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25 Years of Pixar Animation

New animation subject guide

Hello,
We've revamped the subject guides for Media Arts & Animation, Graphic Design, and Web Design. On each, there are many new links to websites.

Do you need help with math?

If you need hep with math, visit the Khan Academy. It's also a great site for help with history.

African Photography

Hello,
We've recently collected some fantastic books of African photography. Which one is your favorite?

• Bloom, Steve (2008). Living Africa. New York: Thames & Hudson.
• Brandt, Nick (2009). A shadow falls. New York: Abrams.
• Jacq, Christian (2010). Egypt: a view from above. New York: Abrams.
• Lloyd, Harvey (2007). Through my eyes: the remarkable children of Senegal. New York: Ruder Finn Press.
• Marent, Thomas (2010). Rainforest. London: Dorling Kindersley.
• Njami, Simon, ed. (2010). A useful dream: African photography, 1960-2010. Brussels: Centre for Fine Arts; Milano: Silvana Editoriale Spa.
• Tamagni, Daniele (2009). Gentlemen of Bacongo. London: Trolley.
• Ybarra Zavala, Alvaro (2010). Apocalipsis. Madrid: Turner.

The Culture of India

Hello,
Recently we've been collecting a lot of fascinating titles on the culture of India:

• Anand, Anjum (2010). Anjum's new Indian. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley.
• Attenborough, Richard (producer & director). (2007). Ghandi (DVD). Culver City, Calif.: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
• Bergerson, Sephi (2010). Street food of India: the 50 greatest Indian snacks: complete with recipes. London; New York: I. B. Tauris.
• Bhatia, Vineet (2009). The new Indian kitchen. Bath: Absolute.
• Colson, Christian (producer) & Boyle, Danny (director). (2009). Slumdog millionaire (DVD). Beverly Hills, CA: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
• Gandhi, Rajmohan (2008). Gandhi: the man, his people, and the empire. Berkeley: University of California Press.
• Limpkin, Clive (2008). India exposed: the subcontinent A-Z. New York: Abbeville Press Publishers.

"New York Times" article on animation

Perfecting Animation, via Science

Published: December 29, 2010

ABSTRACT: At a Columbia University lab, Eitan Grinspun and his students work on helping movie studios to get hair to blow in the wind and clothes to hang properly.