La trasformazione epocale in corso, che vede uno spostamento delle vendite di qualsiasi cosa dai negozi fisici a quello online, Amazon in testa, crea cambiamento anche nelle profondità del tessuto industriale.
Se si va un po’ a indagare si possono trovare succose (e voluminose) chicche come il Tetra Pak Index, un rapporto online che analizza in maniera approfondita le tendenze in atto, i cambiamenti, le esigenze dei diversi attori (industria e consumatori) sino ad arrivare a considerazioni ed esempi alquanto stimolanti, oltre a una comprensibile lettura delle opportunità “pro domo loro”.
Valida lettura per capire cosa stiamo diventando e cosa compreremo. Ad esempio, olio d’oliva italiano nel tetrapak...
Money quote: “Convenience, sustainability, quality and innovation are all key selling points for Di Carlo Extra Virgin Olive Oil - Italy's first ever extra virgin olive oil to be packed in Tetra Pak® packages. Available online via Amazon, ease of delivery is key to the product offering, hence the importance of the logistical and distribution efficiency of cartons over the alternatives - traditionally heavy, breakable glass in the case of olive oil. The environmental benefits of the packages, manufactured from FSC™-certified and controlled sources paperboard, are also cited in its marketing, along with the ability of the multiple layers to protect the contents from oxygen and light - the main causes of olive oil oxidation. A premium product made with 100% Italian, cold-pressed olives, it was launched in Tetra Prisma® Aseptic 100 Square packages with a convenient, easy-to-open and reseal cap in January 2018.”
https://www.tetrapak.com/about/tetra-pak-index/tetra-pak-index-online-report
Se si va un po’ a indagare si possono trovare succose (e voluminose) chicche come il Tetra Pak Index, un rapporto online che analizza in maniera approfondita le tendenze in atto, i cambiamenti, le esigenze dei diversi attori (industria e consumatori) sino ad arrivare a considerazioni ed esempi alquanto stimolanti, oltre a una comprensibile lettura delle opportunità “pro domo loro”.
Valida lettura per capire cosa stiamo diventando e cosa compreremo. Ad esempio, olio d’oliva italiano nel tetrapak...
Money quote: “Convenience, sustainability, quality and innovation are all key selling points for Di Carlo Extra Virgin Olive Oil - Italy's first ever extra virgin olive oil to be packed in Tetra Pak® packages. Available online via Amazon, ease of delivery is key to the product offering, hence the importance of the logistical and distribution efficiency of cartons over the alternatives - traditionally heavy, breakable glass in the case of olive oil. The environmental benefits of the packages, manufactured from FSC™-certified and controlled sources paperboard, are also cited in its marketing, along with the ability of the multiple layers to protect the contents from oxygen and light - the main causes of olive oil oxidation. A premium product made with 100% Italian, cold-pressed olives, it was launched in Tetra Prisma® Aseptic 100 Square packages with a convenient, easy-to-open and reseal cap in January 2018.”
https://www.tetrapak.com/about/tetra-pak-index/tetra-pak-index-online-report
Tetrapak
Tetra Pak Index online report
Experience and share the Tetra Pak Index report online, directly in your web browser. Filter based on your preference or download the full report(PDF).
Una bella e accorata difesa del l’insegnamento tradizionale - fisico, tangibile, tattile - anziché digitale, sullo schermo e mediato dal computer. Fenomenale.
Money quote: “If the move to digital learning continues, children will spend much, if not most, of their waking hours in front of screens. They will use apps before they go to school, spend their days in front of computers, do their homework online, and then entertain themselves with digital media. Children are losing opportunities to experience the world in all its richness”
Aggiungo un paio di cose. Qui si parla di usare il computer per insegnare e non si parla di insegnare l’informatica, che a sua volta è cosa diversa dal saper usare il computer. Beh, forse sarà sorprendente, ma si impara meglio anche l’informatica come scienza quando non si usa il computer.
https://aeon.co/essays/children-learn-best-when-engaged-in-the-living-world-not-on-screens
Money quote: “If the move to digital learning continues, children will spend much, if not most, of their waking hours in front of screens. They will use apps before they go to school, spend their days in front of computers, do their homework online, and then entertain themselves with digital media. Children are losing opportunities to experience the world in all its richness”
Aggiungo un paio di cose. Qui si parla di usare il computer per insegnare e non si parla di insegnare l’informatica, che a sua volta è cosa diversa dal saper usare il computer. Beh, forse sarà sorprendente, ma si impara meglio anche l’informatica come scienza quando non si usa il computer.
