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Photo Documentation by Stephen Black of FAI Drone Racing Championships, Shenzhen 2018 (part 2)
Welcome Birdwatchers!
If you know the name of the pilots, or anyone else, please let me know via the comments section.
For commercial uses of these photos, please contact me so I can discuss with the those in the photo. Yes, non-commercial use is free, but please credit Stephen Black, and let me know your link so I can share it....and do feel free to buy Alphabet Spikes, one of my ebooks. Alphabet Spikes has a couple of short stories in it, stories about DRONES!
For many of the photos I have RAW files, which means I can improve the quality somewhat, in case you want prints or something. The link to the first set of photos is here.
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Photo Documentation by Stephen Black of FAI Drone Racing Championships, Shenzhen 2018 (part 1)
International drone racing championship in Shenzhen: the birth of a sport!
If you know the names of the people in the photos, please let me know, especially if you have contact info.
Feel free to use the images for noncommercial uses. If the photos are to be used for commercial purposes, please contact me, and I will contact those in the photos.
The four days in Shenzhen were fantastic. I met Lunchbox and The Lunchbox Lady! I also was inspired to write a story called Life Pilot for Alphabet Spikes.
Onwaird!
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Ani-Com and Games Hong Kong 2018: Photos by Stephen Black
To learn more about character goods for the Bubiko Foodtour AR project, we visited Ani-Com and Games Hong Kong.
If you have a question, please ask in the comments section. I went because of Bubiko, because of Alphabet Spikes and because I wanted to see what was happening with AR and VR.
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Posted in AR, Contemporary Photography, Photography, virtual reality, VR, VR
Tagged art, fine art photography, network art, VR
AR, VR and Every R in Between (July 7, 2018)
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Taking place during the Maker Faire Hong Kong, was AR, VR and Every R in Between, organized by Dr. Ludovic Krundel, of the Digital Entertainment Lab, School of Design at HK PolyU. Here is a link to bios of some of the people who made the day so interesting. Plus, there was Kandao and SnapPop.
Photos by Stephen Black and Bubiko Foodtour.
360VR video of the event is here!
360VR video of this is here.
Day 2 is here.
360VR video of the event is here!
360VR video of this is here.
Day 2 is here.
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Posted in AR, Art, Contemporary Lens-Based Imaging, Contemporary Photography, Photography, virtual reality, VR
Tagged AR, collaborations, network art, VR
0-8 cycling circles of tiny tiny smooth cicadas
8-12 it is impossible to achieve the aim without suffering
12-14 cycling circles of tiny tiny smooth cicadas
14-18 it is impossible to achieve the aim without suffering
18 -20 k-k-kk-kk-kk-k
25 single frippertronic flotation device
27 flotation device again mahogany buffalo honey river slow burst the dam
32 x
1:37 it is impossible again
1:49 banshee at coat check
2:02 banshee leaves the pyramid dancefloor
2:03 you
2:04 blue eyed soul vulnerability
2:08 avenue C to hell kitchen
2:37 the aim suffering
2;47 no panic in the tinkly disco
3:31-3:38 bloody holiday exposure stylee lung rip glass
3:40 you
3:42 are
3:44 he
3:45 psycho killer calm ride home in her car
3:52 oh
3:53 flotation device
3:54-4:02 again ceiling staring between glass wails
4:03 x
4:04 p flotation flotation o disco stops
4:05 cycling circles of tiny tiny smooth cicadas
4:06 cannibalistic calm searching vanishing
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All the Way to Memphis and Toledo
So.
I bought the album for some reason. Mott the Hoople Live. Probably, before I'd boughten it, I'd only heard one song from it on FM radio. Undoubtedly the front and back covers made an impression. Anyway, the first song on the first side was called All the Way to Memphis. It's great, with a tinkly, funky, sad, happy and powerful little piano riff on the front. The piano was played by Morgan Fisher. The song is about going to Memphis, obviously. That song was my favorite.
So, about 25 years later, I was in Tokyo and thrilled to be asked to photograph the American South, for a Japanese magazine. The same day I learned of my flight confirmation to Memphis... Morgan Fisher called! He lives in Tokyo and we had plans to meet, but it was still one of those synchronistic little events that make one wonder.
Anyhoo... I just saw this poster in Bangkok.
discovered in Bangkok, 2018
And, for what it's worth, the lead singer of Mott the Hoople once put on one of the best live shows I've ever seen. Ian Hunter. The opening act was John Cougar Mellencamp who performed with his head wrapped in bandages; the result of a mishap the night before. Toledo Sports Arena, 1977?
I am writing this in Chiang Mai Thailand at dawn, April 17, 2018.
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Songkran 1
The original Songkran post is here.
The following were taken with an iPhone during the 2018 Songkran Festival.
The conclusion to this series is here.
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Posted in Art, Food, Photography
Tagged art, fine art photography, network art, Southeast Asia
