Exhibition

Captain Robert Scott’s South Pole Expedition, Exposed Again

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People with an interest in exploration, expeditions, adventure have a higher likelihood of knowing who Captain Scott was.  Only an expedition photography geek, a historian, or otherwise quirky know-it-all is likely be familiar with the name Ponting. Thankfully, such people exist and they have brought Ponting back from the archival grave. Outside magazine’s website has this collection on display. The captions follow in order of the slideshow above:

1. A program for Herbert Ponting’s lectures on Captain Scott. Ponting’s lectures, which accompanied his silent films at the Philharmonic Hall in London, were a huge success, with over 100,000 people going in to hear him, including leading politicians and celebrities of the day. His films were a significant milestone in the history of the cinema. Continue reading →

If You Happen To Be In Kochi

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Art and culture are about to explode onto Kochi at a season that is already filled with color and light. Biennales have been taking place for well over a hundred years, starting in Venice and spreading throughout the world.

Just as the lost port of Muziris had been a regional gateway for the world the Kochi Muziris Biennale, the first of its type in India, has the goal of reviving the vibrancy of Kochi as a meeting point of culture and trade. Spanning the calendar period of 12/12/12 and 13/03/13, the three month long exhibition is expected to draw high international visitation in what has been designed as a cultural strategy of self-renewal. Continue reading →

If You Happen To Be In London

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Milo’s recent post got us thinking about the temptation to anthropomorphize.  Tim Flach‘s photography seems to be hugging the temptation sometimes, wrestling with it at others.

His show, just opening in London, would be a good place to start with his work.  The photos below help understand the riff on Milo’s post and his book looks worthy of any coffee table as a conversation-starter. 

Young Explorers

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I recently discovered that National Geographic offers grants to researchers, conservationists, and explorers between 18 and 25 years old to pursue projects around the world in archaeology, filmmaking, biology, adventure, and exploration, to name a few fields. These Young Explorers Grants, which generally range between $2000 and $5000, can often be a perfect catalyst for more or future funding for people trying to fulfill a lifelong research dream or experiment with a concrete fieldwork idea — after all, having National Geographic’s name on your list of supporters is pretty impressive, and a sign of great potential!

This morning, I attended a workshop given by several members of the National Geographic team hosted by Cornell University and sponsored by the Lab of Ornithology, The North Face, and other groups, which gave an overview of NatGeo’s mission as well as quite specific examples of research possibilities from past and current Young Explorer Grantees. Continue reading →

If You Happen to Be At Cornell: The Colors of Collaboration

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Eight years of collaboration between Cornell Lab of Ornithology scientist Edwin Scholes and National Geographic photographer Tim Laman have lead them on 18 expeditions to document and photograph all 39 species of the birds-of-paradise for the first time ever. Their work gives people a glimpse into the behavior and habitat of the world’s most “extravagant, beautiful, and bizarre species of birds”.

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If You Happen To Be In Washington, DC

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There was a remarkable new museum connected to books that we posted about not long back.  Now, an exhibition in one of the world’s great libraries answering the question (so to speak): do books matter?  You still have more than one month to catch it in person (but if you cannot catch it in person take half an hour with this podcast about the exhibition).  Click the banner above to go to the exhibit’s website, which notes:

Books That Shaped America

June 25–September 29, 2012

Books That Shaped America marks a starting point—a way to spark a national conversation on books and their importance in Americans’ lives, and, indeed, in shaping our nation. The titles featured here (by American authors) have had a profound effect on American life, but they are by no means the only ones.

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