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12:24 pm Tue
Jan 28, 2020
Makeup artist John Chambers' work on Planet of the Apes (1968) is a high point in Hollywood prosthetics. The characters don't look like real apes, but they have an interesting mix of ape and human. Combined with costume designer Morton Haack's outfits, the overall effect is spectacular and unforgettable. I learned that photographer Dennis Stock took a bunch of behind-the-scenes photos during the shooting of the movie, and you can browse them at Magnum Photos.
Yesterday, I posted Sam Rowley’s fantastic photo of two brawling mice on a subway platform that won the London Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year LUMIX People’s Choice award. Also in the animals-that-fight vein is Aaron Gekoski’s photo of a pugilist orangutan, a beautiful and ultimately tragic image that earned Gekoski a Highly […]
Sam Rowley’s fantastic image of mice brawling over crumbs on a London Underground platform won the London Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year LUMIX People’s Choice award. “With the majority of the world living in urban areas and cities now, you have to tell the story about how people relate to wildlife,” Rowley […]
My guest this week on the Cool Tools Podcast is Meeno Peluce. Meeno grew up as a successful child actor in Hollywood, and his kid sister is Soleil Moon Frye of Punky Brewster fame. He then moved behind the camera and has spent his life photographing and filming the world around him, from the burning […]
You kill it at the gym all week, your nutrition is dialed in, and you’re drinking so much water that your spare time is spent walking back and forth to the bathroom (way to get those steps in!)—so how do you take things to the next level? By focusing on recovery. A proper post-workout routine, […]
Everybody wears socks, even presidents, but not everybody wears sophisticated, ultra-comfortable socks made with bamboo yarn that offers softness, ventilation, and durability. So with all these DeadSoxy socks on sale for Presidents’ Day, why not use this opportunity to make those hard-working feet of yours happier than they’ve ever been? With styles for work and […]
If you’re looking to read more in 2020, you probably wish you had more time to get that done. Well, we can’t create more hours in the day (we’re mad about it too), but we can help you maximize those hours. Catch up on that book list and get ahead of the game when you […]
