by Nicola | May 9, 2011
IMAGE: Take-out beverage lids, collected in the 90s and early 00s, photographed by sarcoptiform The disposable coffee cup lid falls squarely in the category of random, everyday objects that you might assume are overlooked, but are actually quite the opposite. In fact,... by Nicola | May 4, 2011
IMAGE: A molecatcher’s gibbet on Malham Moor, photographed by Martyn Gorman as part of a project to photograph every Ordnance Survey grid square of the United Kingdom. There is nothing more likely to raise the blood pressure of a British gardener than a fresh... by Nicola | Apr 29, 2011
IMAGE: William and Kate’s official royal wedding cake. The British fruit cake may not taste quite as delicious as Prince William’s favourite chocolate biscuit cake, but its alcohol-soaked sultanas and rock-solid royal icing give it an impressive shelf-life... by Nicola | Apr 21, 2011
IMAGE: Anthony Garcia, photographed by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, via the Los Angeles Times. 25-year-old gang member Anthony Garcia spent years adding detail to the drawing of a Pico Rivera liquor store on his chest, including a loop of... by Nicola | Apr 21, 2011
IMAGE: Garden show display advertising “super atomic energized seeds,” photo by Frank Scherschel for Life, 1961, via Pruned At her blog, Garden History Girl, Paige Johnson (by day, a nanotechnology researcher at the University of Tulsa), describes the... by Nicola | Apr 19, 2011
IMAGE: The Photosynthetic Restaurant at the Crocker Museum of Art, photo by Jonathon Keats. On Saturday, April 16, the world’s first photosynthetic restaurant for plants opened for business. Located outside the Crocker Museum for Art in downtown Sacramento, the...