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media list (26.02.2024 - 26.03.3024)

👂 Listened:

Albums:

Speak Now (Taylor's Version) by Taylor Swift (2023) [8/10, probably my favourite of her re-releases, Timeless and Electric Touch are amazing vault songs.]

Red (Taylor's Version) by Taylor Swift (2021) [7/10, I don't really love any of the vault songs in this except for the 10 minute version of All Too Well, and while I like the tune and vibe of I Bet You Think About Me, I find it lyrically awkward.]

D-Day by Agust D (2023) [5/10, musically I just don't vibe with Yoongi's solo stuff a lot of the time, so it always ends up being a very distant appreciation, and I'll be honest and say I probably wouldn't listen if I wasn't already a fan.]

Indigo by RM (2022) [8.5/10, really really solid album, though it couldn't quite overtake mono. for me in terms of how much I loved it - considering if I were to rate mono. it would absolutely be a 10/10.]

Podcasts:

Morbid Episodes: ⤷ EP 502: The Highgate Vampire ⤷ EP 503: The Torsaker Witch Trials ⤷ EP 541: The Unsolved Murder of Georgette Bauerdorf

📖 Read:

Articles:

The ATO is reviving old tax debts totalling billions, threatening some taxpayers with bankruptcy by Nassim Khadem from abc.net.au

Dissecting the Diabolical Documentary 'Mister Organ' with Filmmaker David Farrier by Lulu Dropo from The Advocate

How Michael Organ Weaponised the Family Court... and Sean Plunket by David Farrier from Webworm

Mystery in Japan as dangerous streptococcal infections soar to record levels by Justin McCurry from Guardian

China visit sees $105 billion iron ore exports on the brink by Jamie Seidel from news.com.au [I don't often remember to actually put any political articles on this list, but this remained open on my tabs for a while so it makes it.]

Too close for comfort: Aussie filmmaker’s accidental portrait of a psychopath by Karl Quinn from Sydney Morning Herald [As made obvious by this list, I do tend to watch something then immediately seek out more information - a lot of the time it just leads me to reddit threads, but other times I do find articles and read those.]

The Bible Says Jesus Was Real. What Other Proof Exists? by Christopher Klein from history.com

What is the historical evidence that Jesus Christ lived and died? by Dr. Simon Gathercole from Guardian [I was dragged to church by my other and it hit me that I'd never even tried to find proof on whether or not Jesus wasn't fiction, so I started reading what people had to say. tldr; no archeological proof, though people of Jesus' class at the time didn't tend to leave archeological proof of their existence, and it seems there are accounts of Jesus starting 30 years after his death from non-Christians, so. Probably a real guy. Whether or not he's actually the son of God is, of course, unable to be proven.]

Books:

Stalking Darkness by Lynn Flewelling [finished! Another 10/10.]

Pine by Francine Toon [dropped - couldn't continue this one anymore, it's slow and filled with details that had nothing to do with the actual mystery or the characters themselves - I think other people might have appreciated it for the way it allowed you to visualise the setting so vividly, but to me it was just incredibly boring.]

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen [in progress, told myself I'd read more classics and thought I'd start with one I was supposed to read in high school.]

Spy x Family vol. 1 [finished! 10/10. Immediately bought the 10 volumes out on Amazon after reading this because I enjoyed it so much. Loid Forger is a goldmine of a male character, the kind that's easy to fall for and to root for. Anya is sweet and funny and interesting, and Yor is just the icing on the cake of their dynamic.]

Spy x Family vol. 2 [finished! 10/10 - my goodreads rating system is going to be SKEWED after reading this manga.]

Spy x Family vol. 3 [finished! 8/10 mostly because I didn't love Yor's brother at all.]

📺 Watched:

Movies:

Dune: Part Two [8/10 - this really revitalised my love of going to the cinema! I've watched it twice, and I've made plans to see some other movies in theatre and it's really all because this was such an experience to see on the big screen. Highly recommend.]

YouTube:

The Deranged Arsonist Who Filmed Their Own Crime • Mystery Files from Watcher

The Perplexing Legend of Vermont's Sea Monster • Mystery Files from Watcher

True Crime Cases with Disturbing CCTV Evidence from Lazy Masquerade

Documentaries:

Our Planet II [This was gorgeous and informative and also eye-opening in how it shows you the direct impact of human carelessness on so many creatures, to the albatrosses choking on plastic and the walruses unable to find ice to leave its baby. At the same time, there's hope! There's humans helping crabs cross roads, and bridges being built for animals who've used the same paths for hundreds and possibly thousands of years.]

Life In Colour with David Attenborough

Worst Roommate Ever EP 1-2: [the first episode one was WILD, especially because I had no idea this was a true crime when I clicked on it, and so did not expect it was going to involve several dead bodies buried in a little old lady's backyard. I do feel like this was such an intriguing case that I had a hard time finishing the second episode, since it feels so much more ... dull in comparison, as terrible as that is to say about murders.]

David Farrier's Mister Organ [I'm a long-time fan of David Farrier, but didn't get a chance to watch this for a while. This one is a dark, dark tale that has nothing to do with murders. It's all psychological. I'm always amazed with how well Farrier can explore the darkness of humans without turning to the usual things we think of when we think of 'bad' people. I'd also recommend reading this article - which I'll also read on my read articles list - after watching this documentary, just so you know how insidious Michael Organ truly is.]

Into The Deep: The Submarine Murder Case [I don't give the things I watch ratings, but if I did, this would be a 10/10 - it's a unique experience to be able to see footage of how the people close to a murderer react as they realise the kind of person their friend is.]

#booklr #manga #music #documentaries #✎#list.

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Books Read in 2022

rereads in italics, favorites in bold

1. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J K Rowling

2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J K Rowling

3. Boxers by Gene Luen Yang

4. Saints by Gene Luen Yang

5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J K Rowling

6. Topaz by Leon Uris

7. Politics and the English Language by George Orwell

8. The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov

9. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J K Rowling

10. A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

11. All Systems Red by Martha Wells

12. Apostles of Disunion: Southern Secession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil War by Charles B Dew

13. The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov

14. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J K Rowling

15. The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles’ Antigone by Seamus Heaney

16. The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

17. Hidden Mercy: Aids, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear by Michael J O’Loughlin

18. Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

19. A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation by David W Blight

20. Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

21. Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

22. Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South by Stephanie McCurry

23. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J K Rowling

24. Desolation Island by Patrick O’Brian

25. Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay by James Alison

26. Richard III by William Shakespeare

27. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

28. An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott

29. A Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill

30. The Fortunes of War by Patrick O’Brian

31. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V E Schwab

32. Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

33. The PIllowman by Martin McDonagh

34. Free Thought and Official Propaganda by Bertrand Russell

35. The Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters

36. The Open Society and its Enemies, Volume One: Plato by Karl Popper

37. The Problem of Pain by C S Lewis

38. The Open Society and its Enemies, Volume Two: Hegel and Marx by Karl Popper

39. Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield

40. Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America by David Hackett Fischer

41. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard

42. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

43. Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

44. Persuasion by Jane Austen

45. Dead Cert by Dick Francis

46. Art by Yasmin Reza

47. His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik

48. Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

49. The Constitution of Liberty by Friedrich A Hayek

50. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

51. Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

52. This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

53. Blackout by Simon Scarrow

54. The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

55. The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner

56. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

57. The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol

58. This Hallowed Ground: The Story of the Union Side of the Civil War by Bruce Catton

59. The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde

60. Recitatif by Toni Morrison

61. Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II by Alex Kershaw

62. I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

63. How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

64. The Trial by Franz Kafka

65. To the Finland Station by Edmund Wilson

66. The City of Brass by S A Chakraborty

67. Niccolo Rising by Dorothy Dunnett

68. Common Sense by Thomas Paine

69. The Crisis by Thomas Paine

70. Dracula by Bram Stoker

71. The Soviet Experiment: Russia, the USSR, and the Successor States by Ronald Grigor Suny

72. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace

73. One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

74. Angels in America by Tony Kushner

75. Melmoth by Sarah Perry

76. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

77. How to Be a Pirate by Cressida Cowell

78. The Poverty of Historicism by Karl Popper

79. The Shepherd by Frederick Forsyth

80. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

81. The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche

82. Cue for Treason by Geoffrey Trease

#I love being pretentious for absolutely no-one <3 #this is for ME #to be remembered #this was the year I got interested in the austrians #and also audiobooks

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camera-link · 5 months

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Top 20 Photographers Who Shaped the Art of Photography

Photography is a powerful medium that can capture emotions, tell stories, and document the world around us. Some photographers have risen to prominence for their exceptional skills, creativity, and impact on the art of photography. Here are 20 of the most famous and influential photographers in the world, along with a brief overview of their contributions: 1. Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)

Henri Cartier-Bresson, a French photographer, is widely regarded as the father of photojournalism. His candid and spontaneous photographs, capturing the "decisive moment," have become synonymous with the genre. His work has influenced generations of photographers and continues to inspire and amaze audiences worldwide. 2. Ansel Adams (1902-1984)

Ansel Adams, an American photographer, is revered for his black-and-white photographs of the American West. His mastery of the zone system, a technique for controlling exposure, has revolutionized landscape photography. His stunning images of mountains, deserts, and national parks have become iconic symbols of American beauty and wilderness. 3. Annie Leibovitz (born 1949)

Annie Leibovitz, an American portrait photographer, has captured the portraits of some of the most iconic figures of our time. Her work is characterized by its glamour, intimacy, and ability to capture the essence of her subjects. Her iconic photographs, such as the image of John Lennon and Yoko Ono embracing, have become cultural touchstones. 4. Richard Avedon (1923-2004)

Richard Avedon, an American fashion and portrait photographer, was a master of dramatic and stylized imagery. His fashion photography redefined the genre by incorporating elements of theater and storytelling. His portraits of celebrities and ordinary people alike captured their personalities and emotions with honesty and depth. 5. Steve McCurry (born 1950)

Steve McCurry, an American photojournalist, is perhaps best known for his iconic photograph "Afghan Girl," which captured the haunting and captivating gaze of a young Afghan refugee. His work has chronicled conflicts and humanitarian crises around the world, bringing attention to human struggles and resilience. 6. Sebastião Salgado (born 1944)

Sebastião Salgado, a Brazilian photographer, is renowned for his black-and-white photographs that document human suffering and hardship. His work has exposed the devastating effects of wars, famines, and natural disasters, highlighting the plight of vulnerable communities worldwide. 7. Jimmy Nelson (born 1967)

Jimmy Nelson, a British photographer, has embarked on an ambitious project to capture portraits of indigenous peoples around the globe. His work celebrates cultural diversity and beauty, showcasing the rich traditions and resilience of indigenous communities. 8. David LaChapelle (born 1963)

David LaChapelle, an American photographer, is known for his surreal and provocative imagery, often incorporating elements of pop culture, religion, and sexuality. His work has been featured in magazines, music videos, and advertising, blurring the lines between art and commerce. 9. Ellen von Unwerth (born 1954)

Ellen von Unwerth, a German fashion photographer, has revolutionized the genre with her sensual and playful style. Her work is characterized by its use of natural light, candid moments, and a sense of effortless beauty. She has photographed some of the most iconic models and celebrities of our time. 10. Tim Walker (born 1970)

Tim Walker, a British fashion photographer, creates whimsical and fantastical images inspired by fairy tales and mythology. His work is characterized by its elaborate sets, dreamy lighting, and use of props and costumes. He has collaborated with fashion houses, magazines, and celebrities to create some of the most memorable fashion imagery of our time. 11. Gregory Crewdson (born 1962)

Gregory Crewdson, an American photographer, creates staged and cinematic photographs of suburban landscapes, often imbued with a sense of mystery and unease. His work explores themes of isolation, alienation, and the American Dream. His photographs are often compared to films or paintings, and they have been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world. 12. Erwin Olaf (born 1959)

Erwin Olaf, a Dutch photographer, is known for his provocative and surreal portraits, often featuring celebrities and models. His work explores themes of identity, sexuality, and consumerism, challenging conventional notions of beauty and gender. His photographs are often highly stylized and visually striking, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. 13. Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976)

Imogen Cunningham, an American photographer, was a pioneer of West Coast photography. Her work spanned a wide range of subjects, including portraits, landscapes, and nudes. She was known for her sharp focus, subtle compositions, and ability to capture the essence of her subjects. Her photographs have helped to define the American photographic tradition. 14. William Eggleston (born 1939)

William Eggleston, an American photographer, is known for his color photographs of everyday life in the American South. His work is often characterized by its mundane and overlooked subjects, such as suburban streets, strip malls, and food advertisements. His photographs have been credited with revolutionizing color photography and challenging traditional notions of beauty. 15. Martin Parr (born 1954)

Martin Parr, a British photographer, is known for his humorous and satirical photographs of British society. His work often takes aim at consumerism, globalization, and social class. His photographs are characterized by their use of bright colors, flash photography, and candid moments. He has been awarded numerous prizes for his work, including the prestigious Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. 16. Sally Mann (born 1951)

