TED TALKS: Miru Kim and making art of New York’s urban ruins

May 2, 2009 @ 1:31 pm

I’m a big fan of Miru Kim’s photos because she always seems to find really fascinating subject matter and locations in her urban exploration expeditions. If you recall, Miru Kim is the photographer who goes into abandoned structures and places and then photographs herself nude in them.

In this TED Talks video from the 2008 EG Conference, Miru Kim talked about her work, where her idea came from, and what she is trying to convey by posing nude in these abandoned man-made structures. It’s really interesting to see where her work has brought her and I very much envy her travels around the world.

Kim Jong Il at the candy factory

February 20, 2009 @ 3:01 pm

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Photo: REUTERS/KCNA

The mysterious maybe-dead or maybe-alive Kim Jong Il shows up in this UNDATED photo of him at a gum factory. Odd choice for a first photo considering the rest of the world hasn’t seen him anywhere else in quite some time. [via]