Adriana Groisman (Photography)

Although tango has come to represent the universal symbol of sensuality and style, its origins stretch back to the poor bordellos of Buenos Aires, to the smoky, dimly-lit ballrooms called milongas. Here, for over a hundred years, a race of night dwellers fueled by alcohol and cigarettes has continued to make its nightly descent into this erotically charged world where power and gender issues, fleeting relationships, alliances, rivalries, and jealousies are played out on the dance floor. 

 

Adriana Groisman has spent over fifteen years photographing this intimate, underground world [source].

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Wanderlust (photography)

There appears to be a direct relationship between my level of happiness and my distance from urban centres.

An amateur photographer, showing to the world what he see and saw.

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World´s most expensive art

'Bal au moulin de la Galette, Montmartre' (commonly known as Le Moulin de la Galette) is an 1876 painting by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir and it sold for $78.1 million in 1990

 'Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I' by Gustav Klimt sold for $135 million in 2006

List of "The World´s most expensive art", according The Guardian

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The Piano, and... life is a song ;)

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Mattjin (engravings)

The Flickr Artist "Mattjin" improving his engravings

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Sophie Thouvenin - Photography

Link, and several "stories to see"... ;)

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Haruto Maeda (photography)

Traveling in Asia or Africa, my heart warmed to rural scenery, beautiful nature, and tolerance of people in these regions. My connection to these areas was strengthened by my recollection of my boyhood memories of the pastorial scenes of my native Japan etched in my memory. My memories of the sea, forest, waterfalls and rice fields resonated in monochrome. The existence of the rice field, the staff of life to the Japanese, has had a great effect on the scenery, culture and the sense of morality of the Japanese. However, due to unplanned development forced upon many rural areas of Japan, the beauty and history of over 2000 years of rice harvesting is decreasing every year. Fearing the loss in a few years, I hurriedly began to photograph these areas. The scenery is silent, but the power of the photograph can touch people’s mind and make them recognize the importance of the cultural icon of the rice field.

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