https://aeon.co/essays/children-learn-best-when-engaged-in-the-living-world-not-on-screens
Aeon
Look up from your screen
Children learn best when their bodies are engaged in the living world. We must resist the ideology of screen-based learning
MacBook Pro 2018, la recensione: Apple mostra i muscoli - la mia prova del portatile Apple per Wired
https://www.wired.it/gadget/computer/2018/08/30/recensione-macbook-pro-2018/
https://www.wired.it/gadget/computer/2018/08/30/recensione-macbook-pro-2018/
Wired
MacBook Pro 2018, la recensione: Apple mostra i muscoli
Abbiamo provato il nuovo MacBook Pro 15, il portatile più potente di Apple. La macchina ideale ma riservata alla fascia più esigente dei professionisti
Che ne pensate, il riscaldamento globale è vero o è una fake news? Non è una domanda banale, e non solo perché viviamo nell'era di Donald Trump. Come dimostrano quelli che negano l'evoluzione o anche la semplice idea che la Terra non sia piatta ma sferica (sì, sappiamo che ci siete, là fuori), semplicemente dire che una cosa è vera non la rende per questo vera. Servono prove, dimostrazioni, metodo scientifico. Ecco, tutto questo per quanto riguarda il riscaldamento globale è sul serio alla portata di tutti.
Money quote: "You don’t need a thermometer or a rain gauge to notice climate change, and you don’t need to be a scientist to see it.
Evidence is in the blueberry bushes in Henry David Thoreau’s Walden Pond, the dwindling population of polar bears of the Arctic and the dying corals worldwide. Scientists have documented 28,800 cases of plants and animals “responding consistently to temperature changes,” a 2008 study in the journal Nature said.
“Nature is extremely sensitive to temperature and nature is reacting to the warmer temperatures,” said Boston University biologist Richard Primack. “The dramatic change is happening right in front of us.”"
https://apnews.com/c895b9ac7e4a4370953e51862285c2ce/Looking-for-signs-of-global-warming
Money quote: "You don’t need a thermometer or a rain gauge to notice climate change, and you don’t need to be a scientist to see it.
Evidence is in the blueberry bushes in Henry David Thoreau’s Walden Pond, the dwindling population of polar bears of the Arctic and the dying corals worldwide. Scientists have documented 28,800 cases of plants and animals “responding consistently to temperature changes,” a 2008 study in the journal Nature said.
“Nature is extremely sensitive to temperature and nature is reacting to the warmer temperatures,” said Boston University biologist Richard Primack. “The dramatic change is happening right in front of us.”"
https://apnews.com/c895b9ac7e4a4370953e51862285c2ce/Looking-for-signs-of-global-warming
AP News
Looking for signs of global warming? They're all around you
GOTHIC, Colo. (AP) — David Inouye is an accidental climate scientist.
More than 40 years ago, the University of Maryland biologist started studying when wildflowers,
More than 40 years ago, the University of Maryland biologist started studying when wildflowers,
Rieccomi, e riecco Fumettologica. Un viaggio nella fantascienza e nel fumetto come strumenti narrativi popolari: l'eternauta.
Money quote: "Viaggio nel tempo e invasione aliena invece sono i due strumenti scelti anche per una delle principali opere di fantascienza del Novecento: L’Eternauta. Il che (consentite, dopo una lunga introduzione, anche questa larga iperbole al vostro cronista della science fiction) apre una serie infinita di mondi."
http://www.fumettologica.it/2018/08/eternauta-fumetto-oesterheld-argentina/
Money quote: "Viaggio nel tempo e invasione aliena invece sono i due strumenti scelti anche per una delle principali opere di fantascienza del Novecento: L’Eternauta. Il che (consentite, dopo una lunga introduzione, anche questa larga iperbole al vostro cronista della science fiction) apre una serie infinita di mondi."
http://www.fumettologica.it/2018/08/eternauta-fumetto-oesterheld-argentina/
Fumettologica
"L'Eternauta" e l'eterno andare del vagabondo dell'infinito
Viaggio nel tempo e invasione aliena sono i due strumenti scelti per una delle principali opere di fantascienza del Novecento: L'Eternauta.
