The Pleasure Of: A Video Compilation of Life’s Most Pleasurable Moments by Vitùc
Taking the first bite of a watermelon. Cracking an egg. Floating in the ocean on a sunny day. These are brief, seemingly inconsequential moments that almost immediately slip from memory as they pass, neither life-altering or particularly remarkable, and yet taken together they become a sort of texture of our lives. Filmmaker Vitùc recognized the importance of these small moments and collected several dozen of them in his new video short called The Pleasure Of that was shot in part with an iPhone 4s.
Underwater Experiments Continued: Wonderful New Photos of Jellyfish by Alexander Semenov
Since first covering the photography of Russian biologist Alexander Semenov (previously) back in January his self-directed “Underwater Experiments” series has continued unabated as he releases other-worldy shots of the Earth’s most elusive creatures almost daily. Again and again Semenov captures some of the most jaw-dropping photographs of underwater life I’ve ever seen, most frequently an animal called lion’s mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) which is the largest known species of jellyfish in the world. What you see here only scratches the surface of his work over the last couple of months, definitely urge you to get lost in his underwater gallery.
Composite Photographs Blend Scenes from the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Present Day
In this series of carefully photoshopped images, photographer Shawn Clover created composite photographs that blend historical scenes from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and his own present-day captures of the same locations. A number of other artists have created similar images, most notably Sergey Larenkov’s Ghosts of WWII, but Clover really seems to have put in extreme amounts of effort in trying to determine how each photograph precisely overlaps the other, resulting in some fascinating interactions between past and present. Clover’s work is broken into two parts, Part 1 was created in 2010 and Part 2 was completed just last month. (via Laughing Squid)
Noah Kalina Updates Self-Portrait Video to Include 12.5 Years of Daily Portraits (4,514 Photos!)
Photographer Noah Kalina has been taking a self-portrait each day for the last 12.5 years as part of his aptly titled Everyday project. Six years ago a video chronicling six years of portraits set to music by Carly Commando took the internet by storm spawning legions of people to embark on similar self-portrait projects. This morning Kalina released an updated video containing some 4,500 photographs shot from January 11, 2000 through June 30, 2012. Here they are all at once.
Terra Cibus: Food Photographed with A Scanning Electron Microscope by Caren Alpert
terra cibus no.2 / chocolate Cake (320x magnification) terra cibus no.3 / celery Leaf (85x magnification) terra cibus no.34 / pop tart (450x magnification) terra cibus no.32 / shrimp tail (230x magnification) terra cibus no.10 / kiwi seed (320x magnification) terra cibus no.7 / coffee bean (85x magnification) terra cibus no.22 / lifesaver at 17x magnification terra cibus no.23 / purple onion (230x magnification) terra cibus no.24 / Oreo (15x magnification) terra cibus no.6 / red licorice (20x Magnification) San Francisco-based fine art and commercial photographer Caren Alpert combines her loves for photography, food, and art in these gorgeous photos taken with an electron microscope.
Topographical Light Paintings
Photographer Janne Parviainen (previously) has been experimenting with a fun form of photographic light painting that resembles 3D topographical maps. Exposure times can take over 30 minutes as he carefully moves through the room with a light “tracing” every surface and object. See more in his light topography gallery.
Light Painting Mosaics Made from Hundreds of Individual Exposures by Brian Matthew Hart
Here’s some phenomenal new work from photographer Brian Matthew Hart (previously) who is a master of drawing with light. Hart created a number of mosaics using individual exposures, the largest hand above, part of an unfinished diptych, is made from 324 photographs! I definitely urge you to check out his website for plenty more.
recentextrapolations - brianmatthewhart
below are a handful of light drawings from the past 3 years precursor [triptych] | 2013 this image consists of 108 individual photographic exposures.each section is 8" x 10", for a final dimension of 72" x 136". wundr jr lauren allison shaun andrew hands series | 2012 woman on couch | 2012 right hand [unfinished diptych] | 2012 this image consists of 324 individual photographic exposures.each section is 4" x 6", for a final dimension of 72" x 108". dark water | 2011 this image consists of 80 individual photographic exposures.each section is 8" x 10", for a final dimension of 67.5" x 104.5". the garden triptych | 2010 this image consists of 225 individual photographic exposures.each section is 4" x 6", mounted to 3 separate panels of MDF, for a final dimension of 60" x 92". apartment light drawing | 2011 woman falling with umbrella | 2011 absurdist portrait of woman with umbrella and bike | 2011 woman lying languidly while i stand with lamp | 2011 how to stand | 2011
Winners of the National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest 2012 Announced
Fred An Camila Massu Vo Anh Kiet Winners of the 24th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest have been announced and The Atlantic’s In Focus has the winning selection of 11 photos picked from over 12,000 entries submitted by 6,615 photographers in 152 countries.
Colorful Portraits from the 2012 Festival of Colors by Thomas Hawk
San Francisco photographer Thomas Hawk has a great collection of portraits taken during the 2012 Holi Festival of Colors (previously) at Spanish Fork, Utah earlier this year. No matter how many times I see photos and videos of this day, I never get tired of it. It’s simply the most joyous looking celebration I could imagine.
Paris In Motion
This gorgeous stop motion video of Paris was shot by filmmaker and photographer Mayeul Akpovi who shot thousands of photos by simply moving his tripod around various scenic areas of the city during the day and night. I really love this style, make sure you watch through to the fireworks at the end. (via vimeo)
