http://www.metafilter.com/tags/seaweed Posts tagged with 'seaweed' at MetaFilter. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:45:52 -0800 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:45:52 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/70300/They%2Dcarried%2Dthe%2Djoys%2Dand%2Dsorrows%2Dof%2Dthose%2Dliving%2Dwith%2Dthe%2Dsea <a href="http://www.iwase-photo.com/">Iwase Yoshiyuki</a> "In the late 1920s, young Yoshiyuki received an early Kodak camera as a gift. Since the main livelihood of the town came from the sea, he gravitated there, and soon found a passion for "the simple, even primitive beauty" of <i>ama</i> – girls and women who harvested seaweed, turban shells and abalone from beneath the coastal waters." "By the late 1960s, they had disappeared. This body of work stands as the final, most comprehensive visual document of the life and work of these divers." <small>[NSFW]</small> Note: the Ama section has more than the 15 previews shown, when you enter the slide show (there are 45). tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.70300 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:45:52 -0800 abalone ama culture japan nudity onjuku photography seaweed tellurian http://www.metafilter.com/25653/killer%2Dkitty%2Dlitter <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/134699071_otters08.html">Sick sea otters on the west coast</a> and killer seaweed <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1013801.stm">in the Mediterranean, and California</a> as well. What can we do to help save our oceans and seas? tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.25653 Thu, 08 May 2003 12:05:28 -0800 oceans seaotters seaweed specialk420