Top leaders cheer for athletes at opening ceremony
&$ &$U.S. President George W. Bush (R) and his wife Laura Bush wave to the Olympic delegation of the United States at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in the National Stadium in north Beijing, China, Aug. 8, 2008. (Xinhua)&$&$ &$ &$Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Vladimirovic Putin waves to the Olympic delegation of Russia at the ... english.people.com.cn |
Tribeca Festival Expands to Doha
The Tribeca Film Festival has joined the growing number of Western cultural institutions seeking to establish satellite projects in Middle Eastern nations. nytimes.com |
Olympus New SP-590 Ultra Zoom
An extremely versatile zoom lens can capture extraordinary images at virtually any distance – from a delicate flower close up to wide-angle photographs of friends posing before the vast Grand Canyon, or even images shot from the back row of the stadium that look like they were taken courtside. takegreatpictures.com |
Falling Soldier
The beauty and the pristine authority of Robert Capa’s “The Falling Soldier” would be tragically undermined if it turned out that this picture had been staged. nytimes.com |
Lee Friedlander’s ‘America by Car’ at Whitney
Lee Friedlander’s “America by Car,” opening Saturday at the Whitney Museum, consists of black-and-white photographs taken from inside cars. nytimes.com |