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Unlocking the Truth: Malcolm Brickhouse & Jarad Dawkins

"I don't like doing the same things that everybody else is doing. I want to do my own thing." That's sixth-grader Malcolm Brickhouse, talking about rocking out as half of Brooklyn heavy-metal duo Unlocking the Truth. He and bandmate Jarad … more »

Richard Mosse: The Impossible Image

Photographer Richard Mosse talks about using 16mm infrared film designed for military reconaissance to capture unearthly images inside of a war zone. His new multimedia installation, The Enclave, will be on view at the 55th International Art Exhibition — La … more »

Everest: A Time-Lapse Short Film

Yet another beautiful example of time-lapse videography — this one was shot on a Canon 5D Mark II, edited in Final Cut Pro, and assembled on Mount Everest. Make sure to read filmmaker Elia Saikaly's accompanying blog entry, Into the … more »

This Is Shanghai

The colors and shapes and motion are all amazing in this carefully crafted time-lapse short by photographer Rob Whitworth and "urban identity expert" JT Singh.

Battle of the Prairie Chickens

Discovery Networks put this beautifully photographed footage of chickens on the Kansas prairie online as an example of the wildlife action to be found in its new seven-part series North America, which debuted last night.

Ring of Fire

Photographer Colin Legg captured these images of an annular solar eclipse at sunrise from three different vantage points in Western Australia using Canon 5D Mark II cameras for time-lapse and a Canon 1D C for 4K video. "Hard gig shooting … more »

12 Years of DFA: Too Old to Be New, Too New to Be Classic

You may know James Murphy's former group, LCD Soundsystem, but how much do you really know about the history of the DFA record label that predated (and eventually outlived) the band? This highly entertaining short, written, shot and directed by Max … more »

Polar Spirits

Ole C. Salomonsen has made his third short film about the northern lights, shot in Norway, Finland and Sweden with Canon DSLRs and time-lapse gear from Dynamic Perception.

Caesars Guide to Gaming with Orson Welles

UPDATE: Much to my surprise, shortly after this item was posted I received a phone call from a long-time Caesars Palace employee who asked that our YouTube embed of this video be removed. On the assumption that Caesars is the … more »