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By Wesley on July 18th, 2009
Some disasters are unavoidable. Hurricanes, earthquakes, meteor strikes: only mad scientists are blamed for these mishaps. Sometimes fate decides to go ahead and give people a good spanking just for shits and giggles. Other times, its our own damn fault. Read the rest of this entry »
By Sami on July 17th, 2009
LIFE has an interesting photo collection by Anthony Karen. The photographs take a look at the day-to-day activities of the modern Klan. From the website:
“The majority of people I’ve come across,” Karen told LIFE, “you’d only know they were in the Klan if they decided to share that.”
By Sami on July 07th, 2009
Mental retardation is generally understood to be the lack of normal intellectual development. It was one of the most misunderstood conditions before the advent of modern medicine and there were literally hundreds of pseudo-scientific terms used to describe it. Not surprisingly, the practice of inbreeding helped stack royal courts with hundreds of mentally retarded heirs. Occasionally, one would manage to make it to the throne. These are the stories of 6 of them. Read the rest of this entry »
By Sami on July 02nd, 2009
From France’s Sanch Procession to the Yoruba’s Egungun, practically every culture of the world has a type of masquerade ceremony where people were intricate masks for religious purposes. Some argue that Halloween is a type of masquerade.
Phyllis Galembo is a photographer based out of SUNY who has spent 20 years photographing masquerade ceremonies in Brazil, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, and Nigeria. One of the most complete sets of her work that I’ve been able to find is her West African Masquerade series.
Enjoy them here.
By Sami on July 02nd, 2009
Elena Kalis is an amazing photographer based out of the Bahamas who specializes in ethereal underwater photography. Her most recent set is Alice in WonderWater, which uses her specialty and mixes it with Alice in Wonderland.
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