I'll be here this week at the "A Race Against Time: Preserving Audiovisual Media" conference. Hey anonymous internet reader, maybe we'll run into each other?
Posted: July 19, 2008 1:42 pm | 0 comments
Tags: Audio-visual preservation, Boston, CCAHA
HI I am offering free tai chi lessons and demos in the month of August at Spontaneous Celebrations in Jamaica Plain, near Stony Brook Orange Line. I invite all Simmons Students and staff.
August 3, 10, 24 - 7-8pm
Classes begin in the Fall.
Posted: July 28, 2009 10:18 pm | 0 comments
Tags: Boston, free tai chi lessons, jamaica plain, john hanson, spontaneous celebrations, tai chi lessons, Yang style tai chi chuan, zhang luping
Recently, I was waiting for the T at Kenmore and looked at the slew of advertisements across the track. Absolut had purchased the whole wall for their new vodka, "Absolut Boston." Absolut is known for their amazing advertising campaigns. They are genius, visually and require a simple tagline. What makes their advertising even more effective is the name of their product, "Absolut." An advertising team can do so much with the word "absolute" more than they can with "oreo," "sam adams," or "vitamin water." Absolut has made vodkas for most major cities around the globe. So, it seems only natural that for Boston, they would focus on Bostonian's love for the Red Sox and the Celtics. After all, if there is anything I have learned and noticed in my three years in Massachusetts is their unhealthy obsession with their baseball team.
And how genius to take something they are obsessed with, and connect it to an alcoholic beverage?
The vodka is infused with black tea...to play off o ... more »
Posted: November 2, 2009 12:40 am | 2 comments
Tags: Absolut, advertising, Boston
Description: I took this picture last year around Boylston Street during the Boston Marathon. I was on my way to work on Newbury Street and I was having difficulty actually getting to work because the roads were blocked off for the marathon. So I decided to take some photographs. I usually do not take pictures like these, it isn't my style of photography but for some reason I was drawn in. So I stood behind the barriers and took pictures of the handicap bike riders and the onlookers of the Boston Marathon.
Analysis: I love the composition of the photograph with the onlookers still and in focus and the driver blurry and in motion. It definitely creates a relationship between the two. I like the expression of determination on the rider’s face and the American flag blowing in the speed, it evokes a sense of patriotism.
Interpretation: I enjoy this photograph because I love the determination of the rider and the support that the onlookers are giving him. I believe the rider has a missin ... more »
Posted: November 16, 2009 2:07 pm | 0 comments
Tags: black and white, Boston, marathon, photography, Traditional
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