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Banjo makers. Revisiting a story on sustaining homespun family business for the New York Times. Brothers Jeff and Eric Sullivan carry the torch and share the responsibility of running a banjo-crafting company founded by their late father Bill Sullivan. They further the art and precision of handcrafting 5-string bluegrass banjos modeled after the famous pre-war Gibson Mastertones of the 1930’s. Ringers like Earl Scruggs, J.D. Crowe and Sam Bush have been loyal customers of their necks and tone rings. It was fascinating to hang out on their shop floor for an afternoon and watch as they inlaid mother-of-pearl into the fretboards, drill the pegheads and sand down wooden resonators - the circular hollow body back of the banjo that pushes the sound forward.
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#mondaymemory #musicmondays #portrait #banjo #bluegrass #music #craftsmanship #handmade #Kentucky #onassignment @nytimes #myoldkentuckyhome

"Life should be lived on the edge of life. You have to exercise rebellion. To refuse to tape yourself to rules, to refuse your own success, to refuse to repeat yourself, to see every day, every year, every idea as a true challenge...and then you are going to live your life on a tightrope.” - Philippe Petit, high-wire artist, 1974 NYC Twin Tower walker, IdeaFestival presenter.
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This year's festival spans September 26-28, 2017 at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville. Presenters include @wired senior writer, Emily Dreyfuss, distinguished concert pianist Richard Kogan, and CNN’s chief national correspondent, John King @johnkingcnn / ideafestival.com
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#festivalfriday @ideafestival #manonwire #philippepetit #innovation #passion #tenacity #intuition #motivation #outofthebox

Postmark | Tamil Nadu, India
A child focuses on his outstretched hand in a rural schoolhouse vision screening camp while an ophthalmic technician dilates his pupil. From an early #photoessay twenty-plus years ago on the outreach work of the #AravindEyeHospital in south India for @sevafoundation
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#eyewitness #BWfilm #ilfordHP5 #nikonFM2 #blindness #cataract #asolutioninsight #aravind #eyes #seeingtheworld #eyesight #bnw_legit #instafilm #tbt

“If you don’t risk spending time on the thunder bucket, you won’t have the greatest meal of your life.” - Anthony Bourdain, author, chef, gonzo travel celebrity and #Ideafestival presenter.
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Designed as more than simply an annual event, the Ideafestival is a catalyst for creative endeavors across all fields, "a breeding ground for fresh thinking, new connections and innovation that matters.” What began as a small gathering of people in 2000 has rapidly grown into an international confab involving several thousand participants and leading international thinkers, scientists, entrepreneurs, artists in a freewheeling, concentrated experience. •
As we ramp up to this year’s festival, today onward my IG feed will periodically highlight some of the 'non-linear' #thinkers, #creatives and #innovators that have most inspired me personally over the last decade as Ideafestival's photographer. •
Curious? This year's festival spans September 26-28, 2017 at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville. Presenters include @wired senior writer, Emily Dreyfuss, distinguished concert pianist Richard Kogan, and CNN’s chief national correspondent, John King @johnkingcnn / Festival passes available at www.ideafestival.com
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#wednesdaywisdom #partsunknown #anthonybourdain @ideafestival #kitchenconfidential #travel #livewild #foodie #staycurious #innovation

Postmark | Yangon, Myanmar
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After circumambulations worshippers end the day with prayers at Shwedogan Pagoda. As the centerpiece of the city, the glittering shrine is visible from most vantage points in Yangon and dates back to between the 6th and 10th centuries. Smaller stupas and a marble pathway rim the main stupa which is completely solid and covered in gold. Shwedogan is the holiest Buddhist shrine in #Myanmar with legends saying it contains relics of many former Buddhas.
#rangoon #yangon #burma #Asia #buddhism #onassignment #photojournalism #sacredsites #travelgram

Hats in the air to these fine friends who pulled off a lovely wedding yesterday @mcmenamins Cornelius Pass Roadhouse. Had I not been on 5-day-old baby watch, I would've stayed longer @tageldinho. Those vows were downright #inspirational. May your #adventures continue Adam & McKenzie♥️🌲💫
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#loveisintheair #ringfingers #orbites @orbisintl #tinybubbles #felicidades #perfectmatch

Born on the Fourth of July. We're over the moon and returning to earth. Loving every minute. Kian Arjun Bugbee, welcome to the life ahead of you.
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#livingtheidiom #myson #firstborn #healthyhappy #littleman #tinymiracle @parekhbugbee

Postmark | Les, Cayes, Haiti
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A shipbuilder shapes his fishing boat from rough hewn lumber.
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#fisherman #boatmaking #Haiti #onassignment #earthquakerecovery #tbt

Postmark | Jharkhand, India
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Spiritual aspirants at the Sivananda Ashram in Rikhiapeeth.
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#TBT #ritual #yagna #servelovegive #hinduism