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Trump departs early from a tense G-7 summit after rattling allies with trade threats

“En garde Madame LaGarde!” America’s allies plan to confront Trump over his trade and climate policies at the G7 summit, which Trump now plans to leave early. Other leaders warned if he refuses to sign onto the goals the group hatches, they will proceed without the U.S., further isolating the country from longtime partners. —Continue reading “Trump departs early from a tense G-7 summit after rattling allies with trade threats”

Venice Beach, 1940

As I’ve mentioned before, one can spend quite a bit of time lost in the digitized photography archives hosted by the digital library at the University of Southern California. It’s the single best resource I’ve found for large- and medium- format Los Angeles photography. Wherever possible, I try to look for ways to group photographs together. IContinue reading “Venice Beach, 1940”

Surfing Venice Beach in 1939

Wayne “Dick” Whittington is one of my favorite photographers. With his large format Kodak he captured classic Southern California imagery like few others. Whittington was an early pioneer of commercial photography in Los Angeles and owned one of the largest commercial photography studios in the city. I was astonished to see the size of the surfboardsContinue reading “Surfing Venice Beach in 1939”

Camera Coming to Android’s Default Browser

Can’t wait until this is available on iOS Safari mobile. From your browser you can now upload pictures and videos from the camera as well as sounds from the microphone. via Android 3.0 Honeycomb is first to implement the Device API | David Calhouns Blog.