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Celebrities Comically Photoshopped as Real-Life Bobbleheads



Imgur user samuelorsaumell has developed a series of photo manipulations under the apt title Celebrity Photoshop Bobbleheads that features some of today's most prominent stars as disproportionate people with abnormally giant heads. Like a set of wobbly-headed figurines that furnish many desks, these…

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Added by Pinar on May 7, 2013 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Abstract Portraits Re-Imagined as Real People



The real life models is a project by 19-year-old photographer Flóra Borsi that explores a world where abstract portraits are actually realistic depictions of people with distorted features. Her series takes the idea of painters using real life models as an anatomical reference for their portraits and asks, "What if these abstract models were real people?"

Borsi, whom…

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Added by Pinar on May 7, 2013 at 9:30am — No Comments

Revealing Backstage Requests Made by Famous Musicians

Frank Sinatra: One bottle each: Absolute, Jack Daniel’s, Chivas Regal, Courvoisier, Beefeater Gin, white wine, red wine. Twenty-four chilled jumbo shrimp, Life Savers, cough drops.

Photographer Henry Hargreaves has a talent for portraying people and their personalities…

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Added by Katie Hosmer on May 6, 2013 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Famous Landmarks Seen Through a Tilt Shift Perspective

Machu Picchu



Richard Silver doesn't want to just document the world around him with a typical photograph. Instead, the New York-based photographer wants to share his life experiences through extensive travel and creative visual techniques like panorama, HDR and, in this case, tilt shift photography. He says, "Photography and travel may as well be one word to me.…

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Added by Katie Hosmer on May 6, 2013 at 10:00am — No Comments

Double Exposures Blur Lines Between New York and London

Photographer Daniella Zalcman recently moved from New York to London. She says, "They’re both places I adore, and (in my opinion) they’re two of the most photogenic cities in the world." As a result, she decided to produce this series of work in which the two cities visually overlap in layers of time and space. The series blurs the lines of geography,…

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Added by Katie Hosmer on May 6, 2013 at 8:00am — No Comments

The Unique Lifestyle of an Orthodox Jewish Surfer

Writer and surfer Gai Shtienberg documents the wondrous life of an ultra-orthodox Jewish man's life as he balances his devotion to religion and his irrepressible affinity for surfing. The images in Shtienberg's article, originally featured on popular surfing blog The Inertia, show the different sides of 34-year-old Meir's life. In one instance, he is sporting a…

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Added by Pinar on May 5, 2013 at 11:30am — No Comments

Fantastic Faceless Portraits by Chris Ozer

We're pretty sure that most photographers don't have quite the Instagram following as Chris Ozer. Currently, over 400,000 people look to the Brooklyn, New York-based photographer for inspiration on the popular photo sharing site.

Though it seems like he's been taking photos his whole life, you may be surprised to…

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Added by alice on May 5, 2013 at 9:30am — No Comments

16-Year-Old Photographer Embarks on a Surreal Journey



For 16-year-old German photographer Moritz Aust, photography is both a creative outlet and a source of inspiration. The young fine art photographer already presents a vast collection of images that are clearly inspired by and paying homage to his fellow talented peers, including the likes of My Modern Met favorites…

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Added by Pinar on May 4, 2013 at 10:14am — No Comments

Beautifully Enchanting Pathways in Nature



Budapest-based photographer Ildiko Neer shares the majestic serenity and enigmatic beauty of nature's pathways in her series titled Dreamland. The landscape photographer captures the breathtaking stillness of natural environments lined with lofty trees and spectacularly radiant foliage. Like an inviting route to adventures unknown, the images draw the viewer's eye deeper down the trail and…

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Added by Pinar on May 4, 2013 at 10:12am — No Comments

Hilarious and Heartwarming Stories Behind Facebook



Recently, photographer Brandon Stanton of Humans of New York was recognized for his incredible storytelling ability. HONY received this year's Webby Award for Best Use of Photography. To us, no one deserved it more.

