China wins women's synchro platform diving
&$ &$China's Chen Ruolin (front)/Wang Xin compete during the women's synchronized 10m platform at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in the National Aquatics Center, also known as the Water Cube in Beijing, China, Aug. 12, 2008. Chen Ruolin/Wang Xin won the gold medal in the event with a score of 363.54 points. &$&$ &$ &$China's Chen Ruolin (fr ... english.people.com.cn |
Art Pieces
A puzzling new trend is rocking the art world. The fashion photographer Steven Meisel recently unveiled a jigsaw puzzle featuring a highly patterned pinup girl he originally shot for Vogue Italia (above; $750 for signed limited edition; shop.artandcommerce.com). And RxArt, a New York-based nonprofit organization that puts contemporary art in hospitals think a CAT scan machine remodeled by Jeff Koons to look like a tire swing has commissioned its own puzzles to raise money for its 2009 project... nytimes.com |
Samsung Adds Two New Cameras to its Popular SL-Series
5x Optical Zoom and extensive features highlight Samsung's new SL720 and SL502 . takegreatpictures.com |
40 Years Later, Combing Cambodia for Missing Friends
Tim Page, one of the Vietnam War’s daring young photographers, at 66 is still trying to find two of his colleagues who disappeared. nytimes.com |
Allen Ginsberg’s Photos at National Gallery of Art
In an exhibition of Allen Ginsberg photos at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, you watch legends take shape, beauties fade, an American era come and go. nytimes.com |