Photo Of The Day

Oregon Coast

Staple City

couldn't find a better photo of this alas

Or a smaller version of this

^ staple city pwns all.

What's the story with this lad? It's a really potent image and he looks so vulnerable, but at the same time he's doesn't look too malnourished, and his mum could be just out of shot (I hope it's the latter).

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a small child sleeping on the railway track in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Staple City

steady hands?

That staple city is incredible, I can't stop looking at it.

steady hands?

Glue?

spotter the last few you've posted have been tremendous

*agrees

see all here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YAcoDkj_dI

that eye thing is peas but fuck is it good

see all here

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

Still amazing though!

loads of good stuff here

Some heart breaking images over at the big picture blog:
World's Most Dangerous Countries for Women

the one with the woman holding her son with amputated legs got me the most. those photos are truely eye opening. so very very sad

Indeed some heartbreaking stuff.

On a slightly lighter note, visiting the big picture site reminded me of their TdF series each year.

The dangerous countries for woman blog makes me sad. Though the Boston Globe aren't really helping, putting a graphic content warning over the image of the lady breast feeding, sigh. Renews my dislike for america - another place where it's not brilliant to be a woman.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1106/20110615TLEKotsiopoulos.jpg

Though the Boston Globe aren't really helping, putting a graphic content warning over the image of the lady breast feeding, sigh. Renews my dislike for america - another place where it's not brilliant to be a woman.

this

I think the breastfeeding one had graphic content because she was dying and all of the people behind her were dead.

wibble - those TdF pictures are the best pictures I've seen of this years. The rain one especially, I would have it as my desktop but that might provoke questions about men wearing tight lycra as my desktop.

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

Still amazing though!

I felt sick looking at that... don't know why though

Temporary ski jump, Empire Stadium, Vancouver (1958)

What's the story with this lad? It's a really potent image and he looks so vulnerable, but at the same time he's doesn't look too malnourished, and his mum could be just out of shot (I hope it's the latter).

Absurd comment. He is clearly very malnourished and very small for his age (a baby/infant would not be able to sleep in that position) and his head to body size ratio indicates that he is under grown.

I don't think the photographer was suggesting that he is motherless, either. More that his his/his family's circumstances mean that he is in a situation where he has ended up sleeping there.

All that said, I think that despite its somberness, it is equally a scene of beauty.

Wildebeest, Serengeti

An ant in the snow