Category: Photography
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Shocking Aerial Photographs Reveal The Stark Difference Between The Rich And The Poor
Aerial images by drone photographer Johnny Miller reveal the dramatic divide between rich and poor in cities in South Africa, Mexico and India. The photos are part of Mr Miller’s Unequal Scenes project, which he started in April 2016 to challenge people’s acceptance of inequality. The South African-based photographer says: “From the minute you land…
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Photo Series Shows How Our World Has Dramatically Changed Over the Last 50 Years
The world has evolved tremendously during the past 50 years. Both technology and social media have played a huge role in society’s progression. People changed their ways of thinking, they became more tolerant while at the same time, more careless and extroverted. There are, however, a few things that will always be missed — for…
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Artist Captures Baroque Images By Photographing Her Subjects Underwater At Night
The ‘muses’ photo series by Christy Lee Rogers could be more easily compared to Caravaggio’s baroque paintings than any conventional piece of contemporary photography. The Hawaiian visual artist produces her colorful, luminous works by submerging her subjects, a barrage of bodies, in water at night and photographing them using the refraction of light. In an…
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Brazilian Artist Makes History Feel Like The Present With Stunning Colorized Photos
These days we are overwhelmed with options for adding color to black-and-white photos. Smartphone apps, artificial intelligence, and Photoshop knockoffs are accessible to amateurs and hobbyists, and YouTube is a constantly replenishing source of step-by-step tutorials. And yet, if you’ve tried colorization, you’ve likely discovered the finished result looks like highlighters scrubbed over an old…
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Photographer Documents Nigerian Hair Culture Through Stunning Portraits
“Chroma: An Ode to J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere” is an ongoing series which celebrates women’s hair styles in Lagos, Nigeria through a fanciful, contemporary lens. The images are inspired by hair color trends and by the late Nigerian photographer J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere, who photographed over a thousand different hair styles in his lifetime. Ojeikere’s approach was…
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Photographer Spends Hours on Bridges and Balconies to Capture Street Vendors From Above
Sometimes it takes hours, shivering out in the cold, waiting for the perfect moment. One photographer, Loes Heerink, has spent hours hanging out on bridges from four in the morning – all to capture images of Vietnam’s street vendors from above. ‘I have had a fascination for street vendors since I arrived in Vietnam,’ Loes…
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Real-Life Locations That Look Like They’re Straight Out Of A Wes Anderson Movie
Fans of Wes Anderson will be delighted to learn that there are places in this world that will make you feel like you’ve stepped behind the silver screen and straight into one of his movies. From Scotland to Portugal, from Ukraine to even North Korea, there are real-life locations that wouldn’t look out of place…
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The Beauty of New Zealand with an I Phone
Photographer by accident.
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Photo Series Trolls Boyfriends Going To Ridiculous Lengths to Capture the Perfect Photo of Their Girlfriend
The ‘Boyfriends Of Instagram‘ page shares hilarious photos of boyfriends going to ridiculous lengths to capture the perfect shot of their girlfriend. From standing on the edge of a hot tub to crouching or even lying down – these boyfriends are the real masters behind all those money shots. Keep on scrolling to check out…