Archive for August, 2009

Hello From Ottawa – Part 11- The Canadian Museum Of Contemporary Photography Featuring Sunil Gupta And The Challenges Of Immigration

August 19th, 2009
Hello From Ottawa - Part  11- The Canadian Museum Of Contemporary Photography Featuring Sunil Gupta And The Challenges Of Immigration

My schedule in Ottawa this past weekend was extremely compressed, but there was one place I wasn’t going to miss: the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography. As a person with no formal background, yet a keen interest in the visual arts and photography, I have been wanting to visit this museum for a long time. And my Internet research revealed that the Museum is featuring a very special exhibition right now: two photographic series by Suni » Read more: Hello From Ottawa – Part 11- The Canadian Museum Of Contemporary Photography Featuring Sunil Gupta And The Challenges Of Immigration

World Class Museums of Amsterdam

August 15th, 2009
World Class Museums of Amsterdam

In Amsterdam, there are more than fifty museums, from modern art and photography to film and theatre, with a few less traditional ones thrown in as well. Here is a list of 14 must-see museums in Amsterdam from the well-known to the obscure.

#1. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. The largest museum in the Netherlands, the Rijksmuseum sees more than one million visitors annually at its unparalleled collection of Dutch art. The Rijksmuseum a » Read more: World Class Museums of Amsterdam

Cajón Photography in Cuba

August 6th, 2009
Cajón Photography in Cuba

Cuba has a great amount of wonderful curiosities. That is the case of the cajón photography, marvel that seems to be taken out from a very, very old book of stories to be shown in a century of advanced technology.

   Such a wonder has an extra value in Havana. Those people who visit its capitol have the possibility of been photographed before the staircase of this colossal building. There, some photographs are ready for tak » Read more: Cajón Photography in Cuba