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25 Incredibly Detailed Black And White Portraits of the Homeless by Lee Jeffries - Nightly Lee Jeffries career began as a sports photographer, capturing the beautiful game of football in Manchester. Then a chance meeting with a homeless woman living in the streets of London changed his life forever. He has since dedicated himself to capturing gripping portraits of the disenfranchised. Shooting exclusively in black and white, Lee Jeffries’ 135+ pictures can be viewed in his Flickr Photostream. The majority are closeup portraits with incredible detail. Each photograph exudes so much raw character and depth, you find yourself studying each shot with great intensity. Lee Jeffries lives in Manchester in the United Kingdom. Lee Jeffries recalls that, initially, he had stolen a photo from this young homeless girl huddled in a sleeping bag. The models in his photographs are homeless people that he has met in Europe and in the United States: «Situations arose, and I made an effort to learn to get to know each of the subjects before asking their permission to do their portrait.»

Watkins Glen State Park Watkins Glen State Park is the most famous of the Finger Lakes State Parks located on the edge of the village of Watkins Glen, New York, south of Seneca Lake in Schuyler County. The main feature of the park is the hiking trail that climbs up through the gorge, passing over and under waterfalls. The park has a lower part that is next to the village and an upper part that is open woodland. Watkins Glen State Park is in a 400-foot-deep narrow gorge cut through rock by a stream that was left hanging when glaciers of the Ice age deepened the Seneca valley, increasing the tributary stream gradient to create rapids and waterfalls wherever there were layers of hard rock. The rocks of the area are sedimentary of Devonian age that are part of a dissected plateau that was uplifted with little faulting or distortion. They consist mostly of soft shales, with some layers of harder sandstone and limestone The gorge path winds over and under waterfalls and through the spray of Cavern Cascade.

Seeing Famous Places From Above Is Surreal. #29 Shocked Me. These birds eye views are seriously incredible. It reminds us of how beautiful the Earth truly is. 1. Niagara Falls 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Top 20 Earth Pictures found on Stumble Upon | Earth Pictures Everybody knows that Stumbleupon is an great source for beautiful photography, nature, pets, arts and much more. They have millions of users and they are probably the most wide used source for finding quality content. Today, we collected 20 popular photographs from Stumbleupon. Most of them have been seen for more than million times each. We hope you’ll enjoy… Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Source Photo Source Source Suggested by ISSy; Source You don’t want to miss our new post: 20 Gorgeous Animal Photos. Check out more HERE.

Ten of the world's great natural wonders 5.8K Flares Facebook 11 Twitter 6 Google+ 3 StumbleUpon 5.8K Pin It Share 10 LinkedIn 1 inShare1 5.8K Flares × From the giant redwoods of California to the almost miraculous honeycomb rock formations of the Giant’s Causeway, marvel at some of the planet’s most extraordinary natural landscapes. Enojy! A group of elephants walking in Ngorongoro crater, Tanzania. Wuhua Hai, or Five Flower Lake, in China’s Jiuzhaigon national park, glistens in varying shades of turquoise, and the lake’s floor is strewn with ancient tree trunks. The near-perfect hexagonal columns of he Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland look like they were carved by a stonemason – or honed into honeycomb. The arid plateau of Cappadocia in Turkey hides vast, subterranean cities and towering fairy chimneys that were hewn by wind and rain, heat and cold, and then carved out by troglodytes Photograph: Traveler1116/Getty Image Redwoods in the Giant Forest, Sequoia national park, California. Have something to Say? comments

Fenhuan – One of the Ten Most Beautiful Towns in China | China Photos Pictures By Saif on March 12, 2011 Fenhuan considered one of the 10 most beautiful cities in China. The city was founded during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Originally the town was inhabited by soldiers sent to subdue the local Miao people. Check out the pictures given below. 29 Photos The old city walls On these boats in the warmer weather rolled tourists. The Chinese have no respect for washing machines, but everywhere there is a centrifuge for spinning. This woman is resistant to all weather, all day sitting at a Buddhist temple. the local means of transportation through the narrow streets. Via: vizaviz

Beautiful unique waterfall in a forest, nature photography, 8x10-12in high quality print, waterfall, Romania Most Beautiful Waterfalls In The World Waterfalls have very stong energy inside them, but outside they are very beautiful. Place where is waterfall is very calm and very good for relaxing. When you have some problems, go to the nearest waterfall and relax. After few minutes you will feel something strange.

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