Dreaming of summery things

Beautiful photos by Abby Robinson here.

Ping pong

Ultra stylish. Photos here and here.

Taxonomy of artworks

Art is everywhere is a website with some wonderful material run by SerraGlia (some really nice projects on his page), and with this helpful summary of the site's categories.

sloes

- Arándano, arándano azul o mora azul (crowberry, blueberry, bilberry)
- Arándano rojo (cranberry)
- Arañón, endrina, ciruela silvestre o pacharán (amargo, con el que se hace el licor)

The indigenous artefact

Thomas Whiffen, group of Amazonian Indians, 1908-9. From the Assembling Bodies exhibition at the MAA.

Nineteenth century photography at the British Library

(Babboon walking, Eadweard Muybridge 1872-85; Frog x-rays, Josef Maria Eder and Eduard Valentia c.1896; Regent's Park Hippo, Don Juan Carlos, Count of Montizón 1852). The exhibition was really wonderful. One of my favourite discoveries is that long exposure times meant it was really difficult to capture animals--and so many photos were staged with stuffed animals. There was a beautiful picture in the exhibition of some natives hunting a boar (I think), and they are poised with their spears over an animal that is very obviously stuffed. I will go back the next time I'm down and I'll report more - it's a really beautiful exhibition. Some pictures are online here.

Guns

Alexander Lobanov (above) is the clear favourite for gun fascination. And I think especially nice alongside Carla Verea's photos of Guatemalan bodyguards (here). Also nice on the gun theme are these by Andre Robillard who, apparently, makes his 'favourite' guns out of old bits of stuff. And a beautiful roundup on the AK-47 at the always extraordinary Englishrussia.