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Edna Egbert

Old crime scenes mashed up in New York City: Then & Now photos

Everybody loves “then-and-now” photos. They show us the past and present of certain locations. Photographer Marc A. Hermann is also a fan of these mash-ups, but he has decided to come up with his own project. It is called “New York City: Then & Now”, and consists of blending in old crime scene photos with modern backgrounds.

Carlos Ayesta

Photographer rappels down towers to capture amazing cityscapes

Heights are terrifying to a lot of people. This fear is also present in movies where the main characters are involved in tough situations where they must not look down. Photographer Carlos Ayesta defies these situations and he captures stunning cityscapes and architectural photos by rappelling down skyscrapers.

Color Studies

Photographer hoards and arranges stuff by color, creates art

Hoarders are people who like gathering stuff without any apparent reason. Hoarding is not usually seen as a good thing, but photographer Sara Cwynar has managed to do something truly amazing with it. She carefully organizes the stuff by color and then turns them into works of art with the help of photography.

Day To Night

“Day To Night” shows what happens in New York City in a day

New York City is one of the greatest cities on Earth. Millions of people live there, while millions more come to visit each year. This city looks amazing during the day and just as great during the night. But what it would be like to combine the both? Well, Stephen Wilkes shows just that through the “Day To Night” photography project.

Safety pin

The life story of a safety pin told through photography

They say that everything is possible in photography. This is true and it is the beauty of this art. Chinese photographer Jun C will be able to bring a tear to your eye using an insignificant object. This may sound unreal, but the life story of a safety pin, capable of expressing human-like emotions, is one of the best projects of recent times.

Therianthropes

Human-animal hybrids portrait photos in Therianthropes series

The Greek mythology has been a sources of inspiration for many artists. Thankfully, some artists have not forgotten all about it and the “Therianthropes” image project is a testimony to this fact. The series has been created by photographer Ulric Collette and it depicts portraits of part human and part animal subjects.

Abstract Landscapes

Breathtaking “Abstract Landscapes” depict rural surrealism

A rural environment is the perfect place to breath a little bit of fresh air and recharge your batteries. Leaving the crowded city provides a feeling of freedom that we should all experience more often. Until you can finally get away, you can experience these emotions through Lisa Wood’s stunning “Abstract Landscapes” photo project.

New York City Hall

NYC Grid project consists of then-and-now New York City photos

Anybody can explore New York City and plenty of other locations with the help of Google Street View. However, you cannot use that if you want to see how the Big Apple used to look like a century ago. Photographer Paul Sahner thought of that so he created a project comparing then-and-now New York City photos.

Marginal Trades

“Marginal Trades” project documents endangered jobs in India

People living in India are well-aware of the country’s caste system which has been going on for centuries. As the world is moving forward, a lot of people living in swamps, earning very little money in the process, will have to change their professions. These dying jobs are documented by Supranav Dash in the “Marginal Trades” project.

Boys and Their Fathers

Overlapped photos of “Boys and Their Fathers” by Craig Gibson

Kids hate it when they are told that they look like their parents. However, they will grow up and do the same thing with the younger generation. One thing we can learn from this is that children do look like their fathers. Craig Gibson noticed this and put together a series of overlapped photos, called “Boys and Their Fathers”.

Skyscraper

“Man on Earth” reminds us how lonely we are in a crowded world

Photographer Rupert Vandervell has created an image project, entitled “Man on Earth”, with the goal of portraying human subjects against tall buildings. The monochrome series reveals that humans are lonely in a big world, despite the fact that a lot of modern cities are over-crowded.

Andrew Lyman

Andrew Lyman explores our fleeting existence via photography

Although humanity has been on this Earth for a while, this period of time is nothing compared to the amount of years our planet has been circling around the sun. Artist Andrew Lyman is exploring this idea using photography and an image collection called “Fleeted Happenings”. The project is all about our transcendence in relation to time and space.

Paprika

Amazing landscape photos are actually cleverly-built dioramas

Landscape photography is a lot of people’s favorite. However, there is one photographer who is trying to trick your eyes with the help of cleverly-designed dioramas. Matthew Albanese’s photos are all handmade artworks created in his studio. His images will remind you to remain vigilant and always keep your eyes wide open.

Northern Lights

Stéphane Vetter captures stunning aurora borealis photos

The northern lights are one of the Earth’s most compelling shows. They represent sheer beauty and they can make a grown man cry. Stéphane Vetter captures stunning aurora borealis photos. His work has been featured by NASA itself, while the photographer has also won the 2013 International Earth and Sky Photo Contest.

Usain Bolt

Photo of Usain Bolt winning and lightning triggers web craze

A photo of Usain Bolt has gone viral on the internet. A shot of the sprinter winning the 100m race in Moscow with a lightning strike in the background has triggered the latest internet craze. The image has been taken by AFP photographer, Olivier Morin, who claims that 99% was down to luck and the “weather gods”.

Wanderer

World War I photos taken from a German officer’s point of view

Dean Putney, a developer based in San Francisco, has discovered an impressive collection of never-before-seen World War I photos. The shots belong to his great grandfather, who has fought in the war. Walter Koessler was an officer in the German army and he managed to rack up about 1,000 photos during WWI.

Nikon D800X

Enormous Nikon D800X is just a replica of the original D800

A Taiwan-based designer has created a replica of the Nikon D800 DSLR. He called it Nikon D800X and, although it looks like it is working, it is actually a sculpture. The artist has put a lot of effort into building it, but the result is simply amazing. The only thing that may give it away is its size, as the D800X is gigantic.

Nikon F2D

Nikon F2D is a wooden replica of the original F2 SLR camera

A France-based photographer and his father have teamed up to create a unique camera. They took some Indonesian ebony, strapped it on a touchscreen-enabled Coolpix camera, and called it Nikon F2D. The name is not random, as the camera is actually a wooden replica of the original Nikon F2 35mm film SLR shooter.

Tokyo panorama

Huge Tokyo panorama measures 150-gigapixel

Photographer Jeffrey Martin and Fujitsu Technology Solutions have worked together at creating the world’s second largest photo ever. It has been captured from the top of the Tokyo Tower. The Tokyo panorama measures 150-gigapixel and it has a width of 600,000 pixels. If it were to be printed, then it would be about 328-feet long.

Detroit Urbex

Detroit Urbex project shows how much a great city has fallen

Detroit has become the largest city in the United States to file for bankruptcy. In order to show how much this mighty city has fallen in so few years, the Detroit Urbex project has been created. It has been developed by an anonymous author, but it has managed to raise the awareness regarding the city’s financial troubles.

Falling Through Space

Self-portraits of Brad Hammonds “Falling Through Space”

Photographers have a common goal of putting themselves in danger. Many of them like living on the edge, but they realize that accidents happen. While we are experiencing an “emotional delay”, the moment is already gone, says Brad Hammonds, who takes self-portraits showing the subject “Falling Through Space”.

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