Here's how the piece starts out."In 1998, voters in a focus group were asked to close their eyes and imagine what a governor should look like. "They automatically pictured a man," says Barbara Lee, whose foundation promoting women's political advancement sponsored the survey....
The prime minister of Thailand, Samak Sundaravej, called a state of emergency in Bangkok as thousands of protesters gathered at the capitol. While most of the anger goes towards what the protesters call a broken...
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"The series of extremely rare modern portraits and writings, presented on the show in Florence, showed that one of the greatest artists of western civilization, Michelangelo Buonarroti, was an ugly and unclean man."
There are over 200 million privately owned guns in the United States. Firearms account for the majority of homicides and over half of suicides every year. One man spent 2 years photographing people with their guns in...
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On my way to the Future of Web Design conference, 2 weeks ago, I was browsing through the newspaper until I was stopped in my tracks by the sight of L'Automne part of 4 portraits illustrating the seasons. The Face on this Automne was composed of Fruits and Vegetables. It...
"Fallen pop princess Britney Spears has been called many things this year as she has bounced in and out of rehab, attacked paparazzi with an umbrella and shaken her stuff on MTV's Video Music Awards.
No doubt, Spears has been a real piece of work. Now, she is more than 50...
Elizabeth studied photography at college in Kent (UK) and is now working in photography for a major company which specialises in providing everything for newborns to young children. She is keen to develop her...
Opinion
Satire in the News
By Barry Artiste (NP)
May 11,2007
The April 7 Vaisakhi festival and parade attracted thousands of people, including prominent B.C. and federal politicians.
CBC reported organizers of the...
Build your own gallery, keep it digital or print it, art for art's sake. You can also ask Cali Rezo to illustrate your book, album cover or any other project that could be enhanced by some visuals.
"Gen. Augusto Pinochet, the Chilean dictator whose regime was responsible for widespread killings and other abuses, suffered a heart attack Sunday and underwent an emergency angioplasty that his son said "virtually rescued him from death."
A spokesman for Pinochet said he...
"Police in Germany are hunting pranksters who have been sticking miniature flag portraits of George W. Bush into piles of dog poo in public parks.
"This has been going on for about a year now, and there must be 2,000...
The Toronto Fiesta is a wonderful opportunity for the whole family to
experience the food and culture of Toronto’s own Corso Italia. Over 20
bands will be performing live on street corners, patios and balconies.
We...
In 1984, Peter Feldstein set out to photograph every last person in Oxford, Iowa, population 676. Two decades later, he's doing it again, creating a unique portrait of heartland America.
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