Sally Mann, an American photographer, is known for her intimate and haunting photographs of her children. Her work explores themes of family, identity, and mortality. Her photographs are often black-and-white and have been praised for their honesty and emotional depth. 17. Diane Arbus (1923-1971)

Diane Arbus, an American photographer, is known for her portraits of outsiders and marginalized people. Her work is often unsettling and challenging, confronting viewers with the uncomfortable realities of human existence. Her photographs have been praised for their psychological insight and their ability to capture the complexities of human nature. 18. Robert Capa (1913-1954)

Robert Capa, a Hungarian-American photojournalist, covered five wars during his career. His work is characterized by its bravery and its ability to capture the immediacy and chaos of war. His iconic photographs, such as "Falling Soldier" during the Spanish Civil War, have become symbols of war and its human impact. 19. Gerda Taro (1910-1937)

Gerda Taro, a German-Jewish photographer, was a pioneer of photojournalism and a key figure in the Spanish Civil War. Her work is known for its humanity and its ability to capture the courage and resilience of ordinary people caught in the midst of war. Her untimely death at the age of 26 cut her career short, but her legacy continues to inspire photographers and activists worldwide. 20. Dorothea Lange (1895-1965)

Dorothea Lange, an American photographer, is best known for her work documenting the Great Depression. Her photographs, such as "Migrant Mother," captured the suffering and resilience of the American working class during the economic crisis. Her work has become a powerful reminder of the human cost of economic hardship. These 20 photographers have not only captured the world around them but have also shaped the art of photography, leaving an indelible mark on the history of the medium. Their work continues to inspire and challenge us, reminding us of the power of photography to document, tell stories, and evoke emotions. Read the full article

#art #black-and-white #color #creativity #fashion #history #iconic #landscapes #photographers #photography #photojournalism #portraits #storytelling

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systemhead · 6 months

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something about this video is giving hauntology - between the one guy with the pride flag and hillary clinton not actually doing the macarena and just clapping and for a split second making a really wild face

postscript HIGH EFFORT edit (i.e., hold the fucking phone)

"Consider that the cast of Rent performed at the opening night of the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago (fig. 42). The idea that a song from an AIDS performance has now become linked with the very political systems that AIDS performance has historically set out to confront is not without its irony. Certainly, the contradiction [hell yeah] between the inclusion of Rent within the spectacle of presidential politics and the political reality of the people which Rent [in 1998 Rent was still, fairly, considered radical, we as readers in 202X must remember this] represents is unavoidable. Rent's performance at the convention is a vivid reminder of how AIDS performance can be absorbed and redefined by other, more powerful systems who use [SIC BITCH] it to serve their own interests, whether that interest is denying voice and visibility to the communities represented in Rent (no person with AIDS addressed the delegates during the prime-time televised convention programming) or whether the interest is in benignly entertaining the convention delegates with a musical number from a popular Broadway show. [author goes on to say some incredibly 1998 shit about "a more participatory political process" but it actually leads into a more interesting read of Rent but that's boring.]"

Acts of Intervention: Performance, Gay Culture, and AIDS

Pages 281-282

David Roman [YOU THINK I CARE ABOUT A PROPER CITATION?]

see? I told you there was hauntology present

POST POST SCRIPT EDIT (BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE)

you were stabbed in the back flag man

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

"Gay rights advocates today denounced President Clinton's midnight signing of a bill to deny Federal recognition and benefits to couples of the same sex who might marry, dismissing it as a ''historical misjudgment'' that endorsed a ''needless and mean-spirited bill.''

Such criticism came as no surprise and was exactly in line with the reaction Mr. Clinton expected when he announced in May that he would sign the bill to avoid a political firestorm on an issue he did not support in the first place.

The President's spokesman, Michael D. McCurry, acknowledged that Mr. Clinton had signed the bill because ''the President believes the motives behind this bill are dubious and the President believes that the sooner he gets this over with the better.''

No state allows same-sex marriage, but a court case is pending over efforts to permit it in Hawaii. Mr. Clinton has long supported gay rights but has also long opposed same-sex marriage, and he said in the spring that he would sign a bill defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman and allowing states to ignore same-sex marriages sanctioned by other states.

Some civil rights advocates had urged the President to veto the bill on the constitutional ground that it would weaken the ''full faith and credit'' clause requiring states to honor regulations of other states. But Mr. Clinton, who paid a heavy political price for his early, unsuccessful effort to allow homosexuals to serve openly in the military, was eager to prove himself a social moderate unwilling to pick a fight over such a sensitive issue.

''President Clinton has become the first President in history to trample on states' traditional jurisdiction over marriage,'' said Elizabeth Birch, executive director of the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights group. ''With the stroke of his pen, he has condoned the exclusion of all lesbian and gay Americans from the Federal benefits and responsibilities that come with marriage, even though it will be years before such an institution becomes available to them.''

The law will not ban such marriages, but will deny recognition of them, for example by precluding spousal benefits distributed by Government programs like Social Security and veterans services.

Mr. Clinton signed the bill without ceremony in the wee hours this morning, after returning from a four-day campaign trip.

The White House has made clear its discomfort with the bill, in part because some of its supporters used antihomosexual language that Mr. Clinton was not eager to be seen as tolerating, much less endorsing.

And though the President has often been happy to endure criticism from the left because it makes him appear more moderate, he did not want a messy election-year fight with gay rights advocates who have been among his strongest supporters, so the White House has soft-pedaled the issue at every turn.

By contrast, Mr. Clinton went out of his way in his weekly radio address to the nation this morning to highlight a more mainstream, old-fashioned concept of family. He repeated his support for allowing mothers and newborn children at least 48-hour hospital stays, instead of the 24-hour limit insurance companies generally impose, and praised Congressional leaders for agreeing this week to pass such a provision.

''Parents deserve at least two days of care and comfort when they can hold their child, bond with the child, introduce the child to the world and make sure their child is in the very best of health,'' Mr. Clinton said. ''America has a responsibility to protect the health of our families.''

Mr. Clinton also praised the leadership of the Republican-controlled Congress for agreeing to require insurance companies to offer comparable benefits for mental and physical illnesses, one of his Administration's longtime goals.

Mr. Clinton used both the gay marriage issue and the motherhood questions he addressed today to portray himself as the architect of reasonable compromise on such questions.

He said that since he vetoed the Republicans' budget-cutting plans last year, they have sat up and listened more carefully. It is one of the principal themes of his re-election campaign, and one that public opinion surveys show has been working.

''This week's agreement shows what we can accomplish when we set aside rigid agendas, put aside partisanship and work together,'' Mr. Clinton said. ''Just a year ago, Congress was consumed by bitter partisanship as the Republican majority sought deep cuts in Medicare and Medicaid, education and the environment that were unnecessary to balance the budget.

