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Sunday, January 4, 2009

Arts / News The Year in Big Pictures

Posted by Anthony Hecht on Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 7:22 PM

The Boston Globe's always incredible Big Picture blog posted their favorite shots from 2008 in a series of posts last week - part 1, part 2, part 3.

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Thanks, great photos and I like that they're nice and BIG. Seriously, too many great photos get cropped/resized down to nothing and it really limits the impact.

Posted by bob on January 4, 2009 at 8:19 PM

Brutal picture. Could very well be on the cover of 1984 - it reminds me of the passage predicting the future of humanity ("If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.") There's no boot, of course, but the idea of total annihilation of personal identity (the face) under brutal violence is right there.

Posted by Sceptica on January 4, 2009 at 8:23 PM

Stay still, there's a mosquito on your nose... GOT IT!

Posted by Urgutha Forka on January 4, 2009 at 8:25 PM

thanks for the tip. that blog is fantastic.

Posted by hahnsolo on January 4, 2009 at 8:31 PM

Wow, those pictures are awesome! Thanks

Posted by 4f...sake on January 4, 2009 at 8:31 PM

Also, this photo blog tells you what you're looking at. Photo blogs that just show photos without context or explanation are annoying.

Posted by bob on January 4, 2009 at 9:06 PM

Yeah, thanks for posting that--tremendous photos, all. My favorites are the first and last in part 1, and the moon fly-by sequence in part 3.

Posted by California on January 4, 2009 at 10:51 PM

thank you, as well. it's on my monthly list of sites to visit (alongside icanhascheezburger), but sometimes many moths pass. beautiful, stunning, and horrific pics.

Posted by mb on January 5, 2009 at 6:19 AM