Photographer + Filmmaker Joseph DiGiovanna’s 30-Year Time-Lapse of NYC

Four years—and some four million photos—into a project of epic proportions, New Jersey-based photographer and filmmaker Joseph DiGiovanna aims to capture NYC’s skyline under transformation. To showcase developments along the way, DiGiovanna has set up an Instagram account, but the long-term goal is a website—with a scrolling timeline— that features the entirety of his capture. There are many technical challenges—most specifically maintaining and storing his …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Ethical shopping made easy, the dark history of gingerbread, time-lapse images of Earth and more in our look around the web

1. Photos of Cuba Through the Lens of Its Youth Days before Fidel Castro died, National Geographic met with 21 young Cuban people (from students to professionals) and talked about what it means to them to be Cuban. The discussion was part of a National Geographic Photo Camp whose aim was “to teach Cuban youth how to tell their own stories through photography, to challenge …

Google’s 30-Year Time Lapse

From the astounding removal of trees in Whitesville, West Virginia, to make way for coal mining; to the depletion of the Aral Sea (between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan) due to farming; and the Langhovde Glacier melting, Google’s 30-decade time-lapse videos are as fascinating as they are unsettling. Not only are obvious changes in lakes, glaciers and rivers visible, users can search any exact location they desire …