''I vetoed their plan, and the American people supported my decision. So this year, in clear contrast, we are getting things done.'' "

[yeah I know it marks me as old for giving a shit about Clinton but how quickly we forget that this man was the BLUEPRINT AND ARCHITECT for liberal "reasonable compromise" and the respect for state's rights loser liberal bullshit that is one of the main reasons for anti-trans legislation today]

[yes I'm aware that this jumps from just being okay with gay people to AIDS to gay marriage legal/financial benefits to trans rights and isn't a coherent chain of points but that's how the world works okay? "beyond the scope of this essay" bullshit. I'm going to write the way that I wanted to write every undergraduate essay before I had to inevitably pare it down to come across as sane]

#see mom my history degree was worth $100k #Grim Beard #macarena

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waildance · 7 months

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Fiat Lux: Illuminating our Common Home from Minds Over Matter on Vimeo.

Obscura was chosen by the Vatican’s Pontifical Council to create a contemporary artistic interpretation of Pope Francis’ Encyclical, “Laudato Si.” The large-scale architectural projection show entitled: “Fiat Lux: Illuminating Our Common Home” was presented as a gift to Pope Francis to celebrate the opening of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. It was the first time that art has ever been projected onto St. Peter’s Basilica.

“Laudato Si,” means “Praise be to you,” a phrase commonly used by Saint Francis, the patron saint of animals and ecology and Pope Francis’ namesake. In writing his impassioned plea for greater focus on the environment, Pope Francis cited areas of particular concern: pollution and climate change, the lack of clean water for much of the world’s population, and loss of biodiversity.

To bring the pope’s message to life, Obscura created an unprecedented 60-minute show featuring powerful images of humanity diversity and natural beauty from world-renowned photographers and curated by Travis Threlkel and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Louie Psyhoyos (The Cove). Using 21st century art and 50 high lumen projectors, the show was presented as a visual symphony in seven movements. A crowd of over 200,000 people gathered to watch the show live in the Piazza San Pietro, while 4 million watched via live stream video. Media coverage generated another billion global impressions.

Fiat Lux: Illuminating our Common Home featured the work of some of the world’s most noted humanistic and nature photographers and filmmakers including Sebastiao Salgado and Amazonas Images, Joel Sartore and his Photo Ark series, Yann Arthus Bertrand, David Doubilet, Ron Fricke, Howard Hall, Shawn Heinrichs, Greg Huglin, Chris Jordan, Mark Magidson, Steve McCurry, Louie Schwartzberg and Paul Nicklen. Funding provide by the Li Ka Shing Foundation and Vulcan Productions. Natural sound effects provided by Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Projection and Design: obscuradigital.com Music: Arvo Pärt: Fratres

OBSCURA TEAM Travis Threlkel - Chief Creative Officer Chris Lejeune - Chief Executive Officer / Account Executive Matty Dowlen - Chief of Production Andrew Plourde - Senior Technical Director Marc Melzer - Director of Media Arts Barry Threw - Director of Interactive Sean Holt - Director of IT Emmett Feldman - Senior Art Director Jennifer Williams - Producer Ari Ali - Senior Media Producer Anna Le Breton - Production Coordinator Doni Dennis - Marketing Director Tim Digulla - Art Director Ron Robinson - Art Director Tony Grisey - Senior Animator Jim Ellis - Technical Director/3D Animation Eddy Katt - 3D Animator Alexi Alexaieff - Technical Artist Brittnie Diamant - Production Artist Bryant Place - Interactive Engineer Harvey Moon - Interactive Engineer Anton Heestand - Interactive Engineer Christopher Houchin - Technical Director Nick Lynch - Technical Director Diego Novoa - Technical Director Nathan Houchin - Technical Director Michelle Grenier - Associate Creative Director Joshua Brott - Director of Photography Brandon Moore - Assistant Photographer Eric Schneider - Purchasing Ethan Indorf - Editor Tim McMahon - Editor Alex Oropeza - Music Director Harald Boyesen - Sound Design Lucy Sheils - Sound Design

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webionaire · 8 months

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Name drop with links. Not annotated. Stuart Smith Abbas Tom Hopkinson Marc Riboud Reni Burri Burt Glinn Peter Dench David Allan Harvey Steve McCurry Bruce Davidson Philip Jones Griffiths Gilles Peress Bruno Barbey Werner Bischof I will be back filling posts on some topics — those dealing with topics of lab-work such as dye transfer. Another concern of how hobbyists contaminate the…

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historyhermann · 1 year

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National Security and Climate Change: Behind the U.S. Pursuit of Military Exemptions to the Kyoto Protocol [Part 14]

Continued from part 13. This includes all the notes referenced in Parts 1-12.

This post is reprinted from the National Security Archive website and my History Hermann WordPress blog. Archived here and here.

Notes

[1] See “World’s militaries avoiding scrutiny over emissions, scientists say,” by Tom Ambrose, The Guardian; “The world’s largest military isn’t reporting its giant ‘carbon bootprint’,” by Anny Oberlink, Popular Science; “The West’s armies are getting more serious about climate change,” The Economist.

[2] “Pentagon officials consider asking for waiver for U.S. forces,” Inside the Pentagon, Vol. 13, No. 41 (October 9, 1997), p. 1; Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., “The Pentagon's Newest Enemy: Hot Air,” Wall Street Journal, Oct. 16, 1997. In August 1996, Goodman gave a speech to the National Defense University where she emphasized the Pentagon's new focus on "environmental security," concluding that "environmental degradation or scarcity" could interact with other factors and "cause instability and conflict" in parts of the world. She also noted the Pentagon started establishing "defense environmental relationships" beginning in 1994.

[3] See “U.S. DELEGATION TEAM TO THE COP-3” on U.S. Department of State Archive; “Rear Admiral Christopher Weaver” biography on U.S. Navy website; Memorandum to David J. Barram on April 5, 1997 on U.S. Department of Defense website. According to Goodman, the U.S. was "the only delegation at Kyoto that had two military officers as representatives on its team."

[4] Ambassador Thomas Foley, Acting Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Melinda Kimble, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Rafe Pomerance, and Ambassador Mark G. Hambley were alternate heads of the delegation.

[5] Stern was named to “coordinate the Administration's efforts on climate change” on March 11, 1998, and was said to have “played a major role in managing the Administration's climate change initiative from July 1997, through the Kyoto conference.” Before March 1998, he was the White House Staff Secretary.

