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Water Carrier, Cairo, 1875

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In a career spanning more than two decades, photographer Margaret Bourke-White fearlessly documented many facets of the human experience. Her astonishing portfolio ranged from trailblazing assignments in the Soviet Union in the late 1920s, to capturing the horrors of the Buchenwald concentration camp upon its liberation in 1945.

And Bourke-White’s focus on humanitarian issues — showcased in these stunning images of Mohandas Gandhi in India — was equally renowned. Pictured: In 1946, the iconic leader sits next to a spinning wheel, a device used to make yarn or thread; the image came to symbolize Indian self sufficiency — and thus independence from British rule.

see more — Gandhi: Glimpses of a Legend

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wassadeal:

Check out wassadeal with this handmade ‘wooden supercar’ known as the Splinter, a project developed by graduate students at North Carolina State University. The goal was to build a high end, high performance vehicle while using as much wood as possible in the process. This included the chassis, body and a large percentage of the car’s suspension.

life:

Our Guest Editor this week?  — Oscar the Grouch.

From his amazingly roomy trash can — “cold and dank and miserable, the way real and total Grouches love it” — Oscar the Grouch has spent 40 years keeping watch on Sesame Street, where monsters and Muppets and sometimes a movie star or two have been known to stroll. So how have Sesame Street’s favorite visitors — children — changed over the years? “Well, [back then] they didn’t have cell phones attached to their ears,” Oscar says. He has a cell phone too, by the way, “but it weighs 7 pounds — it’s an old one Jim Henson threw away.” In any case, he used it to call LIFE and share some Grouch-y memories from the past four decades.

Hear his stories here.

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Buddha@Hong Kong by hk_traveller on Flickr.