The Other Iran Flash movie of stills of modern day Iran. more inside

Arthead. "Each feature is written entirely by the artist, revealing only what they feel and want you to know about the featured piece."

A day in the life of the Soviet Union vol.I - and A day in the life of the Soviet Union vol.II. more inside

Armed America This isn't a book about guns. It's a book about people. Whether it's 39% or 50% of Americans, it's still an awful lot of people. I started wondering just who they were, what they looked like, and how they lived. . . . I realized that I could probably photograph a hundred people in two months, but it wasn't a number of people that was important, it was their stories -- a cowboy in Texas, a survivalist in Montana, a deer hunter in Pennsylvania, a sheriff in Georgia, a soldier in Idaho.... What I really needed, I realized, was to get moving, to drive across the country and find America somewhere between here and there. via J-Walk blog more inside

It's a big place to get lost in A few historical links through the wild spaces of Asia, The Pax Mongolica and some images -- for that slow work week.