[6] See the June 1995 “Bunker Fuel Operations” Audit Report from the Department of Defense Inspector General, the “Bunker (Fuel)” page on ScienceDirect, “At Last, the Shipping Industry Begins Cleaning Up Its Dirty Fuels” by Maria Gallucci, “Oil Market Report Glossary” from the International Energy Agency, and “Emissions from fuels used for international aviation and maritime transport” from the UNFCCC.

[7] See “Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Aviation and Marine Fuel Use” Presentation by Gail Bruss (U.S. Navy) and Wiley Barbour (EPA) at 10th International Emission Inventory Conference, May 2001; “Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change,” United Nations, 1998.

[8] Joby Warwick, “Kyoto Pact Includes a Pentagon Exemption,” Washington Post, January 7, 1998; “Press Briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, Assistant to the President for International Economic Policy Dan Tarullo and Chair of the Council on Environment Quality Katie Mcginty,” The American Presidency Project, June 26, 1997; “[President Clinton] Remarks to the National Oceans Conference in Monterey, California,” The American Presidency Project, Jun. 12, 1998.

[9] Warwick, “Kyoto Pact Includes a Pentagon Exemption,” Jan. 7, 1998.

[10] This is discussed in Caroline Fehl’s Living with a Reluctant Hegemon: Explaining European Responses to US Unilateralism (Oxford University Press, London, 2012), pp. 36.

[11] See “The Kyoto Protocol - Status of Ratification,” United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

[12] Warwick, “Kyoto Pact Includes a Pentagon Exemption,” Jan. 7, 1998.

[13] John M. Broder, “The Climate Accord: The Overview; Clinton Adamant On 3d World Role In Climate Accord,” New York Times, Dec. 12, 1997.

[14] “Timeline: 20 years of major oil spills,” ABC News (Australia), May 3, 2020; Thomas W. Lippman and William Booth, “Oil Spreading Off Kuwait Poses Ecological Disaster,” Washington Post, Jan. 26, 1991; Associated Press, “Gulf Found to Recover From War's Oil Spill,” New York Times, Mar. 18, 1993; Paul R. Paumann, “Environmental Warfare: 1991 Persian Gulf War,” SUNY Oneonta, 2001; Joyner, Christopher C. and Kirkhope, James T. (1992), “The Persian Gulf War Oil Spill: Reassessing the Law of Environmental Protection and the Law of Armed Conflict,” Case Western Reserve Journal of Environmental Law (Vol. 24, No. 1), 29-31, 33, 50-51, 53-54, 57-58, 62; Issa, Nivine and Vempatti, Sreya (2018), “Oil Spills in the Arabian Gulf: A Case Study and Environmental Review,” Environment and Natural Resources Research (Vol. 8, No. 2), 144-146; United Nations Environment Programme and United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (1999), “The Kosovo Conflict: Consequences for the Environment & Human Settlements,” pp. 6-7, 12; Sinha, Manoj Kumar (2001), “Protection of the Environment During Armed Conflicts: A Case Study of Kosovo,” ISIL Year Book of International Humanitarian and Refugee Law; Barth, Hans-Jörg (2001), “The coastal ecosystems 10 years after the 1991 Gulf War oil spill,” Preliminary Report, pp. 1, 3-10.

[15] Jeb Shannon Blain (2010), “International climate change negotiations: the role of power, preferences, and information in negotiation outcomes,” California State University, MA Thesis, pp. 22-23, 118-119; Knight, Danielle. “CLIMATE: U.S. Exempts Military from Kyoto Treaty,” Inter-Press Service, May 20, 1998; Nelsen, Arthur. “Pentagon to lose emissions exemption under Paris climate deal,” The Guardian, Dec. 14, 2015; Terry Lee Anderson and Henry I. Miller, The Greening of U.S. Foreign Policy (Hoover Institution Press, Stanford, California, 2000), 182; White, Ben. “Yanking His Cheney,” Grist Magazine, Jul. 25, 2000; COMPASS Letter to President Clinton, George C. Marshall Institute, Jan. 22, 1998; Cushman, Jr., John H. “Critics Rise Up Against Environmental Education,” New York Times, Apr. 22, 1997; Vaidyananthan, Gayathri. “Think tank that cast doubt on climate change science morphs into smaller one,” E&E News (subscriber-only), Dec. 12, 2015; James Lawrence Powell, The Inquisition of Climate Change (Columbia University Press, New York City, 2011), 101-3; Pilkington, Ed. “Palin fought safeguards for polar bears with studies by climate change sceptics,” The Guardian, Sept. 30, 2008; Begley, Sharon, “The Truth About Denial,” Newsweek, Aug. 13, 2007. Apart from Burt, Kirkpatrick, Cheney, Eagleburger, Kirkpatrick, and Haig, former high-ranking military officials Donald Rice, Caspar Weinberger, and Frank Carlucci, and officials like William Brock, Peter Rodman, Malcolm Wallop, Charles Price II, and Roger W. Robinson, Jr. were signatories to the COMPASS letter.

[16] This is discussed in Robert F. Durant’s The Greening of the U.S. Military: Environmental Policy, National Security, and Organizational Change (Georgetown University Press, Washington, D.C., 2007), 215-6.

[17] “Implications of the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change, Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress Second Session, Feb. 11, 1998; “Questions for the Record Submitted by Congressman Latham to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright,” House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, Feb. 25, 1998, pp. 216.

[18] “The Kyoto Protocol: Problems with U.S. Sovereignty and the Lack of Developing Country Participation,” Hearing before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress Second Session, May 13, 1998; Salomon, Roy K. (Summer 1999) “Global Climate Change and U S . Military Readiness,” Federal Facilities Environmental Journal, p. 137, 139-140; Carlucci, Frank, “Making military sense out of Kyoto,” Washington Times, May 18, 1998; Goodman, Sherri W., “Kyoto treaty doesn’t compromise our national security,” Washington Times, Jun. 6, 1998.

[19] Stern, Todd. "The Politics of Global Climate Change: View from the White House: Momentum Building for ‘Balanced Approach’," Washington Post, Nov 2, 1998.

[20] See Knight, Danielle. “CLIMATE: U.S. Exempts Military from Kyoto Treaty,” Inter-Press Service, May 20, 1998. The provision was originally included in Section 1232 of Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 and was later included in section 1210 of the final law.

[21] Miller, Henry I. “U.S. Armed Forces Aren't Green Warriors,” Wall Street Journal, May 5, 2003; Miller, Henry I. “Letters to the Editor: How Eco-Rules Crippled Our Military,” Wall Street Journal, Apr. 5, 2003; Goodman, Sherri. “Green Rules Haven't Hurt Military or Its Readiness,” Wall Street Journal, Apr. 23, 2003; Salomon, “Global Climate Change and U S. Military Readiness,” p. 139, 142.

