Matt Logue's “Empty Los Angeles” photography book shows the effect of L.A. being completely people-less. The click through is worth it.
Brilliant photoblog The Big Picture shares amazing images of the landscape of Mars — apparently
Culture Buzz Helga Steppan is a Swedish artist who combines installation and photography. For her See Through exhibition, she arranged all of her belongings into separate chromatic piles. This is a way better solution than just throwing out all your junk.
Holy smokes! NASA released this image of the Los Angeles fires as seen from a satellite in space. It was taken mid-morning on Aug. 30 and shows the smoke plumes rising approximately 4.3 miles above sea level.
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/32946
In the early days of photography, it was a common practice to prop up a recently dead loved-one to take one final photo.
This photo was released this morning by the North Korean news agency. This proves two things. One, Bill Clinton was there and did meet with Kim Il Jong; and two, they need much better cameras. Or learn how to photoshop.
http://www.jordanmatter.com/uncovered.asp
Photographer Jordan Matter has a new book out, a Portraiture collection of bare-breasted women in various locations around New York City. The book is and examination, and tribute to the oft controversial female form.
JPG Magazine's Dina Goldstein's photo series entities Fallen Princesses attempts to illustrate classic Disney princesses and what happens when “the '…happily ever after' is replaced with a realistic outcome and addresses current issues.” Sorry for ruining your childhood.
A gorgeous fan-made, stop-motion music video for Death Cab for Cutie's “Little Bribes.” If you are a fan of photography, words, Death Cab, creativity, and/or awesomeness, you'll love this.
Flickr is coming through in the clutch today with an awesome group dedicated to photos of jazz hands. Here's a selection of my favorites - click through for more, and add your own below.
In the artistic version of MTV's “Cribs,” photographer Mark Menjivar takes photos of the insides of peoples' refrigerators and shares a few revealing details about the owners — like what kind of animal this guy shot. (It was a 12-point buck.)
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We're All Gonna Die - 100 Meters of Existence, a 100 meter photo by photographer Simon Høgsberg. There are 178 people in the photo, all taken in the same spot on a railroad bridge in Berlin.
Is there a method to the Roomba's cleaning mission? Signaltheorist captured a long exposure image of the path that his Roomba took across the room. Are we any closer to unlocking the mysteries of the Roomba? Probably not. But a quick vaccum might be more efficient.
Although nothing can quite warm my heart like ManBabies, these Kidults — still manage to creep me out in all the right ways.
Photos of the pirates before they were all simultaneously shot dead by Navy snipers have surfaced! No shoes, collared shirts and AK-47's. Almost could pass for advertising.
A time exposure caught by amateur astronomer Marc-Andre Besel of the time when the moon sinks below the horizon. Also featuring lightning and a cameo by the constellation Scorpius.
An intrepid historian/photographer finds photos at the Library of Congress in Washington DC, prints them out then scouts out the location where the original photograph took place. He then holds up the vintage photo against the modern backdrop.
The newest host on the late night circuit, Jimmy Fallon, recreates A-Rod's recent Details photoshoot. Can one really mock something that was so hilarious in the first place? I think about this everyday.
Warning: do not keep your leftovers too long. They will turn on you. From an awesome series of weird “death by whatever” photos by artist Daniela Edburg.