(Photo by Rene Burri)
(Photo by Bruno Barbey)
(Photo by Rene Burri)
(Photo by Rene Burri)
(Photo by Alex Majoli)Friday, March 26, 2010
And the map has started tearing along its creases due to overuse...
I am not very good at geography. If you gave me an empty map of the U.S....I'd own that business. But, outside of my own country, I'm almost clueless. This is partly because I never paid attention in any class I ever took, geography or not, and partly because I have a bad memory for things like that. Useless facts? They'll never leave my brain. Things I actually should know? Instantly forgotten as soon as I learn them. This particular shortcoming is baffling, though, because I LOVE MAPS. I love them. They're beautiful and interesting and I could stare at a map for a long time. I like looking at different countries, their shapes, their sizes, cities I've never heard of, etc. Routes, train lines, all of it. So, I was pretty psyched when I looked at Slate's "Today's Pictures" section yesterday and saw the following photos:
(Photo by Rene Burri)
(Photo by Bruno Barbey)
(Photo by Rene Burri)
(Photo by Rene Burri)
(Photo by Alex Majoli)
(Photo by Rene Burri)(Photo by Bruno Barbey)(Photo by Rene Burri)(Photo by Rene Burri)(Photo by Alex Majoli)
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I love maps, so enchanting...but am truly, horribly hopeless at geography!
ReplyDeletethe second one from the bottom, by rene burri, is incredible.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy a nice map, but like globe more. Good choice of pictures for the post and I do love Ms. Seberg as well!
ReplyDeletei'm obsessed with maps and globes too! i really like these photos. :)
ReplyDeletethanks for your support with my life changes too. means a whole lot to me!
I can't believe I neglected globes in this post! I love globes, too, ESPECIALLY light-up ones.
ReplyDeleteOh darling... you have no idea how much you made my day with your comment. Victoria Legrand has been my major girl crush for quite some time now, so to be compared to her is hella flattering. I've had Teen Dreams in my cd player for 2 months straight now and I'm not even exaggerating (my b/f is a music pirate so the second he can get something he does)! I loved their last album Devotion too. I think I really fell in love with her when we watched a Pitchfork documentary on the band. She talked about how even though she's in a successful band she still likes to wait tables at her old job when she goes home. How down to earth is that!?? An indie rock star waitress.
ReplyDeleteOh I love maps too, but can,t read them for the life of me...... what wonderful photographs !!!
ReplyDeleteThank goodness for the GPS systems these days...but I agree maps especially the old ones are gorgeous! Love all the images on this post, very much!
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That is a superb collection of maps.
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