All Blog Posts Tagged 'Year' (10)

The excitement is building! Can you believe that we're now less than one year away from the start of the 2012 Olympic Games? London has already started the final countdown with "One year to go" celebrations throughout the city. (The Games will begin July 27, 2012.) According to CNN, "14,700… Continue

Do you have what it takes to be the Digital Camera Photographer of the Year? While our own photo contest is still going on, I wanted to let you know of another that you can enter. Digital Camera Photographer of the Year is… Continue

Yosuke Ueno

If you're looking for one art show to attend this year, I'd like to suggest Thinkspace's upcoming 5 Year Anniversary blow out. Established in 2005, Thinkspace is one of the few galleries who doesn't follow trends, they start them. They've been a part of the contemporary art movement for years now, showcasing groundbreaking… Continue

PhotoRadar just released their shortlist for Digital Photographer of the Year 2010. Split into ten distinct categories, this contest really showcases a diverse range of photography skills. With categories such as landscape, travel and wildlife, they're sure to inspire you not just as a photographer but as a world traveler and explorer. Of course, my favorite is… Continue

 

I'm always impressed by well-executed projection mapping. "Yekpare" is a storyteller which narrates the 8500 year history of Istanbul. The story embraces symbols from Pagans to Roman Empire, from Byzantine Empire to Latin Empire, and finally from Ottoman Empire to Istanbul at the present day.



Haydarpaşa Train Station, with its brilliant architectural forms, is the building on which the story is projected. The connection between middle east to west…

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Philosopher - Christian Oeser, Austria



Sorting through over 100,000 entries, the judges from The Digital Camera Photographer of the Year competition had a tough task at hand. How do you select the most captivating and creative pictures from such a large pool? Split into 10 categories including People and Portraits, Landscapes, World in Motion, Digital Vision and more, the photos…

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This guy must've been really inspired by Forrest Gump. His original goal was to travel by foot from Beijing to Germany. Although he never made it, his adventure is definitely commendable.



Here are his notes:

November 9th 2007 - November 13th 2008

one year on foot - 4646km (2887 miles) through China



Additional info:

- I never finished my original goal of walking to Germany. Instead, I walked for a year and roughly… Continue

Today is the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. This year, we welcome the Year of the Ox, the sign representing solemn hard work and prosperity - an animal that appears aptly symbolic for these difficult times. Collected here are photographs of people celebrating and preparing for this Lunar New Year festivities.

See the photos at the Big Picture

Happy New Year from theMET!! We hope you have a great new year filled with joy and happiness. May 2009 be one of the best years ever!

Animals never cease to amaze me. Some are cute, some are scary - some are serious, some are funny. One thing is for sure...they're all pretty amusing. Here is a compilation of best animal pictures of 2008.



Above, monkeys of Yamanouchi, Japan, relax in a natural hot spring.

A polar bear dries off.…

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