Alex Buisse @alexbuisse Twitter profile

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Alex Buisse

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1 month

Brazilian gymnast Flavia Saraiva is trending after her incredible achievement, leading her team to a medal at the Paris olympics this evening, after receiving what looked like a bad face injury earlier in the day. The name sounded familiar, and I realized that she was the… 1/2

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… same gymnast who I photographer 8 years ago at the Rio Olympics. Her look of ultimate focus, mid-air above the beam at barely 16 years old, always stayed with me and symbolized what the Olympics are all about. It also remains my favorite image of the whole games! 2/2

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2 years

@v3acky @Sumi_Maya @sumifyer @Zayna_Shaikh And kicking colonizers asses

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3 years

@wudanyan We were camping in June Lake, right outside of Yosemite, two weeks ago, and despite 40+ mph winds, campfires were authorized. Impossible to understand.

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2 years

@jamesstout @Jake_Hanrahan @thetimes @PopularFront_ And triple your normal fee for unauthorized use, which is standard practice in the industry.

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2 years

@AliceKantor @Sht_dono Most of the replies are abhorrent. In case anyone needed an immediate illustration of what the article is talking about.

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27 days

@the_aiju I was at a conference in Birmingham and some very not Tibetan looking people told me they had come from Lhasa. I only realized the next day it was Leicester.

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1 year

@bataille_chris @mrsidd07 And there is a new one going up soon between Canmore and Calgary

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Alex Buisse

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4 years

@Lexialex Shot about 50m from my front door, one in autumn, one in fall.

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1 year

@lafrancemoche Clairement un appareil à raclette de collectivité

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3 years

@nephraime @m_gael Et bien entendu ils sont tous sur des visas touristiques...

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Alex Buisse

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11 months

I couldn't be happier to announce that the English edition of my book, Mont Blanc Lines, has just won the 2023 Mountain Image Award from @BanffMtnFest ! I will be at the festival to receive the award and speak about the book on Nov. 2nd.

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Alex Buisse

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5 years

@OhNoSheTwitnt The way she was treated by most of the French political and pundit class when she visited the French parliament a few months ago was an absolute shame. It’s not just Trump supporters.

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Alex Buisse

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4 years

@annehelen Part of the frustration is knowing how much, as an introvert, I would have enjoyed being given explicit permission to catch up with work, read and cook all day long. Instead, it is a huge, exhausting challenge trying to survive each day stuck in a studio with a 17 month old.

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Alex Buisse

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2 years

@garius Thanks! I make climbing maps as posters of various sizes (A2 to A0). A lot of places in the Alps, the US, Canada and the Himalayas. It’s all visible on the website

Mont Blanc Lines

www.montblanclines.com

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4 years

@ZachWeiner Napoleon Dynamite. If I am in the mood for some cringe, I can just think about my childhood, thank you very much.

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4 years

@anne_theriault We use it a lot in France (at least here in the Alps). And here is an important cultural reference from Savoie:

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3 years

@chiragwakaskar @duckrabbitblog I think that for many (especially in street photography), it’s more about asserting power over people of lower social status than being creative. Not that different from a safari.

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Alex Buisse

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2 years

@Sht_dono Il a une belle réputation à Chamonix, où il vient régulièrement faire de l’alpinisme. Il oublie apparemment beaucoup de payer ses nuits en refuge…

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4 years

@GrahamStarr @chick_in_kiev Here in France, literally 5km from the Italian border.

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Alex Buisse

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6 years

@ShubnumKhan @PicPedant As a professional photographer who works with non-professional models and often needs them to sign releases, I am absolutely appalled! That guy absolutely breached your trust and abused you and your image. Shit like that is why people (rightfully) hate photographers. So sorry!

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Alex Buisse

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9 months

@bigblackjacobin Jason Momoa stands to make so much money if they keep going with the series. Duncan Idahos as far as the eye can see.

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1 year

What a fantastic article putting recent (and not so recent) 8000ers ascents in much needed context. Just Collecting 8,000m Peaks No Longer Has Any Real Climbing Value » Explorersweb

Just Collecting 8,000m Peaks No Longer Has Any Real Climbing Value » Explorersweb

Guided summit collectors who seek fame are simply exploiting the myth that the real climbing greats have created.

explorersweb.com

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Alex Buisse

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2 years

@annehelen Unfortunately stuck in “caring for a toddler” through covid phase right now.

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3 years

@bradleyrsimpson The Zombies (I hope they play their hit “She’s not there”!)

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Alex Buisse

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3 years

Please consider supporting. The one of the woman kneeling on the beach by @vanessacharlot_ stands out to me.