[22] “Methodological Issues: Emissions Resulting from Fuel Used for International Transportation,” United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, May 11, 1999; “Methodological Issues: Emissions Resulting from Fuel Used for International Transportation,” United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, Sept. 24, 1999; “Emissions resulting from fuel used for international transportation: Aviation and marine ‘bunker fuels’,” United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties 7, 2001; “National Communications from Parties Included in Annex I to the Convention,” United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat, Mar. 18, 1999, p. 6-8, 13; “National Communications from Parties Included in Annex I to the Convention,” United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat, Apr. 15, 1999, p. 28; “Report of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice On Its Tenth Session,” United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, Sept. 7, 1999, p. 9, 39; “Report of the Individual Review of the Greenhouse Gas Inventory of the United States of American Submitted in the Year 2000,” United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat, Jul. 11, 2002, p. 2-3, 12-13; “Methodological issues relating to emissions from international aviation and maritime transport,” United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat, May 11, 2004, p. 5-6, 10; “Revision of the UNFCCC reporting guidelines on annual inventories for Parties included in Annex I to the Convention,” United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties 17, Nov. 2011, p. 11.

[23] Sheila D. Collins, “War and Climate Change: Time to Connect the Dots,” Truthout, Oct. 1, 2014; Charles Davis (Jan. 2009), “Fear of U.S. Political Fallout Kills Talk of Military CO2 Rules,” Inside EPA's Clean Air Report, Vol. 20, No. 1, p. 25; Reglobalization (ed. Matthew Louis Bishop and Anthony Payne, Routledge, London, 2021), p. 149; Ronald C. Kramer, Carbon Criminals, Climate Crimes (Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2020), 123; Walter C. Clemens, Dynamics of International Relations: Conflict and Mutual Gain in an Era of Global Interdependence (Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Maryland, 2004), 498

[24] John Peterson and Mark A. Pollack, Europe, America, Bush: Transatlantic Relations in the Twenty-first Century (Routledge, London, 2003), pp. 122.

[25] See “What activists will be demanding on the sidelines of COP26” by Joyce Nelson, rabble.ca; “World’s militaries avoiding scrutiny over emissions, scientists say,” by Tom Ambrose, The Guardian; “Pentagon to lose emissions exemption under Paris climate deal,” by Arthur Nelsen, The Guardian; “How the world’s militaries hide their huge carbon emissions,” by Doug Weir, Benjamin Neimark, and Oliver Belcher, The Conversation; “Problem,” Military Emissions Gap, accessed December 3, 2021; Light, Sarah E. (2014) “The Military-Environmental Complex,” Boston College Law Review, Vol. 55 (3): 881-882, 884-888, 891-893, 898-899, 902, 906, 909-910, 912-913, 918-919, 933, 938-946.

[26] See “Nigeria, Jamaica bring closure to the Kyoto Protocol era, in last-minute dash” by Chloé Farand, Climate Home News.

#national security #climate change #kyoto protocol #pentagon #cop #epa #bunker fuels #unfccc #ipcc #1990s #2020s #2010s #pollution

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"Ruth: Momma always said there was a separate God for children."

Monica Marshall Chandler Monica Chandler Hope Davis Jessica Renee Jones Kathy Marshall Angelica Helton Andrea Brott Jereth Jones Kammi Lynn Noah Ablaseau Nicholas Darryl Chamberlin Ron Michaels Mark Jones Erica Thomson Kyle Franklin David Connor Tomes Ryan Tomes Jose Wagner Nicholas Cooper Michael Sanders Damian Jones Adrienne Luvmesomethem Bly Tyler Lemark Daniel Grawitch Ron Thomson Kayla Chandler Kenneth Stoney Birkes Shannan McCurry Kier Nicole Marshall Brittany Jones Tommy Blakley

Thank you!

#coastguard, #navy, #army, #airforce, #MarineCorps, #SpaceForce, #dwarfism, #globalmilitaries, #police, #firefighters

#merrychristmas2022 #merrychristmas

~ I love you! * , . A ~

E = mc²

E = Einstein, Excellence, Energy, Tesla, Pearls, Endorphins, Extra-Credit, Environmentalism, Einsteinium, Etymology, End, E

S = Start? Superb, Satisfactory, Samantha White , Space, Serbian, Saint, Sociology, Spiders, Snips, Snails, Sugar, Spice, S

Strikes, X

A = Abandonment, Arachnids, Adequate, Algebra, A

B = Bipolar, Brainstorming, Blank, B

G = German, Germaine, Genius , #GenZ, Grammar, Geometry, Girls, G

H = Hitler, Harvard, Hope, History, H

P = Psychology, Perfection, Physics, Plutonium, Punctuation, Plagues, Pestilence, Pessimists, Powers, Puffs P

N = No, Nein, Nine, Nutrient-Deficiency, Numbers, Necessary, Necessities, N

D = Dumb, Deficient, Dull, Difficult, Diameter, D

O = origins, neverending, circle of . . . , cycles, overachieve, outskirts, π

t = time, christ, talks, talk, talked, terrorism, teachers, teaching, teacher, taught, T

m = more, más, mine, M

l = loser, lies, appears to have no end, loves, love, loved, languages, Introversion, L

C = Pass, Conjugations, Conjugate, суммариз, Christ, Christ-Like, Christmas, Charity, Charitable, Charity-Table, Chemicals, Criminals, Croaks, Crows, C. Difficult, #CDC * ; x

6 = Star of David, Wisemen, Charity, Sickness

7 = Star-Spangled Banner, Sins, Synonyms

99.99 B

100 A

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~ thank you ~

This is incomplete. I will never have enough time to classify everything.

temps, tempts; sins, syns;

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F = Failure, Faulty, Fortune, Fair, fun, fine, F

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The Road to a Paris Climate Deal

By The New York Times

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A pact to slow global warming was reached Saturday. We’re providing insights and analysis.

Q. and A. Artistic renderings of images that will illuminate St. Peter’s Basilica. Steve McCurry, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, David Doubilet, Emmett Feldman, artistic rendering by Obscura Digital.

