Mind-Bending Recursive Illusion Created Using Printed Photographs
Whoa. If you enjoy watching mind-bending concepts that confuse you and make your brain hurt, check out this experimental short by Willie Witte, titled "Screengrab." …
Samsung NX2000 is a $650 Touchscreen Mirrorless Camera with Wi-Fi
Samsung today announced its new NX2000 mirrorless camera, a system camera that features a large sensor, a touchscreen, and wireless connectivity. This is the camera that was leaked by an FCC filing a couple of weeks ago, and which people thought might be Android-powered (it's not).
Playing Around with Average Faces Using Martin Schoeller’s Celebrity Portraits
Yesterday, PetaPixel shared photographer Richard Prince's composite portrat created by blending together 57 faces of girlfriends seen on Seinfeld. I also enjoy playing with the idea of image averaging, and can't get enough of it. Late last year, I started experimenting with the idea of averaging faces by blending portraits.
Portrait Diptychs Showing the Differences and Similarities Between Subcultures
A black Baptist minister and a group of Ku Klux Klan white supremacists. You wouldn't expect to see them together, but that's precisely why they're found side-by-side in photographer Mark Laita's project Created Equal. Laita spent eight years shooting black-and-white portraits of Americans that are on opposite ends of various cultural spectrums. The images are then placed into diptychs that are both jarring in their juxtapositions and powerful reminders of our shared humanity.
The “World’s Smallest Movie”, Created in Stop-Motion Using Individual Atoms
Back in 2010, Nokia created "the world's smallest stop-motion video" using its new N8 smartphone and a tiny 9mm-tall figure of a girl. If you think 9mm is tiny, try 1/25,000,000th of a inch! …
Actor Jeff Bridges Plays Photographer on Hollywood Movie Sets
Actor Jeff Bridges has been nominated for six Academy Awards for his work on the silver screen. In 2010, he walked away from the award ceremony clutching a statuette after winning the Best Actor prize for his role in Crazy Heart.
Photographer Captures a Battle Between Killer Whales and Sperm Whales
Last month, photographer Shawn Heinrichs spent 9 days at sea off the coast of Sri Lanka in search of blue whales. Although the trip ended without any photographs of blue whales, Heinrichs and his team did manage to capture a world's first: photographs of an epic battle between killer whales and sperm whales.
Fotopedia News Reporter App Lets You Create Beautiful Photo Stories On the Go
Created by five former Apple employees, Fotonaut's Fotopedia is a much more photographic way to get educated about the world around you, and Fotopedia Reporter was their way of letting anyone contribute to the archive. Be it an encyclopedia entry about The Brooklyn Color Run or a photo essay on slaves in the Antilles, you can showcase your photojournalistic skills by telling whatever story strikes you.