This week, Stanton went to San Francisco and, while…

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Added by alice on May 3, 2013 at 9:30am — No Comments

Hilarious Photos of People Walking Invisible Dogs

At first glance, these photographs appear to be everyday moments of people who are out for a walk with their dogs. However, upon closer inspection, viewers will realize that all of the dogs have disappeared in these photographs by Poland-based artist Weronika Krzemieniecka. In this series entitled Invisible Dogs in Poland, the graphic design student…

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Added by Katie Hosmer on May 3, 2013 at 8:30am — No Comments

Adorable Girl Loves Animals Like Her Own Siblings



New Jersey-based photographer Robin Schwartz captures over 10 years worth of portraits of her adorable daughter, Amelia, bonding with a wide range of animals in her series titled Amelia's World and Animal Affinity. Each album features the young girl with a different creature, ranging in size and type from a tiny Cotton-Top Tamarin nestled on top of her head…

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Added by Pinar on May 3, 2013 at 8:30am — No Comments

Photographer Perfectly Captures Magnificent Cresting Waves



Fascinated by the ocean, photographer Pierre Carreau is naturally drawn to the study of waves, their essence, their movement, and their shape. All of his work features the energetic life of the ocean as it crashes onto the shores, with every painterly shot more unique than the next. Carreau believes his photographs mix power with fragility and he says, "I like the fact that…

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Added by Katie Hosmer on May 3, 2013 at 8:00am — No Comments

Spectacularly Surreal Photos by Hossein Zare



The last time we checked in with photographer Hossein Zare, he had put together a collection of powerful black and white photos of a lone man forever in search of something. Using both his camera and Photoshop, Zare is able to create worlds that don't exist, surreal places found only in…

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Added by alice on May 2, 2013 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

Powerfully Poetic Self-Portraits of a Former Dancer

Australian dancer-turned-photographer Ingrid Endel has used her camera as a creative outlet ever since her dancing career was cut short, after 12 years of training, due to repeated knee injuries. Thankfully, the young creative found a new passion for photography that allows her to incorporate her love of dance.

Endel's powerfully poignant images exhibit a beautiful blend of…

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Added by Pinar on May 2, 2013 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Incredibly Surreal Scenes Where Women Defy Gravity



In this project called Zero Gravity, Moscow-based photographer Nikolay Tikhomirov creates dramatic portraits that feature elegant female figures casually drifting into the air while everything around them stands still. The artist's surreal worlds are a creative blend between dreams and reality that seem to be emerging from the minds of the women while they sleep.

As…

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Added by Katie Hosmer on May 1, 2013 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Amazing Two-Story Bike Strolls Through Los Angeles

More than just your average bicycle, Richie Trimble's self-built STOOPID TALL bike stands at 14.5 feet tall, making the rider's seat nearly two stories above the ground. It's no wonder why the bike turned heads last week as Trimble rode the towering two-wheeler through the streets of Los Angeles for CicLAvia VI:…

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Added by Pinar on May 1, 2013 at 9:00am — No Comments

Pic of the Day: Away with the Canaries



Few photos completely take my breath away the second I look at them. This is one of them. Away with the Canaries, shot by the ever talented photographer Miss Aniela, is a beautifully surreal image that she perfectly describes as "photo meets painting."

During April 13 and…

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Added by alice on April 30, 2013 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Heart-Attack Inducing Photo Series by Alex Prager

Compulsion is a thrilling series, by Alex Prager, that is guaranteed to make your heart race. They're cinematic photos filled with an incredible amount of suspense and drama.

Last year, Huffington Post conducted an interview with Prager where she shared…

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Added by alice on April 30, 2013 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Stunning Northern Lights Glow Over the Rocky Mountains



Photographer Richard Gottardo recently captured the spectacular glow of the Northern Lights as they filled the skies above the Rocky Mountains. Although the gorgeous spectacle is difficult to forecast, everything finally came together for Gottardo in mid-April. Not wanting to miss the opportunity due to cloud cover, the Toronto-based photographer drove 5 hours to Revelstoke, British…

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Added by Katie Hosmer on April 29, 2013 at 9:16am — No Comments

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