Ma uno psicologo che ha in terapia una persona, può rompere il vincolo di riservatezza (il segreto professionale) di quel che accade in terapia e informare la polizia e/o i diretti interessati se il paziente gli confida di voler uccidere qualcuno? Andare ad esplorare questa domanda è meno banale di quanto non sembri, perché mette in realtà a nudo cosa sia la terapia e a cosa serva.
Money quote: "Despite empathy for the patient, a therapist has a moral obligation to break confidentiality if they assess real risk and, in some jurisdictions, a legal obligation to contact law enforcement. In the United States, this legal obligation began in 1976, with the ruling in Tarasoff v The Regents of the University of California. In this case, a male college student told his therapist that he was going to kill his ex-girlfriend for ending their relationship. The therapist wrote a letter to campus police but did not inform the intended victim herself. The patient left therapy and later murdered his ex-girlfriend. Initially this lead to a ruling that a therapist had a duty to warn an at-risk person; in 1976, the bar was changed from a duty to warn to a duty to protect. In the state of New York, legislation enacted in 2013 created a mandatory duty for mental health professionals to make a report when they believe that a patient might pose a danger to themselves. The law also allows law enforcement to remove firearms owned by a patient deemed dangerous. "
https://aeon.co/ideas/can-therapists-break-confidentiality-to-prevent-violence
Money quote: "Despite empathy for the patient, a therapist has a moral obligation to break confidentiality if they assess real risk and, in some jurisdictions, a legal obligation to contact law enforcement. In the United States, this legal obligation began in 1976, with the ruling in Tarasoff v The Regents of the University of California. In this case, a male college student told his therapist that he was going to kill his ex-girlfriend for ending their relationship. The therapist wrote a letter to campus police but did not inform the intended victim herself. The patient left therapy and later murdered his ex-girlfriend. Initially this lead to a ruling that a therapist had a duty to warn an at-risk person; in 1976, the bar was changed from a duty to warn to a duty to protect. In the state of New York, legislation enacted in 2013 created a mandatory duty for mental health professionals to make a report when they believe that a patient might pose a danger to themselves. The law also allows law enforcement to remove firearms owned by a patient deemed dangerous. "
https://aeon.co/ideas/can-therapists-break-confidentiality-to-prevent-violence
Aeon
Can therapists break confidentiality to prevent violence? | Aeon Ideas
Therapy relies on rich, empathetic listening. But when should psychologists break confidentiality due to a duty to protect?
Semplicemente spettacolare!
Money quote: "The story of how Frank D’Angelo came to join the video game industry is both sweet and typical."
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/318588/The_great_video_game_exodus.php
Money quote: "The story of how Frank D’Angelo came to join the video game industry is both sweet and typical."
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/318588/The_great_video_game_exodus.php
GAMASUTRA
The great video game exodus
The story of how Frank D’Angelo came to join the video game industry is both sweet and typical. When he was ten years old he would write letters to his favorite game developers and publishers describing his love for their games and seeking advice on how to…
Per gli amanti di strumenti da riga di comando che funzionino bene e siano moderni, funzionali, questo per gestire la contabilità è geniale anche e soprattutto nel modo con cui la gestisce.
Money quote: "We found existing plain text accounting tools unsatisfactory, so we developed Transity. It models financial flows in terms of transactions and not debited / credited accounts. Furthermore, its journal format is based on YAML and can therefore easily be processed by 3rd party tools. It's written in PureScript and published under a ISC license."
https://www.feram.io/blog/2018-06-05_transity_the_future_of_plain_text_accounting/
Money quote: "We found existing plain text accounting tools unsatisfactory, so we developed Transity. It models financial flows in terms of transactions and not debited / credited accounts. Furthermore, its journal format is based on YAML and can therefore easily be processed by 3rd party tools. It's written in PureScript and published under a ISC license."
https://www.feram.io/blog/2018-06-05_transity_the_future_of_plain_text_accounting/
La blockchain si sta trasformando in una sorta di strano mistero: tecnologia problematica, che rende impossibile la privacy così come la GDPR la immagina e consuma energia e banda senza scopo, oppure struttura decentralizzata fondamentale per lo sviluppo di nuove opportunità? Qui se ne parla un po'.
