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Nick Knight, ‘Susie Smoking’, 1988

I saw this image in a magazine in a bookstore in Reno, Nevada. I was sixteen, living in a trailer park on an Indian Reservation in the middle of the desert. I was a dirt poor mohawked skatepunk, about to run away from home. The moment I saw this I went from being an aspiring painter to an aspiring photographer. It’s the visual doorway that led me to where I am today. One of my guiding lights.

If anybody out there is shopping for my Christmas presents, this big print is going on Auction on November 22, and would exempt you from ever having to buy me any presents again forever. Auction estimate a mere $20-30k. (thanks, Susannah!)

Previously: Susie Smoking, and Murder in the Green Room

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Hubble Space Telescope captures images of alien solar system

From New Scientist

A ring of dust surrounds the star Fomalhaut. Images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope in 2004 and 2006 show that a…

Hubble Space Telescope captures images of alien solar system

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this is why Trey and Matt are geniuses.. summing up my thoughts on a lot of mainstream cinema/pop-culture in 1:11

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IDN 01: The Industrial Decay Network

The Industrial Decay Network release their first book! The book features the best of the best from the 2006 & 2007 Industrial Decay Spotlights. Showcasing 25 Photographers from 11…

IDN 01: The Industrial Decay Network

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Turning DNA strands into little fibre optic cables

From New Scientist:

Thanks to a new technique, DNA strands can be easily converted into tiny fibre optic cables that guide light along their length. Optical fibres made this way could be…

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Electronic Frontiers Australia board member Colin Jacobs said his civil liberties group was concerned at what would be deemed “unwanted content”.

“It is unclear how ACMA will scale up their blacklist to 10,000 websites and what will go on the list,” he said.

“Conroy said the list would contain illegal and unwanted content but we still have to see what would end up on that list.

"Under the current mandate that includes adult material, which would mean most material that could be rated R and, in some circumstances, material rated MA15+.”

10,000 websites to be blocked in filter test | The Australian

NOT MY FUTURE

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