Tag: photo
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White House Photographer Reveals His Favourite Photos Of Barack Obama
The election has been run and won, and like it or love it, America has a new president in Donald Trump. Barack Obama will serve his last day in office on January 20, 2017, after taking the reins from George W. Bush in 2009. During his eight years of presidency, The White House’s photographer Pete…
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Photographic Series Shows What Happens When You Stop Drinking
We’re constantly told that everything should be done in moderation, and this is especially true when it comes to the consumption of alcohol. It’s a well known fact that too much alcohol can cause high blood pressure (which increases the risk of a heart attack or stroke), lethargy, can contribute to you becoming overweight, as well…
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Spectacular Close Up Photography of Tiny Creatures Captured with a Laser-Scanning Microscope
Neurobiologist Igor Siwanowicz‘s latest photographic series takes us on a magical journey in extreme close up. His brilliantly colored images show the tree-like structures of moth antennas, the wild details of barnacle legs, and the otherworldly shapes of plant spores. The photos are made with a confocal laser-scanning microscope capable of “seeing” vast amounts of detail…
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Man Photographs Caiman Wearing a Crown of Butterflies in the Amazon
Sometimes you need to be in the right place at the right time. But most of the time, to be in the right place at the right time one needs to spend hours, days, weeks, and even years to get there! This happened to photographer Mark Cowan recently, who traveled to the Amazon to study…
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The Most Awesome Entries From The 2016 Beard And Moustache Competition
The 2016 Beard and Moustache Competition has been run and won, with the world’s best beards, staches and characters all flocking to Nashville, TN, for a whole lot of hairy goodness. Greg Anderson was the official photographer for the competition, and here are our fav shots that he took from the show. What are your favorites? And don’t forget,…
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Photo Series That Explores Equality Through Aliens, Bears and Snakes (oh my)
When we last saw artist Sarah Bahbah, she showed us what it looked like to have sex and takeout (see HERE). Her latest series, titled ‘Accept It‘, focuses on social equality in a weird and wacky way. The photos are left open to the viewers interpretation and explores issues of equality through aliens, bears, snakes, crocodiles,…
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National Geographic Releases Spectacular Unpublished Pictures From Their Archives
The National Geographic developed the “Found” archive in 2013 to celebrate its 125th year. This archive contains rare and unpublished photos that for one reason or another never originally made it to print. When you look through our favorites from the Found archive below, you’ll be glad that NatGeo kept them somewhere and didn’t just dispose…
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The Top Photos in the 2016 Birth Photography Competition (NSFW)
Childbirth: it’s one of life’s great miracles. For the last five years, the International Association of Professional Birth Photographers (IAPBP) has held a photography contest which celebrates “the beauty of birth and the skill of birth photographers”. The contest is split into three categories: labor, delivery, and postpartum. The IAPBP just announced the finalists and winners for the 2016 competition,…
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Nikon Awards Photo Prize to Photoshopped Photo, Hilarity Ensues
With the increasing use of Photoshop and other photo editing programs to make your photographs look ‘just right’, every now and then someone gets caught out taking a bit too far. This was definitely the case with Nikon Singapore when they posted an announcement on its Facebook page on the weekend (since deleted), congratulating a photographer named Chay…
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Budapest Artist Creates a Series of Self-Portraits Called Animeyed
There’s something hypnotically captivating about Budapest artist Flora Borsi‘s latest photography series titled “Animeyed”. In it, Flora takes takes a series of self-portraits where an animal’s eye is used in place of her right eye. Here are some of our favorites. What’s yours? And don’t forget, if you’re looking for a piece of original art to…