Vivian Maier - a Legend is Born

Thanks to Paul McCann for the tip-off - this is pretty extraordinary.



An old nanny dies in Chicago and in her belongings are found thousands and thousands of negatives. When developed it turns out that her photos were incredible - some of the best street photography of the 20th century. They are all unseen until now:



More of the photos are in this slideshow:



WOW.

Ravers take to street for illegal party

From the Evening Times:

Hundreds of clubbers held a giant rave party in a city street over the weekend.
Midland Street became a dance floor in the early hours of Saturday morning when clubbers poured out of The Arches at 3am to be greeted by a Volkswagen Golf with speakers in the boot.
It pulled up and started blasting out music, blocking the street for one and a half hours.
The atmosphere was “frenetic”, according to one witness.
Despite the fact the city centre is busy with police on weekends, not a single officer saw the crowd or reported it.
Although the event was described as “good natured” and no complaints were made, a leading Glasgow MSP called for a police investigation.
Club promoter Chet Capkiner, 25, who organised the party, said: “We had a great time.

Read all about it.

Kreuzberg, Schlesische Tor

As well as my favourite cafe and countless bars, falafel joints and the rest, Kreuzberg was home to some amazing artwork by local and international graffiti artists, notably some HUGE stuff by Blu...

His work dominates the area (that one is by Watergate, and was how people directed me there), and is often baffling in terms of legality and access. Dude either has permission, nobody cares, or he has some SERIOUS balls.



We first fell in love with Blu hard when he did Motu, whcih I'm sure you'll agree is the shit.