This photo helps anchor Tristes Tropiques in reality for me.  Hard to believe he’s nearing his 101st birthday.  Thanks @kerim for this.

This beast of an intellectual is one of the few scholars who are responsible for blowing my mind all over the place with their theories of humanity.  I still use his ideas on structural inversion and binary oppositions as tools to understand the world.  And not to mention he’s also an impressive travel writer to boot!

Here’s to you, Claude!

via The New York Times > Arts > Image >.