Some Blind People Take Pictures....Some Blind People Should Not Take Pictures

From TIME:

Evgen Bavcar, The Flow of Time
Renowned in Europe but little known in the United States, Bavcar lost his eyes in two separate childhood accidents. Of his work, he says, "I have a private gallery, but, unfortunately, I am the only one who can visit it. Others can enter by means of my photographs, but they do not see the originals, just the reproductions."


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Water Droplets

Water Droplets © Frank H. Jump

Fading Ad's Frank Jump breaks in the new USB Microscope.

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Fading Ad Makes You Jump To Dust Off Your Camera

Frank Jump (of Fading Ad) and partner Vincenzo went on vaca, taking pics along the way.

Our fave here, chronicling their torture of a Portuguese Man O' War.

What To Do With GM

Fading Ad provides the visuals.

MSN provides some suggestions:

GM has dug itself into a very difficult hole, and now it wants a bailout. Here's what needs to happen for a bailout to succeed, according to Samuelson:

1. Cut labor costs. GM paid employees $71 an hour in wages plus fringe benefits last year, Samuelson writes. That compares with $47 for Toyota. At this rate, the bailout is going to become union welfare.

2. Carmakers need to write down the debts on their books. GM has $48 billion of debt, and it will be overburdened and remain on a path to bankruptcy if it doesn't do something about it. GM will have to shut down some of its assembly plants as well.

3. Congress needs to raise gas taxes. That will encourage people to buy fuel-efficient vehicles. Wild swings in fuel prices have crippled the industry, Samuelson writes. Some people want to buy an SUV, but then gas spikes and they can't dump them soon enough. Raising gas taxes will spur automakers to adopt a consistent energy policy.

Again, Fading Ad Provides Stunning Images

For photophiles, you won't be disappointed.

Thread here.

Blog link here.

Good stuff, as always.

On Death And Dying

From guardian:

This sombre series of portraits taken of people before and after they had died is a challenging and poignant study. The work by German photographer Walter Schels and his partner Beate Lakotta, who recorded interviews with the subjects in their final days, reveals much about dying - and living. Life Before Death is at the Wellcome Collection from April 9-May 18

Pictured:



Elly Genthe was a tough, resilient woman who had always managed on her own. She often said that if she couldn’t take care of herself, she’d rather be dead. When I met her for the first time, she was facing death and seemed undaunted: she was full of praise for the hospice staff and the quality of her care. But, when I visited again a few days later, she seemed to sense her strength was ebbing away.

Sometimes during those last weeks she would sleep all day: at other times, she saw little men crawling out of the flower pots who she believed had come to kill her. “Get me out of here”, she whispered as soon as anyone held her hand. “My heart will stop beating if I stay here. This is an emergency! I don’t want to die!”

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