Money quote: "The word “trust” is printed on things all around you. The dollar bill in your pocket. The box of Kleenex on your bedside table has a label that reads “trusted care.” In the physical world, it’s easy to prove that trust is indeed warranted: Trade that dollar (plus three more) for a latte and you can taste the power of U.S. currency."
https://medium.com/s/trustissues/the-blockchain-can-fix-the-internet-dfeeddb9338d
Money quote: "The word “trust” is printed on things all around you. The dollar bill in your pocket. The box of Kleenex on your bedside table has a label that reads “trusted care.” In the physical world, it’s easy to prove that trust is indeed warranted: Trade that dollar (plus three more) for a latte and you can taste the power of U.S. currency."
https://medium.com/s/trustissues/the-blockchain-can-fix-the-internet-dfeeddb9338d
Medium
Your Online Data Is In Peril. The Blockchain Could Save It
The word “trust” is printed on things all around you. The dollar bill in your pocket. The box of Kleenex on your bedside table has a label that reads “trusted care.” In the physical world, it’s easy…
Alfin la maraviglia, la maraviglia.
Money quote: “
Wonder is sometimes said to be a childish emotion, one that we grow out of. But that is surely wrong. As adults, we might experience it when gaping at grand vistas. I was dumbstruck when I first saw a sunset over the Serengeti. We also experience wonder when we discover extraordinary facts. I was enthralled to learn that, when arranged in a line, the neurons in a human brain would stretch the 700 miles from London to Berlin. But why? What purpose could this wide-eyed, slack-jawed feeling serve? It’s difficult to determine the biological function of any affect, but whatever it evolved for (and I’ll come to that), wonder might be humanity’s most important emotion”
https://aeon.co/essays/why-wonder-is-the-most-human-of-all-emotions
Money quote: “
Wonder is sometimes said to be a childish emotion, one that we grow out of. But that is surely wrong. As adults, we might experience it when gaping at grand vistas. I was dumbstruck when I first saw a sunset over the Serengeti. We also experience wonder when we discover extraordinary facts. I was enthralled to learn that, when arranged in a line, the neurons in a human brain would stretch the 700 miles from London to Berlin. But why? What purpose could this wide-eyed, slack-jawed feeling serve? It’s difficult to determine the biological function of any affect, but whatever it evolved for (and I’ll come to that), wonder might be humanity’s most important emotion”
https://aeon.co/essays/why-wonder-is-the-most-human-of-all-emotions
Aeon
How wonder works
One emotion inspired our greatest achievements in science, art and religion. We can manipulate it – but why do we have it?
La scomparsa della realtà: The Vanishing of Reality. Articolo estratto di libro di giornalista vincitrice del premio Pulizer. Una di quelle sintesi da brivido che in un attimo rimettono tutto in ordine. Come avevano fatto a non capirlo prima?
(Secondo me però andrebbe esplorato anche il ruolo del correttore automatico nella creazione di fake news).
Money quote: “Recommendation engines, she adds, help connect conspiracy theorists with one another to the point that “we are long past merely partisan filter bubbles and well into the realm of siloed communities that experience their own reality and operate with their own facts.” At this point, she concludes, “the Internet doesn’t just reflect reality anymore; it shapes it.””
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/08/01/the-vanishing-of-reality/
(Secondo me però andrebbe esplorato anche il ruolo del correttore automatico nella creazione di fake news).
Money quote: “Recommendation engines, she adds, help connect conspiracy theorists with one another to the point that “we are long past merely partisan filter bubbles and well into the realm of siloed communities that experience their own reality and operate with their own facts.” At this point, she concludes, “the Internet doesn’t just reflect reality anymore; it shapes it.””
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/08/01/the-vanishing-of-reality/
The Paris Review
The Vanishing of Reality
Politicians had always spun reality, but television—and later the Internet—gave them new platforms on which to prevaricate.
La banalità del male: Facebook è malvagio (lo è) perché tratta gli individui come punti in reti di connessioni. Ma le persone non sono grafi, le nazioni non sono database. A Facebook manca la capacità di avere una opinione.
