Snippets – Page 13 – Luther Castante

Not-A-Camera: A Wooden Necklace Turned Into a Full-Fledged Camera

Just look at this necklace. It’s a beautiful wood cutout necklace made to look like a DSLR – a piece of jewelry Rick Ross would be proud of if he were into photography (and if it were adorned with a few diamonds, maybe). But, if you think this little fashion accessory is only that, you’d be greatly mistaken. What you see above is a digital camera fitted into a 1/2” thick sheet of walnut.

Called ‘Not-A-Camera,’ the camera was created by Olivia Barr for her 101 year old grandmother, who became interested in photography in her 90s. The goal was to make something light and easy to use, so in doing so, she came up with this 3” by 3.5” camera that packs in HD video, 16-bit mono audio, and whopping 1280×960 stills. The memory of choice is quite naturally a MicroSD card, while a 3.6v 250mAh battery powers it and recharges via a USB port.

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Spectacular Gravity-Defying Levitation Photos by Bairon Rivera

You are responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. So, tame responsibly.

The Little Prince

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These Guys Just BASE Jumped from the Very Top of the World’s Tallest Building

At 829.8 meters (2,722 ft), the Burj Khalifa is the tallest man-made structure in the world. Vince Reffet and Fred Fugen broke a new World Record by BASE jumping from above the pinnacle by way of a custom-built platform constructed at the very top of the structure.

I want a dog like this.

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Checking out the eggs from the NYC big egg hunt. This is just a few of the hundreds of eggs that were scattered around the city.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

Maya Angelou

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The Designer’s Cookbook: Color-Coordinated Foods Make for a Unique Dinnertime Experience

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Epic Photos Expose Mankind’s Uneasy Relationship With Water

Edward Burtynsky’s work can be seen as a 30-year-long meditation on the prime forces that shape our modern world. Through projects like Oil, Quarries, and Manufactured Landscapes, he’s developed a singular approach to presenting stop-you-in-your-tracks images of the staggering impact of human activity.

Burtynsky and his team are true to form in Water, a jaw-dropping survey in photos and film of the most essential substance to life on Earth.

“There are alternatives to oil,” he says. “There’s electricity in solar and wind, and electric cars. We can begin to do workarounds, albeit not rapidly, but over time we can work around and find alternative energy. But there is no alternative to water. It’s either there or it’s not.”

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