Tag Archive | "shanty town"

Most Beautiful and Devastating Snapshots of Slums

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

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Most Beautiful and Devastating Snapshots of Slums

One billion people – a sixth of the world’s population – now live in slums, and it is predicted that the number of slum dwellers will double within the next quarter of a century. Such statistics are as staggering as they are sobering. Yet beneath the shacks and lean-tos of corrugated metal, plywood and plastic sheets, communities thrive and individuals meet the daily challenges their lives throw up at them.

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Mindblowing Art Installations Beneath the Waves

Friday, March 6, 2009

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Mindblowing Art Installations Beneath the Waves

A scuba canoe trundles along the seabed like something out of the Wacky Races, while above the water's surface a modern day surfer cuts back smoothly off the top of a wave. It's a surreal concept, it's true, and yet as art and photography it's genius. This is just one of the incredible series of 'Dopamine' underwater art installations from surf/street/skate label Insight51, featuring the combined creative handiwork of Steve Gorrow and photographer Dustin Humphrey.

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