Doric Order

Doric Order

 The architectural design of many structures has changed greatly since ancient times. While the designs may have changed physically, their roots remain in one of many places; Greek architecture.

In almost all cases, some of the most famous buildings and sculptures today originated from Greek ideas. Moreover, architectural styles such as the arch, and columns originated from Greek design. Throughout history, these structures have become the foundations for our political recognitions and in many cases social status in life. Greek architecture, commonly known for columns in most of their structures, has been the base of almost all aspects in construction. The shape of the column was the most significant in architectural design. Originally there were three types (orders) of columns: Doric, Ionic and Corinthian. 

The Doric order originated on the mainland and western Greece. It is the simplest of the orders, characterized by short, faceted, heavy columns with plain, round capitals (tops) and no base. 

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Editorial Photographer: Mark Seliger

Mark Seliger  is an editorial photographer who was born in Amarillo, Texas and raised in Houston. He currently lives and works in New York City, and is under contract to Conde Nast Publications, where he has shot numerous covers for Vanity Fair and GQ.   Prior to this, Seliger was the Chief Photographer for Rolling Stone (1992-2002), where he shot over 100 covers.  Other editorial clients he shoots for frequently are Italian Vogue and L’Uomo Vogue. 

Al Pacino by Mark Seliger

 

This Fall, Seliger will publish a compilation of photographs of musicians taken over the last 20 years called Mark Seliger: The Music Book (teNeues).  He has published several other books: In My Stairwell (Rizzoli, 2005), Lenny Kravitz/Mark Seliger (Arena, 2001) , Physiognomy (Bulfinch, 1999) and When They Came to Take My Father – Voices of the Holocaust (Arcade, 1996).  His work has appeared in numerous books including:  One2One (teNeues, 2005), Hothouse (Reganbooks, 2000), Outrageous (St. Martin’s Press, 1998), Rolling Stone the Complete Covers 1967-1997 (Abrams, 1997), Brad Pitt (Little Brown, 1997), Crazy Sexy Cool (Little Brown, 1996), and Rolling Stone: Images of Rock-N-Roll (Little Brown, 1995). Seliger’s work has been displayed in museums and galleries around the world.  In 2006 he cofounded a non-profit exhibition space for photographers called 401 Projects.  Rotating shows at the gallery have explored such themes as social documentary, fashion and portraiture. His nonprofit work includes shooting campaigns for AmFAR, Keep A Child Alive, Petra Nemcova’s Happy Hearts Fund, The March of Dimes, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, and The ACLU.  

Angelina Jolie by Mark Seliger

 

A partial commercial client list includes Bebe, St. John, Ralph Lauren, Diesel, Macy’s, Capitol Records, Showtime, Rocawear, Sony Music, The Gap, HBO, MTV, Universal Pictures, Pepsi, Smartwater, and The Sundance Channel.  Mark Seliger and Fred Woodward have co-directed numerous music videos and commercials for such clients as Willie Nelson, Lenny Kravitz, Elvis Costello and The Gap. eliger’s photographs have won countless awards, from such esteemed awards committees as The Society of Publication Designers, The Alfred Eisenstaedt Award, Communication Arts, American Photography, and Photo District News. 

 

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2008 Jordan Kevrekidis

 

Great Photographers: Michael Thompson

Julianne Moore by Michael Thompson

Michael Thompson was born and raised in Washington State, where he was first introduced to photography at his father’s small portrait studio. He spent his summers working with his father, then, after graduating from high school, he earned a degree from the Brooks Institute of Photography. After completing his schooling, Michael Thompson moved to New York City and began assisting the legendary photographer, Irving Penn.

 

Julianne Moore by Michael Thompson

 

Michael Thompson has since photographed models and celebrities for countless prestigious fashion magazines, including W, Details, Allure, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ and The New York Times Magazine.

Advertising clients are equally in demand for Michael Thompson’s time. He has shot many campaigns including PDN Award winner “I Am African”, Gap “Favorite Fit” jeans campaign, Jordache, Tumi, Tiffany & Co., DeBeers, Rosiblu, Emporio Armani, Celine, Oscar de la Renta, Jones New York, John Frieda, Clairol, and beauty campaigns such as M.A.C. Icon and M.A.C. Viva Glam, Clinique, Chanel, Covergirl, RMK, Kose Cosme Decorte, Prescriptives, Elizabeth Arden, L’Oreal, Aveda, Revlon, Almay, Neutrogena and Oil of Olay.

Michael has photographed numerous fragrance campaigns, including: Elizabeth Arden’s “Red Door”, “After Five”, “Mediterranean” & “Interlude”, M by Mariah Carey, Danielle by Danielle Steel and Believe by Britney Spears; Unforgivable by Sean John, Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle; JLo by Jennifer Lopez and Lovely by Sarah Jessica Parker.

An award-winning director of TV commercials, Michael has directed: Lovely by Sarah Jessica Parker (a winner of the 2006 FiFi Award for Best National Advertising Campaign-Television), Tiffany’s Frank Gehry Collection and a PSA for The American Ballet Theatre.

His first book, “Michael Thompson: Images” was published in 2005. His recent exhibition, MICHAEL THOMPSON: 50 CUTS debuted at the Parco Gallery in Tokyo featuring a selection of 50 images from his first 10 years as a photographer. He is currently working on a second book.

Michael Thompson lives in New York with his wife Kelly and their two children.

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2008 Jordan Kevrekidis

Athens Polytechnic Uprising

Monument to the victims of the Athens Polytechnic Uprising, 17 November, 1973.

National Metsoveion Polytechnic School of Athens – Greece.
Monument to the victims of the Athens Polytechnic Uprising, 17 November, 1973.

In April 21, 1967, Greece had been under a military dictatorship (Junta), a regime which abolished civil rights, dissolved political parties and exiled, imprisoned and tortured politicians and citizens based on their political beliefs.
The Polytechnion Uprising is an outstanding event in recent Greek history. On November, 1973 students at the Athens Polytechnic School (Polytechneion) went on strike, barricaded themselves in the school campus and started protesting against the military regime. Events began on November 14th and ended on November 17th, 1973 with the unprovoked intervention of army tanks and the attack by the army and police against those besieged inside the Polytechnic Campus and the demonstrating supporters outside in Patission Street. These few days saw the growth of an impressive popular uprising centered at the Polytechnic School. The people of Greece and the country’s youth all rallied in support of the students, united around the ideals: Freedom, Democracy, Independence, Education and Social Progress. The toll of the Polytechnion uprising was tragic. Several demonstrators were killed; many more were arrested by the military police and were tortured for months in military prisons. The Junta fell a few months later and Polytechnion is being commemorated every year on November the 17th. The student uprising was a courageous and heroic act of resistance against the military dictatorship, and therefore a symbol of resistance to tyranny.

Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο.

Το μνημείο του αγώνα των φοιτητών στο προαύλιο του Πολυτεχνείου.

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Images of Greece

 

 

Images of Greece 

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