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40 Of The Most Powerful Photographs Ever Taken. Social Lights on the Behance Network. Facilité" by Tatyana Kirsanova. A Graphic Guide to Facebook Portraits. Silence. Art & Design Photographer Thomas Jorion photographed empty rooms for his photo series 'Silence'.

Silence

World Press Photo Of The Year 2010. The World Press Photo Of The Year Contest is one of the most prestigious annual events for press photographers.

World Press Photo Of The Year 2010

These are the winners in 2010. Read the descriptions underneath each image to find out more about the setting and the photographer.Warning: Some images are graphic in displaying the horror that can be human life.UPDATE: Check out our World Press Photo Of The Year 2011 edition. 101. Daniele Tamagni, a freelance photographer based in Italy, has won the 2nd Prize in the Arts and Entertainment Stories category with the series The Flying Cholitas in Bolivia: Lucha libre (Bolivian wrestling).

The prize-winning entries of the World Press Photo Contest 2010, the world's largest annual press photography contest, were announced February 11, 2011. NYC’s Day and Night Combined in Stephen Wilkes Photography. Vortograph by Simon Gardiner. The vortograph is an abstract form of photography that creates kaleidoscopic repetitions by photographing objects through a triangular arrangement of three mirrors.

Vortograph by Simon Gardiner

Life Through a Marble. This last August before a trip to Alaska a 16-year-old from New Jersey who goes by the Flickr name Cabe26 decided he wanted to pick up photography.

Life Through a Marble

The tiny worlds above, flipped, magnified and skewed through tiny glass marbles are among his very first photographs. Here’s a quote from an interview with Short List: “I realised I could innovate the idea using a much smaller piece of glass and using new techniques, strategies and compostions,” he explained. “I realised I had hit on something when I took the first picture.

Before even processing it I realised the idea worked out perfectly. Cabe26, please don’t ever put that camera down. Vintage Photography by Neil Krug – Inspiration Hut. Flawless Poster Design Processes by DKNG Studios (Time Lapse Videos) – Inspiration Hut. Visualizing Wifi. The Hippocratic Oath of a Photographer: Photo Clichés of the 1930s. Back in 1937, art director M.F.

The Hippocratic Oath of a Photographer: Photo Clichés of the 1930s

Agha wrote a piece in U.S. Camera magazine titled The Hippocratic Oath of a Photographer, which warns photographs not to pursue common photographic clichés that were saturating the industry. It’s an interesting glimpse into what popular photo subjects were back in the day. Now compare these to photographer Martin Parr’s piece on present clichés seen in the industry. How-To Videos & Articles « Wonder How To. How to build a 4x5 pinhole camera. The Street is a Catwalk on Photography Served. Must-Get Christmas Pictures Before the Tree Comes Down!

The Christmas tree can provide an excellent background for some really unique photos- here’s a tutorial on how to get some great shots before that tree comes down. 1.

Must-Get Christmas Pictures Before the Tree Comes Down!

My God, it's full of stars" by Thomas Zimmer. Photography by Angus R Shamal. A self portrait of Stanley Kubrick with his daughter, Jack Nicholson and the crew @ the set of The Shining. A selection of some of the most awesome Behind-the-scenes shots I’ve seen from some famous movies found at aintitcool.com.

Back when set designs were huge and hand made, when special effects where mechanic and photographic and film stars were risking their lives on the set. on the set of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis — the actress inside the Maria robot taking a breather. The Empire Strikes Back - filming the Crawl. Reader, if I have put a pause here, and that I continued the story of. Light Paintings by Dennis Calvert. Let's Play Pretend (12 photos) At what age do we stop and forget about what it was like to be a kid?

Let's Play Pretend (12 photos)

If you're a young girl named Lissy Laricchia (or Lissy Elle on Flickr), I hope the answer to that question is never. Lissy has that rare ability to make our imaginary worlds come to life with her magical touch. Child-like, but never childish, her unique photos will draw you in and then keep you spellbound for hours on end. "I live in Canada, where the moose are. Beautifully Offbeat Photography (13 photos) Samuel Bradley's photos cannot be neatly categorized.

