
Here it is: A visual time capsule, capturing our world at seven billion people - and counting. In the post that goes with the 400 or so photos Lens editors chose for their visual time capsule, they There the administration categorized Dickinson, one of America’s greatest poets, as “without hope.” Dickinson’s poem, “ ‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers,” is among her most popular. As a fifteen-year-old in 1847, Dickinson entered the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. The screenshot above shows a selection of those tagged with the word “hope.” View them all, or put in your own search term, at “Pictured: A World at 7 Billion.”Ĭalled the “Belle of Amherst,” Emily Dickinson is often painted as a recluse. In October, around the time the seven billionth person entered the world, Lens, a Times photography blog, asked readers to help them create a “visual time capsule” that could show those born in 2011 what our world looks like today, since by the time those children grow up the world will be different. “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers,” with a series of photographs rather than an article. We’re matching Emily Dickinson’s classic, This week our Poetry Pairing is a little different than usual. A screenshot of photos taken by readers for the Lens blog’s “A World at 7 Billion” project that were tagged with the word “hope.”
