The photographs of Charles Marville are far handsomer than they need to be. Marville, a pioneer of early French photography, spent years working for the government of Paris, and much of what he produced was intended merely to document a city in rapid change. But his work transcends the objectivity of documentary style, capturing intricate details and loading the image with small dramas. Long before Eugene Atget photographed the disappearing nooks and crannies of old Paris in the early 20th century, Marville captured the tumultuous first assault on the urban landscape, as Baron Haussmann transformed the ancient city into the elegant metropolis we know today. Read More...
In an insular world on the social media app TikTok, young Christians act out biblically inspired scenes in which they are forced to take a vaccine for the coronavirus, only to end up splattered in fake blood and on the brink of death.
The melodramatic videos are an attempt to represent how the introduction of coronavirus vaccines could herald the biblical End Time. Along with hundreds of thousands of other vaccine-questioning posts by social media users all over the world, they’re demonstrating the ways in which health misinformation is targeting Christians, some reaching sizable audiences. Read More...
By Manish PandeyBBC Newsbeat
Konvict KultureAkon says there was resistance to his promotion of Afrobeats earlier in his careerRnB star Akon has been in the music business for almost 20 years. And the Senagalese-American singer says he's finally able to start making music for himself.
Born in the USA, Akon spent his childhood moving between New Jersey and the African country.
He learned to play several western and African instruments, but when he started to pursue a musical career in the early 2000s, he says producers were only interested in one side of his heritage. Read More...
