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Friday, November 21, 2008

Currently: nurturing all the nature obtainable
Today’s Feature: “Pilgrimage” by Jessica Francis Kane
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Camera Obscura

The camera obscura seems little short of miraculous, even after the optical rationale has been explained... That Abelardo Morell was able to photograph the thing in action, in effect producing photographs of a photographic process, and that he has done so with such lapidar and transformative eloquence, is breathtaking.
—Luc Sante, from his introduction to Camera Obscura

From photographer Abelardo Morell, a gallery of hauntingly beautiful pictures excerpted from his new book, Camera Obscura, where we discover how much of the world can fit through a pinhole.

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TODAY’S FEATURE

Pilgrimage

Many people hope to be authors, even some in the publishing business. JESSICA FRANCIS KANE goes back to a monastery to see both sides of the story.

Cause and Effect

What’s the Point of Giving Thanks?

Matthew Baldwin investigates the grand tradition of gratitude.

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The Chicagoan

The Second City citizen’s eponymous magazine, which initially ran from 1926 to 1935, is revived in the form of a well-produced, well-illustrated coffee table book.