An Environmental Message, From and on the Vatican

2015-12-04T07:26:50-05:00 December 4, 2015

VATICAN CITY — This week, the facade and cupola of St. Peter’s Basilica, normally a brightly lit beacon in the capital’s sky, went dark for a few hours, throwing the Italian news media into high alert.“Black out and fear for an electrical failure at St. Peter’s,” read one alarmist headline the next day. Other newspapers reported rumors of an antiterrorism drill.The power cut was actually part of a technical dress rehearsal for “Fiat Lux: Illuminating Our Common Home,” a gift from a coalition and a public art projection on the facade of St. Peter’s timed to coincide with the climate talks in Paris. It is also part of the inauguration of the Roman Catholic Church’s yearlong Jubilee of Mercy, which starts Dec. 8.The Basilica was darkened because “the show needs moments of preparation to ensure its success,” Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization, said at a news conference on Friday. “I can assure everyone that it is a unique event for its genre and for the fact that it is being displayed for the first time on such a significant backdrop.”“We are grateful for the gift and hope that many people will be able to enjoy it throughout the world,” said the archbishop, whose pontifical council is in charge of overseeing the Jubilee. The event will be streamed online at OurCommonHome.World.Inspired by Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical on the environment, “Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home,” along with St. Francis’ 800-year old Canticle of the Creatures, the hourlong projection is both a celebration of the beauty of creation but also a cautionary tale about the potentially devastating consequences of human impact on nature.Using the language of “visual poetry,” the light show means to reinforce the idea “of a responsible stewardship for our common home,” a notion touched on by both the current Francis and the earlier one, said the artist Travis Threlkel, one of the curators of the project, which signals the start of the Jubilee but also the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP21, which continues in Paris through Dec. 11.“We’re showing the diversity and glory of God’s creation on the planet, and we’re hoping to inspire the world to have reverence for all things,” Mr. Threlkel said by telephone from his office in San Francisco, where his company, Obscura Digital, is based. The digital projections will cover both the dome of the Basilica, designed in the mid-16th century by Michelangelo, and the facade, designed by Carlo Maderno about 70 years later.In keeping with the saint who inspired his papal name, Francis has made environmental justice a cornerstone of his vision. His encyclical, issued in June, forcefully calls for action to stem environmental destruction and climate change, which has the most adverse impact on the world’s poor.Warning last week in Nairobi, Kenya, that it would be “catastrophic” if particular interests were to prevail over the common good, Francis expressed the hope that the climate conference in Paris would “achieve a global and transformational agreement based on the principles of solidarity, justice, equality and participation; an agreement which targets three complex and interdependent goals: lessening the impact of climate change, fighting poverty and ensuring respect for human dignity.”The projection will begin Tuesday evening, just hours after Francis opens the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica, inaugurating the holy year. More than 50 projectors perched on towers will display digital images by some of the world’s best known nature and humanistic photographers and filmmakers, including Sebastião Salgado, Joel Sartore, Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Louie Schwartzberg, onto the front of one of the world’s most noted churches.The projection will be repeated three times. It will also be broadcast by a Vatican television station and streamed online.Images will include forests, oceans, wetlands, flora and fauna, intersecting and interacting with the modulated Renaissance and

Baroque architecture of the Basilica, and woven together into what Mr. Threlkel described as a “visual symphony with various movements and overtures.”Black-and-white photographs from different indigenous cultures, by Mr. Salgado, merge into rare deep sea images by Howard Hall and David Doubilet that run into portraits of endangered species that Mr. Sartore took for his “Photo Ark,” a National Geographic photography project that aims to capture the world’s captive species.The Vatican, Mr. Threlkel said, was very supportive. “For them, it was in line with what the church has always done, working with artists” throughout history, he said. “Today, using technology and media is the church’s way of being active in the art world.”— Elisabetta Povoledo

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/climate/2015-paris-climate-talks/an-environmental-message-from-and-on-the-vatican

“Black out and fear for an electrical failure at St. Peter’s,” read one alarmist headline the next day. Other newspapers reported rumors of an antiterrorism drill.

The power cut was actually part of a technical dress rehearsal for “Fiat Lux: Illuminating Our Common Home,” a gift from a coalition and a public art projection on the facade of St. Peter’s timed to coincide with the climate talks in Paris. It is also part of the inauguration of the Roman Catholic Church’s yearlong Jubilee of Mercy, which starts Dec. 8.

The Basilica was darkened because “the show needs moments of preparation to ensure its success,” Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization, said at a news conference on Friday. “I can assure everyone that it is a unique event for its genre and for the fact that it is being displayed for the first time on such a significant backdrop.”

“We are grateful for the gift and hope that many people will be able to enjoy it throughout the world,” said the archbishop, whose pontifical council is in charge of overseeing the Jubilee. The event will be streamed online at OurCommonHome.World.

Inspired by Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical on the environment, “Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home,” along with St. Francis’ 800-year old Canticle of the Creatures, the hourlong projection is both a celebration of the beauty of creation but also a cautionary tale about the potentially devastating consequences of human impact on nature.

Using the language of “visual poetry,” the light show means to reinforce the idea “of a responsible stewardship for our common home,” a notion touched on by both the current Francis and the earlier one, said the artist Travis Threlkel, one of the curators of the project, which signals the start of the Jubilee but also the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP21, which continues in Paris through Dec. 11.

“We’re showing the diversity and glory of God’s creation on the planet, and we’re hoping to inspire the world to have reverence for all things,” Mr. Threlkel said by telephone from his office in San Francisco, where his company, Obscura Digital, is based. The digital projections will cover both the dome of the Basilica, designed in the mid-16th century by Michelangelo, and the facade, designed by Carlo Maderno about 70 years later.

In keeping with the saint who inspired his papal name, Francis has made environmental justice a cornerstone of his vision. His encyclical, issued in June, forcefully calls for action to stem environmental destruction and climate change, which has the most adverse impact on the world’s poor.

Warning last week in Nairobi, Kenya, that it would be “catastrophic” if particular interests were to prevail over the common good, Francis expressed the hope that the climate conference in Paris would “achieve a global and transformational agreement based on the principles of solidarity, justice, equality and participation; an agreement which targets three complex and interdependent goals: lessening the impact of climate change, fighting poverty and ensuring respect for human dignity.”

The projection will begin Tuesday evening, just hours after Francis opens the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica, inaugurating the holy year. More than 50 projectors perched on towers will display digital images by some of the world’s best known nature and humanistic photographers and filmmakers, including Sebastião Salgado, Joel Sartore, Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Louie Schwartzberg, onto the front of one of the world’s most noted churches.

The projection will be repeated three times. It will also be broadcast by a Vatican television station and streamed online.

Images will include forests, oceans, wetlands, flora and fauna, intersecting and interacting with the modulated Renaissance and Baroque architecture of the Basilica, and woven together into what Mr. Threlkel described as a “visual symphony with various movements and overtures.”

Black-and-white photographs from different indigenous cultures, by Mr. Salgado, merge into rare deep sea images by Howard Hall and David Doubilet that run into portraits of endangered species that Mr. Sartore took for his “Photo Ark,” a National Geographic photography project that aims to capture the world’s captive species.

