In the face of my personal satisfaction with the previous post,
-smile-, I decided to make another one, same and different, a
Special Images #2.
A slightly different way to deal with it though, so, let's start right away:
PART 1: THE WORLD OF ILLUSTRATIONS - A SHORT EUROPEAN VOYAGE
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| Les Aventures De Tintin |
Tintin is everywhere right now, and so, let's enjoy few interesting things.
On a side note, I can't wait to see the movie. I don't give a damn about the critics, good or bad,
I just can't wait to see the movie.
More to come on that subject later.
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| Tintin aka Billy Elliot |
Frankly, Tintin kind of looks better...
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| In The Desert |
This, simply is, my younger youth.
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| Haddock & Tintin |
And so is that. Here, the light and colours are amazing.
C'est l'empire des lumières.
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| J'avais un rendez-vous... |
We were in Belgium right before with Hergé, let's move south to Italy with mr. Pratt and, like here,
some sweet water colour of mr. Maltese.
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| Corto Maltese |
Or here, with the touch of the black lines, adding such a weird sharpness.
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| The Dance |
Or again, like here.
Dancing the gig with the Bones March! A must!
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| Druillet |
And now, let's go to France, with a master of his genre, mr. Druillet.
If you think this is detailed, check the next one!
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| lone sloane delirius |
Click on the image to see the the full size, cause it's mad.
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| The Lilypad floating |
And finally, to the US, for a design that makes you dream.
Very very cool...
PART 2: THE WORLD OF WATER
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| Bangkok - Thailand |
I hope you heard about the massive amount of water that the weather and such gladly brought to
Thailand in the past few days, but in case you missed it, here are some shoots to put things back in
prospective.
Very few comments are needed.
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| One Leg Up |
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| The Insane River |
This, truly is insane.
Not only is it madly watery, but it shows the grossness of our society, even that far away from here...
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| Keep On Moving |
The colours of the light reflection on the water are simply gorgeous.
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| Monks In The Water |
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| The Handicapped |
Again, absolutely out of this world.
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| The Insane River #2 |
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| Kids and Water |
That's the first smile I've seen... Take it as a lesson.
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| Whirpool |
The lady with the child seems to be on her cell... I wonder who she is talking to...
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| keep on Moving 32 |
Crazy, amazing, ridiculous and fascinating...
Et voila.
PART 3: ANGER, CONFRONTATION & CONSEQUENCES
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| Protest |
And it goes on and on, people are showing their disagreements, to say the very last, and, it comes from
all over the place, from all fronts imaginable. The question is, where are we going?
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| Somewhere in Europe |
Both sides are definitely getting ready, the confrontation is now
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| Greece |
In Greece, it really seems to be going towards a kind of revolution, the violence is already there...
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| Greece |
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| Endangered Species |
Us.
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| Fire Burning |
And all of that comes with various type of consequences:
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| Sprayed |
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| South America |
Death.
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| Greece |
And waiting...
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| France |
And in Paris, protests from the print industry...
The world has turned upside down.
Are we still standing people?
PART 4: VEHICLES
Ok, let's relax a little.
Time to look at some interesting and sometimes beautiful machines.
A fast look into the world of human vehicles:
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| Libya |
War machine.
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| The Listening Car |
Car Expo in Tokyo Japan.
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| Grand Prix |
Racing on two wheels.
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| A Stuck Airplane - Thailand |
The flood has forced this plane to stay on the ground.
Sad image of a failed purpose.
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| French Car - Dauphine |
And a french car from the 60's.
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| Red Dauphine |
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| Number 9 - Dauphine |
The lines of this car are exquisites. The attention to details was applied in a different way.
Mostly fascinating...
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| Black Renault 8 - French Car from the 60's |
My dad use to have one of those, but white
The car had no gear to go backward, I remember it as a nightmare...
The car, however, was fantastic!
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| R8 Gordini |
The engine was situated in the back...
It was recommended to fill the front trunk with sand so it would be heavier and the car would
hold the road better. Good times...
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| The Perfect House |
And last but again, not least, this double decker bus is a house.
More on that one in a near future...
PART 5: ART
Okayyyyyyyyyyy, so, let's start with the Ground Zero Project:
After 9/11, quite afterwards actually, a decision was made to create something on the original
place of the Twin Towers. Here is the ground itself, and the various projects selected.
The least we can say is that, again, it is interesting.
This is a mad mad world people!
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| Ground Zero |
Looks like a war zone, as it was...
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| Starting to Rebuild |
The scale is inhuman...
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| Silver Tower Project |
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| Rising From It's Own Ashes |
Isn't it odd as this is rarely mentioned in the medias?
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| Glass Tower Project |
Looks like a cool futuristic set for a movie...
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| Going Up |
The work is most definitely on it's way...
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| French Commemoration |
The french remember 9/11 with various exhibits in Paris.
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| The Coloured Tower |
And now, let's go somewhere else.
We are still within the theme of towers, but that is a piece of artwork made by i don't remember who from i don't remember where...
And yes, I do like it!
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| Reflections |
Another piece of artwork, somewhere in Europe I believe, even though I may be wrong on that one.
Where does it comes and where does it end?
The infernal reflections...
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| Red Dress |
The biggest dress ever made... Made in China, of course...
PART 5: ACROSS THE WORLD IN IMAGES
This is a little bit of everything and nothing.
Just for the pleasure.
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| Space Shuttle |
Can you imagine what it would be to be up there?
To have a job that requires you to be up there?
Amazing, unthinkable really...
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| Space Man |
Exactly my point from the previous comment!
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| Nude |
Pictures of male nudity from an unknown artist in Paris-France.
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| Some People |
This is, by the way, a pretty bad position to use while sitting...
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| The Man & The Tiger |
Pfff, what do you want to say about that?
No comments...
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| Running With No Legs |
Oh, this is so admirable and inspiring.
What a shoot!
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| Running With Legs |
There is such an harmony on that picture, the colours and shape, just truly beautiful.
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| Russia |
The new favourite teenage sport in Russia, climbing as high as possible and take crazy pictures.
Those Russians are amazing.
This is mad... Again...
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| Surfing The Wave |
And, you don't want to mess up...
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| Foiled Escape |
And finally, this man tried to escape from jail, in the US, inside a suitcase.
Nice try I'd say...
PART 6: THE PEOPLE
Last part. Already.
So, let's talk a little bit about people.
Let's have a look at some people, with no specific order, nor any specific common theme,
with the exception that, they are all humans... Well, at least I think they are...
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| Mr. Steven Spielberg - US Director & Producer |
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| Steve Job - Apple Founder |
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| Joachim Noah - French Basketball Player |
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| Mr. & Mrs. Obama |
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| Manu Chao - French Musician & Activist |
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| François Holland - French Center Left Politician |
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| Lindsay Lohan - Messed up US Actress |
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| Russia's Dangerous Clowns |
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| Poutine - Russian Prime Minister |
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| Silvio Berlusconi - Corrupted Italian Politician Deep In It |
Et voila, c'est fini pour aujourd'hui...
-smile-
More to come soon, for I have a lot and nothing to say nowadays.
My job schedule is killing me, and that is, truly, why I am less productive.
On this, I am still pondering.
Sincerely,
Serge
November the 1st 2011
