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Rodrigues and Children: 1920
Submitted by Ken on Mon, 08/13/2007 - 6:08am.
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Brazilian advisor Manuel Coelho Rodrigues with his children in Washington, D.C., 1920. From the National Photo Company. View full size.
Fark entries
Submitted by Varooka on Mon, 10/15/2007 - 1:57pm.
Some of those are pretty good. Thanks for the link.
Farked!
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 10/15/2007 - 3:28am.
This photo, after getting Farked over the weekend, is now fodder for a Photoshop contest. Check out the results.
the daughter (Right)
Submitted by Varooka's Doppleganger on Thu, 08/16/2007 - 4:56am.
Obviously approves of the Right Daughter's eating-of-your-soul.
Illusion
Submitted by Jeff Lichtman on Mon, 08/13/2007 - 3:04pm.
I believe the illusion of floating comes from the shadow in the foreground. The eye interprets the shadow as coming from Mr. Rodrigues, and since there's space between him and the shadow it looks like he's floating. Try scrolling the shadow off the bottom of the screen when you look at the photo and you'll see that the illusion goes away.
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