TORONTO AT NIGHT   Photograph by DMAO11   Fantastic view of my hometown of Toronto, Canada shot from a plane by Dmao11. Photograph was taken using a Nikon D90 with a Tamron 17-50mm 2.8 VC lens   Dmao11 on Flickr

  Welcome to the Friday Shirk Report where you will find the 20 funniest images, 10 most interesting articles, and 5 most viral videos from the previous week of sifting. Enjoy! *For those that prefer the links open in a new tab/window, try holding the CTRL key whilst clicking a link with your mouse Stay [...]

  THE GOLDEN GUN   Photograph via Reuters   Pictured above is the alleged Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) fighter that first captured former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. In his hand is the supposed gold-plated gun of the now deceased leader who had succumbed to his wounds received during his final stand. The eight weeks [...]

Artwork and Photography by DON HONG-OAI     Born in Canton in 1929, Chinese artist Dong Hong-Oai passed away in 2004 at the age of 75. He left behind an incredible volume of work, using a style known as pictorialism to create incredible photographs that look like traditional Chinese paintings. Below you will find a [...]

  THE FIRST PEOPLE EVER PHOTOGRAPHED   Boulevard du Temple, Paris, Daguerreotype 1838 | Photograph by LOUIS DAGUERRE (1787 – 1851)   This is purportedly the first picture of a living person ever taken (1838). The image shows a busy street, but due to exposure time of more than ten minutes, the traffic was moving [...]