Saturday, July 31, 2021

When a picture paints a thousand words that reveal the truth- Minamata.

 

In the quest for truth and justice, the media holds up a mirror that reveals what is hidden from our eyes but is often done in our name.

Tomako Uemura in Her Bath helped raise global awareness of industrial pollution of marine habitats elsewhere. “Photography is a small voice, at best,” Smith famously said, “but sometimes – just sometimes – one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our senses into awareness …

When a picture paints a thousand words that reveal the truth- Minamata.



Dolphin rescuers take cues from whale stranding to move mother and calf to clear water ABC Australia



IS THERE ANYTHING IT CAN’T DO? Protecting your liver with coffee.



29 elegant archways to inspire the structurally minded


Let’s say you’re flipping through a medieval Christian prayer book (as you do), and suddenly you come across a curious illustration amongst the prayers and psalms of something that looks unmistakably like female genitalia. A scolding voice in your head tells you to get your mind out of the gutter. But you wouldn’t be alone.…


The business of death is one as old as time. Today the market size of global death care services is valued at over $100 billion annually and it’s expected to double in the next decade too (an increase attributed to more demand for lavish funerals). But there’s a lesser-known “service” of the industry which those…