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Afghanistan; Shock of the Now
Paghman Gardens was laid out in the 1920s This saddening and thought-provoking image brings together two photographs made forty years apart. The first, by a Denver professor on sabbatical, is of his...
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LIGHTEN UP ALL – it’s Diwali!
Diwali is a five-day festival of light, now with lasers, fairylights and fireworks! Like most autumn faith celebrations, Diwali is our chance to say thanks for what we have, as we go into winter. And...
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EXPOSED! Controversy as Vatican and Google unveil ‘first woman priest’
This week the Vatican is PR-ing their elaborate heritage restoration and interpretation work in the maze-like Catacombs of Priscilla, near Rome. Google have adapted their Street View technology to...
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There Ain’t No Jock in the Union Jack!
With Scotland pushing hard to secede from the union, Britons could soon be waving a flag without the brilliant blue of the St Andrew’s cross behind it. For over four hundred years, the union jack (or...
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Suite Charlie
Some lovely images I came across from self-taught Canadian artist Suite Charlie. More here; including some for sale. Suite Charlie
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Biker Grrrls of Marakesh
I missed this one – and it was in all the papers! Photographer Hassan Hajjaj‘s ‘KESH ANGELS – just concluded at NY’s Taymour Grahne gallery – looks amazing. Hajjaj is Moroccan-born but works out of...
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Unseen Jesus! Fresh images for Lent
To celebrate Lent I’m posting as many striking and seldom-seen images of Jesus as I can. These are from folk or fine art traditions from around the world, and will include one or two from artists I’m...
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Kim Kardashian’s Easter Message
Stuff like this is the reason my blog exists. NY graphic designer Hannah Kunckle has completed a range of Kim Kardashian icons just in time for Easter. The images were initially distributed through...
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Jesus in China – an eerily beautiful animation
Story elements of the book of Genesis and the Gospels are blended together in this short, colourful religious animation. The narration, the imagery and the cultural context come from the island of...
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#thefappening goes all #fineart
XVALA “cash for cache” Life-size canvases of Jennifer Lawrence’s famous nude selfies will soon be joining Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Kim Kardashian and others – many of them nude too – as part of a...
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