London Sleeps is a series of quietly stunning images by photographer Matthew Joseph that show what our city would be like if none of us were around. All the sound and fury we insist on creating is absent, leaving London’s landmarks to bask in a stillness that is almost eerie.
Getty Images celebrating their 20th Anniversary by tracing the photos of celebrities through two last decades (campaign done by AlmapBBDO), well you can do the same if you have face recognition in your photo library on machine.
"Lola Dupre manipulates photographs sans photoshop, cutting and pasting them into new images entirely by hand. Last time we covered her on the blog, she had taken a break from her figurative works to concentrate on monochromatic, Op Art-inspired abstract designs. But with her latest body of work, Dupre has returned to portraiture, this time unveiling a new body of work in full color. Apart from her personal projects, she recently created a fashion editorial for the Spanish fashion magazine Vein using her signature style". via Hi-Fructose
Young Russian director and photographer Andrey Nikolaev has an addiction to raw travelling. Last year he made a unique car tour together with his friends and crossed 38th Parallel through North to South Korea. That was a first attempt since 1957 and required a lot of paper work and agreements.
"Equipped with a surfboard, a tent & a sleeping bag, we traveled Peru in the summer of 2015.Hiking the Peruvian andes, going back to school at SKIP in Trujillo & surfing points in northern Peru are just a few things we got to experience on this incredible journey. Have a look." says David Bertshinger Karg
http://vimeo.com/126945693
When in Vietnam.Set off on a 1650Km north to south journey: capturing the best wonders of Vietnam: Hanoi ancient quarter, the breathtaking Halong Bay, the claustrophobic caves in Trang An, the glamorous fabric merchants in Hoi An, the secret temples inside the marble mountain in Da Nang, the historical old capital Hue, the wet and tropical mekong delta and the white sandy beaches at Phu Quoc.
Directed by Oliver Astrologo (Instagram)
http://vimeo.com/126747807
Cinemagraphs or animated photographs are still images that have a living moment inside of them. Subtle looping motion turns such photos into ever magnetizing, thus giving them strong marketing potential. All cinemagraphs are .gif files which differ from the average animated pictures due to their more refined and aesthetically pleasing look. Below you can see a set of 11 cinemagraphs that are created specifically for bloggers. These pictures were created to fit the most diverse range of themes. So if you’re a blogger you can blend your writing with some really smooth animation. Here they come. At the bottom you can find the link the archive with a full set.
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Last year, Elena Shumilova took photos of her sons as they played by the Russian countryside. She uploaded the photos online, then they started getting shared, and shared again… until they became a viral sensation, with over 60 million views (including few thousands on DCN).
These photos hit something magical all across the Internet — a sense of nostalgia for a childhood past. She even started getting letters from people in their nineties, saying the photos moved them to tears.
Read more on How to Photograph Your Kids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xiQkU8eUC4
Andreas Lie (Instagram) makes animal art via the effect that scared anyone who has ever had a film camera – double exposure. His work combines pictures of animals with their natural surroundings, resulting in fox, wolf or bear shaped windows into the forests that they inhabit. It’s an interesting idea, getting you to consider not just the animals themselves, but also their surroundings. It could be considered as a take on “forest for the trees”, illustrating that we usually don’t think about the animals when we see landscape shots of forests. You can buy some of his art on Society6 store
Alana Dee Haynes (Instagram) is a Brooklyn-based artist who turns the bodies of her photographed subjects into illustrated surfaces, transforming blank skin and clothing into undulating patterns and shapes. via
“Everyone has a certain way they see the world. Some things jump out at people, while others pass them by. I see faces and patterns everywhere. When I look at people, I connect their beauty marks, and find faces in their knuckle lines. It’s just the way I live. So, naturally, I see these things in photographs too. It is not synesthesia, but it is a similar way of viewing multiple layers in things.” (Source)
Text via Instagram blog: “You are telling stories visually and without the need of words,” explains freelance street and dance photographer Omar Z. Robles (@omarzrobles), who is originally from Puerto Rico but now living in New York. Omar started to shoot dancers on streets when he moved to New York City three years ago, but his interest in the ability of the human body to physically share stories and emotions stems from a longtime passion for physical theater, dance and an education in the art of mime. Training under Marcel Marceau in Paris, Omar was influenced by the great French mime’s ability to tell a story without words. “It’s something I find completely exceptional,” he says.
Few posts ago we stated that found double-exposure technique a bit boring but hey look at Brandon Kidwell (Instagram) works they say. This guy levels up the hidden meanings and brings new life to that trend again
Blogger, food photographer, stylist and cookbook author - Linda Lomelino is real fairy of a perfect shot and knows how to make you mouth-watered in a matter of a few seconds. You can easily join her daily based bakery shared through photocamera lens on Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest
First spotted at Designcollector VOX, the works of Ambroise Tezenas captivated us with his beautiful attention to the light and other magics. Based in Paris, he worked as a photo-journalist for both french and international magazines, spending much of his time traveling in South East Asia, Central and South America.
Here is his recent series of uninhabited Paris
Satire is the theme — on sex, religion, politics and mass media in the blog of a 34-year-old graphic designer from San Marino.
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