Tag: conceptual

November 21, 2012 at 4:38 pm

The Dancers Among Us [21 Pics]

The Dancers Among Us [21 Pics]

Dancers Among Us is the recently released photo book by photographer Jordan Matter. In it, Jordan collaborates with dancers around the country, creating stunning photos of bodies in motion. In his own words, Matter explains: The inspiration for this book came to me one afternoon as I watched my son, Hudson, playing with his…

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November 12, 2012 at 6:50 pm

Picture of the Day: The Eye of the Drain

Picture of the Day: The Eye of the Drain

THE EYE OF THE DRAIN Photograph by Liammm on Reddit Certainly a contender for ‘perfectly timed’ photo of the year is this shot by a Redditor named Liam, who took a seemingly mundane photograph of a sink full of soapy water draining itself. Why Liam was even taking such a random shot…

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November 4, 2012 at 2:06 pm

Capturing the Four Seasons in a Single Image

Capturing the Four Seasons in a Single Image

Photographs by tylercasson on Reddit Over the course of one year, photographer and Reddit user tylercasson took four images of a tiny island on Lake Springfield in Illinois to highlight the four different seasons of the year. The composite image (shown above), wonderfully captures the changes our Earth goes through as the year progresses.…

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November 3, 2012 at 5:31 pm

Mamika the Superhero Grandma

Mamika the Superhero Grandma

To raise his ninety-three-year-old grandmother’s spirits, French photographer Sacha Goldberger engaged her as his creative collaborator, model, and muse. Countless costumes, geriatric gaffes, unbelievable stunts, and hilarious photo shoots later, Mamika has become an international media sensation. She even has 1,300 friends on Facebook! Published earlier this year, Mamika: My Mighty Little Grandmother captures…

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November 1, 2012 at 8:30 pm

Picture of the Day: Horizontally Upright

Picture of the Day: Horizontally Upright

HORIZONTALLY UPRIGHT Photograph by Nirnroot on Reddit A common victim of Hurricane Sandy’s wrath were trees. While some of our leafy friends escaped varying degrees of branch dismemberment, others were completely uprooted, taking much of the surrounding earth with it. Redditor Nirnroot, who clearly has a creative eye, took this as…

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October 25, 2012 at 9:37 am

18 Classroom Portraits Around the World

18 Classroom Portraits Around the World

Classroom Portraits is an ongoing series by photographer Julian Germain that started in 2004. Germain received his MA from the Royal College of Art in London and has had exhibitions around the world. He has also published several books including Classroom Portraits 2004 – 2012. The series engages the viewer because the portraits trigger…

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October 23, 2012 at 3:36 pm

Planetary Patterns on the Surfaces of Soap Bubbles

Planetary Patterns on the Surfaces of Soap Bubbles

Visual communication magazine Creative Review commissioned photographer Jason Tozer to shoot a series of soap bubbles to test out the capabilities of a Sony D-SLR. All of the stunning results below were created ‘in-camera’, meaning filters and effects were not applied in post-production. To achieve the planetary like images, Tozer began by blowing through…

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September 30, 2012 at 12:31 pm

Desert Landscape Portraits Using a Mirror and Easel

Desert Landscape Portraits Using a Mirror and Easel

Daniel Kukla is an artist who’s work can be found at the intersection of photography and bioloy/anthropological sciences (of which he is formally trained). In his photography he tries to capture images that have the power to articulate our ever-changing relationship with the natural world. In both science and photography the act of collection…

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September 28, 2012 at 12:50 pm

Picture of the Day: Rain of Fire

Picture of the Day: Rain of Fire

RAIN OF FIRE Photograph by Josell Mariano (JDMcompliant on Flickr) In this apocalyptic photograph by Josell Mariano, we see the results of a long exposure and steel wool lit on fire. Steel wool, also known as wire wool, is a bundle of strands of very fine soft steel filaments, used in…

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September 24, 2012 at 2:49 pm

Spooky Split Face Portraits of Family Members

Spooky Split Face Portraits of Family Members

Ulric Collette is a self-taught photographer from Quebec, Canada. He studied art and graphic design at school and currently works as an art director for Collette, an advertising studio in Quebec City. In his series entitled, Genetic Portraits, Ulric splices together portraits of family members to explore the genetic similarities. From parents and their…

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