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06 February 2010

LADY GAGA COOKIES!!!

ummm two of my fave things! cookies and gaga! yes or yes? pretty sure the answer is yes...

these are hi-freaking-larious. someone had a lot of time on their hands, but a lot of creativity too! love it!

http://fashionindie.com/random-lady-gaga-cookies/

new marilyn photos!

how do you FORGET that you photographed marilyn monroe?!

photos taken 9 months before her death were recently unearthed by the photographer, len steckler, now in his 80s. taken in 1961, 9 months before her death, marilyn, 35, is pictured with poet carl sandburg, 83, wearing some awesome plastic cat-eye glasses.

after the shoot, they all drank whisky.

how gorgeous was she? so fabulous. such a tragedy that she died so young! i wish i'd been around then... *le sigh*

photo owned by len steckman

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/marilyn_pix_are_poetry_and_pose_cpDr1RiXRP0b1MTVwD1iEP

05 February 2010

A Child is Born: Photographs of the foetus developing in the womb, by Lennart Nilsson

completely random, yet absolutely fascinating. all photographs by lennart nilsson.

When Lennart Nilsson's pictures of developing embryos were published in Life magazine in 1965, they caused a sensation. Within days, the entire print run of eight million had sold out. More than 40 years later, the photographs have lost none of their power. Advanced technology now allows even clearer and more magnified images. Some of these pictures were taken with conventional cameras with macro lenses, while others were taken with the use of an endoscope. Scanning electron microscope technology enabled Nilsson to take pictures at a magnification of hundreds of thousands. His remarkable pictures have been collected in a large hardcover book, A Child Is Born, published by Jonathan Cape.

Five weeks. The embryo is approximately 9mm long. A face develops, with openings for the mouth, the nostrils and eyes.

Eight weeks. The rapidly-growing embryo is well protected in the foetal sac.
10 weeks. The eyelids are semi-shut. They will close completely in a few days.

16 weeks. The foetus uses its hands to explore its own body and its surroundings.

The foetus can now grab and pull the long umbilical cord. The skeleton consists mainly of flexible cartridge. A network of blood vessels is visible through the thin skin.
18 weeks: Approximately 14cm. The foetus can now perceive sounds from the outside world.
20 weeks. Approximately 20cm. Woolly hair, known as lanugo, covers the entire head.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthpicturegalleries/6255474/A-Child-is-Born-Photographs-of-the-foetus-developing-in-the-womb-by-Lennart-Nilsson.html