Beautifully Offbeat Photography (13 photos)

Wonderfully offbeat and somewhat quirky, they truly span the spectrum. As he tells us, "I'm battling with two different ways of working and I don't know which one I prefer. I think most people follow my work and blog for the more quirky, interestingly processed and sometimes a bit 'cliché vintage' photographs. Split Family Faces. Cousins: Justine, 29, & Ulric, 29 How much do you and your family members really look alike?

Split Family Faces

Quebec, Canada-based graphic designer and photographer Ulric Collette has created a shockingly cool project where he's exploring the genetic similarities between different members of the same family. By splitting their faces in half and then splicing them together, he creates interesting new people that are sometimes quite normal looking and other times far from it. He calls this series Genetic Portraits. (Did you notice that Ulric, the photographer, is one-half of some of these pairings?

Working Medium Format Camera Created with Lego Blocks. Fernando Ramírez Martínez (snipfer on Flickr) created this awesomely geeky medium format camera using Lego pieces.

Working Medium Format Camera Created with Lego Blocks

We started sorting bricks out and after a couple of afternoons working on the camera obscura we managed to get some shots out of the thing. It was built using Lego pieces, duct tape, black cardboard and some glue. Best wedding pictures ever... scroll down. LED Stripp'n by ~Jelle-S on deviantART. Stefano Unterthiner Photography : Animals Face to Face. Become Somebody Else. This print ads are amazing. The project was made by a Lithuanian agency, Love. So the concept is to involve the user as the main character of the novel. Alive Paintings. Wow! This is acrylic on skin and clothes. 22 Photographies augmented with illustrations by Johan Thörnqvist.

How To Get The High (Very French-Feeling) Bun. Sky Series Selected Works 2011. China in a Mirror. I’m loving the symmetry created in these mirror photographs of urban China by Austrian designer and photographer Atelier Olschinsky. See the entire series here, and his recently published illustrations entitled Game Zone are pretty mind-blowing as well. Translucent Ants Photographed Eating Colored Liquids. Joeri Bosma. Sukhi Barber. How to do levitation photography. Stellar by Ignacio Torres. Glass Beach. What if you lived at IKEA? Aled Lewis: Toy Stories. 50 Most Outstanding Photographers’ Portfolio For Inspiration. 8 Effects Every Photographer Should Know About.

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World War II: The American Home Front in Color - Alan Taylor - In Focus. Moonlight.jpg (JPEG Image, 1920x1080 pixels) - Scaled (65%) Allyson Magda Photography - ... - san luis obispo pet portraits. Rune Guneriussen. 22 Things You Can Do Today to Change Your Photography Forever. Des peintures sur la figure. Paris 1910-1914 by Eugene Atget. All the Best WTF Retro Pics in One Page.

Amazing Mystery Photographer Comes To Fame After Her Death: Pics, Videos, Links, News. Tree and stars.jpg (JPEG Image, 1920x1200 pixels) - Scaled (63%) Hope. - Russian Carpet: Daily inspiration, trends, mood board. Architecture, art, design, fashion, photography. 30 Awesomely Bad School Portraits - Worst Class Photos. This is a Photograph, Not a Painting. 11 Simple Tips for Kids: Nature Photography. 13 Lessons to Teach Your Child About Digital Photography.

Images That Changed The World ? (PinGUY's Website) Abandoned Villa - Totalmania.net. 70 Photographs That Will Take Your Breath Away. The lake that glows in the dark: Eerie phenomenon that turned waters luminous blue. Hilarious Celebrity Portraits. Aurora_kuenzli.jpg (JPEG Image, 1527x600 pixels) - Scaled (66. Double Exposure Portraits. Incredible macro-photography of people’s eyes.

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