MetaFilter posts tagged with Photo and essay

Good photos of cool rich midcentury Americans on yachts in New England.

maiamaia — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:47:45 -0800

Good photos of cool rich midcentury Americans on yachts in New England.

They never stop. They usually stop when they kill you.

MOWOG — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:06:27 -0800

Photographer as Witness: A Portrait of Domestic Violence

Slip Sliding Away

taz — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 04:40:19 -0800

The Englishman and the eel is a photo essay of 93 images (thumbnails here; 2 pages) and article by London photographer Stuart Freedman that "attempts to look at (amongst other things) the significance and the decline of the eel and its fading from the changing London consciousness" with snapshots of "those palaces of Cockney culture, the Pie and Mash shops." As reported here, the European eel is officially "critically endangered," and the interesting "British Food: A History" blog recently discussed The Eel Paradox.

Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work

Wordshore — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:03:05 -0800

The author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, a popular MetaFilter topic, was born 177 years ago today (November 30th 1835) in Missouri. The printer, riverboat pilot, game designer, journalist, lecturer, technology investor, gold miner, publisher and patent holder wrote short stories, essays, novels and non-fiction under the pen name Mark Twain. This included The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (recently adapted into a musical), one of the top five challenged books of the 1990s, published in 1884-85 to a mixed reception and with an ending that still causes debate. The extensively quoted author of the Tom Sawyer stories, Mark's work and life are still the subject of research, imitation, analysis, interpretation (disturbing claymation) and inspiration (nsfw). Mark lived his last few years in Redding, Connecticut, where he donated many books to the local public library association. Footage of Mark Twain at his home; photographed in 1867, 1902, with family, as a lecturer and with various friends. Mark died on April 21st 1910 and is immortalised in Google doodles, stamps, benches and forthcoming commemorative coins. His works are widely available online in various digital formats, for ebook readers and at your local public library and bookshop. He also liked cats.

Once Upon A Time in Bombay

bluefly — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:11:11 -0800

Once Upon a Time in Bombay "It is said that Bombay is the Alexandria of India. Its geographical position and commercial relations bear evidently some resemblance to the great eastern entrepot of the Mediterranean. As the swampy Rhakotis, a mere fishing village which Alexander the Great transformed into the splendid city of Alexandria, the desolate islet of the Bombay Koli fishermen was changed into the present capital of Western India." -- J. Gershon da Cunha in Origin of Bombay (google book) Other Once Upon a Times from Foreign Policy.

Born This Way

hermitosis — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:46:26 -0800

Born This Way! Photo/essay submissions that capture men and women, innocently, showing the beginnings of their innate gay selves.

Chernobyl: 20 Years Later

rinkjustice — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:54:45 -0800

The Chernobyl Legacy

Baikonur

trinarian — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:08:44 -0800

Debris. The terminus of ballistic arches. A photo-essay by Jonas Bendiksen of a different kind of space junk: Proton rocket stages peppering the Khazak countryside discarded from Baikonur Cosmodrome launches.