Photography: TIME’s Cannabis Culture
May 21st, 2009 by Rick
No doubt the cannabis movement to overgrow the government has progressed tenfold to the point where legalizing weed has become a national topic. However the news, never really captures the imagery needed to show the beauty of the plant. Steering away from typical photos depicting marijuana as a “dangerous drug”, Photographer, David Walter Banks delves into the medical marijuana community and captures the raw essence of what the plant and the culture surrounding it, is all about.
At a medical marijuana grow op in Georgia there are no labs, no beakers, no solvents needed to cut the finalized product… a simple clothesline is needed to dry the plant.
The plant is then taken to a medical marijuana dispensary and displayed for patients to purchase, like at this Cannabis Therapeutics dispensary in Colorado Springs.
This plant then helps medical marijuana patients like A.I.D.S. patient, Damien Lagoy — saying the plant helps him keep his food and medication down.
This “drug” can even be put into food, via THC, the main ingredient that gives users a high. tFS’ Cooking with Cannabis is perfect for those medical marijuana patients that can’t inhale the smoke.
These photos by Banks, are a welcome change from the imagery that is usually associated with the world of marijuana.
If They Only Grew This Fast…
November 2nd, 2006 by TimThis is a cool time-lapse video depicting the process of herbs’ vegetation stage. If you’ve never seen any plants in person, this will give you a pretty good idea of how these babies develop in the early parts of the grow process.
Speeding up the frame rate shows just how much plants can move throughout the grow cycle.
