Showing posts with label People. Show all posts
Showing posts with label People. Show all posts

Monday, September 26, 2011

North Korea's Incredible Mass Games

Since 1946, North Korea has regularly staged mass performances that have grown ever grander and more lavish over the years. Held this year in Pyongyang between August 1 and October 10, 2011, the shows are put on four times a week. They are the result of long hours and months of rigorous training by thousands of people. Make that 100,000 people. (via)






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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Nude Photo Shoot Takes Place in the Dead Sea

More than 1,000 floating nude Israelis pose for U.S. art photographer Spencer Tunick’s first Middle East shoot on September 17, 2011. The location, in the Dead Sea, the lowest spot on earth, which experts warn could dry out by 2050 unless urgent steps are taken to halt its demise. For Tunick, a Jewish American who has arranged naked human bodies over prominent landscapes and landmarks ranging from a Swiss glacier to the Sydney Opera House, a nude installation is an indicator of a host country’s openness. (Jack Guez / AFP – Getty Images / gershberg.livejournal.com)






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