The Family of Man

The Family of Man was a photography exhibition curated by Edward Steichen first shown in 1955 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

According to Steichen, the exhibition represented the 'culmination of his career'. The 503 photos by 273 photographers in 68 countries were selected from almost 2 million pictures submitted by famous and unknown photographers. These photos offer a striking snapshot of the human experience which lingers on birth, love, and joy, but also touches war, privation, illness and death. His intention was to prove visually the universality of human experience and photography's role in its documentation.

Peace and Love!

The Reader

The book is better!
A very good read!

My Maudlin Career

Simply one of the best albums this year!

不知道為什麼，我總覺得這次Tracyanne的聲音特別的有蘇格蘭腔。很特別，很好聽，專輯也超好聽。我訂的黑膠快來吧～

Vivre Sa Vie (My Life To Live)

The more one talks, the less the words mean.
Why must one always talk? Often one shouldn't talk, but live in silence.One cannot distinguish the thought from the words that express it.
Nana: Shouldn't love be the only truth?
The Philosopher: For that, love would always have to be true.

This is the cultest film ever!

Back in 1962, Godard already looked at the issues of prostitution. He doesn't speak from anyone's perspective. He simply presented it with a loose structure, yet it gave you a pretty good idea of what it was like. The film explored Nina (Anna Karina), a Parisian prostitute's life.

To be honest, this is a very unpleasant film, but I personally think it's a powerful film. Some of the images just stuck in your mind, and they challenge your thinking. That's why this is a good film, although it might be too hard to swallow for some people.

Okkervil River @ The Zoo

This is a great show!

They really rock. Listening to their albums, you just don't get the impression that these guys could rock on stage, but they do.

All guys dressed in suits. The girl dressed in a dress. They came out and kicked started with "Plus Ones". Audiences were very into it. I think both the bands and we audiences all had a great time. They played about 5 songs from the second album, and another 6 songs from the latest album. And about 2 or 3 songs from Black Sheep Boy. Again, I'm not a superfan of them. I came because they're called Okkervil River and they have a song called "For Real". Of course, best song of theirs.

Will, the leader and the singer was really rocking with his acoustic guitar. The drummer, Travis was special, he was really energetic comparing to other members on the band. Which is a good thing, people goes to gig to see exciting things. And Okkervil River were exciting. So it was a pretty good gig. It surprised me that it was actually a sold-out gig. Nice!

Me and For Real (how embarrassing...)


anyway, it was an unforgettable night!

overwhelmed by feelings of emptiness and sadness

I was overwhelmed by feelings of emptiness and sadness ,but was soon awakened from my reveries.
- Ernst Ingmar Bergman

Atomised

Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, this movie focuses on Michael and Bruno, two very different half-brothers and their disturbed sexuality. After a chaotic childhood with a hippie mother only caring for her affairs, Michael, a molecular biologist, is more interested in genes than women, while Bruno is obsessed with his sexual desires, but mostly finds his satisfaction with prostitutes. His pitiful life changes when he gets to know the experienced Christiane. In the meantime, Michael meets Annabelle, the love of his youth, again...

I think this is a good film. At least better than I expected. It's a bizarre love story confronting issues such as, relationship, sex, fantasies and true love. All adults have some problems, because of the society we are living in. It's interesting to look at other people's lives. The director, Oskar Roehler, did a good job in my opinion. Some images are beautiful. The soundtrack is good, used songs from T-Rex and Bob Dylan. The story is great. But apparently the book is much better than the film. I hope I can check out the book sometime.