Black Women Photographers™️

@BlkWomenPhoto

3 years

We’re doing a two-week 🇭🇹 Haiti Relief Print Sale. 🇭🇹 All proceeds will go to Ayiti Demen/ Fokal, a local organization working directly to help with the relief. All participants in this sale are Haitian BWP members. Check it out:

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2 years

@NotABigJerk @AdvisorJohn @carlquintanilla @elonmusk @business He’s a mortgage advisor. None needed.

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2 years

@amywestervelt This is the number one thing that decided us against moving to the US, when it would by far have been the simplest solution for us.

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3 years

Proud to be one of them!

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4 years

@Lexialex My guess as well. It’s so ingrained that we are the civilized ones and they are semi-wild barbarians that might one day hope to be as advanced as us that the idea we might have something to learn from them is inconceivable. See also: Africa.

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4 years

This is a difficult but incredibly important read. I grew up as a photographer idolizing Magnum and its members. If you care at all about photography or journalism, please make some time in your day to read this. Thank you @duckrabbitblog

Olivia Arthur - now can we talk about Magnum Photos and child abuse? — duckrabbit

Investigation into the promotion and sale of child abuse images sold on Magnum Photos website.

www.duckrabbit.info

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2 years

@annehelen Climbing club. Especially when I was living in notoriously flat Copenhagen, it brought together a wide diversity of people sharing only their love of climbing. Some have become lifelong friends.

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3 years

@DeadStateTweets @JaneLytv It’s just nonsensical

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Alex Buisse

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8 months

I feel like 2023 was a turning point for me, my career, my family and our lives in general. It did involve some big clients projects (some I can't talk about yet), but what made it really special was the decision we took exactly a year ago, to travel the world... 🧵 1/6

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Alex Buisse

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4 years

@gaywonk I'm looking for one for a sibling who turns out to be anti-vaccination and "those people were probably going to die soon anyway"

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2 years

@molly0xFFF The amazing @amywestervelt and @MaryHeglar are doing @RealHotTake , a podcast and newsletter on Climate Change, and it couldn’t be more important. Also they are both superb writers.

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3 years

@sillybilly700 @jolune_m Can we maybe do both?

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1 year

@KrisAnnapurna Consumerism climbing, and a mildly impressive physical achievement. Nothing more.

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3 years

@duckrabbitblog @Burn_Magazine So much to be outraged by in her response that I didn’t even notice the rigging. But yes, if I were to pay to enter a competition, the least I would expect would be to actually have a chance to win… Otherwise it’s a naked cash grab.

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2 years

@KailaPhilo @WesleyLowery I am not black, but the pervasive racism in everyday French society is extreme. And about to get a lot worse after the elections from last weekend.

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@alexbuisse

5 months

After two months in New Zealand, it’s time to say goodbye and embark on new adventures in Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea and Japan. This moment stands out: sunset on the Sheila face of Aoraki/Mt Cook from a Cessna 172. So long, Aotearoa, I can’t wait for my next visit!

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2 years

@ZachWeiner Not a spacegeek but I would find it confusing indeed.

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Alex Buisse

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5 years

@MaazaMengiste Fun game! Here’s a classic of mine, the NW ridge of Nevado Chopicalqui, 6345m high, in Peru. This photo has (arguably) launched my career over ten years ago.

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Alex Buisse

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3 years

@ClimateHuman Next step will be to do the same with climate books. I don’t need the first third to be a summary of the science and current (soon to be outdated) situation, we’ve been through it a whole bunch of times already.

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3 years

@OsitaNwanevu Our toddler says “oh dear” with a perfect british accent from the Twirlywoos tv show

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4 years

@Melusine_2 Oui mais attention, c’est grâce à eux si on est les meilleurs, et la faute à ces français irresponsables si le virus circule encore.

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3 years

@JuddLegum Your typos should fully go away in 10 days to 2 weeks

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1 year

@KrisAnnapurna Sixth one confirmed dead, no more missing in the last reporting I saw. Absolutely tragic, they did nothing especially wrong, I would have considered this route in those conditions quite a safe option. The luck of the draw.

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5 years

@MichaelDooney_ That you will spend a lot of your time chasing payment. Almost nobody pays on time. But god forbid you don’t deliver what you are supposed to at exactly the right time.