Money quote: “That brings us back to Facebook. It has its own grand project—to turn the human world into one big information system. This is, it goes without saying, nowhere near as terrible as the project of the thousand-year Reich. But the fundamental problem is the same: an inability to look at things from the other fellow’s point of view, a disconnect between the human reality and the grand project.”
https://qz.com/1342757/everything-bad-about-facebook-is-bad-for-the-same-reason/amp/
Money quote: “That brings us back to Facebook. It has its own grand project—to turn the human world into one big information system. This is, it goes without saying, nowhere near as terrible as the project of the thousand-year Reich. But the fundamental problem is the same: an inability to look at things from the other fellow’s point of view, a disconnect between the human reality and the grand project.”
https://qz.com/1342757/everything-bad-about-facebook-is-bad-for-the-same-reason/amp/
Quartz
Everything bad about Facebook is bad for the same reason
The philosophy of Hannah Arendt points to the banal evil beneath Facebook's many mistakes.
Una tipa avventurosa lascia il lavoro fisso e parte per fare la nomade digitale. Scoprendo un sacco di banalità sulla vita on the road, anche e soprattutto sul senso dell’uscita con delle persone.
Money quote: “A German guy that I met in Manila had to use Google Translate to understand my text messages to him. He spoke English fluently, but he had a hard time reading and writing. We still had amazing conversations; he’d just come from living in New Zealand for six months and already missed it. He taught me that it’s not the length of time that someone’s in your life that matters, but the marks they leave when they’re there.“
https://medium.com/@tessa_6155/dating-as-a-digital-nomad-bc53e66e453b
Money quote: “A German guy that I met in Manila had to use Google Translate to understand my text messages to him. He spoke English fluently, but he had a hard time reading and writing. We still had amazing conversations; he’d just come from living in New Zealand for six months and already missed it. He taught me that it’s not the length of time that someone’s in your life that matters, but the marks they leave when they’re there.“
https://medium.com/@tessa_6155/dating-as-a-digital-nomad-bc53e66e453b
Medium
Dating as a Digital Nomad
In the last year, I’ve never spent more than a few weeks in the same city as someone I’ve dated. What it’s like to date as a digital nomad.
Quel che sta succedendo a Barcellona è anche quello che accade a numerose città italiane, soprattutto piccole e medio-piccole: il tanto invocato turismo è in realtà un evento disgregatore del tessuto urbano e sociale. Senza contare che difficilmente è controllabile perché legato a fattori esterni (Ryanair che apre una rotta piuttosto che un'altra, per intenderci).
Siamo sicuri sia questo il futuro che vogliamo?
Money quote: "The saddest thing about all this is the city is rapidly losing its identity and becoming like everywhere else. A new word has been coined to describe this apparently unstoppable process: parquetematización – the act of becoming a theme park. Barcelona has become an imitation of itself."
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2018/aug/30/why-tourism-is-killing-barcelona-overtourism-photo-essay
Siamo sicuri sia questo il futuro che vogliamo?
Money quote: "The saddest thing about all this is the city is rapidly losing its identity and becoming like everywhere else. A new word has been coined to describe this apparently unstoppable process: parquetematización – the act of becoming a theme park. Barcelona has become an imitation of itself."
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2018/aug/30/why-tourism-is-killing-barcelona-overtourism-photo-essay
the Guardian
How tourism is killing Barcelona – a photo essay
One of the coolest destinations in Europe just two decades ago, Barcelona is now so overcrowded it has become a tourist theme park – and is losing the character that made it so popular
E cosa succede al mondo del lavoro? Una trasformazione epocale. Partiamo da questo: il Manifesto del telelavoro. C'è la pars costruens, la pars destruens, e tutto il resto.
Money quote:
"What is it not:
- There is no main office or headquarters with multiple people "The only way to not have people in a satellite office is not to have a main office."
- You do work together and communicate intensely, remote doesn't mean working independent of each other.
- Offshoring of work, you hire around the world.
- It is not a management paradigm, it is still a normal hierarchical organization, however there is a focus on output instead of input.
- It is not a substitute for human interaction, people still need to collaborate, have conversations, and feel part of a team."
https://www.remoteonly.org
Money quote:
"What is it not:
- There is no main office or headquarters with multiple people "The only way to not have people in a satellite office is not to have a main office."
- You do work together and communicate intensely, remote doesn't mean working independent of each other.
- Offshoring of work, you hire around the world.
- It is not a management paradigm, it is still a normal hierarchical organization, however there is a focus on output instead of input.
