Book Mania!

Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s “The Librarian” [1566]. Giuseppe Arcimboldo was an Italian painter whose imaginative portrait heavily relies on the image of heads composed entirely of fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish, or books! He painted images of these objects which were formed in a fashion that the entire appearance of the paintings would resemble a particular portrait subject.

Shelf life: Browsing in bookshops is rewarding in a way that surfing the internet can never be. (by Theodore Dalrymple)

Books give you a better perspective. (via Rachel Walker)

Judging a Book by Its Lover. It is one of the coolest book trailers I’ve ever seen online. Going through it is such an experience. Thanks, Golda for sharing. Check it out: Judging a Book by Its Lover: A Field Guide to the Hearts and Minds of Readers Everywhere.

Beat the Christmas rush and complete your holiday shopping list in National Book Store’s Warehouse Sale. Get up to 80% off on books, supplies and gift items from November 15th to 18th, 2012 only at the 4th Floor of National Book Store Quezon Avenue cor. Sct. Borromeo and Panay Avenue, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Malta Book Fair (Instagram: droig30)

I Love Books fine art print by Mandy Bryant

Mini Book Exchange. Many villages in the UK have transformed red telephone boxes into mini book exchanges, just take a book and leave one behind. (Photo by Seòras) (via gntstyle, younginnewyork)

Dreamscape. Growing up and getting older cuts down one’s drive for imagination — but not for some. Especially for Tim Walker, a London resident who is distinctly regarded as the Peter Pan of British Photography, produces images which attempt to revitalize the inner child of a spectator. Walker is hugely inspired by fairy tales and magic which are hugely evident in his juxtapositions of landscapes and people echoing surrealism and expressionism, which will surely and dearly be delightful to each connoisseur, young and old.

His photographs were published in a number of magazines, and were shown in galleries all over the world, not to mention being featured in Vogue and Vanity Fair, and being exhibited at The National Portrait Gallery, The Design Museum and The Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

Allow me to link timwalkerphotography.com. Have fun!