Tag: photography
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National Geographic Releases Spectacular Unpublished Pictures From Their Archives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 This archive contains rare and unpublished photos that for one reason or another never originally made it to print.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…
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Photographer Takes The Most Adorable Selfies With Animals!
Alan Dixon seems to have a pretty fun job. And when you enjoy your job, it rubs off on everyone and everything around you. So despite the saying “you shouldn’t work with kids or animals”, Alan’s infectious personality gets the animals on side too. This enables him to take some of the best and most playful…
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This Photo of a Potato Sold for Over $1,000,000
You might not think much about this photo of a potato (maybe you do?), but it’s one of the most expensive photos in the world, selling for in excess of $1,000,000 last year. The work, titled “Potato #345 (2010),” is from photographer Kevin Abosch’s, latest series called ‘iconic black backdrop’. This series has captured the interest…
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This Cat Takes Way Better Selfies Than You
As our mascot is Fido the dog, it’s not too difficult to work out that we have a fondness for everything puppy. Despite this, every once in a while a feisty feline comes along that completely stops us in our tracks. Manny the selfie obsessed pussy is one such example. Manny can out-selfie the best of…
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Rare Monkey Orchids to Celebrate the Year of the Monkey
To celebrate the Year of the Monkey, which officially commences on February 8th, 2016, the Aquamarine Fukushima in Japan has opened a spectacular exhibit featuring the extremely rare Monkey Orchid. “Can a flower look like a monkey?” we hear you ask. Look at the photos below and we think you will conclude they definitely can!…
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Photographer Creates Book Documenting Her Naked Walk Through New York (NSFW)
There’s been quite a bit of nude performance art around lately. Milo Moire has made an art form out of it (pardon the pun), with performances such as walking to Art Basel naked (see HERE), plopping an egg out of her vagina at Art Cologne (see HERE), and walking around an art exhibition naked while…
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Hot Dudes With Kittens Instagram Account is So Hot Meow
2015 saw the birth of many weird and wonderful things in the art world. One of the cutest was the Instagram account hotdudeswithkittens, which, as the name suggests, shares images of hot dudes with kittens. We think you’ll agree it’s a killer combo. Enjoy! And don’t forget, if you’re looking for a piece of…