In spite of all the hype, I have yet to visit the New Museum. What’s more exciting about the impact of the New Museum is the emerging gallery scene throughout the Lower East Side. Bypass the crowds and discover who’s entreprising culture through indie art…

Miguel Abreau :: Lisa Cooley :: TemporaryGallery :: 38 Ludlow :: James Fuentes LLC :: Fruit and Flower Deli :: Thierry Goldberg :: Museum at Eldridge Street

In a society self-absorbed in getting from point A to point B, it takes a lot to pull our attention away. 22-year-old photographer Kevin Michael Connolly travels the world documenting the stares he receives from bystanders, as a man born without legs. Connolly says, “Whether it is a glance or a neck twisting ogle, we look at that which does not seem to fit in our day to day lives. It is that one instant of unabashed curiosity – more reflex than conscious action – that makes us who we are and has been on of my goals to capture over the past year.”

therollingexhibition.com :: kevinmichaelconnolly.com

Sometimes words alone cannot explain or express the depths of what is “cool.” But in this case the “words” are what make it cool.

Of any generation, today’s young adults understand how intimately connected the world truly is. Katrina. Asian Tsunami. Youtube’s Chocolate Rain. Ugh Facebook. Yet in the daily walk of our lives, do we truly engage our fellow pedestrians?

Thus in 2005 I discovered Danish thinker and photographer Simon Hoegsberg. Simon conducted a social experiment over the course of 3 months. He stopped 150 strangers on the streets of Copenhagen and New York, and asked them what they were thinking about the second before he stopped them. He recorded exactly what they told him and then took their picture.

The Thought Project: Life-Snaps by Simon Hoegsberg brings to life the vocal anthologies of people’s inner most thoughts, ruminations, secrets, hopes and fears. The honesty of their words is simply cool…

simonhoegsberg.com