Category: Photography
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Shake: Hilarious High-Speed Photographs of Dogs Shaking by Carli Davidson
Published yesterday, Shake is a new book of photos from Portland-based photographer Carli Davidson who used a high speed camera to capture hilarious freeze-frame shots of various dogs mid-shake. The amusing portraits seem to transform ordinary pets into strangely distorted animals right out of a cartoon. Known for her candid and heartfelt portraits of pets and wildlife, Davidson first…
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013 Winners and Honorable Mentions
The results of the 2013 Wildlife Photographer of the Year were announced yesterday and a number of phenomenal images made the shortlist of 100 photographs. The annual competition is now in its 49th year and is led by two UK institutions, the Natural History Museum and BBC Worldwide, who collectively received 43,000 photos from 96 countries this…
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Breathtaking Street Photography by Maciej Dakowicz
Currently based in Mumbai, Polish street photographer Maciej Dakowicz abandoned a career in technology to instead focus on his street photography, a decision that has lead him to far-flung communities around the globe seeking incredible once-in-a-lifetime encounters. Sorting through his staggering library of some 5,500 photos is to take a journey through vastly differing cultures, miraculous visual coincidences, and…
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Milky PinUps, A Retro Calendar That Features Models Wearing Milk
For a retro pin-up calendar project called “Milky PinUps“, photographer Jaroslav Wieczorkiewicz of AurumLight Studio in London shot high speed photos of models “wearing” only milk. These “liquid illustrations” were inspired by the vintage pin-up illustrations from the 40s and 50s of artists Gil Elvgren, Alberto Vargas, and others from that era. If you’re interested in learning how Jaroslav puts…
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Halloween Costumes From Years Past – Vintage and Classic
Halloween Costumes. We all love them. Who can forget the Karate Kid’s “Shower Curtain”? Or ET’s very convincing bedsheet inspired ghost? Each year at around this time people start thinking about costumes that will out surprise, out spook, out inspire and out do their friends’ and families’. And no doubt there will soon be hundreds…
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Watching the Earth From Space: Incredible Satellite Photos from the European Space Agency
The European Space Agency has an incredible Observing the Earth archive that’s updated every week and each satellite image is usually accompanied by a brief essay to explain a bit about what you’re looking at. Collected here are some of our favorite images from the last few years taken with too many different satellites to mention, and you can…
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Any Animal That Touches This Lethal Lake Turns to Stone
There’s a deceptively still body of water in Tanzania with a deadly secret – it turns any animal it touches to stone. The rare phenomenon is caused by the chemical makeup of the lake, but the petrified creatures it leaves behind are straight out of a horror film. Photographed by Nick Brandt in his new book, Across the…
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Unbelievable Examples of Forced Perspective
Forced perspective is one of the easiest camera illusions. By playing with distance and perspective, you can trick the eye. No one likes looking at vacation pictures. But they would if they were all like this. And don’t forget, if you’re looking for a piece of original art to hang on your walls, check out HERE!
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Extreme Plastic Surgery – A New Kind of Beauty by Philip Toledano
Extreme plastic surgery is becoming more common place. There is no doubt. And there seems to be little stopping its continued influence on our culture and perceptions of beauty. Phillip Toledano, an amazingly talented photographer born in London and represented around the world by some of the most respected photographic galleries, recently took it upon…
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Water Wigs for Women! Tim Tadder at it again
Water Wigs for Women! Who would have thought of it. Well Tim Tadder for one. The amazingly talented photographer from Southern California wasn’t happy to stop at Water Wigs for bald men (which we posted about here). This time he found some of the most striking bald women in California and showcased their beauty in…