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2768726_460s. Facebook. 4169005_460s_v1. Engine-that-said-fuck-it. Amazingly Creative Drawing Vs Photography. This wonderful work has done by a very talented Belgian painter, illustrator, portraitist, caricaturist and photographer Ben Heine. This creative artist was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He Studied graphic arts and sculpture and I also have a degree in journalism. Lets take a look at some of his awesome works that he calls “Drawing Vs Photography” or “Imagination Vs Reality”.

Kitchen-Wine cellar. 2144111_460s. Eat it. People of the Rainbow Gathering. Ever hear about Rainbow Gatherings? They're temporary community events typically held in outdoor settings; a place where people practice ideals like peace, love and harmony. The original Rainbow Gathering was in 1972 and was started as an alternative to mainstream popular culture.

In the United States, the annual event is held on National Forest land from July 1 through 7. The highlight is when everyone gathers together in a large circle, and each person prays silently for peace. After going to Rainbow Gatherings for several years, self-taught Canadian photographer and art director Benoit Paillé got permission to take portraits of his "brothers and sisters. " "The pictures you see are very precious since photography is not usually allowed during the event," he says. Over the last three years, Paillé captured these moments at Rainbow Gatherings across Spain, Canada, and Mexico. Benoit Paillé on: Flickr, deviantART, Behance. Amazing-sunseat.jpg (JPEG Image, 960x639 pixels) Photographs of Native Americans by Edward Curtis. Posted Nov 15, 2010 Share This Gallery inShare88 In 1906, American photographer Edward S.

Curtis was offered $75,000 to document North American Indians. The benefactor, J.P Morgan, was to receive 25 sets of the completed series of 20 volumes with 1,500 photographs entitled The North American Indian. Curtis set out to photograph the North American Indian way of life at a time when Native Americans were being forced from their land and stripped of their rights. Curtis’ photographs depicted a romantic version of the culture which ran contrary to the popular view of Native Americans as savages. Born in 1868 in Wisconsin, Curtis moved with his father to the Washington territory in 1887 where he began working at a photography studio in the frontier city of Seattle.

Below are selected images of the Native American way of life chosen from The Library of Congress’s Edward S. Title: Sioux chiefs. Title: Ready for the throw--Nunivak. Title: The mealing trough--Hopi. Title: Mizheh and babe. 2304961_460s. 50 Incredible Photos Of Animals From 2011. I wouldn't make it! 2445235_460s. Words of wisdom!