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Perhaps because seashells are so inappropriate in a rainforest mountain garden, they appear randomly and unexpectedly in ours
I always wanted to document this style of Shell gas station in a Bernd and Hilla Becher kind of way. I haven't gotten to this yet, as the subject matter is a hard one to shoot effectively with numerous problems like power lines, lots full of cars (even on Sundays), and surrounding distractions. I did try years ago, but the day I went to shoot the one station I had in mind, I arrived to discover it had been completely torn down the day before. This shot is effectively out of focus...
The unknown story of the broken sea shells collectors
At Uadaypur sea beach (3km from Digha at the Bengal-Orissa state border), hundreds of poor villagers (80% of them are women) gather on a particular time of the day at the peak of the low tide. They all carry a small net basket for collecting broken shells following the line of the waves. When the baskets are half-filled they empty their catch at the beach and go back to the waves again. Finally the shells are packed in bags for selling. After two hours of continuous hard work, two people together can fill only a 30-kg bag selling for INR Rs 30 (USD 50 cents) only.
The shells are rich source of calcium carbonate, use in feeder mainly at the India's growing poultry industry. Also, it has great demand in making the white (lime) paint. Traders and middlemen are always waiting to exploit these poor villagers. They make on-the-spot payment, collect the bags and transport them to the local market for a hefty profit of 300% by selling each bag for at least Rs 100 (USD $ 2).
I personally talked to the shell collectors and found no Govt. intervention to stop this exploitation. The state government can easily intervene by forming a cooperative and collecting the shells themselves by their nodal agencies with a reasonable price.
Udaypur Sea Beach, Bay of Bengal
Images of Bengal, India
Another still-life from stuff collected on my beach wanderings. I think I found these mussels in the Hebrides, but I can't really remember.
The origins of the Shell petrol brand are somewhat surprising, but certainly explain how it came to be called that and how its logo evolved. In 1833, a chap called Marcus Samuel opens a shop in London selling oriental seashells, which became popular decor. Indeed, going back earlier in time, but discovered in 1835, was the Shell Grotto in Margate, Kent, which is a series of underground tunnels adorned with millions of seashells arranged in intricate patterns and symbols. Anyway, I digress.
In the 1970s, the sons of Marcus Samuel, apparently called Marcus Jr and Samuel (surely not!) expanded the business into Japan selling kerosene and other goods, and thus establishing the company's foundations in petrol. In 1897 the Shell Transport and Trading Co was founded in the UK. In 1907, and to be able to properly compete on the international market, the company merges with Royal Dutch Petroleum Company to form Royal Dutch Shell. By 1904 the instantly recognisable shell logo was introduced, based on a scallop shell, an earlier logo based on mussel design had been dropped.
By 1924 the company had its first refinery in Stanlow, Cheshire. In 1932, and to cope with the effects of the great depression, the Shell Mex-BP group was formed for UK operations and lasted up to its eventual break up in 1975-1976.
Bit by bit the company grew and grew into pretty much every part of the world and just over a century later there is hardly a place in the world where one doesn't see a Shell petrol station.
For many years of its operation, the word Shell did not need to appear on the signs as the logo was so iconic by then that pretty much everyone knew the brand.
For a much more comprehensive history of the company look here
www.shell.com/who-we-are/our-history/our-company-history....
I've collected quite a few Shell branded keyrings, featuring a few of their post war logo variations.
I found this shell in my room, the Butterfly Suite, at The Caves in Negril, Jamaica, and immediately put it to good use. The air was perfect.
spiral, sea, murex by toshikazu kawasaki. each from one uncut square of copy paper, no glue. the diagram for the murex involves 4 cuts but i didn't feel like cutting. the yellow shell is folded from an uncut triangle (60°) of copy paper, no glue.
I hold a pretty, small, unbroken shell, I found on the beach.
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Using the spiral shell design a a start, the experimenting led to something I "saw" as a future playground attraction. Giant video panels containing ever changing bold compositions of Nautilus shell imagery. Stuff that would delight the little ones. Maybe a few older ones also. Maybe add a tall strip of transparent steel (yet to be invented) on the left.
My first shell theme cake. The two shells with pearls are gumpaste, the others are white chocolate. The other large shell on the board is a CAKE. I dusted everything with non toxic chalk and then with luster dust. The customer wanted a cake that looked like a clam so I hope that they are happy.... What you you charge for a cake like this, could you give me some ideas. I am sure my price was alittle low. LOL... Its a 6" cake 3 layer then the cake that looks like a clam.
In less than 30 minutes the sky went from solid cloud cover to completely clear. By the time the sun hit the horizon there was only a thin strip of clouds sitting on the horizon. I took this during the transition.
London Olympic Park, Stratford, London UK. Cars designed to travel as far as possible with just one litre of fuel apparently.