"In Genesis, my camera allowed nature to speak to me. And it was my privilege to listen." Sebastiao Salgado On a very fortuitous day in 1970, 26-year-old Sebastiao Salgado held a camera for the first time. When he looked through the viewfinder, he experienced a revelation: suddenly life made sense. From that day onward - though it took years of hard work before he had the experience to earn his living as a photographer - the camera became his tool for interacting with the world. Salgado, who "always preferred the chiaroscuro palette of black-and-white images," shot very little color in his early ... |
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МВ31 (Малка вселена 31) се намира в покрайнините на художествената измислица, където парадоксът флуктуира като борсовия пазар, самотни сексботове примамват провалилите се герои, а пътуването във времето е сериозен бизнес. Всеки ден хората се качват в своите машини на времето и се мъчат да направят единственото, което не бива да правят – да променят миналото. И тук се явява Чарлс Ю, сервизен техник на машини на времето – отчасти за да ги ремонтира, отчасти за да консултира пътниците и да ги спаси от самите тях. Буквално. Когато не приема обаждания от клиенти или не успокоява шефа си Фил (а той наистина се нуждае от ъпгрейд) ... |
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The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are world famous animal stories. Set in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s, The Call of the Wild is about Buck, the magnificent cross-bred offspring of a St Bernard and a Scottish Collie. Stolen from his pampered life on a Californian estate and shipped to the Klondike to work as a sledge dog, he triumphs over his circumstances and becomes the leader of a wolf pack. The story records the "decivilisation" of Buck as he answers 'the call of the wild', an inherent memory of primeval origins to which he instinctively responds. In contrast, ... |
