Dechinaphobia

You just can't imagine how much I fear and hate China at the same time for very good reasons that you have no right to judge. Unfortunately, I will be surrounded by these faces soon later and thinking of it seriously gives me creeps.

I pray.


By http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattlinden/438051924/

Koop Island Blues

I love this video very much. It captures the emotions just right. Can you feel it? Quoting the info from Youtube profile. So, you read it yourself.

Koop is Oscar Simonsson & Magnus Zingmark.

When listening to Koops music it's somehow easy to believe that it's played by a small orchestra, but in fact the music is based on samples. Thousands of small clips from records puzzled together into new songs. All the drums, strings, horn sections and choires are actually sampled! This is a very time consuming way to make music (it's one of the reasons it takes such long time to make a koop album), but it's the only way to create the surreal Koop sound. One thing though, that for sure aren't sampled, is the vocals. Many singers has blessed the Koop albums with their talent, and on Koop Islands the singers are : Ane Brun, Yukimi Nagano, Hilde Louise Asbjornsen, Earl Zinger and Mikael Sundin. Koop Island Blues is sung by Ane Brun and it's taken from the album "Koop Islands".

The video was shot in Paris by J.F. Julian (director) and is starring french actor Mia Jacob.

Lyrics:
Hello my love
It's getting cold on this island
I'm sad alone
I'm so sad on my own
The truth is
We were much too young
Now I'm looking for you
Or anyone like you

We said goodbye
With a smile on our faces
Now you're alone
You're so sad on your own
The truth is
We run out of time
Now youre looking for me
Or anyone like me

Na na na na

Hello my love
It's getting cold on this island
I'm sad alone
I'm so sad on my own
The truth is
We were much too young
Now I'm looking for you
Or anyone like you

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Kimiko Yoshida

Photographer Kimiko Yoshida transforms herself into the brides of the world in an ongoing series of self-portraits taken over the last seven years.

View more from her site http://www.kimiko.fr.

The Sakura Bride, 2006

The Cyber Bride, 2003

The Green Tea Bride, 2006

The Mao Bride, 2006

The Pokemon Bride, 2002

The Tamates Bride, Vanuatu, 2003

The Afghani Bride with a Bukhara Cap, 2005

The Shinto Bride, 2002

Marilyn Minter

Marilyn Minter, one true artist that creates visual projection through motion capturing photography or motion pictures itself.

Read The Year in Pictures for more. This will say enough about her.