spent watching is spent reading.
I didn’t plan to start 1984 again because it was April, in fact I had forgotten all about the exact dates mentioned, but alas it fits in so beautifully.
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Patrick Joust tumblr / flickr
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What will these three show when they are rolled?
Rawr.
Fifteen.
Source.
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Have you ever heard of Luigi Ganna? I hadn’t. He was the first ever winner of The Giro back in 1909. More importantly, of course, was the Irish 1987 winner, Stephen Roche.
The Maglia Rosa, the pink jersey worn by the leader, is the name of a new book looking at the history of this famous race, from Herbie Sykes. It’s packed with stories, pictures and facts that will no doubt get you hankering for some uphill racing yourself. Check it and the fantastic cycle racing reportage magazine Rouleur, here.
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It’s almost a yearly tradition now, my blog post featuring Yosigo. For fun, as per above, click here. For no fun, and just great photography, click here.
You all clicked on fun, didn’t you.
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Jon Rafman is the name at the top, but the real work here is from Google. The goal of capturing everything, everywhere (Google Street View) has provided the means to delve into side streets and cars, freeze-frame street corners and document the open road, and this website, 9-Eyes, serves to show you what you would have seen yourself if you had been there. A barrel of laughs followed by a sad state of affairs, this visual trip around the streets of the world will probably have you hooked, if not for the beauty, then for the scandal.
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There once was a boy who spent a significant portion of his day buried in online adventures. The result of these adventures, typically, was a blog post here on wewillbecome. People seemed to like reading a new blog post every day. While his passion for adventure is still as fervent as ever, this fellow no longer has the time he once did.
Let this serve as a timely reminder for those of you who have plenty of time now. Be productive. It still astounds me, when I look back, the sheer amount of blogging I got up to. I find myself stumbling on names and remembering posts, some vividly, others not so much. There is no surprise quite as odd as one administered by oneself, and often I do just that as I read back. “I said that..?” and so on.
If you have only started to read this blog recently, perhaps taking some time to look through the archives will give me time to get some new material in place.
2008
October
November
December
2009
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2010
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
PS - Bonus points if you spot me in the picture above.
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American Backroom is a visual essay, created as a result of a 13,000 mile road-trip. It’s an all encapsulating look at the forgotten America, far from the pop-culture, social media and general hoity-toity.
In something of the same vain, Detroit in Ruins [image above] is a concentrated look at this once booming city, capturing the now crumbling legacy of what once was. Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre have spent five years documenting, with quite sobering results. It’s a truth that could not be told in a better way, as the images hint at what this place was, without shying from the total abandonment that has now come upon it.
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It has been several months since the 60:20 mixes went out and about to all who requested them and I have neglected to do as I said I would, and post the replies here. I do apologise, but you’re getting to see them now, so there. Expect them this week.
Tom, Japan.
“I got the copy of 60:20 you sent a few weeks ago, and it’s fantastic all the way through. I forgot to write til now, but thanks so much.
The first time I listened to it was in the sort of temporary foreigner guesthouse whose address I gave you before. It was just starting to get chilly, and the reality of being in a new country for a year was just starting to set in. I’ve since moved into a new apartment, and besides listening to it a few more times, the sleeve is serving as one of a few decorations I have around the place so far.”
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Wade and I go back a long ways, but I’ll let you do some imagining as to how and why. It’s more fun that way.
I remember being tasked several months ago with creating some new concepts for how to present a portfolio or leave-behind. I am glad I didn’t see what Wade had been working on for their reel, for it would have taken every ounce of my being not to copy it, such is the creativity.
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