The Vatican, Mr. Threlkel said, was very supportive. “For them, it was in line with what the church has always done, working with artists” throughout history, he said. “Today, using technology and media is the church’s way of being active in the art world.”.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/climate/2015-paris-climate-talks/an-environmental-message-from-and-on-the-vatican

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Crossings — perspectives on transition and transformation in photography

“Crossings” brings together a selection of over 100 images by international artists to explore perspectives on transition and transformation in photography.

Magnum Photos and Aperture have a long-standing shared history, spanning many collaborations on publications and events through the decades. For the second time, Magnum Photos has invited a roster of artists published by Aperture to participate in the project, alongside Magnum’s own photographers, to visually explore a common theme through both classic and contemporary artistic practices.

The project creates an unprecedented visual dialogue, spanning depictions of physical crossings from one side to another — a road, a river, a border, an ocean — and the personal crossings that manifest in growth, revolt, mutation and self-realization, the voyages of the mind that have the power to spark change and transformation.

Shared themes emerge across the images, from an examination of contemporary shifts in our understanding of selfhood and identity to more macroscopic topics such as migration. In this way, “Crossings” asks both literal and metaphorical questions about the human ability to move, transform and build connections.

The resulting selection of works is at the crossroads of documentary and conceptual practices. Celebrating the singular authorship of each artist, the curation encapsulates the diversity of practices found within photography. Spanning decades of artistic production, “Crossings” is a testament to the major visual and thematic threads that, together, create our visual culture.

The “Crossings” exhibition at the Aperture Gallery and Magnum’s Square Print Sale in Partnership with Aperture runs from 9 a.m. Oct. 29 until midnight ET Friday, Nov. 2. Signed and estate stamped, museum quality, 6×6-inch prints from over 100 artists will be available for $100 during this time from Magnum Photos Shop. Aperture’s participation in this Square Print Sale serves as a fundraiser for the institution’s nonprofit work, launched to coincide with its Oct. 30 “Family” New York City gala benefit.

From top, photographs © Bruno Barbey/Magnum Photos, Tyler Mitchell courtesy Aperture, Rene Burri/Magnum Photos, Alex Webb/Magnum Photos, Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos

See more photos of Crossings and our other slideshows on Yahoo News.

#magnum photos #aperature #bruno barbey #graciela iturbe #martin parr #rene burri #paolo ventura #tyler mitchell #elliott erwitt #alex webb #bruce davidson #robert capa #harry gruyaert #steve mccurry #carolyn drake #alec soth #david hurn #MAGNUMsquare

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Bird's eye view of a stream by David McCurry

#forest stream #woodland river #rapids #enchanted forest #fir forest #my upload #silvaris #waterfall #river #stream #brook #forest #trees #woods #woodland #nature

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furryalligator · 7 years

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“What’s so strange about this statement is how closely it tracks or resembles the view of the Civil War that the South had finally got the nation to embrace by the early 20th century...It’s the Jim Crow version of the causes of the Civil War. I mean, it tracks all of the major talking points of this pro-Confederate view of the Civil War.”

#@washingtonpost #Civil War #Historians #Stephanie McCurry #John F. Kelly #John Kelly #Robert E. Lee #David Blight #Lost Cause

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Self-portrait Photographer Research 3

1. Lisa Kristine

https://lisakristine.com

I like the way she used the colours and the light.

Lisa Kristine is an internationally recognized fine-art photographer, humanitarian, activist, and speaker. For more than 30 years she has documented indigenous cultures and social causes in more than 150 countries across six continents, meeting people at the level of the heart. Lisa’s work has been shown in exhibitions and purchased for permanent collections in museums throughout the United States and abroad.

2. David Lazar

I like these photos because he used nice colour and present to the audience about Vietnamese woman traditional which are lotus, Ao Dai, leaf hat, incense.

3. Mark Mann

I really like black and white photos of him because its high contrast, the way he used light to the object.

4. Peter Lindbergh

I like black and white photos that he did.

https://www.instagram.com/therealpeterlindbergh/

5. Lorenzo Agius

https://www.lorenzo-agius.com/#

6. Steve Mccurry

Photographer Steve McCurry was born in a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Before working at a local newspaper, he studied film at the University of Pennsylvania. He infiltrated a group of Afghan refugees to enter their country, which has a ban on Western journalists. And Steve McCurry started his photography career with a picture of an Afghan with traditional clothes, a thick beard and austere face. The picture expressing that mood and asceticism is eloquent evidence of the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan.

McCurry continued to delve into armed conflicts, including the Iran-Iraq War, the Lebanese Civil War, the Cambodian Civil War, Muslim insurgent forces in the Philippines, the Gulf War, and the Afghanistan War. His work has been featured worldwide in magazines and he is a regular contributor to National Geographic. He has been a member of Magnum Photos since 1986.

The special thing about Steve McCurry is that each of his photos is associated with a haunting and memorable story. Steve McCurry's responsibility and enthusiasm is shown when he plays the role of a storyteller with a deep, sad style. He has inspired many people with his own experiences from his never-ending artistic journey. Here is the story of the famous photos of Steve McCurry.

7. Richard Evedon

Richard Avedon (1923-2004), American photographer, was born into a Russian Jewish family who immigrated to New York City. Evedon is well known as a fashion photographer, but his achievements in portraiture are also quite remarkable. He is always interested in how portraiture shows the personality and soul of the subject. In 1944, Avedon found a job as a photographer at a department store and then Avedon's career in fashion photography began when he worked for prestigious magazines, initially Harper's Bazaar and Vogue.

Avedon is one of America's finest photographers, known around the world for his ability to evoke the hidden emotions of models, resulting in dramatic, poignant photographs. Avedon is considered to be the person who shaped American style, beauty and culture in the second half of the 20th century.

I was impressed with this photo of Richard because it shows the inner sadness of the character in the picture through the black and white tones and the thin body of the character. The photo shows that the man in the picture is quite close to the bees, giving the viewer an understanding of which part of the work is the beekeeper.

8. Rehahn

Rehahn Croquevielle born in 1979, in Normandie, France, who is one of my favorite photographers because he is especially focused on photographing the people of Vietnam, which is my country. He is known for his ability to capture the souls of his subjects. He has been present in 35 countries and has many valuable photographic works. During his 7 years in Vietnam, Rehahn took tens of thousands of portraits of people from 48/54 ethnic groups. Each photo is a story about the life, culture, customs and habits of the Vietnamese people.

The photo of 78-year-old grandmother Bui Thi Thong, a boatman in Hoi An, was one of the first photos he took for the Hidden Smile series, capturing the smiles covering the mouths of people. Vietnam, which in his opinion is very interesting and charming.

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