Rachel Sussman is a photographer living in Brooklyn, New York. One of her current projects in progress is called “The oldest living things in the world”.
On this map you can see the places she has visited to take the photographs of these very old things, like the 400,000 years old Siberian actinobacteria in the picture above.
Link – via kottke.org
Effervex
Darn. the title led me to believe that ‘old living things’ were being shot. With a gun.
Mule
How did they get the age of the bacteria? From a book? or did they ask someone?
Tim Giachetti
@Effervex,
That started my morning nicely, you gave me a giggle.
Nice article though, Thanks Robert.
renderanything
Hey, I live 20 minutes from two of the items on that list, ancient Bristlecone Pine forests and clonal Quaking Aspens. Now if I could just hitch a ride to Patagonia and Namibia…
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