Mobile Photography Awards showcase stunning smartphone art That was taken with a phone? The winners of this year's Mobile Photography Awards may surprise you as you consider each was snapped with a smartphone. From detailed portraits from Alfred Pleyer to macro photography from Jim Mclaughlin to artistic representations from Aylin Argun, the winning selections are impressive regardless of the hardware (and software) involved. A record number of entries were received in this year's competition, demonstrating increasing interest in mobile photography as an art form. Thus far the winners of 20 categories have been announced, including the DPReview Connect category, which invited participants to share images that conveyed what the word "connect" means to them. Souichi Furusho of Japan won the category with his image titled "Image Pic #51."
The Top 50 Pictures of the Day for 2011 - StumbleUpon 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. Enjoy and stay sifty my friends! Nature Photography / ANTILIMIT Behind The Glass In our modern world where most of us are generally surrounded by and marketed to with uninspiring things, this serves as my attempt to counter that with moments I've found to be interesting and special. I've taken and post-processed all the photos here since 2002. I currently call Austin home and have lived throughout the United States (to include Washington State, Florida, Indiana, Virginia & Texas) during my lifetime. I currently work as a front-end designer and developer during the day and enjoy travelling to new places and wandering around with my gear.
2013 SONY World Photography Awards On Feb. 5, Sony announced the World Photography Awards shortlist of finalists in both professional and open categories. From over 120,000 submissions, this list of 43 images has been curated from submissions spanning 170 countries— a record number of entries to date. Astrid Merget, creative director of the World Photography Organisation, said. “The World Photography Organisation is dedicated to finding the best international contemporary photography from across the world. The shortlist is a clear indication of the exciting photography which is out there and, as we do every year, we are looking forward to presenting this collection of photographers to a global audience.”
Flickr Album Maker Latest News A new tool to collect your flickr photos to make your album is available now. With this tool, you can collect photos in Flickr Organize easily and send to Flickr Album Maker. Please see details here. It requires Firefox + Greasemonkey. Winners of the National Geographic Photo Contest 2012 Grand Prize Winner and Nature Winner Are you ready? After months of anticipation, it's finally time to reveal the winners of the 2012 National Geographic Photography Contest! A few of our early favorites took home some of the top prizes including Ashley Vincent's perfectly timed photo of a tigress drying off and Nenad Saljic's incredibly majestic portrait of the Matterhorn. This year, more than 22,000 entries from over 150 countries were submitted from both professional and amateur photographers. Photos were judged based on creativity and photographic quality by a panel of experts.
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Photo Booth April 16, 2014 Portfolio: Cathedrals of Ice This past February, thanks to an unusually cold winter, the sea caves along the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, in northern Wisconsin, were accessible by foot for the first time in five years. Visitors were able to walk two miles over the thick ice of Lake Superior to see the ice formations that run up the coastline. Erin Brethauer, a photographer living in North Carolina, visited the sea caves.
The Most Powerful Photos of the President in 2012 Though we're already four days into 2013, it's hard to not think back on all of the memorable moments in 2012. As an election year, 2012 was especially unforgettable for reelected President Barack Obama. Photographer Pete Souza was there to capture the President, his family, and the White House staff's most poignant moments throughout the year.
Demilked photography Almost Lost 1950-60s Street Photos Of NYC And Chicago By Vivian Maier In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian Dorothea Maier. Only in 2011, two years after Maier’s death, was her forgotten talent acknowledged by the public, as her works started travelling through exhibitions in the U.S. and Europe and a book... THE RED FILM Gregory Halpern grew up in Buffalo, New York. He currently lives in Rochester, New York. by THE RED FILM Anna Paola Guerra lives and works in Belo Horizonte, Brasil.