Slavenka & Obi

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Stunning Inequality in World Water Use

1,000 liters used daily by the Gilbertson family in New York City

60 liters used daily by the Mahamadou family in Niger

From India to Bolivia, it was always the women who knew exactly how much water their family needed. When photographer Ashley Gilbertson sat down in households across six countries to document water access for UNICEF, he’d ask them to tally their daily usage.
Then he’d display the total amount used in plastic containers filled from the local source.
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The Journey Home

Noor Ahmed

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Waiting for the end of the world

Photograph: Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images

Santiago, Chile

Photograph: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images

The Lady Anatomist Who Brought Dead Bodies to Light

As an anatomist, Anna Morandi went where no woman had gone before, helping to usher in a new understanding of the male body and developing new techniques for examining organs.
She also served as the public face of an unusual scientific partnership with her husband, a sculptor and anatomist. Yet in one way, she was no exception to what has become a common narrative of historical women in science: Despite her achievement and acclaim during her lifetime, her role was ultimately written out of history.
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Till Rabus

Swiss artist Till Rabus crafts realistic oil paintings that exhibit both a whimsical and darker side to nostalgia. The artist’s striking style may make viewers mistake the works for manipulated photographs, at first glance.
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Japanese Subway Signs

“Don’t Forget your Umbrella” October 1981.

“Space Invader” March 1979.

The word puzzling and Japanese pop culture often walk hand in hand, and these public service announcements are quirky, to say the least, when it comes to reminding train patrons to behave appropriately.

Positive Vandalism

Word on the Street

±maismenos± (photo © Steven P. Harrington)

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JAZ in Kyiv, Ukraine

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Tattoo You

Joanna Świrska

Norway orcas by Cristina Mittermeier

Award-winning conservation photographer Cristina Mittermeier has seen her work published in respected publications like National Geographic, Smithsonian magazines, and Science throughout her storied career. Starting her life as a scientist, the Mexico City-born photographer began her career evolution later in life, deciding to use her camera to visually capture the changing environment.

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Visual Strangeness

Photos by Bjørg-Elise Tuppen

How A Whale Ended Up On The Banks Of River Seine In Paris

Recently, the Captain Boomer Collective delivered an unexpected object just steps away from the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris: a beached whale. Well, it’s actually a fiberglass statue, though anyone approaching the accompanying “scientists,” life-like stench, and mass of the creature is in for an experience much like the real-life occurrence. The point is to offer both mystery and hint at the real-world problems of humans’ destruction of natural ecosystems.
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