- It is not a substitute for human interaction, people still need to collaborate, have conversations, and feel part of a team."
https://www.remoteonly.org
Il lavoro cambia. Farsi il mazzo serve sempre, ma occorre farlo in modo nuovo. Per dire: si può lavorare meglio ma meno.
Money quote: "Surprisingly, the top 10% of employees with the highest productivity didn’t put in longer hours than anyone else – often they didn't even work eight-hour days. Instead, the key to their productivity was that for every 52 minutes of focused work, they took a 17-minute break.
While our culture may be pushing us towards working 24/7, Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, a Silcon Valley consultant and author of Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less, believes this is not helping us to be more productive or to come up with creative solutions.
The research instead points towards the importance of rest, he says."
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170612-why-you-should-manage-your-energy-not-your-time
Money quote: "Surprisingly, the top 10% of employees with the highest productivity didn’t put in longer hours than anyone else – often they didn't even work eight-hour days. Instead, the key to their productivity was that for every 52 minutes of focused work, they took a 17-minute break.
While our culture may be pushing us towards working 24/7, Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, a Silcon Valley consultant and author of Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less, believes this is not helping us to be more productive or to come up with creative solutions.
The research instead points towards the importance of rest, he says."
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170612-why-you-should-manage-your-energy-not-your-time
Bbc
Why you should manage your energy, not your time
When our workloads increase, many of us decide to up our number of working hours. But harnessing moments of 'unfocus' might be the key to getting more done in less time.
La recensione dell’hotspot portatile Tp-Link M7200 LTE - il mio articolo per Macity. L’hotspot è mitico e costa poco!
https://www.macitynet.it/tp-link-m7200/
https://www.macitynet.it/tp-link-m7200/
macitynet.it
La recensione dell’hotspot portatile Tp-Link M7200 LTE
Recensioni
Il motivo per cui amo internet: dove mai avrei potuto trovare un articolo così pieno di amore che racconta l'invenzione degli scoiattoli nelle moderne città statunitensi?
Money quote: "There were squirrels in Manhattan before there was a city there, but by the mid-1800s their population was practically nonexistent. Then in 1877, about 20 years after the first bushy-tailed rodent found its way into the newspaper, the city decided to capitalize on squirrels' growing fandom by bringing them back to Central Park. They planted squirrel-friendly nut trees and installed cozy squirrel homes, then released a handful of chipper gray squirrels to run wild in the park. The following year, they released 30 more pairs. By 1883, the park was home to at least 1,500 of them."
https://curiosity.com/topics/heres-the-real-reason-cities-are-full-of-squirrels-curiosity/
Money quote: "There were squirrels in Manhattan before there was a city there, but by the mid-1800s their population was practically nonexistent. Then in 1877, about 20 years after the first bushy-tailed rodent found its way into the newspaper, the city decided to capitalize on squirrels' growing fandom by bringing them back to Central Park. They planted squirrel-friendly nut trees and installed cozy squirrel homes, then released a handful of chipper gray squirrels to run wild in the park. The following year, they released 30 more pairs. By 1883, the park was home to at least 1,500 of them."
https://curiosity.com/topics/heres-the-real-reason-cities-are-full-of-squirrels-curiosity/
Curiosity.com
Here's the Real Reason Cities Are Full of Squirrels
For those of us who live in a major American city, the most communing with nature we get on a regular basis is hanging out in the park and watching ...
La storia del padre della fotografia sottomarina. Sembra una storia di un secolo fa, invece era quasi un secolo e mezzo fa: il 1880.
Money quote: "The experience of diving appears to have been revelatory for Boutan. He later recounted, “It was all so beautiful and so strange that I often found myself longing to be able to sketch or paint the scene, so as to be able to bring up to the surface a souvenir of what I had seen below.” Boutan resolved to photograph these “submarine landscapes.”"
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/worlds-first-underwater-portrait
Money quote: "The experience of diving appears to have been revelatory for Boutan. He later recounted, “It was all so beautiful and so strange that I often found myself longing to be able to sketch or paint the scene, so as to be able to bring up to the surface a souvenir of what I had seen below.” Boutan resolved to photograph these “submarine landscapes.”"
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/worlds-first-underwater-portrait
Atlas Obscura
How a 19th-Century Biologist Became an Underwater Photography Pioneer
A deep dive into the "submarine landscapes" of Louis Boutan.