よわよわカメラウーマン日記 : Natsumi Hayashi : yowayowa camera woman

Still one of my favorite photography blogs. I know levitating photos are done to death, but I still think they’re fascinating when done well, and she does them damn well. 

Too Cute: Dogs Wearing Glasses - LIFE

My new favorite photo gallery. 

I went on my first visit to the Minnesota Zoo today with my youngest brother, Thomas. There was so much to see, but we managed to see just about every exhibit.

You can see more photos from the Minnesota Zoo at my Picasa gallery here. 

Last Suppers -- What inmates ate before they were executed. | Mother Jones

When Arkansas executed Rickey Ray Rector back when Bill Clinton was governor, the mentally impaired inmate famously set aside half of his last meal—a pecan pie—for after the execution. Since 1976, 879 people have been executed in the United States, 82 percent in the South, 399 in Texas and Virginia alone. Prisoners are generally allowed to choose a last meal, though requests for tobacco products and even chewing gum can be denied, as with Larry Wayne White’s lone cigarette. In an ongoing project, photographer Celia A. Shapiro has reconstructed such last requests. Each picture has its own back story—Ricky Lee Sanderson eschewed his last meal in protest but eventually ate a HoneyBun—and overall, her photos better illustrate who we execute than any grim statistical profile ever could.

I love photo projects like this. So fascinating.  

'Where Children Sleep': A moving look at what kids have — and lack

In his introduction to “Where Children Sleep,” Mollison writes about how his encounters with so many different children and families affected him: “I came to appreciate just how privileged I am to have had a personal kingdom to sleep in and grow. …

“I hope this book will help children think about inequality, within and between societies around the world, and perhaps start to figure out how, in their own lives, they may respond.”

So many of these pictures are breathtaking, but all of them are moving. I really really want this book.

Missourian Aaron Fuhrman — a self-taught landscape photographer — has been traveling around Joplin, photographing heartrending panoramic shots of the devastation left in the aftermath of Sunday’s tornado. Fuhrman lined up one of these panoramic photos with a Google Street View screencap of the same intersection to illustrate the comprehension-challenging extent of damage caused by the twister. [buzzfeed.] This is why people are talking so much about Joplin. I mean, come the fuck on, look at that shit: the trees are even gone. It infuriates me when people get all apathetic about tragedies like this just because “Nobody gave a shit when ____ happened in my town”. If we all acted that way, no one would give a shit about anything. 

Missourian Aaron Fuhrman — a self-taught landscape photographer — has been traveling around Joplin, photographing heartrending panoramic shots of the devastation left in the aftermath of Sunday’s tornado.

Fuhrman lined up one of these panoramic photos with a Google Street View screencap of the same intersection to illustrate the comprehension-challenging extent of damage caused by the twister. [buzzfeed.]

This is why people are talking so much about Joplin. I mean, come the fuck on, look at that shit: the trees are even gone. It infuriates me when people get all apathetic about tragedies like this just because “Nobody gave a shit when ____ happened in my town”. If we all acted that way, no one would give a shit about anything. 

When life gives you lemons, keep them. Because hey: free lemons!

When life gives you lemons, keep them. Because hey: free lemons!

“I LIKE GOING ONTO MY FRIENDS FACEBOOK PAGE, TAKING PHOTOS OF HIM, CHANGING HIS FACE SLIGHTLY THEN PUTTING THEM BACK UP ON FACEBOOK. HE DOESN’T LIKE ME DOING THIS.” (more here) omg. I am so going to do this to someone.

“I LIKE GOING ONTO MY FRIENDS FACEBOOK PAGE, TAKING PHOTOS OF HIM, CHANGING HIS FACE SLIGHTLY THEN PUTTING THEM BACK UP ON FACEBOOK. HE DOESN’T LIKE ME DOING THIS.” (more here)

omg. I am so going to do this to someone.

efemece:nyarou:(‘A`)

efemece:nyarou:(‘A`)

Cooper: Photographer Cat

Cooper is a 4 year old American Shorthair cat living in Seattle. Once a week he wears a lightweight digital camera fastened to his collar, which snaps a new photo every 2 minutes.

In addition to taking beautiful still photos around the neighborhood once a week, Cooper has occasionally been shooting video with his new Video Cat Cam.

I wonder if this has been done with dogs yet. I suppose not just because they’re a little more hyper and move around more, while cats are more solitary creatures that creep and stalk around.

You can visit Cooper’s site, and also buy some of his prints, at his website. Don’t forget to follow his antics on Facebook!

anxiolytic: (via .reno)

anxiolytic: (via .reno)