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Alex Buisse

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3 years

Equally proud and amused to find my book recommended as a Christmas gift in the poshest possible publication, le Figaro Magazine. Guess I have officially made it 😂

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Alex Buisse

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8 years

Photo finish in the @savethechildren compound in Ifo, a sub-camp of Dadaab, the biggest refugee…

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Alex Buisse

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7 years

Vallée Blanche like you probably haven't seen it before! Shot from a paraglider last week. How…

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Alex Buisse

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4 years

@jasonhickel In another genre but with similar themes, I found this science fiction novel fascinating

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Alex Buisse

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4 years

@ZachWeiner I want an option that says “Especially bad compared to other countries [UK and USA not included]”

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2 years

@TonyByrne @JimmySecUK It’s very much a sales pitch for the French arms industry, though

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Alex Buisse

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2 years

Looks fantastic. What beautiful, under the radar ascents

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2 years

Film release! Here is the film of the Hungarian guys who made two first ascents last month in the Karakoram, Amanat and Bondit Peak. Plus the ars poetica of the pure Alpine-style. Amazing images! English subtitles Film (18 min) Link:

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Alex Buisse

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3 years

@shotbyshaun “ […] was born in Paris, France in 1983. He graduated from business school in 2009 but chose not to follow a career in finance” That checks out. Colonial, looking down on your (black/asian) subjects. Same old, same old.

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1 year

@phillipoKneen The ones in the mountain are a plague (unless they serve a routefinding purpose, of course). Similar to how you can’t find a bridge without a million padlocks on them anymore.

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Alex Buisse

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2 years

I am honored to have Mont Blanc Lines receive the 2022 “Prix Littéraire des Écrins”! Thanks to Claire for representing me at the ceremony. I can’t wait for the English translation to come out in a few months!

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Alex Buisse

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4 years

@Melusine_2 D'habitude vers 22h/23h ET (4/5h du matin pour nous) pour les premières projections d'états avec un peu de suspense. Mais c'est vraiment pas une élection comme les autres, donc qui sait. Le schtroumpf orange va probablement s'auto-déclarer vainqueur avant qu'on ne soit réveillés.

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1 year

@KrisAnnapurna So tragic about Noel. I was with him on K2 2015 and Burke Khang 2017. Such a fun and humble guy. I will miss him dearly.

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@alexbuisse

3 years

This is just… incredible. So cynical and greedy and short sighted.

duckrabbit

@duckrabbitblog

3 years

So The British Journal of Photography sold out its twitter account with 250000 followers into a NFT marketing account called 'art3'. They started a new account for photography. Which has 836 followers. And in doing so destroyed their reputation and reach.

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6 years

@dadakim Barkskins - Annie Proulx All you can ever know - @nicole_soojung No turning back - @Raniaab

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3 years

@HayesBrown Reminds me of our school showing Willow to our entire third grade class on a school trip. They assumed it was for kids. I had nightmares for years.

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3 years

So awful, yet I mostly feel surprise that one of those people is finally getting *any* consequence for their actions. Also @WorldPressPhoto , do better!

duckrabbit

@duckrabbitblog

3 years

Please take a moment. This is a very, very important article. It's now (beyond) time for @WorldPressPhoto 's Joumana El Zein Khoury to address her organisations racist history of outing some of the world's most vulnerable children as rape victims.

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3 years

@Sht_dono À la base c’est sur le réchauffement climatique d’après les scénaristes, mais ça s’applique au covid avec une justesse terrifiante.

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3 years

@Lexialex I love this thread. It is so great at putting the current situation in a colonial context, instead of the usual “it’s an impossible to understand squabble between middle eastern neighbors” which directly leads to both-sideism.

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4 years

@SulomeAnderson This is our dog that my wife rescued from the streets of Beirut. She loves nothing more than the snow here in the French Alps (with the possible exception of fresh bread).

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3 years

@shotbyshaun Don’t shoot like you’re on a safari. Connect with the people you are photographing, through a quick chat or even just a look.

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3 years

@espiers I see you have met my sister

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5 years

@erincarly @melissalyttle @Moxie_Manda And for every grumpy guy (it’s always a guy) holding his “secrets” close to his chest, there are dozens of wonderful people who will jump at the opportunity to help colleagues.

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4 years

@dareljedid The Fountain. Gros échec au box office et pas mal prétentieux par moments, mais il m’a vraiment touché.

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2 years

@OhNoSheTwitnt And that the narcissistic abuela has a come to jesus moment and apologizes for everything

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8 years

I now have confirmation that I will get a full photographer accreditation to the entire Rio Olympics! I am equally terrified and excited...

