Daisies. My favourite. (Bellis perennis). Click for full size.
Images © C. Ford
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Art, Fun, & Nonsense.
Daisies. My favourite. (Bellis perennis). Click for full size.
Images © C. Ford
It’s nice to see that some people understand that there’s more to beauty than a rigid, near unattainable ideal.
Meet Katie Meade, the beauty industry’s newest diverse face. Photo: Beauty And Pinups
Former Special Olympics athlete Katie Meade is the new face of Beauty and Pinups, making her the first woman with Down syndrome to win a beauty campaign.
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She went on, “People see me for who I am and they see me not as someone with a disability, but that I have ability. And I like to try new different things and I inspire women to do that. Beauty belongs to everybody.”
Yes, it does. I’m definitely with Katie on that one.
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus). Click for full size.
Image © C. Ford
Nakotah LaRance is a citizen of the Hopi Nation, six-time World Champion Hoop Dancer, and member of Dancing Earth Indigenous Contemporary Dance Creations. He is equipped with a game console, earphones, a Japanese graphic novel, and a dance hoop, to signal that he is both a traditional dancer and a fan of popular culture; he resists easy categorization.
Photograph by Will Wilson (Diné/Bilagáana), b. 1969
1992, from the Feather series
“1992 represents a future denied us in 1492. A kind of reminder that indigenous people have a future that they can make their own.”
Photograph by Larry McNeil (Tlingit/Nisga’a), b. 1955
Will Wilson is a Diné/Bilagáana photographer who has gone platinum (the platinum photographic process) with CIPX, The Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange. Another photographer doing the same is Larry McNeil (Tlingit/Nisga’a). You can read more about these artists at http://nmai.si.edu/indelible/.
A major exhibition featuring contemporary photographs by Native American photographers Zig Jackson, Wendy Red Star, and Will Wilson in dialogue with photographs from Edward Sheriff Curtis’ renowned body of work The North American Indian will be at the Portland Art Museum through May 8th. There’s more about the exhibit and the artists here: http://portlandartmuseum.org/exhibitions/contemporary-native-photographers/
A male Cowbird (Molothrus ater). I’m always conflicted about Cowbirds, because they are brood parasites and I’m never happy to see a large amount of them hanging about. Click for full size.
Images © C. Ford.
Thanks to Ice Swimmer. I miss the sea something fierce, it’s always good to see photos. Click for full size.
Bladderwrack and reed debris. © Ice Swimmer
Sailing in Xmas. © Ice Swimmer
Sun low over Toolonlahti. © Ice Swimmer
Sunset from Merisatama. © Ice Swimmer
Sunset from Siltasaari Hels. © Ice Swimmer
Thanks to Ice Swimmer for these gorgeous images. Click for full size.
Fog and ice reflections. © Ice Swimmer
Hietaniemi cemetary in fog. © Ice Swimmer
Midsummer night fog and light. © Ice Swimmer
Otsolahti fog in Midsummer. © Ice Swimmer
it’s going to be ages before anything is growing here. Sigh. Click for full size.
Tiger Lily, © C. Ford.
I do believe I’m going to have to start hoarding my pennies. Great gear from Cognisys, and amazing captures. Thanks to Opus.
Captured with the new Sabre by Steve Gettle. This pair of Blue Jays was captured in our home state of Michigan. Many thanks to Steve for sharing! You can see Steve’s setup for the shot on his blog.
Although wasp like in appearance, this is a thick-headed fly, Physocephala tibialis. Thanks, Tethys! This is a good opportunity to plug What’s That Bug?, a great resource for everyone, not just shutterbugs (sorry, sorry!).
Physocephala tibialis
Violette, one of the ratlets, and Grace.
