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Photos Bring Dreams to Life for Boy with Muscular Dystrophy



Le Petit Prince is a heartwarming series by Slovenian photographer Matej Peljhan that features a sweet 12-year-old boy named Luka engaging in activities he would otherwise be incapable of taking part in due to his ongoing battle with muscular dystrophy—a degenerative disease that progressively weakens the musculoskeletal system over time. Despite the young boy's limitations in…

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Added by Pinar on April 16, 2013 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Hilarious Couple Creates Matching Engagement Photos



San Francisco-based couple Casey Grim and Adam McLaughlin, aka acoupleofn3rds, recently got engaged and decided to create a series of engagement photos commemorating their love in a hilariously creative way. With the help of their photographer friend…

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Added by Pinar on April 16, 2013 at 11:00am — No Comments

Adorable Baby Cuddles Up with French Bulldog Puppies



There is a deafening sound of "Awww!" heard across the internet thanks to baby Austin's aunt Cindy Clark, a Pennsylvania-based dog breeder who decided to share these images of her then 3-month-old nephew with a few 3-week-old French bulldog puppies. Each pup's chubby little body snuggled up with each other is too cute…

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Added by Pinar on April 16, 2013 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Awesome Light Paintings Created with LED Wakeboards



For Red Bull's action and adventure sports international photo competition, known as Red Bull Illume, photographer and expert light painter Patrick Rochon devised a photo shoot to capture the luminous motion of professional wakeboarders using specially customized boards with LED lights designed by Evan Jones.

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Added by Pinar on April 15, 2013 at 11:00am — No Comments

Young Photographer Takes Surreal Self-Portraits to Cope with Depression

Art is oftentimes an outlet for creative and emotional expression, something that 20-year-old Christian Hopkins knows all too well. The young photographer uses photography as a coping mechanism for depression. He says, "I've been suffering from Major Depression for the past 4 years and it has manifested itself throughout that period in many ways, photography…

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Added by Pinar on April 15, 2013 at 10:00am — No Comments

Hilarious Photos of Sport Balls Replaced with Cats



Sport Balls Replaced with Cats is a one topic blog that offers exactly what you'd expect—sports photography with cats Photoshopped in place of basketballs, footballs, soccer balls, and any other sport ball you could think of. The whimsical collection of images reveal a more cuddly side to these athletes just as their adrenaline has piqued and they're out to score the winning…

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Added by Pinar on April 15, 2013 at 8:30am — No Comments

Ordinary Forest Transformed into a Nest of Tree Hotels

Boston-based artist Daniel Barreto has used his skilled hand to craftily transform images of trees into enchanting dwellings for miniature creatures. The 21-year-old's Woodhouses series is comprised of five separate images, three of which are eerily eye-catching gifs, that transport the viewer's mind to a magical land where fairies and elves have settled in our natural…

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Added by Pinar on April 11, 2013 at 11:00am — No Comments

Beautiful Portraits of Partial Facial Paralysis Patients



After spending three months at a facial nerve clinic in Boston, photographer Sage Sohier left more knowledgable, having gained more insight on facial paralysis. With her, the photographer also took several visual mementos of patients she has met seeking treatment for their conditions. Her powerful portrait series titled About Face presents a number of people dealing with varying degrees…

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Added by Pinar on April 11, 2013 at 8:30am — No Comments

Little House Cat Lives Amongst Dangerous African Wildlife



London-based photographer George Logan juxtaposes an adorable little cat with a variety of large and imposing African wildlife for the new Big Cat Little Cat Whiskas ad campaign. The energetic little feline can be seen playfully clawing at a leopard's tail, running along the grassy plains with a galloping zebra, fishing in a river populated with swimming hippos, and even…

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Added by Pinar on April 11, 2013 at 8:00am — No Comments

Commuter Juxtaposes Newspaper to Unsuspecting Travelers

Traveling to work everyday can be a bore so one commuter took matters into his own hands and created a fun little activity for himself. Instead of simply reading a newspaper amidst a crowd of people on the same mundane route to work as him, the anonymous straphanger decided to juxtapose their bodies with faces of celebrities, animals, and cartoons found on…

