Interesting aspects of topical philately include design mistakes and alterations, for instance, the recent editing out of cigarettes from the pictures used for United States stamps, and the stories of how particular images came to be used.

" The contract also stipulated that the film would be " non-political ," that immediately available funding came from Mrs. Sinclair in an amount of " not less than Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ," that the shooting schedule amounted to " a period of from three to four months ," and most importantly that " Eisenstein furthermore agrees that all pictures made or directed by him in Mexico, all negative film and positive prints, and all story and ideas embodied in said Mexican picture, will be the property of Mrs. Sinclair ..." A codicil to the contract, dated December 1, allowed that the " Soviet Government may have the film free for showing inside the U. S. S. R ." Reportedly, it was verbally clarified that the expectation was for a finished film of about an hour's duration.

At school he met Walter Pfeiffer who came from a family of theatre aficionados, and introduced Walt to the world of vaudeville and motion pictures.

The turning point came in June when a Buddhist monk, Quảng Đức, set himself on fire in the middle of a busy Saigon intersection in protest of Diệm ’ s policies ; photos of this event were disseminated around the world, and for many people these pictures came to represent the failure of Diệm's government.

On April 15, 1923, at New York City's Rivoli Theater, came the first commercial screening of motion pictures with sound-on-film, the future standard: a set of shorts under the banner of De Forest Phonofilms, accompanying a silent feature.

After the preview of the completed film, Judy came over to me and said, " Arthur remind me not to tell you what kind of pictures to make.

The two craft came within one foot ( 30 centimeters ) of each other and they took turns flying around each other, taking both still and motion pictures.

His famous quote " We came all this way to explore the Moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the Earth " and the first pictures taken of the earth from the Moon, inspired environmentalists everywhere.

Rudyard Kipling, writing in 1891, noted how he came upon a bar room full of bad Salon pictures, in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter.

Louis B. Mayer came of age just as the popularity of the nickelodeon was beginning to rise ; he renovated the Gem Theater in Haverhill, Massachusetts, converting it into a nickelodeon that he opened in 1907 as the Orpheum Theater, announcing that it would be " the home of refined entertainment devoted to Miles Brothers moving pictures and illustrated songs ".

The first threat came from a new technology, television, which did not require Americans to leave their house to watch moving pictures.

*< cite >" When TV first came, people tried to look at it as a radio with pictures.

Since the retina of the human eye reflects red light straight back in the direction it came from, pictures taken from straight in front of a face often exhibit this effect.

It came in cups with pictures of the characters on them, and the bottom of the cup contained a temporary tattoo.

The pictures and information on baseball cards sold during one season came primarily from earlier seasons, so Topps used various tactics to give its cards a greater sense of staying current with the times.

Most of these pictures were made on the East Coast, as her Broadway career and children came first.

Richard Vine, art critic, describes this episode in Nerdrum's life as one which created " a conflicted preoccupation with origins and personal identity ", that " came natural to Nerdrum " and was represented in his pictures.

Although in the series the town was described as being near the Yetts of Muckhart ( and later twinned with it ), the pictures of " Stoneybridge " used in the series came from the village of Breich, near West Calder in West Lothian, its town clock from Tranent in East Lothian.

These pictures were based on images which came to Klinger in dreams after finding a glove at an ice-skating rink.

came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter.

As sound came to motion pictures, Walker and his staff were writing cards for Roach series considered today as classics, notably the Our Gang and Laurel and Hardy comedy short subjects.

Kurt Huddle tells Jerry ( an old friend of Shelley ) that she is now in a wheelchair and how he came to work for Charles Tabey, Sr. Back in San Francisco JoAnne and Chuck go shopping and meet Rob Shaw, a gay photographer for pictures for his portfolio.

During the 1930s and 1940s R. J. Snow of Lake came nearest to producing sand pictures in the manner of the Georgian craftsmen, but postcard size, although he did produce some fine commissioned work, particularly a view of Oddicombe in Devon, in which the sea and sky were also ' painted ' in sand, but after the war years the quality of the postcard sand pictures deteriorated with the mass produced article with little taste or skill being offered for sale for a few shillings.

