Category: photography
âI snatched my camera from the car and took two quick shots as [Mary Miller]
seemed to hesitate . . . As quickly as possible I shoved the exposed
film into the case and reached for a fresh holder. I no sooner had
pulled the slide out and got set for another shot than she waved to the
crowd below and pushed herself into space. Screams and shouts burst from
the horrified onlookers as her body plummeted toward the street. I took
a firm grip on myself, waited until the woman passed the second or
third story, and then shot.â
- Labels: art, death, photography, suicide
Lake Natron has accrued some amount of notoriety for its purported ability to turn any living creature that comes into contact with it a âliving fossil.â This effect, while being somewhat overplayed in the media, has some basis in fact. It is not an instantaneous effect, but rather a gradual process. Animals that die here have the tendency to become petrified statues over time, a rare preservation phenomenon caused by the unique chemical makeup of the lake, which encrusts the carcasses with layers of salt, sodium carbonates, and sodium bicarbonates. The carcasses take on a chalky, stony appearance in a process somewhat similar to that undergone by Egyptian mummies.
- Labels: earth, nature, photography
