mining twitter links: a photo project and the world as 100 people
2 Apr
I love Twitter for one thing. The links that the people you follow embed in their tweets. Depending on who you follow, you can discover a wealth of information from the link.
I’ll share two that I discovered today.
1. We’re all gonna die – 100 Meters of Existence
A photography project by Simon Høgsberg
From the website, “Shot over the course of 20 days from the same spot on a railroad bridge in Warscahuer Strasse in Berlin, Summer 2007.”
I have never seen a kaleidoscope of expression/emotion/personalities as vibrant as this. Not to mention the photography being brilliant! I think the most fascinating thing about the project was that almost no one knew the photographer was taking their photos. From the father carrying his little child to the couple that has identical bandages over the right eye… I found the entire project very fascinating.
See for yourself.
2. The Miniature Earth
A short video that highlights the plight of the world’s underprivileged in very simple terms.
From the website, “If we could turn the population of the earth into a small community of 100 people, keeping the same proportions we have today, it would be something like this…”
The facts are rather shocking when brought down to a simpler level like this. Facts like out of the 100, 9 would be disabled, 43 would live without basic sanitation, and 6 people would own 59% of the wealth and get this, only 3 would have an internet connection! Let’s just say it’s a touching piece, and makes you realise how much you take for granted.
Check out the video.
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Offtopic:
Poverty sits by the cradle of all our great men and rocks all of them to manhood.
- Heinrich HeineSeldom do people discern
Eloquence under a threadbare cloak.
- JuvenalIf the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.
- Charles Darwin
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Off to check it now.
Nice Site layout for your blog. I am looking forward to reading more from you.
Tom Humes
Man.. that slide’s a marvel to look at.. well pieced together too. Weather was on his side for continuity.
Offtopic, Darwin as usual doesn’t disappoint…
I agree. Either he did brilliant photoshop work or the weather worked with him. Either way, dope stuff.
‘sup dude.
DEAD LETTERS DEPT..
It’s bad enough when your hair’s falling out,
Leading to middle-age rage,
But if you’re a writer, how worse it is
When your words fall off the page.
— Leon Freilich
Via: NYT Arts
Thankfully I’m not much of a writer to worry about the words falling off just yet. Nice, though.
I found myself placing each face from the photograph among the video 100…
that’s some wild flash work..i’m not impressed, i’m oppressed…just when I’d started to think i wasn’t so bad…Great stuff
3 would have an internet connection??.50 men,50 women?that means having many chics as a way of reducing the number of lonely hearts in the world can’t work as an excuse anymore.
I was here..
hi solomon…
Liked the slide, thanks for the link
on the 100 meters of existance, very cool!
Omg I’m lovin the pic of the dude on the bicycle with the crock eyes, with one eye lookin straight at the cam…Brilliant!