Change

This article proves how much the idea of beauty has change in a last few decades.  What before was  beautiful, curves and shape, now is  not acceptable in a  world of fashion and advertisement world that is being transfer into our day to day life. Why is it that we are so easily manipulated by the visual image? It seems that we all need to feel beautiful and desirable and it is very difficult  to resist the  outside pressure that we are being subjected to.  It is also sad that in contemporary world it is more important to fit unified image then to see that we all different and unique.

Heat

New York of 1930's/40's there was no air conditioning but summers were hot.  People try to deal with the unbearable heat the best way they could by sleeping on the fire escapes.  It is quiet unusual idea but if we consider how uncomfortable heat can be and the fact that trying to get a good night rest in this condition is impossible the  idea of seeping outside is quit appealing.  This picture was taken by Weegee famous crime photographer of 30's and 40's. This way of dealing with hot weather has been a subject of Arthur Miller essay 'Before air conditioning'  I find looking into the past very interesting way of realizing how much our lives progressed in a very short time.

Meltdown

The responsibility that comes with using a nuclear power is unthinkable.  As a example of how damaging can radiation be is Chernobyl.  On the 26th of April 1986 town in Ukraine experienced a full blast of rector Meltdown.  All was extincted from the face of the town the radiation spread through Europe spreading fear and unstoppable feeling of powerlessness.  A part from precautions there was nothing that can be done to stop the disaster. One more time the human  knowledge and power was proven useless in a situation where millions of life were at stake. The fact that we have access to something like nuclear power and that we can create dose not mean that we are able to control it to the point in which we can be absolutely sure that it will not go terribly wrong at some point.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/23/pictures-of-chernobyl_n_4987915.html




Chernobyl is still not recover from the explosion and most probably it will not be livable for a long time.  The important thing in my opinion is to keep in mind the power of nuclear force that we are using.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl


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Summer is in the neighborhood.

Summer 1940, New York, people trying to fight the heat by taking a cool swim in the Astoria pool near the Hell Gate bridge.  It is a rather unusual sight to see so many enjoying the simple pleasures in life.  In a busy town like New York people appear to find leisure on the doorstep. It is such a shame that today we do not often look for happiness in activities that are close to us.  It is so easy to miss the things are in close proximity.   The towns that we living in have things that are curious and exciting and yet we always seem to never visit them because their are so familiar to us.   

The man from the picture dies

    

The man who claim to be the solder in the picture died at 86.  http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/73598000/jpg/_73598752_73598751.jpg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26588030

Health and Safety?

 In contemporary world where we are contently being reminded about the danger of the surrounding us world it is impossible to even imagine work performance as shown on the picture above.  Even looking at this photograph gives me goosebumps.  It looks like those two man during their lunch break decided to show off how 'fearless' their are.  What is interesting that nowadays people still are prepared to perform that kind of  potentially lethal activity.  What is that make some of us seeking a danger.  Is it the need for adrenalin rush, necessity to show of in front of pears or maybe just simply lack of imagination? One think is clear that change of the awareness of the dangers in our world does not make any different to some that show unexplained need for the excitement.  This picture brings to mind Alan Robert, also known as the French Spider-man.  He does illegally climes the highest buildings in the world without any ropes or support risking his life.  He is an example that as before regardless how much knowledge we gain about danger and how much precaution we put in place to protect follow humans there always be people who will want to break the rules.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwVhPNPJFG0

Need for a sun

Can you imagine, that this machine was used to provide an artificial sun tan?  How on earth did that work?  Considering that this machine was not for an individual use  but probably placed somewhere in the shop for public use.  How did people protect their clothing ?  All those questions and not a one answer but it is not the only invention that took time to evolve into its final, contemporary form.  However it is fascinating to see the first attempts and imagine that people did actually use them.  Thanks to photograph like that we are able to get a chance to get a flavor of the past and noticed how much life changed since then.