The document discusses the weight of individual choices and the responsibility that comes with them, emphasizing that every action, whether good or bad, influences oneself and others. It reflects on moments of decision-making, the consequences of those choices, and the moral implications of freedom of choice within a historical and contemporary context. The narrative culminates in a plea for humanity and goodness amidst the complexities of human action and societal pressures.

1. THE LAST SECOND BEFORE REALITY...Jovan Miric, from Subotica, Serbia and Montenegro, Spiral Time.

2. is the moment of all choices...Alfred Eisenstaedt, Albert Einstein and J. Robert Oppenheimer at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1947.

3. André Kertész, Displaced People, 1916.

4. You think...Ilhan Marasli, from Adana, Turkey, Light.

5. and you act.Takashi, from Osaka, Japan, Conviction - The victory or defeat is decided before he pulls a sword...

6. Chat Noir, from Germany, A kind of thoughts comes blacking through the mind .While you are thinking...

7. Thomas Holtkoetter, from Aachen, Germany, Gravity.you are choosing...

8. how to act.Daniel Kongos, From Phoenix, Arizona, United States, Duality - Natalie Vie, a top fencer from Arizona.

9. The act you chose...it's only yours.Brin, from Hafnarfjordur, Iceland, Obscure path.

10. YOU are responsible for your choices and acts!Nuno Sampaio, from Portugal, The Bird.

11. TRP, from Netherlands, Into the Light.Not any "Master Mind".

12. Not the "Big Brother".

13. Not the "leader of the sheep".Phillip Toledano, Hope & Fear.

14. Not the TV announcer.Phillip Toledano, Hope & Fear.

15. Not the "engaged" journalist.Andreas Feininger, The Photojournalist, 1955

16. Thomas Holtkoetter, from Aachen, Germany, Tankgirl - A shot from the first military parade in Moscow since the finish of the cold war.Not publicity and propaganda.

17. Lex Augusteijn, from Eindhoven, Netherlands, Shot of a drop shot.Not the gun you pulled the trigger.

18. Not the bomb you exploded.Dougi, from Adelaide, Australia, Always crashing in the same car.

19. Not the words "they" told you to repeat.Bill Brandt, 1904-1983, East Sussex, 1953.Brett Weston.

20. Not true conscience.True conscience is the only who can choose wiselyjust in one second.Philip Perold, from Somerset West, South Africa, Infinite Possibilities.True conscience never fails.

21. Not God.

22. Not that abstract "monster" which is called "society".Dylan Goldby, from South Korea, Creature.

23. Not the world.Chema Madoz.What is the "world"?

24. Not the Universe where you are just a grain of dustlike anybody else.

25. Then, who told you to act as you acted?Kevin Thom, A Last Resort, 2004.

26. Only You!Kevin Thom, Landscape of Denial, 2003.And if someone told you to do what you did,why didn't you say NO?

27. So, WE are ALL responsible for what we did and what we did not.Yousuf Karsh, 1908-2002, .Fridolin. Gratien Galinas - Hands, study, 1945.

28. For this act...and this act...

29. and this...

30. A vast history of acts.Charlie Cole, Tiananmen Square, 1989

32. Michael Lewis, Amnistia Internacional.

33. Nick Ut

34. Eddie Adams, Street execution of a Vietcong prisioner, Saigon, 1968.Individual acts.

35. Associated Press, The governamental security guards beat and arrest a man in a peaceful manifestation. Teheran, 13-6-2009.Collective acts.

36. Global acts.

37. The most wonderful acts.

38. And the most hideous too.

39. You may have the certitude you were right.Ian Berry, Magnum Photos.

40. Butterflies - via Stumbleupon.You may expect rewards for your "good" deeds.

41. You may think you deserve no punishment for your "bad" deeds.Thaib Chaidar, from Makassar, South of Sulawesi, Indonesia., Untitled

42. You may think that only your acts shouldn't have consequences...for you...Feather, via vi.sualize.us

43. Though they had for others.Rwanda genocide.

44. Do you remember the secondin which you decided to dowhat you have done? Joseph Dannels, from United States, Batman - Self Portrait.

45. You had thousands of seconds to choose.Time. 1 O m e R via vi.sualize.us

46. And you chose.Chema Madoz.

47. Via Blog Murylo Juliani, Listen.Perhaps, you didn't hear the voice of wisdom...

48. in that last second before...Uzay, Autumn Time.

49. REALITY!

50. Reality can't be undone.

51. That's the blessing and the curse of freedom of choice.Simon Cederquist, from Sweden, My Black Velvet.

52. One day, somehow...goodness and humanity will prevail over evilness and fanatism...Jure Kravanja, from Celje, Slovenia, In the end of the journey.

53. If not in every place of this wide world...A. Madestra W., from Jakarta, Indonesia, Reborn.At least in many of our consciences and hearts.

54. Navid Haghighi, from Iran, Lost Generation - Tribal child from the north of khorasan-IRAN.The generation which has been detaching from their cultures and rituals.May peace and love be withall the people of good will...

55. Are you/am I a person of good will?Me, photography by António.Look for the answer in your life...

56. and in your soul!Thomas Holtkoetter, from Aachen, Germany, Balance.

57. What would you do in the last second?

58. Would you...stone her to death?Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, condemned to be stoned to death. Iran Human Rightswww.iranhr.net

59. International Free Women's Foundationhttp://www.stopthestoning.com/Petition/SAY NO TO BARBARISM.In the last 31 years at least 150 people have been stoned to death in Iran. Right now, there’s at least 25 people waiting in prison for a similar death.SIGN THIS PETITION.

60. TECHNICAL DATA / CREDITSTITLE:THE LAST SECOND BEFORE REALITYIMAGES:Photography by Jovan Miric (Serbia and Montenegro), Alfred Eisenstaedt (U.S.A.), André Kertész (Hungary/U.S.A.), Ilhan Marasli (Turkey), Takashi (Japan), Chat Noir (Germany), Thomas Holtkoetter (Germany), Daniel Kongos (U.S.A.), Brin (Iceland), Nuno Sampaio (Portugal), TRP (Netherlands), Phillip Toledano (U.S.A.), Andreas Feininger (Germany / U.S.A.), Thomas Holtkoetter (Germany), Lex Augusteijn (Netherlands), Dougi (Australia), Bill Brandt (U.K.), Brett Weston (U.S.A.), Philip Perold (South Africa), Dylan Goldby (South Korea), Chema Madoz (Spain), Kevin Thom (Canada), Yousuf Karsh (Armenia, Canada, U.S.A.), Eddie Adams (U.S.A.), Associated Press (U.S.A.), Thaib Chaidar (Indonesia), Joseph Dannels (U.S.A.), Penny5775, Uzay, Simon Cederquist (Sweden), Jure Kravanja (Slovenia), A. Madestra W (Indonesia), Navid Haghighi (Iran) and some unknown photographers.TEXT: by SuyMUSICSource: CD from my personal archive.Slide 1 to 60: Amy MacDonald, This is the Life, from the album This is the Life, 2007.DURATION: about 3:05 minutes.DATE: September 2010.SELECTION, ORGANIZATION AND EFFECTS:Suy (Conceição Ludovino).Suy © 2010