Photo by Monica Szczupider / NGM
Cameroon — At the Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center, more than a dozen residents form a gallery of grief, looking on as Dorothy — a beloved female felled in her late 40s by heart failure — is borne to her burial.
Each month, National Geographic magazine features breathtaking photographs in Visions of Earth. Browse through visions of the world as seen through a photographer’s eye.
Photo- and documentary lovers, check out National Geografic Magazine’s “Visions of Earth” series!
http://video.ted.com/talks/embed/MiruKim_2008P-embed-PARTNER_high.flv
‘Miru Kim is a fearless explorer of abandoned and underground places. Her photography underscores the vulnerable nature of the human explorer in these no-woman’s-lands.’ Full bio and more links
The most fascinating abandoned man-made creations
+ Their story & location
+ Updated daily
One of the largest ship graveyard: the bay of Nouadhibou
Abandoned shipyard covered with vegetation in Japan
Chernobyl disaster part 2: inside the buildings of Prypiat
Very nice collection! Each Article features tons of stunning pictures and mostly deep background information! Really worth to bookmark! Artificial Owl.
much more of the struggle in pictures here
“How full of the creative genius is the air in which these are generated!
I should hardly admire more if real stars fell
and lodged on my coat.”
–Henry David Thoreau, 1856
Enjoy browsing through this site – just in case you forgot to take a look at them on your coat…;-)
www.snowcrystals.com
The Dome at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is seen above a field of sastrugi – ridges of snow formed by wind erosion on October 29, 2003. (Bill McAfee/National Science Foundation)
The aurora australis over the Dark Sector at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station on June 3, 2008. The Dark Sector is so-named due to the absence of light and radio wave interfence. The bright spot above the ground shield in the foreground is Jupiter. The white streaks of light going up are the Milky Way. (Keith Vanderlinde/National Science Foundation)
After waiting for over two weeks for his mate to return from the sea and relieve him of nest duty, this Adelie penguin’s hunger helps him make the decision to abandon his egg in search of fish and krill in the sea. Photo taken December 12, 2002. Known populations of the Adelie penguin have dropped by 65% over the past 25 years. (Melanie Conner/National Science Foundation)
Click pictures for hi-res!
Taken from here (where you’ll find the whole series with lots of more stunning pictures!) How small and unimportant we all are. Wow!
Zum Leben von Marken und Menschen
Kris Krois vom De-Branding Blog sucht für sein Buchprojekt Fotos und Fotografen. Gerne wiederholen wir an dieser Stelle seinen Aufruf:
Für mein Buch De-Branding suche ich Fotos. Welche und wozu versuche ich im folgenden kurz zu skizzieren. Doch zunächst ein paar Worte zu De-Branding, Branding und dem Buch.
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“MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is a feature length documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Burtynsky makes large-scale photographs of ‘manufactured landscapes’ – quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines, dams. He photographs civilization’s materials and debris, but in a way people describe as “stunning” or “beautiful,” and so raises all kinds of questions about ethics and aesthetics without trying to easily answer them. [...]“
I’m looking forward to see it in german cinemas. Check this adress for trailers and information and you can order a copy here.
Endlich hat’s mal einer gemacht! Gute Idee.
“Europep ist ein crazy-cool ultra-hot new-Style Fantasy-Art-Project mit täglich neuen Kotflügel-Fotos.”
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