Photographer Phyllis Galembo went Africa and Haiti to photograph the art of the masquerade. “It’s the creativity,” says Galembo. “It’s not just the mask. It’s about the entire ensemble and the uniqueness of ritual dress.”
via National Geographic
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African Masks from Africa and Haiti
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5 things I learned April 18, 2012
1. Jetman [video] http://5thin.gs/HSS3mR
2. Sculpture made from cut willow branches [3 images] http://5thin.gs/HSS36p
3. Photographer creates ‘Desert Clouds’ [6 images and 1 video] http://5thin.gs/JaCtWy
4. North Korea seen from an American tourist’s train seat [1-hour video] http://5thin.gs/HQIMtw
5. Classic album covers recreated using Pantone color swatches [11 images] http://5thin.gs/HQJirI
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5 things I learned April 16, 2012
1. Portraits cut from wire mesh [9 photos and videos] http://5thin.gs/HOgnKj
2. Shipping routes plotted by hand and animated [2 videos] http://5thin.gs/Jqnrqp
3. Intersections seen from above [15 photos] http://5thin.gs/HNqblw
4. 600 million tons of salt in the Dead Sea [20 photos] http://5thin.gs/HO1zHY
5. Time for a Cycle-skate revival [video] http://5thin.gs/HNdaIG
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5 things I learned Apr 2, 2012
1. Overwhelming beauty of Japan’s wisteria tunnel http://5thin.gs/HOBKpU
2. Interactive 360-degree panoramas http://5thin.gs/HeXFIl
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5 things I learned March 30, 2012
1. The collective snapshot http://5thin.gs/Hyyij1
2. Making the invisible visible (sounds like a definition of art to me!!) http://5thin.gs/Ht4aqi
3. Drawing turntables http://5thin.gs/HpUG12
4. Scissors confiscated by the TSA welded into spiders
http://5thin.gs/H8rZFa
5. Arctic motion http://5thin.gs/H7vojq
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5 things I learned March 26, 2012
1. Suspended bouncy ball installation http://5thin.gs/H54FrJ
2. Unity Skate Club: inline skaters in Ghana http://5thin.gs/GS8YGT
3. 25 of the best photos from Wikipedia http://5thin.gs/GS9dBN
4. BBC’s Planet Earth mashed up with music makes for a mesmerizing montage (16 videos) http://5thin.gs/Hb0FUh
5. Bike acrobatics: unnervingly awesome http://5thin.gs/H8T9YH
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5 things I learned Mar 23, 2012
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5 things I learned Mar 22, 2012
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5 things I learned Mar 19, 2012
1. Adele’s Rolling in the Deep covered on a 古箏(gu-zheng) http://5thin.gs/zdapFw
2. Crazy amazing Peruvian mountain track biking http://5thin.gs/yE0q58
3. Conceptual natural history photos http://5thin.gs/xF5ZWk
4. Evolution of the Moon http://5thin.gs/xIXiFr
5. Silhouettes seen from far away http://5thin.gs/x40BLc
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5 things I learned Mar 16, 2012
