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A Mirrored Memory (8 Photos Texas based photographer, Tom Hussey reflects on his recent collaboration with the pharmaceutical company, Novartis for their ”Reflections” campaign. “Based on an earlier portfolio image, I was awarded a job for an Alzheimer’s drug called the Exelon Patch made by Novartis. The Exelon Patch helps patients maintain long-term memories during the early stages of this horrific disease. I was fortunate to be included in a lot of the early concept stages for the campaign. I knew immediately location scouting and casting were going to be very important to evoke the emotions associated with the disease. The campaign has been extremely successful for the promotion of the brand and people universally respond to the images.

30 Unconventional Portraits That Defy Clichés We have all seen the standard portrait; face forward, smiling, soft focus maybe. While the standard portrait formula works well and produces nice images, it's often a good exercise to think outside the box. This grouping of unconventional portraits (including self portraits) is creative work by photographers willing to take the risk to produce something memorable. While you might not find them all pleasing, they do offer a fresh take on an old format. It's Just a Plant Hi there, gentle reader! There’s a lot more, including a small history of prohibition and some thoughts on how the laws against marijuana might be changed. You can find a copy of the new hardcover book right here. In the meantime, I’d like to show you two simple graphs. Black and white photography by Nobuyuki Taguchi Born in 1968 in Yokohama, Japan, Nobuyuki Taguchi first began his photography back in 1991, when he was studying Fine Art in Sculpture at University in London. After finishing his MA course in 1995, Nobuyuki soon developed a deep interest in Information Technology and he became an IT professional. In 1999 he started “Digital” photography and has been spending more time on his photography since. In 2007 he started publishing his Black and White Photography on the internet.

Best Street Art of 2011 - StumbleUpon December 27, 2011 | 72 Comments » | Topics: Art, Pics Hot Stories From Around The Web Other Awesome Stories Create paintings from photos Did you ever wanted to be a great artist? But unfortunately you are really bad at it? Well that's ok because now with Psykopaint you can be a great artist with no skills. But how does it work?

Tim Burtonesque Stories on Post-it Notes (13 pics) After you've seen the imaginative work of John Kenn, I bet you'll never see post-it notes the same way again. As his full-time job, Kenn writes and directs television shows for children. When he finds the time, he draws these dark and surreal stories of monsters, trolls and children in precarious situations. © Zena Holloway - Underwater Photographer & Director & LOLEG.com Красотища! © ZenaHolloway.com Sit back. Relax. Read. Perhaps, have a beverage & keep your comments & trackbacks to yourself.

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