Traa attracted attention when she posed almost nude in a series of pictures in the sports magazine Ultrasport in 2001.

Others, like political leaders Ruben Berrios and Fernando Martín, and the 2002 Miss Puerto Rico, who is a Viequense, have had pictures taken by the press aboard VAL planes while flying to Vieques, giving the airline a new wave of unpaid-for promotional attention.

However, he did follow the medical advice given not to paint pictures larger than a yard in height, and turned his attention to smaller, less physically strenuous formats, including acrylics on paper.

Careful attention would enable an artist to draw and paint the two component pictures, so as to present to the mind of the observer, in the resultant perception, perfect identity with the object represented.

Working with low budgets, and influenced by the French New Wave, such directors as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Werner Herzog, Alexander Kluge, Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg and Wim Wenders made names for themselves and produced a number of ' small ' motion pictures that caught the attention of art house audiences, and enabled these directors ( particularly Wenders and Schlöndorff ) into better-financed productions which were backed by the big US studios.

Personal embarrassment could also stem from the actions of others which place the embarrassed person in a socially awkward situation, such as having one's awkward baby pictures shown to friends, having someone make a derogatory comment about one's appearance or behaviour, discovering one is the victim of gossip, being rejected by another person ( see also humiliation ), being made the focus of attention ( e. g. birthday celebrants, newlyweds ), or even witnessing someone else's embarrassment.

Fowke paid particular attention to lighting pictures in a way that would eliminate glare.

" I have attempted, and I hope succeeded, in making pictures that command attention ," said Kramer.

UKHO attracted worldwide attention in February 2005 when it published in-depth pictures of the ocean floor in the vicinity of the Indian ocean tsunami disaster of December 26, 2004 .< ref >

Her abilities resulted in some of the best steel factory pictures of that era, and these earned her national attention.

The tree was cut down ; media attention, however, mushroomed after the event, with several daily newspapers putting pictures of the tree on their front pages.

His " mute " watercolors or single image sketches, where the characters speak in pictures or not at all ( but somehow manage to convey a rich story ) slowly gained international attention.

Although unusual in the history of St. George pictures, St. George Baptizing the Selenites offers a good example of the type of oriental subjects were popular in Venice at the time: great care and attention is given the foreign costumes, and hats are especially significant in indicating the exotic.

It is also important to pay attention that in using the word “ ideal ” Max Weber refers to the world of ideas ( " thoughtful pictures ") and not to perfection ; these “ ideal types ” are idea-constructs that help put the chaos of social reality in order.

I wanted another engine-Thomas was then the only one I had-and I also wanted a model of Percy to help our then artist draw his pictures ; but the artist didn't pay much attention, so my Percy -- the proper one -- looks different from the Percy in the books.

Known for his careful attention to detail in making pictures, Chandler was often described as introverted.

It is said that Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet was too busy eating one of the milk puddings to which he was addicted to pay much attention, but villagers and estate workers loyally rescued pictures, statues and furniture, china and carpets, and even doors and banisters, including the house's 1780 copy of the Belvedere Apollo.

The case attracted massive media attention in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley, with pictures of the boy even being placed in every gas bill in Philadelphia.

Although the pictures were widely derided —" A pot of paint has been flung in the face of the public ", declared the critic Camille Mauclair ( 1872 – 1945 )— they also attracted some favorable attention.

In 1924, Dunbar went to Hollywood, where she starred in several motion pictures, including her role as the heroine in The Amateur Gentleman ( 1926 ) opposite Richard Barthelmess, which attracted considerable attention for her.

He immediately attracted attention by his unusual facility and his sympathetic interpretation of illustrations and pictures, and his publishers sent him abroad in 1883 to engrave a set of blocks after the old masters in the European galleries.

He early attracted attention with sketches and pictures made in Spain, and a large composition, The " Quatuor Espagno ", that was displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, was one of the successes of the Paris Salon of 1884.

His pictures always attracted attention and his ' Diana or Christ?