Category: Face Of The Day

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Syrian rebels observe the movement of Syrian government forces around Al-Kendi hospital in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on April 10, 2013. The United States is mulling ways to step up support for the Syrian opposition, a top US official said, as US Secretary of State John Kerry and G8 ministers were to meet rebel leaders. By Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images.

A lady poses behind a sign displaying the message ‘Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead!’ as she celebrates the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Brixton on April 8, 2013 in London, England. By by Danny E. Martindale/Getty Images.

Matt McClelland, of Warwick, R.I., left; and Keith Couto, of Rumford, R.I.; dig in to Kayem Italian sausages before the game. They have been season-ticket holders for 14 years and the sausages are a tradition. ‘We’ve been looking forward to sausage sandwiches and beers all morning!’ said Couto. Red Sox fans crammed into Yawkey Way in front of Fenway Park before the start of the Red Sox home opener against the Baltimore Orioles. By Dina Rudick/The Boston Globe via Getty Images.

by Chris Bodenner

Caroline Stanley admires a photo series of centenarians:

Outside of that Smuckers-sponsored Willard Scott segment on the Today Show and the occasional hyperbolic news item on the rise of STDs in rest homes, we rarely see imagery of people over a certain age — unless they’re famous, and being trotted out to accept a lifetime achievement award. Perhaps this is why we’re so smitten by the close-up portraits in Jahrhundertmensch, a new series by German photographer Karsten Thormaehlen that we spotted on PetaPixel.

Buy Karsten’s book of the portraits, Happy At Hundred, here.

by Zoe Pollock

Kottke compares beauty across the ages:

For his Alpha Beauties project, artist Nazareno Crea retouches paintings and sculpture from throughout history, a process which normalizes each period’s ideal of female beauty to that of the present day. That is, much skinnier, with smaller noses, higher cheekbones, and larger breasts.

For a similar eye-opener, check out these webcam workers posing like famous works of art.

by Chris Bodenner

A sparrow sits in the muzzle of a former Soviet T-34/76 tank at the Soviet Memorial in Berlin’s Tiergarten on April 5, 2013. By Tim Brakemeier/AFP/Getty Images.

by Chris Bodenner

A soldier of the US Army’s 23rd Chemical Battalion wears protective gear to give a demonstration of their equipment during a ceremony to recognise their official return to the 2nd Infantry Division located in South Korea, at Camp Stanley in Uijeongbu, north of Seoul, on April 4, 2013. The 23rd Chemical Battalion left South Korea in 2004 but the battalion with about 250 soldiers returned to the South in January 2013. The battalion will provide nuclear, biological and chemical detection, equipment decontamination and consequence management assistance to support US and South Korean military forces. By Jung Yeon/AFP/Getty Images.

by Chris Bodenner

Tourists enjoy the sights while visiting Times Square and its giant advertisement billboards on April 3, 2013. By Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images.