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Il y a 100 ans, les premières photos d’Halloween

Il y a 100 ans, les premières photos d’Halloween
Une collection de clichés anonymes dont les plus anciens datent de 1875. Le livre Haunted Air d’Ossian Brown préfacé par David Lynch datant de 2010 nous plonge dans l’ambiance des déguisements de la fête d’Halloween entre 1875 et 1955. Certaines photographies font encore frémir. Joyeux Halloween à toutes & tous. Anonymous Halloween photographs from c.1875–1955. Truly haunting Americana, with a foreword by David Lynch The photographs in Haunted Air provide an extraordinary glimpse into the traditions of this macabre festival from ages past, and form an important document of photographic history. Pour commander ce livre : www.randomhouse.co.uk ou sur Amazon 23 euros.

This is the end Cela fait presque 3 ans que je tiens ce blog pour Libé. J'ai eu la chance que Libération ouvre ses colonnes virtuelles à un pekin moyen comme moi, je ne les remercierai jamais assez. C'était une super aventure. Ce matin, ma fidèle relectrice (que je remercie au passage) m'a refusé un article. Mais ne parlons pas argent. Néanmoins, l'humain marche à la reconnaissance. Alors, je n'ignore pas que la PQN a peu de moyens. On parle beaucoup dans le landernau médiatique de l'avenir de la presse papier. Je remercie tous les lecteurs, tous ceux qui ont pris la peine de commenter mes articles, souvent avec passion et talent. Nicolas QUINT I awakened to the crythat the people / have the powerto redeem / the work of foolsupon the meek / the graces showerit's decreed / the people rule The people have the powerThe people have the powerThe people have the powerThe people have the power

La première vidéo à dépasser le milliard de vues sur YouTube sera… | MinuteBuzz.com Selon la société d’analyse ChannelMeter, la premiere vidéo qui dépassera le milliard de vues ne sera pas un clip de Justin Bieber ou Lady Gaga, mais sûrement Psy et son fameux Gangnam Style. Pour ceux qui ne le savent pas encore, actuellement les deux vidéos les plus vues de tous les temps sur YouTube sont : Baby de Justin Bieber (793 millions) et On the floor de Jennifer Lopez (613 millions). Mais PSY a réussi l’exploit d’intégrer le top 10 YouTube en l’espace de seulement 4 mois, tandis que les vidéos de Justin Bieber et Jennifer Lopez ont chacune été respectivement publiées il y a deux ans et un an sur YouTube. Si on se penche sur ce graphique réalisé par ChannelMeter, PSY devrait passer en 2ème position dans une semaine et atteindre le milliard de vues pour la fin de l’année… un record ! Toujours dans les records, la vidéo a avoir atteint le plus rapidement les 100 millions de vues est le documentaire Koni 2012, en moins de 6 jours. C’est le moment de revoir toutes ces vidéos :

5 creative ways journalists are covering Hurricane Sandy online As Hurricane Sandy barrels up the East Coast Monday, news organizations are creating special online coverage. Here are some of the creative ways journalists are trying to help the public get through the storm. Maps WNYC developed an interactive, embeddable map that updates with the latest forecast of the storm’s path, based on data from the National Hurricane Center. The Huffington Post is working with SeeClickFix to map reports of storm-related outages and infrastructure problems. Google’s Crisis Map overlays lots of visual data about the storm — radar, forecast track, emergency shelters, etc. Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg, data visualization experts at Google, have created a dynamic map infographic that animates the current wind patterns across the U.S. Click to see the live wind map in action. The Guardian also points to a data visualization map by a U.S. developer, John Nelson, that plots the path of every hurricane since 1851. Live video Webcams Photo by Jon Huang GIFs Live chats

