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Fascinating Photos Inside China’s Toy Factories by Michael Wolf
Gordon Parks’s Long-Forgotten Color Photographs of Everyday Segregation
Woman Slammed for Photoshopping Her Face Onto African Tribeswomen
This Dog Has Explored More Abandoned Places Than You
This Dog Has Explored More Abandoned Places Than You
PIC FROM ALICE VAN KEMPEN/CATERS NEWS (Pictured: Claire travelling in an abandoned train in Belgium) – Talk about a pass-pawt! Meet the globetrotting dog who visits abandoned places and poses for photographs. Meet Claire, the three-year-old bull terrier who travels the world with Dutch photographer Alice van Kempen, 48, posing for photographs in abandoned buildings. Alice travels the world seeking out abandoned places to photograph in pursuit of her passion for urban exploring, taking her pooch as her trusted companion. SEE CATERS COPY
PIC FROM ALICE VAN KEMPEN/CATERS NEWS (Pictured: Claire ironing in an abandoned farmhouse in Netherlands) – Talk about a pass-pawt! Meet the globetrotting dog who visits abandoned places and poses for photographs. Meet Claire, the three-year-old bull terrier who travels the world with Dutch photographer Alice van Kempen, 48, posing for photographs in abandoned buildings. Alice travels the world seeking out abandoned places to photograph in pursuit of her passion for urban exploring, taking her pooch as her trusted companion. SEE CATERS COPY
Amy Schumer Shares Beautiful, Strong, Thin, Pretty, Sexy, Flawless Photo Of Herself
Amy Schumer Shares Beautiful, Strong, Thin, Pretty, Sexy, Flawless Photo Of Herself
Annie Leibovitz opts for natural and effortless style in portraits of Serena Williams, Yoko Ono, Amy Schumer and others
Pirelli Calendar Slideshow on New York Times
CreditAnnie Leibovitz for Pirelli
How to Make a Portrait Look Like Wet Plate Collodion Using Photoshop
How to Make a Portrait Look Like Wet Plate Collodion Using Photoshop
“Retoucher Antti Karppinen is starting a new YouTube channel called Alias Academy, and his first video tutorial is on how he recreates the look of wet plate using Photoshop.”
6 Photographers Asked to Shoot Portraits of 1 Man… With a Twist
6 Photographers Asked to Shoot Portraits of 1 Man… With a Twist
“Canon recently conducted an interesting experiment on the power of perspective in portrait photography. They enlisted the help of 6 photographers and asked them each to independently shoot portraits of a man named Michael. But there was a twist: each photographer was told a different thing about Michael’s background.
The photographers were told that Michael was: a self-made millionaire, someone who has saved a life, an ex-inmate, a commercial fisherman, a self-proclaimed psychic, and a recovering alcoholic. Michael, an actor, did his best to take on the personality of each character.”
Ways of Seeing: Portrait Series
Ways of Seeing: Portrait Series
“Whether through digital channels, print or on exhibit, the impact, influence and reach of the still image has never been greater. But with so many images fighting for our attention, how do photographers make work that most effectively stands out and connects with an audience. In this seven-part series, TIME looks back over the past 12 months to identify some of the ways of seeing—whether conceptually, aesthetically or through dissemination—that have grabbed our attention and been influential in maintaining photography’s relevance in an ever shifting environment, media landscape, and culture now ruled by images.”
Time Magazine chronicles a number of portrait photographers and portrait trends for 2014.
COMBO – This combination of 6 images taken between Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 and Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, shows Afghan refugee children in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. For more than three decades, Pakistan has been home to one of the worldís largest refugee communities: hundreds of thousands of Afghans who have fled the repeated wars and fighting their country has undergone. Since the 2002 U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, some 3.8 million Afghans have returned to their home country, according to the U.N.ís refugee agency. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Motivation, 1/9/15, ASTONISHING SETS IN THE STREETS OF NYC
Motivational Exercise: “Do Now” – Friday, 1/9/15
PHOTOGRAPHER BUILDS ASTONISHING SETS IN THE STREETS OF NYC USING DISCARDED ITEMS
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