Saturday, August 19, 2017

#Photography for the Unusual 8/20


Elche, Spain

A man performs during the Night of the Alborada festival in honour of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.

Photograph: Manuel Lorenzo/EPA

The Rockhouse was not aware of this use of assumption and it turns out to be a Catholic neologism since it means the Virgin Mary went to Heaven.  Still unknown whether anyone else going to Heaven is an Assumption.

Zen Yogi:  what does that picture have to do with going to Heaven?

Dunno, Yogi, but it does look cool.




Mediterranean Sea

A migrant stands on the deck of a ship after being rescued from the Mediterranean.

Photograph: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty Images

If you need to know anything about existentialism, ask him.




Tamuning, Guam

A woman poses for a friend at the entrance to a restaurant in the Tamuning area of Guam.

Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

Things have definitely got far weirder than they were before.




Hefei, China

An aerial view of rental bicycles seized by the urban administration authority of Luyang.

Photograph: Feature China/Barcroft Images

It's cool to see but definitely a waste when all those bicycles cannot be put to good use.




Las Vegas, US

Cody Slaughter prepares for the Images of the King contest nearly 40 years after Elvis Presley’s death aged 42 on 16 August 1977.

Photograph: John Locher/AP

It's kind of twisted to see this is still an act but think of the bright side since fifty years from now some yahoos will be dressing up in KISS outfits with all the greasepaint for a tribute show in Vegas.

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