Man we got some fucked up looking eyes
I don't want to be human anymore
A pleasantly surprising or depressing little map, depending on what European country you live in
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Libraries around the world
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Starfield Library, a mega-library located within COEX, a huge shopping mall in Seoul, South Korea, photographed on July 16, 2018. #
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The modern interior of the Stuttgart Library, in Stuttgart, Germany, photographed on April 19, 2018. #
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An aerial view of the National Library of Kosovo in the capital city of Pristina on July 1, 2015. #
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La Tete Carrée, a 100-foot-tall public library building in Nice, France, housing books and administrative offices, photographed on June 23, 2018 #
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A detail of the interior of the State Hall of the Austrian National Library, photographed on May 24, 2018, in Vienna, Austria #
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A view of the Tianjin Binhai Library, a futuristic Chinese library, photographed on November 14, 2017. While lower shelves do hold many actual books, upper shelves and hard-to-reach areas are actually covered with images printed on the aluminum plates that make up the backing. #
More here:
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/10/a-photo-appreciation-of-libraries/573811/
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Handling serpents at the Pentecostal Church of God. Lejunior, Harlan County, Kentucky.
Company funds have not been used in this church and it is not on company property. Most of the members are coal miners and their families.
The pastor Eli Sanders, who is standing at the right died from a snake bite suffered during the ritual use of snakes in September 1958
3D representation of the human population
The Nile looks cool as frick
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Apparently 604 million people live in the small part of Norway I'm from. Who knew!
What the fuck is going on near Rybinsk, lol
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Star forts
Palmanova
http://www.italianways.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/palmanova-01.jpg
Naarden
https://oddstuffmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/wintertowns06-650x432.jpg
Fort Monroe
http://www.trbimg.com/img-5924f4a7/turbine/dp-nws-fort-monroe-deed-20170523
Neuf Brisach
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Neuf-Brisach_007_850.jpg
Bourtange
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Goryokaku
https://www.japan-guide.com/g3/5352_02.jpg
I had no idea Japan had these also
Yeap, built by Europeans. That photo was taken from a skytower overlooking the park. I went during cherry blossom season, was pretty af
I like how latvia is essentially like "well sure, we'll grant we suck. But islam, boy howdy"
Speaking of Japan, why didn't the European nations go after Japan the same way they did with China before the U.S forced Japan to open its ports?
I’m pretty sure it’s because the Dutch got there first and already established a pretty good trade relationship, so other nations probably didn’t feel like it was necessary.
The US wasn't the only one that tried it. 26 attempts were made before commodore Perry succeeded. Russian, French, American, British and Portuguese naval forces tried to force the ports open unsuccessfully.
And meanwhile the Dutch had no problem trading with Japan.
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Cold weather making a bird's song visible
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Poster for Cumann na Gaedheal Poster celebrating 40 years since "These are the enemies of Poster created during Battle of Britain, "The reds are calling, comrade! Vote SPAD!"
precursor to the far right NCP. the founding of Federal Yugoslavia. democracy! Get away from it! 1940s. 1933 elections.
Ireland, 1930s. 1985. Vote SPD!"
1932 elections, Germany.
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Poster created by New York divison
of the WPA, New Deal 1930s.
Dump of posters on my harddrive. Most are from 1930-1990. Translations and explanations provided.
Slight correction on the last one on the first row: at the bottom it says 'Vote red' and then SDAP is just there for clarity
And I think a slightly better translation of 'hinweg damit' on the SPD one would be 'away with it'
Currently making some promotional posters for a WW2 short film im going to be making this year for finals at university
story is a 15 minute short about a lone wounded german soldier who stumbles across a cabin among the bocage of normandy, which is inhabited by a female french resistance member (who's name is gisette, though a work in progress name/title)
they both pretty much find a small moment of peace in a world falling a part around them
I was going for that wartime poster style, which I was kinda inspired by after seeing a bunch of posts on this thread a few months back, I also used heavy inspiration off another poster from the war. -
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/111005/7e28ad09-4f9f-4d42-a36b-696695b2aa2a/Untitled-1.jpg
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If any of you guys have any rarer french/polish posters for resistance, that would be fantastic! (also if any french speaking, or anyone for that matter want to help out on some slogans/quotes to whack on these posters, hit me up with some details of some sort, Im sure I'll add a name or two to the credits of the film ;) )
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/225353/b4ec4148-5512-4732-ad7e-7c836d9f9297/pal.jpg
JUST TRY IT HITLER, OUR PLAN IS FOOLPROOF.
1939.
Ironic poster made during the Phoney War, several months before the German advance into the Benelux.
i miss the optimistic rating.
https://youtu.be/3j20voPS0gI?t=21
Reminds me of one of Lerher's songs. "We taught them a lesson, in 1918. And they've hardly bothered us since then"
Some miniatures created by Michael C. Mcmillen. They remind me a lot of Half-Life 2.
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One of the few pictures of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal Emperor. The photograph was taken in 1857, with the Emperor being eighty-one; he is seen here shortly before being sent into exile in Burma, where he would die five years later. While during his life his power was limited to Delhi, he found himself suddenly swept up when the Sepoys marched on his city during the Indian Rebellion, with some even declaring him the Emperor of India. Sources describe him as being conflicted about the whole affair, but he ultimately offered his hesitant support for the movement.
The situation quickly got out of hand in the city, with issues such as internal conflict, poor conduct among the ranks, and supply troubles. Things truly came to a head with the execution of fifty-two Europeans inside the palace, something which he protested. While Zafar had no direct control of the occurrences, he was still ultimately implicated during his later trial, something which may have ultimately been planned by some of the executioners who did not support him.
He had a real knack for Urdu poetry. It's difficult to find good sources of his work, as much of it was destroyed during the Rebellion, but he was said to have written this verse on his defeat:
غازیوں میں بو رھےگی جب تلک ایمان کی
تخت لندن تک چلےگی تیغ ھندوستان کی
Ghāzioń méń bū rahegi jab talak imān ki; Takht-e-London tak chalegi tégh Hindustan ki
As long as there remains the scent of faith in the hearts of our Ghazis, so long shall the Talwar of Hindustan flash before the throne of London
While he ultimately survived the troubles, he had the misfortune of having the severed heads of two sons and a grandson, all of whom were guaranteed their safety, only to be summarily executed as a show of force before a gathering crowd. This is to say nothing of his other family, many of whom were killed, imprisoned, or also exiled.
There is little to note about his quiet final years, save for penning his epitaph which does well to sum things up:
My heart has no repose in this despoiled land
Who has ever felt fulfilled in this futile world?
The nightingale complains about neither the sentinel nor the hunter
Fate had decreed imprisonment during the harvest of spring
Tell these longings to go dwell elsewhere
What space is there for them in this besmirched heart?
Sitting on a branch of flowers, the nightingale rejoices
It has strewn thorns in the garden of my heart
I asked for a long life, I received four days
Two passed in desire, two in waiting.
The days of life are over, evening has fallen
I shall sleep, legs outstretched, in my tomb
How unfortunate is Zafar! For his burial
Not even two yards of land were to be had, in the land of his beloved.
Took pictures with the HMS Queen Elizabeth for rememberance day.
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