Mobile Photo Workshop. Pictory Blog. Dilapidated industrial plants, a lack of a sewage system, and high air pollution burden the environment in cities like Ballsh, Patos, and Elbasan in central Albania.
Rivers, soil, and lakes are so heavily polluted that it would take decades to eliminate the damage and people have no other choice but to live in this pollution. The farmers use the contaminated water to irrigate their fields. Animals and human beings in these regions are in major health risk. Furthermore, a lack of safety measures in factories pose a potential danger for the workers. Time after time workers in the oil or steel industry pay for their jobs with their lives. . — By Ole Elfenkämper (from “Open Theme”) Submit now to Pictory’s Open Themes. African-American Faces Of The Civil War : The Picture Show. Hide captionThis rare portrait shows an identified Confederate noncommissioned officer, Sgt.
Andrew Martin Chandler (left), and his named slave, Silas Chandler (right). It is the only Confederate photograph in the book by Rod Coddington, African American Faces of the Civil War. Born into slavery, Silas "was one of thousands of slaves who served as [body servants] during the war," writes Coddington. Collection of Andrew Chandler Battaile This rare portrait shows an identified Confederate noncommissioned officer, Sgt. The impulses to collect and to doodle have always been in Ron Coddington's blood. That explains a lot.
"I don't know what my problem is," he says with a laugh on the phone. These photos are called cartes de visite: little portrait cards that were easily reproduced and therefore immensely popular for decades — especially during the Civil War. Finding these images is a major investigative undertaking. "It's more than just a face," he says. Courtesy of Ron Coddington. Carine Brancowitz. Kate Pugsley. Die besten Fonts 2010. Da ist es also, das neue Jahr, und Typefacts möchte es sich nach einem erfolgreichen ersten Jahresrückblick nicht nehmen lassen, auch diesmal wieder einen Blick zurück durch die Brille des Schriftverrückten zu werfen und die zehn besten Schriften des Jahres zu küren.
Der eigentliche Star des abgelaufenen Jahres war zwar die sich immer mehr durchsetzende Webfont-Technologie, die endlich – wenn auch noch mit großen Qualitätsunterschieden – immer mehr typografische Vielfalt im WWW möglich macht (Deshalb auch eine kleine Anmerkung bei den als Webfont erhältlichen Schriften). Und doch gab es letztes Jahr [mein Redaktionsschluß war November] auch wieder jede Menge wunderschöner brandneuer Schriften, von denen ich hier eine ganz und gar subjektive (und möglichst abwechselungsreiche) Top Ten vorstellen möchte, und zwar ohne wertende Reihenfolge: Eames Century ModernErik van Blokland & House Industries [House Industries] FF DIN RoundAlbert-Jan Pool [FontFont] – Auch als Webfont!
Sans & Serif?
M jealous of random loveliness. I’m jealous of random loveliness I find all sorts of amazing bits & pieces in my travels around the internet.
I usually post them to my “random lovely things” board on Pinterest, but today I thought I’d share a few of my favorites with you… a lovely/random way to kick off the weekend, yes? I didn’t fully realize {ok, I had a hunch}, that I seem to have a thing for neons & neutrals… … ahhh, finished off with an amazing piece by Banksy. Ok, everything in this post makes me want to make stuff… good thing it’s the weekend! {1. inaluxe 2.