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Pano4.jpg (JPEG Image, 1500x761 pixels) - Scaled (77%) Dear Photograph. Incredible Wave Pictures. These incredible images of waves were taken by the number 1 photographer of surf: Clark Little.

Incredible Wave Pictures

He has dedicated his life to photographing the waves and has published a selection of the the best images of his career. The pictures capture magical moments inside the wave "tube", as surfers say. Sun ... glints off wave. SuitFire.jpg (JPEG Image, 1024x1024 pixels) - Scaled (57%) A Girl and Her Room – Girls rooms from around the world. A Girl and Her Room – Girls rooms from around the world “A Girl and Her Room” is a photography project by Rania Matar, a Lebanese-American photographer who has traveled the world to make pictures of girls rooms between 12 and 20 years to mark the differences but also similarities…

A Girl and Her Room – Girls rooms from around the world

Rune Guneriussen. These dream-like installations are assembled, and then photographed by Norwegian artist Rune Guneriussen.

Rune Guneriussen

Just imagine being out for a walk in Norway’s countryside, turning a corner and discovering a magical forest of lamps, a tangle of chairs, or a river of books. Sadly, once the photograph is taken, Rune removes the installation, the only proof of it’s existence being these images… sort of like waking up from an amazing dream that you could have sworn was real. 60+ example photographs show the urban decay.

Lori Nix. Surreal Skate Park After Dark. Hilarious Celebrity Portraits. Carnovsky02.jpg (JPEG Image, 818x564 pixels) Leica.overgaard.dk - Thorsten Overgaard's Leica Pages - The Leica History - Page 1. The Grandfather of 35mm Photography By: Thorsten Overgaard, March 24, 2005 (Latest edited on February 10, 2016) Flip Continues on Page 2 ---> Page 3 ---> Page 4 ---> Once photographing meant a large box camera on a tripod, shifting film plate after each shot - and working with a dark cloth over your head and the camera.

leica.overgaard.dk - Thorsten Overgaard's Leica Pages - The Leica History - Page 1

But then something happened... The Leica was extremely compact and could be fitted with a very high quality lens that enabled photographers to work in ordinary outdoor settings with available light. "Barnack's camera" Where Children Sleep: A Diverse World of Homes. Early 1900s in Colour - All around the world. All around the world - Franny Wentzel - Thursday, May 6th, 2010 : goo [previous] :: [next] In the early part of the 20th century French-Jewish capitalist Albert Kahn set about to collect a photographic record of the world, the images were held in an 'Archive of the Planet'.

Early 1900s in Colour - All around the world

Before the 1929 stock market crash he was able to amass a collection of 180,000 metres of b/w film and more than 72,000 autochrome plates, the first industrial process for true colour photography www.albert-kahn.fr/english/ Autochrome was the first industrial process for true colour photography. Www.albertkahn.co.uk A few photos from the collection. Portraits. Xf4.jpg (JPEG Image, 400x560 pixels) Cole rise. BACK TO THE FUTURE : Irina Werning - Photographer. I love old photos.

BACK TO THE FUTURE : Irina Werning - Photographer

I admit being a nosey photographer. As soon as I step into someone else’s house, I start sniffing for them. Most of us are fascinated by their retro look but to me, it’s imagining how people would feel and look like if they were to reenact them today… Two years ago, I decided to actually do this. So, with my camera, I started inviting people to go back to their future.. Now its time for KOREA, TAIWAN AND TOKYO. Pancho 1983 & 2010, Buenos Aires Fer 1970 & 2010 Buenos Aires Mechi 1990 & 2010 Buenos Aires Marita y Coty 1977 & 2010 Bs Aires Demian 1989 & 2010 London Cecile 1987 & 2010 France.

PrettyRadFlickr. The Girl Who Loves to Levitate (14 photos) SideshowBarbie. Ellen Rogers. Denise Grünstein : Editorial : CameraLink. Art Department Photography 2010 - Thumbnail View. America Before Pearl Harbor. Color presents an entirely different image.

America Before Pearl Harbor

This is a photograph of Faro and Doris Caudill, farmers in Pietown, New Mexico. They lived in a dugout and struggled to survive on Resettlement Administration land. As the 1930s came to a close, Kodak came out with Kodachrome film – the first commercially viable color film available to the general public. The Longest Photographic Exposures in History - The Latest - itchy i. The tremendous popularity of this article with more than half a million (!)

The Longest Photographic Exposures in History - The Latest - itchy i

Clicks in one month inspired me to contact the artist Michael Wesely himself. I felt there were questions by readers which I couldn't answer correctly without talking to Michael. And I also wanted to tell him how much his worked was loved and how many people saw it as an inspiration for their own works and lives. SuperG-ma. Several years ago, photographer Sacha Goldberger noticed that his 91 year old Hungarian grandmother was depressed and alone, and to cheer her up, he decided to turn her into a superhero.

SuperG-ma

He says that she was reluctant at first, but once they got rolling, she couldn’t stop smiling. Even without the cape, his grandmother was a superhero in real life during World War II: Frederika was born in Budapest 20 years before World War II.