Big Apple Big Hope by PAIROJ PICHETMETAKUL (Pok) 

             "I was drawn into Pairoj’s work when I first saw his Abraham Lincoln portrait.  It captured the soul of a man in what appears to be a time of hardship.  I feel that a portrait should capture the depth and personality of the subject without the distortion of reality. In some of his portraits, he uses a lot of vibrant colors that pop out of the canvas like a layer of texture in different dimensions.  Pairoj’s portraits provokes many questions about reality."  -Ek Wongleecharoen

Pairoj is my friend and like my brother. He started his Big Apple Big Hope in NYC to help homeless people for their better life and unforgetting. He will bring food and money from donation and his own money to homeless people but not only giving them food and money. He even draw their portrait to catch people who walk pass by and stop to pay attention and help them too. From Pairoj warm heart, all artists around NYC are helping him to. Most of the photographer that help him shooting are street photographers and films.

Big Apple Big Hope

Credits

Pairoj Pichetmetakul http://www.likepairoj.com/hope/index.html

18 vintage photos from 110 years of the New York subway

Board the nostalgia express with these photos of the age-old subway system and her retro rides of yesteryear

   I would like to show the photos that have been taken for over 100 years. It's very interesting and cool. Beneath the streets of New York City lies one of the largest metro systems in the world, spanning over 660 miles of track, boasting 468 stations, transporting over 5 million people a day, and being the best designated driver a city could ask for. After living in New York for a while, it's hard to be a good commuter on the crowded trains, but these images might just have you rekindling your love for MTA all over again. Although some subway stations need some repairs, the future is bright for the system with features like digital metro cards, more WiFi enabled stations, and the long awaited artsy Second Ave subway line; but until then, enjoy our favorite photos from the subway and the trains of the past 110 years of service.

28th Street Station, 1904

Borough Hall subway station, 1907

A tunnel between Manhattan and Brooklyn, 1907

Manhattan, Bowery and Canal Streets, 1909

Atlantic Ave Station, circa 1910

Subway car, circa 1920

Subway turnstile, circa 1940s

IRT World Fair subway car, August 1946

Borough Hall station, 1948

City Hall station, circa 1950s

Subway passengers, March 1958

125th Street and Broadway station, circa 1960s

Subway passengers, 1960

Subway passenger, 1962

Subway passenger, 1960

Coney Island station, 1963

New subway cars being transported by barge to NYC, 1964

Subway car interior, 1980s

  Credits
Micheal Frye texted
Photos: http://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/vintage-photos-of-110-years-of-the-new-york-subway

Imagine | The Colourful Mr Eggleston

Today I would like to share one of file for my class assignment. 

"William Eggleston is one of the most influential and original photographers alive today.
A Mississippi aristocrat with a fondness for guns, drink and women, he dragged colour into the world of art photography. Reviled in the 1970s, he is now considered a legend whose unique visual style has influenced generations of photographers and filmmakers.
Imagine shows the normally shy and elusive Eggleston at work – taking photographs on the road, in and around his home town of Memphis."

After watch this film, in the beginning of the film, I thought Mr. Eggleston will be the stubborn old man who won't change what he is because how he react to the audience about asking him questions But, I was wrong...Mr. Egglestone had big step of changing from B&W to Color!!!! and love that his wife said to should ugly things after the world change.

This film show that if you need photos, you need to go find them like Mr. Egglestone do even he shoot the everyday life but you need to go find it outside your room sometimes such as his famous photo of the red room of his doctor friend. I also love the way he shoot the photo...one scene one shoot!!! He doesn't have to sit down and have a headache which photo he need to pick late on.

I wonder is he like all of his photos that he took? 

Credits

Photo: William Eggleston

Painted Food http://paintedfoot.com/blog/2012/10/video-inspiration-the-colorful-mr-eggleston-bbc/