US papers suspend paywalls in the face of hurricane Sandy | Media Q. When should newspapers tear down their own paywalls? A. When a hurricane arrives. Three New York-based papers - the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Newsday - opened up their websites as the storm advanced, as did the Boston Globe and the Baltimore Sun. The NY Times told readers it was providing "free unlimited access" to coverage of the effects of hurricane Sandy. Looking at the NY Times's site, there is certainly a great deal of storm coverage with terrific graphics. There are also some 350 pictures sent in by readers. The reader's picture I've chosen here, showing a notice on a snowboarding store, also illustrates the humorous response to the oncoming storm. Sources: Poynter/New York Times … we have a small favour to ask. I appreciate there not being a paywall: it is more democratic for the media to be available for all and not a commodity to be purchased by a few. If everyone who reads our reporting, who likes it, helps fund it, our future would be much more secure.

Instagram users are posting 10 Hurricane Sandy pictures every second Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom tells us via a spokeswoman: “There are now 10 pictures per second being posted with the hashtag #sandy — most are images of people prepping for the storm and images of scenes outdoors.” The total photos posted as of now: #sandy has more than 244,000 photos#hurricanesandy has more than 144,000 photos#frankenstorm has more than 23,000 photos PandoDaily’s Sara Lacy asks whether “Hurricane Sandy … could be Instagram’s big citizen journalism moment.” Just like the last three Presidential elections have been transformed by a new social media service — YouTube, Facebook and now Twitter — natural disasters and tragedies are emerging as a way for social media services to gain respect and legitimacy as world-changing agents as well.You can see why a national disaster as told through Instagram could be powerful… In theory, Instagram has Twitter’s immediacy, and a broader reach, since it pushes notices out via Twitter, Facebook, Instgram’s own network, and email.

Greek magazine editor in court for naming alleged tax evaders | World news A magazine editor in Greece will appear in court after publishing the names of more than 2,000 wealthy Greeks alleged to have Swiss bank accounts, triggering a row over tax evasion that threatens the stability of the government. Kostas Vaxevanis was arrested on Sunday, after his weekly journal, Hot Doc, printed the list of names, which including prominent members of Greece's political and business elite. The editor was giving a live radio interview when police arrived, and broke off saying he had to go "to be arrested". At the same he tweeted about the arrest, comparing the police to German stormtroopers in the second world war. In another tweet he wrote: "They're entering my house with the prosecutor right now. Police officials said that Vaxevanis had illegally published personal details without proof that the people involved had broken the law. "If anyone is accountable before the law then it is those ministers who hid the list, lost it and said it didn't exist.

The Telegraph introduces paywall and subscription plans – but only for non-UK readers 1 November '12, 01:57pm Follow The Telegraph is launching a digital subscription package for international readers, the British newspaper’s parent company announced today. Here are the global subscriptions plans now available: As you can see above, both subscription plans include a one-month free trial. The main difference between the £1.99 and the £9.99 monthly packages is that the priciest option gives access to The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph digital newspapers on the iPad. As for non-UK readers who choose not to subscribe to any plan, the number of articles they will be able to read each month will be limited to 20. It’s important to note that this paywall doesn’t affect UK readers. According to the Telegraph, readers outside of the UK represent a significant share of its digital audience. Image credit: Dan Kitwood / Getty Images

LightBox LightBox presents an exclusive look at an interactive, narrative documentary about gang violence in Guatemala told through the story of Alma, a young former gang member. “In an isolated house, there was a girl older than me. Blond, begging to be spared…my whole body was telling me not to, but in the end I killed her. I knew I would get killed myself is I did not obey.” —Alma Alma was only 15 years old the first time she took a life. Gang violence is an enormous problem in Guatemala—a country of just 14 million people with one of the highest murder rates in the world. “I feel I have never received love from anyone,” Alma said. Miquel Dewever-Plana—Agence VU At the age of 22, Alma told her “homies” (the members of her gang) that she wanted to leave. In 2008, Alma met photographer Miquel Dewever-Plana, who has been photographing the violence in Guatemala since 2007. After a year-and-a-half of consideration, Alma agreed to collaborate with Plana and writer Isabelle Fougere.

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