{"id":3708,"date":"2010-01-13T01:54:12","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T00:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/?p=3708"},"modified":"2010-01-13T01:54:12","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T00:54:12","slug":"best-of-best-year-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/photography\/best-of-best-year-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"The best of the best in 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;\">It&#8217;s fun to make &#8220;best-of&#8221; lists and top 10 items and even though I already made one on my blog <strong><a title=\"Per Zennstrom\" href=\"http:\/\/10horses.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/top-10-of-10horses-2009.html\" target=\"_blank\">earlier<\/a><\/strong>, here I go again&#8230;<\/span><\/h6>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" draggable=\"\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" draggable=\"\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_20461\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 570px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Tina-Baltzer-and-Liliana-Dominguez-photographed-by-Per-Zennstrom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20461\" title=\"Tina-Baltzer-and-Liliana-Dominguez-photographed-by-Per-Zennstrom\" src=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Tina-Baltzer-and-Liliana-Dominguez-photographed-by-Per-Zennstrom-560x427.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Tina Baltzer and Liliana Dominguez \u00a9 Per Zennstrom<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h6><strong><em>Most beautiful project 2009:<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>Hands down, it has to be the amazing technological and artistic collaboration (again) of Nick Knight&#8217;s Show Studio and couturier Alexander McQueen. Broadcasting the show live over the internet it not only a huge technical achievement, it also democratizes the fashion system a bit&#8230; Not to speak of the otherworldly, morbid beauty, that we have come to expect of McQueen. <object width=\"590\" height=\"445\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JE-xYSLunwY&amp;hl=fr_FR&amp;fs=1?hd=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object> <object width=\"590\" height=\"445\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/X-ALEcf7xiQ&amp;hl=fr_FR&amp;fs=1?hd=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object> <object width=\"560\" height=\"445\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Rg7I4sfyP7o&amp;hl=fr_FR&amp;fs=1?hd=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<h6><strong><em>Most inspiring 2009:<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>It has to be <strong>TED<\/strong> and their amazing stories, among them I have selected the story of, 14 year old <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.williamkamkwamba.typepad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">William Kamkwamba<\/a><\/strong>, who decided to build a windmill to get electricity to his familys home in rural Malawi. He simply went to the library, read up on the rudimentary workings on a electric generator, decided to improve on the design and then built the windmill with salvaged scrap parts, providing electricity for his family&#8217;s home. The power of human curiosity, willingness to learn, triumph of reason and dispersion of information. This story resonates with everything that is good about humanity and our inherent power to overcome obstacles. Watch and learn !!! <object width=\"590\" height=\"368\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talks\/dynamic\/WilliamKamkwamba_2007G-medium.flv&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/WilliamKamkwamba-2007G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=320&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=153&amp;introDuration=16500&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=2000&amp;adKeys=talk=william_kamkwamba_on_building_a_windmill;year=2007;theme=ted_under_30;theme=design_like_you_give_a_damn;theme=africa_the_next_chapter;theme=tales_of_invention;theme=speaking_at_tedglobal2009;event=TEDGlobal+2007;&amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<h6><em>Most useful 2009:<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>For me it&#8217;s self-publishing site <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">issuu.com<\/a><\/strong> where You can upload and publish Your pdf documents, for free !!! A piece of shameless self promotion here&#8230; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/perzennstrom\/docs\/work_per_zennstrom\" target=\"_blank\">My newly started magazine 11horses, on issuu here&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"per zennstrom 11 horses\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_yoDxf84A0Xo\/S0tD1-Nw_CI\/AAAAAAAADUM\/6WgqbZJ4t4o\/s400\/Picture+3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"337\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The top 10 items and Best-of list of the year 2009 by Per Zennstr\u00f6m<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[37],"tags":[31,32,33,34,35,36],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paG8MM-XO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4171,"url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/bkblog\/fashion-photographer-per-zennstrom-contributes-benjamin-kanarek-blog\/","url_meta":{"origin":3708,"position":0},"title":"Fashion Photographer Per Zennstr\u00f6m contributes to Benjamin Kanarek Blog","author":"Benjamin Kanarek","date":"January 19, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"A portrait of Fashion Photographer Per Zennstr\u00f6m who is now contributing to Benjamin Kanarek Blog","rel":"","context":"In &quot;BKBlog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"BKBlog","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/category\/bkblog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/WorkPerZennstromforAirFranceMadame.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/WorkPerZennstromforAirFranceMadame.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/WorkPerZennstromforAirFranceMadame.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7198,"url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/the-featured\/photoshop-per-zennstrom\/","url_meta":{"origin":3708,"position":1},"title":"Photoshop shenanigans in the \u201cMaking of MKK 2 image campaign\u201d by Per Zennstr\u00f6m","author":"Benjamin Kanarek","date":"March 26, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Per Zennstrom shooting the last campaign for Swedish Top Hair & Beauty Salon Mikas Koivisto-Karlsson and Making of video","rel":"","context":"In &quot;the-featured&quot;","block_context":{"text":"the-featured","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/category\/the-featured\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/mkk-2-654-Edit.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/mkk-2-654-Edit.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/mkk-2-654-Edit.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3765,"url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/photography\/nick-knight-vs-nasa\/","url_meta":{"origin":3708,"position":2},"title":"Nick Knight vs. NASA","author":"Benjamin Kanarek","date":"January 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"by Per Zennstr\u00f6m ... 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