Special places http://www.marquis-kyle.com.au/sp/ en-us petermk@gmail.com Copyright 2011 2007-10-15T21:42:19+10:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Nothing to see here http://www.marquis-kyle.com.au/sp/000811.htm This website takes the form of a blog, with short posts about obscure places. It’s the work of Anne Ward and a group of collaborators. The about page cautions that attractions that may not be all that attractive, among other delights, can be found here. 811@http://www.marquis-kyle.com.au/sp/ This website takes the form of a blog, with short posts about obscure places. It’s the work of Anne Ward and a group of collaborators. The about page cautions that attractions that may not be all that attractive, among other delights, can be found here.

]]> England 2007-10-15T21:42:19+10:00 Brazillian rainforest photographed from a kite http://www.marquis-kyle.com.au/sp/000795.htm I have spent more hours than I like to admit browsing the website of Nicolas Chorier, a French photographer who specialises in kite photography. There is much else to see, but I suggest you start with his pictures of the disappearing rainforest of Brazil. The website does not allow a direct link, so here are directions: in the navigation list on the left of the page, click nature, then brazil. Then click the thumbnail images that appear on the right. 795@http://www.marquis-kyle.com.au/sp/ I have spent more hours than I like to admit browsing the website of Nicolas Chorier, a French photographer who specialises in kite photography. There is much else to see, but I suggest you start with his pictures of the disappearing rainforest of Brazil. The website does not allow a direct link, so here are directions: in the navigation list on the left of the page, click nature, then brazil. Then click the thumbnail images that appear on the right.

]]> Brazil 2007-09-25T20:30:23+10:00 Disappearing Scotland http://www.marquis-kyle.com.au/sp/000789.htm This is a pool of photographs contributed by members of flickr, the very sociable and democratic website for the sharing of images.A group dedicated to documenting the breadth and beauty of scotland before it disappears forever.Subject matter includes abandoned or threatened architecture, the story behind the facade, rural, coastal and urban, long forgotton lives, fading grandure, industrial dreams, atmospheric interiors, portraits, and awe-inspiring landscapes. Film or digital, you decide the rest. 789@http://www.marquis-kyle.com.au/sp/ pool of photographs contributed by members of flickr, the very sociable and democratic website for the sharing of images.
A group dedicated to documenting the breadth and beauty of scotland before it disappears forever.

Subject matter includes abandoned or threatened architecture, the story behind the facade, rural, coastal and urban, long forgotton lives, fading grandure, industrial dreams, atmospheric interiors, portraits, and awe-inspiring landscapes. Film or digital, you decide the rest.
]]> Scotland 2007-08-12T18:04:03+10:00 Hemingway's house http://www.marquis-kyle.com.au/sp/000790.htm This story published in The Guardian (Bell tolls for Hemingway treasures as Cuban house caught in sanctions trap, by Conor Clarke and Ewan MacAskill) includes an audio slideshow: a tour of Hemingway’s house.Finca Vigia, or Lookout Farm, 10 miles east of Havana, is the place Ernest Hemingway called home from 1939 to 1960, and it is there that the author’s abundant tastes, in literature and in life, are on display. Visitors can see where Hemingway wrote The Old Man and the Sea, where he dined with Errol Flynn and where Ava Gardner was reported to have skinnydipped……For the past two years, a group of American organisations has been working to restore the battered house and save the manuscripts and books. But US sanctions against Cuba have hindered the group’s attempts to collaborate with the Cuban government. The Bush administration’s response has been mixed, flitting between acquiescence and obstruction. 790@http://www.marquis-kyle.com.au/sp/ Bell tolls for Hemingway treasures as Cuban house caught in sanctions trap, by Conor Clarke and Ewan MacAskill) includes an audio slideshow: a tour of Hemingway’s house.
Finca Vigia, or Lookout Farm, 10 miles east of Havana, is the place Ernest Hemingway called home from 1939 to 1960, and it is there that the author’s abundant tastes, in literature and in life, are on display. Visitors can see where Hemingway wrote The Old Man and the Sea, where he dined with Errol Flynn and where Ava Gardner was reported to have skinnydipped…

…For the past two years, a group of American organisations has been working to restore the battered house and save the manuscripts and books. But US sanctions against Cuba have hindered the group’s attempts to collaborate with the Cuban government. The Bush administration’s response has been mixed, flitting between acquiescence and obstruction.
]]> Cuba 2007-07-12T18:43:57+10:00 Minutes to midnight http://www.marquis-kyle.com.au/sp/000792.htm With these photographs from a journey across Australia, Trent Parke has made an intense, autobiographical piece, specific in time and place. It’s presented as a web slide show with narrative voice-over. As the intro says:The work is both a document of a changing nation, uneasy with its identity and its place in the world, and a work of fiction which when combined suggests the build-up, aftermath and rebirth of an apocalyptic world. In its making, Trent pupated from documenting an emotional black and white world to one of color. 792@http://www.marquis-kyle.com.au/sp/ The work is both a document of a changing nation, uneasy with its identity and its place in the world, and a work of fiction which when combined suggests the build-up, aftermath and rebirth of an apocalyptic world. In its making, Trent pupated from documenting an emotional black and white world to one of color.]]> Australia 2007-06-15T21:21:04+10:00 Architecture of density http://www.marquis-kyle.com.au/sp/000791.htm On the website of photographer Michael Wolf is this set of photos of the dense residential buildings of Hong Kong. The photographs are formal and abstracted. People are not shown, but one knows they are there. 791@http://www.marquis-kyle.com.au/sp/ On the website of photographer Michael Wolf is this set of photos of the dense residential buildings of Hong Kong. The photographs are formal and abstracted. People are not shown, but one knows they are there.

]]> Hong Kong 2007-05-12T19:56:06+10:00 Seeing the light: lighthouses of the western Great Lakes http://www.marquis-kyle.com.au/sp/000788.htm Terry Pepper has assembled a rich history, gallery and gazetteer of this remarkable collection of inland lighthouses.These sentinels and their dedicated keepers performed a critical service to mariners. With the survival of some these majestic beacons in question, it is our intent to tell their story as accurately as possible, in the hope that increased understanding of their purpose and rich history will help assure their survival for future generations to enjoy as much as we have. — Terry Pepper [from the website]. 788@http://www.marquis-kyle.com.au/sp/ These sentinels and their dedicated keepers performed a critical service to mariners. With the survival of some these majestic beacons in question, it is our intent to tell their story as accurately as possible, in the hope that increased understanding of their purpose and rich history will help assure their survival for future generations to enjoy as much as we have. — Terry Pepper [from the website].]]> Lighthouses 2007-04-12T16:56:22+10:00 Iraqi Kurdistan http://www.marquis-kyle.com.au/sp/000783.htm During seven weeks in 2005 Ed Kashi photographed Kurdish people in northern Iraq going about their daily lives. He has put thousands of images in a 12 minute presentation that blurs the boundary between photography and cinematography. I rate it a success on the whole, and an interesting experiment that points to new possibilities. You’ll need Flash, and a broadband connection, to enjoy this website. 783@http://www.marquis-kyle.com.au/sp/ During seven weeks in 2005 Ed Kashi photographed Kurdish people in northern Iraq going about their daily lives.

He has put thousands of images in a 12 minute presentation that blurs the boundary between photography and cinematography. I rate it a success on the whole, and an interesting experiment that points to new possibilities.

You’ll need Flash, and a broadband connection, to enjoy this website.

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