Love Ever After – Portraits of Couples Who’ve Been Together Over 50 years

Love Ever After – Portraits of Couples Who’ve Been Together Over 50 years

• Posted 13 months ago by Jack Lowe · Art & Design · 117727 Views
  New York and Paris-based photographer Lauren Fleishman has created a touching photographic series which documents couples who have been together for 50 years or more. Entitled “Love Ever After”, the portraits were inspired by the discovery of love letters Fleishman’s grandfather had written to her grandmother, who he had been married to for more than 50 years. Each of the portraits is accompanied by a small piece of text by one of couple, which gives us a little bit of romantic context. Take a look at the images below and you can read all the text on Lauren Fleishman’s website.

  

  

  

  

  

  

turtle comes to the aid of a fellow turtle

Turtle turning over, the smart companion has saved it

how does this turtle know to follow the person?

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He Found His Cat Strangely Sitting On His Laptop But When He Figured Out Why… He Broke Into Tears.

He Found His Cat Strangely Sitting On His Laptop But When He Figured Out Why… He Broke Into Tears.

Normally, cats and dogs don’t really care for each other. But Charlie and Scout aren’t like most cats and dogs. They’ve formed a loving bond from the first day they met and held it even after Charlie passed away. I’ll admit, when I first saw their pictures and read their story I got a little teary eyed.  It’s just so beautiful and touching. See it for yourself, take a look below.

 

The Most Unexpected Cab Ride Ever. This Gave Me Goosebumps.

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The Most Unexpected Cab Ride Ever. This Gave Me Goosebumps.

Barber spends his Sundays cutting the hair of the homeless for free, because ‘every human life is worth the same’

Barber spends his Sundays cutting the hair of the homeless for

free, because ‘every human life is worth the same’

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Act of kindness gave one homeless man the confidence to look for work

CHRISTOPHER HOOTON

 Wednesday 20 August 2014

Hair stylist Mark Bustos works in an high-end salon in New York City during the week, but on Sundays gives back to the city by walking the streets in search of anyone who would appreciate a haircut.

Bustos approaches each person with the same introduction – “I want to do something nice for you today” – and if they’re interested sits down to give them a trim or a new style, cutting up to six people’s hair every Sunday and documenting them on his Instagram account.

This is no stunt though, Mark has been giving free haircuts since May 2012.

Speaking of a visit to the Philippines where he paid a barbershop owner to provide services to poor children, he told The Huffington Post: “The feeling was so rewarding, I decided to bring the positive energy back to NYC.”
Asked of his favourite impromptu client, he replied: ” Jemar Banks — I’ll never forget the name.

“After offering him a haircut and whatever food he wanted to eat, he didn’t have much to say throughout the whole process, until after I showed him what he looked like when I was done … The first thing he said to me was, ‘Do you know anyone that’s hiring?'”

Though a haircut may only be a simple, aesthetically-based good turn, it can prove symbolic of a fresh start and give people who are down on their luck the confidence and self-belief to go out and pursue work.
“Every human life is worth the same, we all deserve a second chance,” Bustos captioned one of his Instagram pictures.

The hairdresser’s girlfriend often joins him on his weekly trip around the streets of NYC, asking the people he cuts what they’d like to eat.

“One response we’ve gotten is, ‘Nobody ever asks me what I actually want. I usually just get leftovers and scraps,'” he added.

Meet the cops who give Doritos to potheads!

After Washington voters legalized pot in November, Seattle’s PD

wants to be “cool,” and connect with the weed crowd

ALEX SEITZ-WALD 

TOPICS: POLICE, SEATTLE, MARIJUANA, WASHINGTON STATE, MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION, POLICE BRUTALITY,EDITOR’S PICKS, POLITICS NEWS

Seattle Police Department Detectives hand out bags of Doritos during the Hempfest rally in Seattle, August 17, 2013. (Credit: Reuters/Matt Mcknight)

“Never in my career did I guess that I’d be passing out delicious snacks at Hempfest,” Sean Whitcomb told Salon. “But that happened.” Hempfest goers seemed equally surprised to find Whitcomb, a sergeant in the Seattle Police Department, handing out bags of Doritos and not court summonses among the bong vendors and joint smokers at the city’s annual outdoor pot festival.

They’re typically arch-nemeses, potheads and police officers, but the munchies were a big hit and both sides seemed to relish the irony, with the bags now selling on eBay for as much as much as $50 a pop.

Whitcomb and his fellow officers are trying to make positive interactions like this between two groups historically skeptical of each other more commonplace after voters in the Evergreen State legalized pot in November. They’re trying to educate — the Doritos bags came with information about the new law — but beyond that, they’re trying to make a connection.

Like parents who look the other way as their kids drink a few beers with friends (but confiscate everyone’s keys), the Seattle cops also seem almost desperate to be liked. They return confiscated stashes, write funny blog posts and use their official Twitter account to announce that the chief of police pulled over a truck adorned with fake pot leaves — in order to give the driver directions to Hempfest. And so what if there’s nothing less cool that someone trying really hard to be cool — can you really blame them?

“Absurd marijuana prohibition laws have long fueled contempt for law enforcement officials, and this type of outreach can help patch up that relationship between police and the public,” said Mason Tvert of the Marijuana Policy Project, a pro-legalization group based in Washington, D.C. “It is great to see … The Seattle Police Department appears to be moving forward with the voters, as opposed to resisting the changes demanded by voters, which is unfortunately still the case in far too many communities that have embraced reform.”

A Refurbished Bus Will Bring Showers to the Homeless in San Francisco

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An old MUNI bus in San Francisco is getting a second life with a noble cause. Outfitted with toilets and showers, Lava Mae‘s refurbished bus will bring mobile bathrooms to homeless people around the city. The long-awaited bus will make its first rounds this weekend.

Homelessness in San Francisco is famously (and infamously) a growing concern. With thousands of homeless and just a handful of shower facilities for them, Lava Mae will be providing a much-needed service in the city. It’ll park at various spots around San Francisco, drawing water from fire hydrants.

Doniece Sandoval, Lava Mae’s founder, first got the idea two years ago. After securing an old bus from MUNI, she’s raised money—through crowdfunding and corporate sponsors like Google—to outfit the bus with two full-service bathrooms. If all goes well, she hopes to have three more shower buses up and running.

For better or for worse, the fates of public sanitation and homelessness in San Francisco—and elsewhere—are intertwined. “For at least a decade, bathrooms have stood in for the city’s anxieties about homelessness, public utilities, and the changing economy,” wrote Rachel Swan in an excellent piece on public bathrooms in SF Weekly. That the city’s shiny JCDecaux public toilets—with their futuristic-sounding self-cleaning cycles—have turned into dens of drug use and prostitution is a symptom of the city’s problems.

Lava Mae isn’t going to solve the root cause of homelessness, but it does very directly address a real issue faced by the homeless. And it’s an idea San Franciscans who love to complain about smelly streets can certainly get behind it. [CBS San Francisco, SFist]

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Doniece Sandoval in front of the Lava Mae bus. All photos by Kena Frank