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Are We Reaching Further To Connect While Missing Out On Life Around Us? Your Mobile Phone: Friend Or Foe?

On Their Own Travel and Documentary Photographer Bharat Patel is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay.  From the project ‘Mobile Dependence’. Busy Busy These series of images of people were taken at bus stops as they … Continue reading

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The Disappearing Rural Market | Norfolk, England

Photographer Ben Elwes is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography.  From the book ‘Monday Market’. Monday Market captures aspects of the type of rural market that is now less prevalent across England. G.A. Key started its market … Continue reading

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Premiere: Knife Hanging From a Tree by JiHee Nam // Animation

LA-based filmmaker JiHee Nam joins us to discuss how Korean traditions & Japanese terms influenced her animated CalArts short ‘Knife Hanging From a Tree’. If you’re a regular at Director Notes, you’ll notice I don’t tend to write for the … Continue reading

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No Somos De Aquí, Ni Somos De Allá

No Somos De Aquí, Ni Somos De Allá (We Are Not From Here, Nor There) Dedicated to the victims and families affected by the shooting in El Paso, Texas on August 3rd, 2019. Our communities stand strong together and will … Continue reading

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Wealthy funder pays reparations for use of HeLa cells

Cells from Henrietta Lacks gave rise to a historic cell line from which many have profited — although, for decades, her family were not compensated.Credit: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post/Getty A major biomedical-research organization has for the first time aimed to … Continue reading

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Homegrown Swedes Baked Autumn Apples

 

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VIKING INFLUENCE on the English Language!

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AMERICAN PSYCHOSIS | Chris Hedges

Pulitzer-prize winning Journalist, Author and Activist Chris Hedges, discusses modern day consumerism, totalitarian corporate power and living in a culture dominated by pervasive illusion.

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“UNTOLD” by Biancoshock in Ravenna, Italy

Italian public artist Biancoshock recently worked on a new wall in Quartiere Darsena, Ravenna in collaboration with Subsidenze Festival 2020. The mural is entiled “UNTOLD” and it features a crossword puzzle.Looking at the crossword puzzle you can see that the black boxes … Continue reading

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Watercolor Paintings Show Shimmering Sight of Swimmers in Water

Many artists favor watercolor paint for its dazzling luminescent qualities. Artist Marcos Beccari uses the translucent medium to render tranquil pictures of human figures bathing in rippling pools. He not only captures the movement of the waves but also the … Continue reading

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