A love affair between an American and a Déesse :
And if I can own only One Classic Car—I’m pretty sure that would be my wife Tina’s position—the OCC would have to be the Citroën DS. It’s the ultimate desert-island car, the default choice, the go-to. Anyway, this is my journey to oui.
Credit : Sabine Weiss, Rêve de DS
Rembering a brother and one of the most iconic photograph of the century :
“My brother, very good photographer,” Ut says, stepping away from where he shot his most famous photo. “I really love him. Every time he came back from assignments and showed the pictures, people die, the war. He showed his wife, he showed me. He was very angry. He said one day he was going to take a picture that would stop the war. But he never did. When he died, I heard his words in my ear. When I took the picture of Kim Phuc, I told my brother: ‘I have it for you.’”
Note : Title purposely shortened.
The image above shows the color spectrum of almost 100,000 paintings created since 1800.
In an article for Significance magazine, Martin suggests a few possible reasons why paintings are getting bluer with time:
The dawn of online piracy :
Glover enjoyed both albums, but he was in an unusual position: he had the power to influence the outcome of this feud. If he leaked “Graduation” and held on to “Curtis,” Kanye might sell fewer records. But if he leaked “Curtis” and held on to “Graduation”—well, he might make 50 Cent retire.
Some industry analysts will see the irony of Mr Biver moving into the smartwatch business. He is largely credited with having saved the Swiss watch industry from the proliferation of quartz movements in the 1970s and 1980s by emphasising the virtues of handmade mechanical timepieces.
A 1980s campaign he launched as head of the Blancpain watchmaker he revived stated defiantly: “Since 1735 there has never been a quartz Blancpain watch. And there never will be.”
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