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December 2008

presidents

Very cool. Unfortunately, I don’t know where this picture comes from so I can’t give credit.

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December 2008

barack obama website

Imitation the greatest form of flattery? Wish I could get paid to “design” these sort of pages.

Via NY Times

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December 2008
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*Update* Video has since been taken down, I’ll see if I can find another one.

I found it interesting that the reason the logo stands out from the crowd is because the company that designed it has never done a campaign logo before. Unfortunately, the way the camera cuts back and forth between the different angles during the interview can be a little annoying though.

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December 2008
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Gotta love Annie’s commercial shoots. So expensive, yet so brilliant. Very reminiscent of renaissance paintings, which I guess is what she was going for. The scenes were taken from the DVD Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens annie leibovitz shoots mary antoinette which is quite a good documentary, written, produced and directed by Annie’s sister, Barbara Leibovitz, in honour of their mother.

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December 2008

0022 600x398 carpark photography   eastland shopping centre

Just a few photographs I took last night in the carpark of Eastland Shopping Centre in Ringwood, Victoria. My broken tripod was a bit annoying, couldn’t get it high enough to shoot over walls/rails.

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