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Saving Storm-Damaged Photos

By Guest PostNovember 10, 2012General, Science, Technologyart conservation, cellulose acetate, debra hess norris, film negative, heather brown, humidity condition, hurricane sandy, marsh grass, msnbc, news clip, photo album, photograph, photos, phyllis, save my photograph, saving, staten island, storm damaged, superstorm, von stein, wedding gown

UD conservators triage to provide advice, resources

In a news clip on MSNBC, Phyllis, a 62-year-old grandmother from Staten Island, clutches a black-and-white photograph of her mother in her wedding gown. She found the family treasure strewn among the muck and marsh grass where her shattered home ended up in Hurricane Sandy’s wake.

If you have recovered photographs or photo albums that were damaged by the superstorm, don’t throw them out. There is hope for saving storm-damaged photos, according to Debra Hess Norris, professor and chair of the Department of Art Conservation at the University of Delaware. (more…)

Do I Look Bigger With My Finger on a Trigger? Yes, Says UCLA Study

By Guest PostApril 12, 2012Culture, Generalair force office, american, anthropologist, brandishing a weapon, caulking gun, colin holbrook, craigslist, dangerous, daniel fessler, dimension, dirty harry, electric drill, handgun, jeffrey k snyder, kitchen knife, magnitude, mechanicalturk, meg sullivan, paint brush, photograph, pistol, rambo, scrawny thugs, ucla, violent conflict, website

UCLA anthropologists asked hundreds of Americans to guess the size and muscularity of four men based solely on photographs of their hands holding a range of easily recognizable objects, including handguns. (more…)

Study: With the Right Photo, Your Facebook Text Profile Hardly Matters

By Guest PostMarch 7, 2012Technologyabout me, brandon van der heide, erin schumaker, extrovert, Facebook, introvert, jeff grabmeier, jonathan dangelo, ohio state, photograph, positive photo, profile photo, text, van der heide

COLUMBUS, Ohio – In most cases, your profile photo on Facebook tells viewers what they need to know to form an impression of you – no words are necessary, new research suggests.

College students who viewed a Facebook photo of a fellow student having fun with friends rated that person as extraverted – even if his profile said he was “not a big people-person.” (more…)

Distorted Art

By Guest PostFebruary 10, 2012Culturealuminum, art, art in distortion, black ribbon, clouds roll by, conceptual, cord, david meyer, distorted, ephemeral, flour sculpture, greater reston arts center, imagery, leah frankel, moonscape, personal discovery, photograph, suzi fox, topographic map, university of delaware, virginia

*UD art professor creates sculptures from baking flour, aluminum*

There’s a quality to David Meyer’s art that’s both conceptual and ephemeral, sort of like watching the clouds roll by.

You see with your mind, not your eyes. And even then, as with clouds, shapes move. Things change.

There’s art in distortion. (more…)

Byzantine Photo Exhibit Opens at Kelsey Museum of Archeology

By Guest PostOctober 1, 2010Cultureahmet ertug, architecture, byzantine, cappadocia, chora, christian, church of christ, hagia sophia, istanbul, mosaic, painting, photograph, turkey, turkish, vaults of heaven, visions of byzantium

DATES: Oct. 1, 2010-Jan. 23, 2011 and Feb. 4-May 29, 2011.

EVENT: “Vaults of Heaven: Visions of Byzantium” features a two-part series of ultra-large-scale photographs, many over six feet tall, by Turkish photographer Ahmet Ertug. (more…)

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Saving Storm-Damaged Photos

Do I Look Bigger With My Finger on a Trigger? Yes, Says UCLA Study

Study: With the Right Photo, Your Facebook Text Profile Hardly Matters

Distorted Art

Byzantine Photo Exhibit Opens at Kelsey Museum of Archeology