Guy built a Lamborghini in his basement. In Focus - Afghanistan: June 2012. The number of coalition soldiers killed in Afghanistan last month stands at 39, bringing the number for the entire war to 3,071 -- roughly one death every 30 hours since the initial invasion in October 2001.
The soldiers who died in June 2012, all men, ranged in age from 21 to 47, with 29 hailing from the United States, four from the UK, four from France, and one from Italy. Civilian casualties also remain high, as locals are often caught in NATO bombings and are increasingly targeted by Taliban attacks. Buggy series project. Multiple Exposure Portraits by Christoffer Relander. World War 2 Pictures in Color - WW2inColor.com. Halsman-DaliAtomicus(1306x1038).jpg (1306×1038) Fallen Princesses by Dina Goldstein. The Top 50 'Pictures of the Day' for 2011. Every day at 5pm the Sifter posts the Picture of the Day.
Below you will find a collection of the Sifter’s Top 50 from 2011. It’s hard to imagine the year is almost over, time seems to fly faster each successive year so it’s fun to take a moment and look back at the year that was. Click any of the pictures below to be taken to the individual post to learn more about the photographer and picture taken. Bizarre Google Streetview findings « Coolphoto « WhereCoolThingsHappen. Image Hub. Day and Night in New York City Captured in Single Images [8 Pictures] Creative photos by Chema Madoz. Between the Seconds III. Great Ideas. Wonderland by Kirsty Mitchell: heart-breakingly beautiful photographic series in memory of an extraordinary life. Kirsty Mitchell's Wonderland series has been three years in the makingAll costumes, wigs and sets were constructed on a shoestring budgetSome images took up to five months to createShe would often wait an entire year to find the perfect natural setting for her shots By Stephanie Hirschmiller Published: 14:11 GMT, 17 May 2012 | Updated: 09:34 GMT, 18 May 2012.
Paint_war_berlin.jpeg (1600×1066) The 45 Most Powerful Images Of 2011. Dear Photograph. 50 Unexplainable Black & White Photos. 50 People You Wish You Knew In Real Life. 48 Things That Will Make You Feel Old. Rare and very interesting photos. Interesting and very rare photographs, you may never see.
The first McDonald’s. Che Guevara and Fidel Castro. Capital of Brazil, on the beginning. Explosive! Spectacular pictures of the moment a bullet shatters food. Don't try this at home... Caters If you have ever wondered what would happen if you shot a coconut, here is your answer... Historic Photos From the NYC Municipal Archives. The New York City Municipal Archives just released a database of over 870,000 photos from its collection of more than 2.2 million images of New York throughout the 20th century.
Their subjects include daily life, construction, crime, city business, aerial photographs, and more. I spent hours lost in these amazing photos, and gathered this group together to give you just a glimpse of what's been made available from this remarkable collection. [Update - 50 additional photos added: More from NYC.] [Update II - Image sizes reduced by request of the NYC Archive.] [53 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose:
Afghanistan: April 2012. For nearly three years now, I've been posting monthly photo essays on the war in Afghanistan, and a question I hear fairly often is, "Why do you do this?
" My intent is to continue to focus attention on what is actually happening on the ground -- far from policy debates or speeches. As long as we, as a nation, are sending thousands of men and women into harm's way and tasking them with acting on our behalf in a foreign country, we need to be aware of what we are asking them to do, what their lives are like, and what the lives of the Afghan people are like. This is true even if the conflict has been going on for more than a decade -- and even if we don't all agree on whether we should be there at all. As of April 12, 120,000 soldiers from 50 nations are committed to Afghanistan, with 90,000 of them from the United States. All are working toward the planned 2014 withdrawal. National Geographic Photo Contest 2011. National Geographic is currently holding its annual photo contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30.
For the past nine weeks, the society has been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to vote for them as well. National Geographic was kind enough to let me choose among its entries from 2011 for display here on In Focus. Gathered below are 45 images from the three categories of People, Places, and Nature, with captions written by the individual photographers. [45 photos] 3018167_700b.jpg (500×4353)