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[Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris (12th-14th century) Paris, April 2009 /Image & Artwork: designslinger]

Yesterday it was all bright and shiny, today it's all about darkness and night.

 
[Rue du Cloitre Notre-Dame, April 2009 /Image & Artwork: designslinger]

As the days get shorter - sunlight wise - and the nights are longer, picture taking
will happen, more often than not, in the dark with man-made illumination as your only light source.

 
[Notre-Dame de Paris (2009) /Images & Artwork: designslinger]

I like snapping pics without a flash at night because of the surprisingly, ethereal quality
you can get in a photo. Plus a little giggle of the camera can produce some interesting results as well.


 
[Notre Dame (2009) /Images & Artwork: designslinger]

Of course you couldn't ask for a better subject than Notre Dame when creating a rather
ephemeral image.

And, if you're heading to Paris any time soon, or live there, this article from the NY Times
is a must read:

Liberty, Equality, Gastronomy: Paris via a 19th-Century Guide

Bon appétit!

 
[Cloud Gate (2004) Anish Kapoor; Jia Shan Shi No. 46 (2009)  Zhan Wang; Millennium Park, Chicago, November 2,
2009 /Images & Artwork: designslinger]

The sun's rays have a special quality during the Fall season. Shiny objects don't seem as
blinding bright as they do in summer.

 
[Standpipe (2009); Bike (2009) /Images & Artwork: designslinger]

Your eye will pick up pleasant, little sparkle of light in the most random places.

 
[Pritzker Pavilion (2004) Frank Gehry, Millennium Park, Chicago /Image & Artwork: designslinger]

Soon it will be overcast most of the time. But, there will be those bone chilling days in
January when the sun is brilliantly shining in a whole different light. Can't wait!

 
[Hotel de Savoye, Paris, April, 2009 /Image & Artwork: designslinger]

Movie director Tim Burton's art on display at MoMA. [Wired]

Zaha Hadid's temporary pavilion in Chicago is gone, but her new, permanent museum
building in Rome is ready and waiting. [Guardian]

The decision by the New Museum to fill their space with a Spring exhibit featuring a
trustee's collection, curated by an artist he collects, has the art blogsphere all a twitter. [two coats of paint]

Get out your scarfs, tights and mascara boys, girls put on those jeans and t-shirts and
skip the makeup, cause if you're hip, cool and urban, androgyny is your style. [NY Times]

Don't run over to Dubai just yet to see the world from its tallest building, because
the Burj opening has been postponed to January 4th. [Daily Commercial News]

Conserving art in a world of water, and rock stealing. [NY Times]

Architect Jean Nouvel in New York City. [New Yorker]

Spam and e-mail create sculpture. [Rhizome]

Women in their heels have been taken to new heights by Alexander McQueen. [Telegraph]

Twitter as Time Magazine's Man of the Year. [foliomag]

Time to call it a day. Have a great weekend. Monday, Monday....