A few peanuts of wisdom

"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today; it's already tomorrow

in Australia."

- Charles Schultz

Pictures of the Year: Winning images from 2010

San Francisco to Paris in 2 Minutes

SF to Paris in Two Minutes from Beep Show on Vimeo.

how we got here?

Ever wonder how we got into this mess? Ya know, wars, oil disasters, whirlpool economics, over-population, consumption happiness, well you get my gist. I do. Sometimes I think that it's because I have a habit of wading into it, this mess. I decided several years ago to become a photographer of the mess; thinking by illustrating it I could help make sense of it, and maybe, just maybe, shift the path.

It's hard to explain - how we got here - even harder to illustrate. A few folks at the Post Carbon Institute with the help of a white board and a magic marker (this kind of thing takes magic) thought they would give it a try, and a hope. I think it's worth 300 seconds of your life - to consider your life on Earth - for all life Earth.

Looking for a medical photographer

Hi Everyone,

I am looking for a photographer - medically trained - who has a "body" of work and is interested in creating new work - and would like to collaborate with me on a major project examining the Earth and Human Body.

If you are or know such a person please feel free to email me at gerry@gerryellis.net and put in the subject line - "human body"

Thanks - Gerry

World Press Photo Contest 2011

World Press Photo recently announced the winners of its 2011 photojournalism contest. Top honors went to Jodie Bieber for her image of Bibi Aisha, a disfigured Afghan woman, taken for Time magazine. A non-profit organization based in the Netherlands, World Press Photo supports the development of photojournalism internationally, by holding this annual contest and exhibition, by organizing workshops and classes -- please visit the WPP website to see them all.

Above photo: A man and a boy, displaced by floods, walk through flood waters on August 22, 2010 in the village of Baseera near Muzaffargarh in Punjab, Pakistan. This photograph is part of a series that took the 1st Prize for People In The News Stories of the 2011 World Press Photo Contest.(Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

Macro Kingdom III by Clemento

Perspective is what we see when we stand outside ourselves.