The beauty and the pain of being human. Images.

[A Voice from the Mountains]

The guy with the gun in the picture above makes me want to yell "watch where you point that thing!" That's a violation of the cardinal rule, whether it's loaded or not.

Also made me realize how little (public) aviation technology has changed since the 1950's. Imagine how long we have had more advanced tech hoarded away from us. And that old TV looks space-age.

[KiwiElf]

Posted by A Voice from the Mountains (here)
Also made me realize how little (public) aviation technology has changed since the 1950's. Imagine how long we have had more advanced tech hoarded away from us.

So true, the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser in the photo was hailed as the most advanced, luxurious and fastest (604 km/h - 375 mph max speed) commercial airliner of the day (1947 - retired in 1963).

It was so "futuristic" for the period, people would stop just to take photos of it.

(It wasn't however, very reliable: it was an event if it didn't experience one or two engine failures on its regular transatlantic route.

By the time it was retired, the (then secret) Lockheed Blackbird SR-71 and commercial SST Concorde were well into development - aviation speed-wise, we kinda went backwards.)

Love the "Americana" pics!



Now I'd better post something ON Topic - click to enlarge









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http://www.instantshift.com/2014/10/...motion-photos/

https://www.pinterest.nz/pin/348395721149784251/

[Valerie Villars]

Love the one with the boy and the cat.

[Bill Ryan]

More photos, please! They alone can sometimes do the talking. That's the entire point.

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

[Iloveyou]

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)
[a very well-intended mod note from Bill]

Kudos to all, but please let the images do the talking.

This is the entire theme here. It's not really a discussion thread. THX.

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)
More photos, please! They alone can sometimes do the talking. That's the entire point.

Thanx all for the contributions, especially from various angles I had never thought of.
There are great pictures, interesting and touching. And thank you, Bill, for caring.

My personal guideline was: Less is more. Try to catch the core message. Drop anything you don’t consider essential. A bit of text every now and then is okay. Some personal remarks, too. If you come across an image that catches your eye, that means something to you or doesn’t let you go anymore, give it enough space ... to talk, to make an impact. Let it stand alone - or just together with one or two others which are complementary or mutually reinforce each other. The impression will be more intense.

I’m not following my own guidelines so strictly and I’m thinking: let the kids play Though I find your reminder important and helpful in creating and maintaining a beautiful place. It is a good idea to keep it in mind. Be blessed all.

[Bluegreen]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BJ_YSy0s67w

[Ewan]

One of the cruelest things I've ever seen. (posted earlier by norman)

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The Pain...

[Ewan]

The Beauty.........

[A Voice from the Mountains]

Macao:

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Then and now, 9/11

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

[Iloveyou]

"Tim took this photograph in 2008 at a remote American outpost in Afghanistan called Restrepo.
The first time I saw him taking photos of sleeping soldiers, I asked him what he was doing, and
he said, 'Don't you get it? This is how their mothers see them.' War is fought by vulnerable boys
who are desperately trying to be tough, grown men. This image shows that truth much more
powerfully than any combat photo ever could." (Sebastian Junger)

Photographer Tim Hetherington was killed in 2011 while on assignment in Libya. He was 40.

[Iloveyou]

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[Ewan]

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

1963 / 2014


1945 / 2015


1975 / 2015


1982 / 2014


1970 / 2010


1926 / 1946 / 2016

[Iloveyou]

Inspired by your post, Star Mariner



Forty Portraits in Forty Years.
The Brown sisters have been photographed every year since 1975.
(photographs by Nicholas Nixon)



https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...rty-years.html

[Iloveyou]

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The monkey trainer’s daughter



(Photo: Mary Ellen Mark)

[Iloveyou]

Morning light ... images like that help me to stay calm and grounded when the feeling occurs that my thoughts and emotions are tampered with, or possibly not entirely my own ... although village life is hard ...

[Iloveyou]

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