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Alex Buisse

@alexbuisse

3 years

Fascinating, must read for all photojournalists

Manos Tsakiris

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3 years

A thread on our our latest paper ‘When the lens is too wide: The political consequences of the visual dehumanization of refugees’, out today @HSScomms

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Alex Buisse

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3 years

@Samanthabailly @Bouletcorp Et un immense merci au @CaapAuteurs et à ses bénévoles, qui font un boulot formidable avec bien trop peu de moyens

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@alexbuisse

3 years

@ArnaultRaphael @redgazing Et ils viennent y prendre le café aussi ?

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@alexbuisse

3 years

@BenHorne @kiell I had to do the same. There is no justifiable way to support something so pointlessly energy intensive in this day and age. The same goes for every flavor of crypto of course. Your bitcoins are heating up the planet!

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@duckrabbitblog @Burn_Magazine Most likely yes. And the sad thing is that women are indeed underrepresented in juries and in awards. But crap like that does the opposite of helping increase representation, and devalues all the other awards received by women (“maybe it was rigged too”). So shitty of her.

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Alex Buisse

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2 years

So excited for the English version of my book, Mont Blanc Lines, to finally be available for pre-order. The same content (with a few corrections) as the French version, a love letter to the range and its climbing. Pre-order on Actual release in October!

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Alex Buisse

@alexbuisse

3 years

The scammy/non-sustainable nature of NFTs is becoming clearer and clearer by the day. And their energy consumption in the days of climate change is absolutely inexcusable. Crypto people should be shamed and shunned by society, not celebrated.

Jack Lowe

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1/ Gm. I thought it would be interesting to see how the figures I cited in my October post look today. So, three graphs... 1. The last year of art sector NFT sales 2. All-time Ethereum Energy Consumption 3. ETH / USD over the last 3 months ...yet they will still be overlooked:

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@FlakPhoto No. NFTs are an environmental disaster at a time where it should be more than obvious that we can’t afford any further emissions.

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4 years

@ItalianComments The key is to boil it for 20 minutes longer than the package indicates, so that they are gooey enough to stick together and support the penne megastructure.

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2 years

Here's a pretty crazy one, even by my standards: all six north faces of the Alps and their 222 routes on a single A0 poster! More details and higher resolution on

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Alex Buisse

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8 months

@magpiekilljoy I loved Bird by Bird. Writing Tools was also very helpful.

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@alexbuisse

4 years

Fellow photographers/photojournalists, please take a few minutes to answer this very important survey. Initiatives like these are an important way to create more transparency and equality in our industry.

Women Photograph

@womenphotograph

4 years

. @womenphotograph + @diversifyphoto are calling all independent photographers globally to anonymously share day rates & contract terms offered in their regions. Take the quick survey and submit your info here to support equal pay for equal work:

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Alex Buisse

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1 year

The Luddites were amazing. Great to see people like Brian give them their due.

Brian Merchant

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1 year

Writers and artists standing up to AI are the modern-day Luddites—and for all our sakes, we’d better hope they win. I've been researching and writing about the Luddites for oh 3-4 years, and it's a good time to discuss the parallels and the stakes, which get higher every day.

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Alex Buisse

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2 years

@AntonJaegermm @BarDkn To call Macron centrist is to demonstrate your ignorance of French politics over the past five years.

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Alex Buisse

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2 years

I am very excited to pre-announce that, after a few years hiatus, I will be offering adventure photography workshops again! I am still working on launching a website and working out all the little details, but here is the program in a nutshell:

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@QuzmarAnan Also, this looks AI generated. Besides, if true, it is a huge protection issue to identify anyone, let alone a minor, as a victim of sexual assault.

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3 years

@Lexialex Blade II remains one of my most unforgettable movie watching experiences ever. I wish I had been old enough to enjoy the original in theaters when it came out.

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4 years

@CAwkward I won’t lie, you had me at “childcare”

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Alex Buisse

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2 years

This is an amazing book at a steal of a price!

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3 years

@duckrabbitblog @guardianphotos Not to mention the content of the explanation itself: he got caught lying, then he got caught lying again, but we see no reason to remove the images he didn’t get caught lying about yet.

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2 years

@Ms_PaulaEssi @SorayaMcDonald And it does whether their teams wins or loses.

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3 years

@inthesedeserts With average length of refugee status now upward of 20 years and steadily climbing, Estonia in 2024 would be a pipe dream at that point.

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2 years

@ZachWeiner I do this all the time. I somehow relate it to the Intermediate Value Theorem: find extreme values for which reasoning is trivial, then pretend life isn’t discrete and voilà

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Alex Buisse

@alexbuisse

2 years

Great journalism by @UlysseLefebvre and @JocelynChavy of @alpinemagazine . Photo montages and lying about them is becoming all too common, sadly.