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Added by Pinar on April 10, 2013 at 11:00am — No Comments

Pop Culture Haircuts Recreated While Woman Shaves Head

Natalie Portman in V for Vendetta



In a last ditch effort to get through a 21+ admission for a Ben Folds Five concert, Redditor whistlesandshit opted to shave her head and use her brother's ID. Before she went…

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Added by Pinar on April 9, 2013 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

New Harry Potter Photo Meme Has Teens Playing Quidditch

Pottering is a new photo meme that embraces the fictional and illusionary art of flying broomsticks á la Harry Potter. The viral craze emerged only recently, launching a Facebook page called Public Pottering on March 5th, and is already evolving into another version of itself that involves…

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Added by Pinar on April 9, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments

Father Hilariously Shares the Reasons Why His Son is Crying

"I wouldn’t let him drink bath water."



Greg Pembroke, a 32-year-old father of two boys under the age of 4, has seen his share of temper tantrums and decided to share his fatherhood experiences through a single topic blog called Reasons My Son is Crying. What began as simply posting pictures on Facebook for family and friends has turned into an internet…

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

Breathtaking Photos of Colorful Rock Formations in China



In the Gansu province of China lies the Zhangye Danxia Landform, a beautiful expanse of land featuring naturally formed streaks of color. It's hard to believe, but these images of the vast landscape with a brilliant array of colors are not Photoshopped. They naturally boast rich hues of red, green, and gold in addition to the normal rock pigments of brown, black, and…

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Added by Pinar on April 8, 2013 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

Thrill-Seeking Kayakers Paddle Across an Active Volcano

Extreme sports photographer Alexandre Socci accompanied professional kayaker Pedro Oliva and his team (including kayakers Ben Stookesberry and Chris Korbulic) as they decided to take on the turbulent waters surrounding Kilauea, an active volcano on the southeast slope of Mauna Loa in south-central Hawaii. Unlike a typical water expedition, though, the group kayaked…

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Added by Pinar on April 6, 2013 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Photos of a Fragmented Man Reflects Inner Turmoil



Defragmentados is a series by photographer Yago Partal that features fragmented men, in the most literal sense of the word. Each image in the Barcelona-based photographer's collection depicts these incomplete figures as digital renditions of a man whose image is either loading up or…

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Added by Pinar on April 5, 2013 at 10:00am — No Comments

Contemplative Silhouettes Search for Their Path in Life



Artist Kasia Derwinska creates scenes with contemplative silhouettes trying to find their own paths in life. Each anonymous character is either standing at a distance or walking off in a vast and empty landscape. There are recurring visuals throughout her portfolio that include umbrellas, clouds, and a theme of pensiveness as her characters are stuck at a standstill. Like an…

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Added by Pinar on April 5, 2013 at 9:30am — No Comments

Playful Seniors Wear Organic Materials to Personify Nature

Eyes as Big as Plates is a whimsical series by Finnish photographer Riitta Ikonen and Norwegian photographer Karoline Hjorth that features senior citizens donning organic materials like twigs and grass. Ikonen says that the collaborative project originally began as "a play on characters and protagonists from Norwegian folklore" but has since…

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Added by Pinar on April 4, 2013 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Spectacular Aerial Shots of International Airports

Newark Liberty International Airport



Flying is an ongoing series by New York-based photographer Jeffrey Milstein that presents a spectacular aerial view of airports. Like his other collection of images titled Aircraft:…

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Added by Pinar on April 4, 2013 at 11:30am — No Comments

New "Vadering" Photo Meme Lifts People Up with The Force

If you're a fan of Star Wars, you should be familiar with Darth Vader's signature stranglehold move. Well, it's no longer an attack reserved for the movies as the internet has adopted the gravity-defying strike and is incorporating it into a developing meme known as Vadering. It only requires two participants—one nonchalantly extending a hand and the other leaping into the air…

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Added by Pinar on April 4, 2013 at 9:30am — No Comments

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