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Frank DiGiovanni has been working as a photographer for the past 20 years and since 2006 has operated DiGiovanni Photography, in Kingston, New Jersey. His close proximity the both New York City and Philadelphia helped create an early passion for street photography where he would spend up to 8 hours per visit studying his surrounding as the sun, shadows and endless array of people, shapes and color palettes would come together to create a piece of art that is missed by most. Today he employs many of those same fundamental skills but now his portfolio runs the gamut from the natural to architectural perspectives and more avant garde macro photography that emphasizes texture, form and movement. Through his work he seeks to capture the beauty of his surrounding as a poet, painter or song writer would. In addition to his fine art photography, Frank has worked on assignments and commissions for weddings and portraits, as well as, clients in advertising, real estate and property development, interior design and corporate art.
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"Winter in Paris" by takmaj.deviantART.com (majozaur)
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Easter Island’s Statues Reveal Bodies Covered With Unknown Ancient Petroglyphs
21 January, 2014
MessageToEagle.com - Standing some 2,000 miles west of Chile, on the Easter Island, 887 mysterious giant statues have intrigued scientists and the public for years.
For a long time it was believed that the massive statutes consisted of just the heads.
However, in October 2011, when the Easter Island Statue Project began its Season V expedition, scientists could reveal remarkable photos showing that the bodies of the statues go far deeper underground than just about anyone had imagined.
Project director Jo Anne Van Tilburg said: “Our EISP excavations recently exposed the torsos of two 7m tall statues.
The statutes on Easter Island have bodies covered with ancient undeciphered petroglyphs.
"We found a round, deep post hole into which the Rapa Nui had inserted a tree trunk," she said. Van Tilburg said ropes were attached to the tree trunk and to the partially carved statue. "We found a rope guide that was actually carved into the bedrock near the statue." The Rapa Nui then used the tree trunk to raise the statue upright. Before the statue was upright, they carved its front. Once it stood erect, they finished the back, Van Tilburg explained.
The excavation team also found about 800 grams of natural red pigment —nearly two pounds —in the burial hole, along with a human burial. Van Tilburg believes the pigment was used to paint the statues, just as the Rapa Nui used pigment to paint their bodies for certain ceremonies.
The unusually large amount of pigment found indicates that it might have been used by a priest or chief, perhaps as part of mortuary practice, she said. Human bones were found throughout the dig, indicating that people buried their dead around the statues.
Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of visitors to the island have been astonished to see that, indeed, Easter Island statues have bodies!
More important, however, we discovered a great deal about the Rapa Nui techniques of ancient engineering.”
Among their discoveries, the team discovered:
· The dirt and detritus partially burying the statues was washed down from above and not deliberatelyplaced there to bury, protect, or support the statues
· The statues were erected in place and stand on stone pavements
· Post holes were cut into bedrock to support upright tree trunks
· Rope guides were cut into bedrock around the post holes
· Posts, ropes, stones, and different types of stone tools were all used to carve and raise the statues upright
The two “heads” in the quarry where Van Tilburg’s team dug are standing figures with torsos, truncated at the waist, that have become partially buried by eroded dirt and detritus over centuries.
The team also discovered that ceremonies were certainly associated with the statues.
On the project website, Van Tilburg said: “We found large quantities of red, some of which may have been used to paint the statues.
Finally, and perhaps most poignantly, we found in the pavement under one statue a single stone carved with a crescent symbol said to represent a canoe, or vaka.
The backs of both statues are covered with petroglyphs, many of which are also vaka.
A direct connection between the vaka symbol and the identity of the artist or group owning the statue is strongly suggested.”
Still, many of these ancient petroglyphs remain undeciphered and the history of one of the most remote islands in the world is now even more mysterious than ever.
MessageToEagle.com
Image credit: EISP.ORG
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Pixies put on an amazing show last night in Newark. i'm very thankful to the management for the photo pass
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2013 proved to be a year filled to the brim with stories for photojournalists to cover.
Each year, the American Photo Mag rounds up its top picks for the best photos from journalists across the globe.
The Best Photojournalism of 2013
Photos by Andy Clark, Max Whittaker, and Damir Sagolj / via Reddit
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one night, as i was closing the blinds, i spotted a flying ant trapped in a web. not far away, busy wrapping up another catch, was the spider. watch as the ant desperately races to free itself before the spider turns its attention to him.
Music: Frenzy
Composer: John Manchester
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Friday, February 22nd DiGiovanni Photography will be hosting an evening of live music and entertainment in Downtown Kingston, NJ
List of performers:
Johnny Lisco - indie rock
http://rednovembersky.com/
Chris Belding - folk/indie rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m39I2i7ngzc
Greg Jarrow - musician
Gabriella Pietra Green - musician
E.R. Kranz - comedian
https://www.facebook.com/pages/ER-Kranz/304902982955567
Plutonian Productions - musician/theatrical
www.plutonianproductions.com
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Oh, yes by Bukowski
Oh, yes
There are worse things than
being alone
but it often takes decades
to realize this
and most often
when you do
it's too late
and there's nothing worse
than
too late.
- Bukowski
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#99MileMarch from Philly to NYC going through Kingston, which is exactly the halfway mark
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