The Glitch Mob - We Swarm (Fade-Out Video)

Ink dropping into water accompanied by the song "We Swarm" by "The Glitch Mob". LINK: Youtube

The footage was created by combining thousands of single photographs to several videos.

This video was created by Peter Wegmann and Sebastian Bornschlegl. It's part of their "Fade-Out" project: http://goo.gl/WZixe

Translucent Rose Beauty

Photographic study of Rose flower translucence instead of how we normally look at flowers reflectance. LINK: Youtube

10 Most Iconic Photo Portraits Of the 20th Century

They say that 'a picture is worth a thousand words,' but some photographs eschew any such numeric limitation and go on talking to us forever; certain photo portraits have that rare power.

Far more than pictorial representations of celebrated or instantly recognizable figures, they capture so much more, seeming to encapsulate not simply the very essence of the person in shot but all they have come to stand for - the attitudes, beliefs and values of an entire era. Here are ten photographs of iconic individuals which triumph in communicating in myriad and immeasurable ways. LINK: The Presurfer

12 Spectacular Human Formation Pictures

Arthur Mole, Living Portrait of President Woodrow Wilson, 1918. The photographs are genuine and were created by Arthur Mole and John Thomas during the early years of the 20th Century. Mole and Thomas created a whole series of human formation pictures representing important religious and military related symbols. LINK

Award-Winning Astronomical Photographs

Every year, the National Maritime Museum of Britain gives awards in the field of astronomical photography. Prizes are awarded in five categories: Earth and Space, People and Space, Our Solar System, Deep Space, Young Astronomy Photographer and Best Newcomer. Pictured above is the grand prize-winning Blazing Bristlecone by Tom Lowe.

Link, Via: The Agitator, Via: Neatorama

Photographing the Elements

Wikipedia user alchemist-hp is on a quest to take beautiful color photographs of every naturally occurring element. Pictured above is bismuth. At the link, you can view his German-language clickable periodic table of images.

Link, Via: Make, Via: Neatorama

Gala y Salvador Dalí

Mecano - Una rosa es una rosa (dedicated to Gala and Salvador Dalí). LINK: Youtube

20 Amazing Photos That Are Not Photoshopped

"Big Hand, Little City"

Some brilliant photographs that look like they’re Photo-shopped but are not. These are not photo-shopped in terms of that all the objects and their actions are real, but might be edited for colors and adjustments in PS or other tools. We hope that you will like this collection, feel free to share your comments. LINK
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Amazing Pictures of the Icelandic Volcano Eruption

The Daily Telegraph has compiled a 31-image slideshow of amazing photographs of the volcano currently erupting in Iceland. Scientists aren’t sure why electrical discharges are visible during some volcanic eruptions, but:

One theory is that that the spewing magma bubbles or particles of volcanic ash are themselves electrically charged, and by their motion create separately charged areas.

Link, Via: Geekologie | Photo: US Environmental Protection Agency, Via: Neatorama

Scale model of a war-torn WWII town built and photographed by brain-damaged beating victim

Mark Hogancamp was beaten into a "brain-damaging coma" by five men outside a bar. After he awoke, he devoted himself to building "Marwencol," a 1/6th scale WWII town, in his back yard: "Mark populated the town he dubbed 'Marwencol' with dolls representing his friends and family and created life-like photographs detailing the town's many relationships and dramas. Playing in the town and photographing the action helped Mark to recover his hand-eye coordination and deal with the psychic wounds from the attack. Through his homemade therapy, Mark was able to begin the long journey back into the 'real world', both physically and emotionally - something he continues to struggle with today."

The level of detail is amazing, and heart-wrenching, and sometimes just plain weird and disturbing. But it's also wonderful -- both as a display of sheer craft and dedication, and as a monument to a difficult and painful recovery.

Marwencol (Lookforthewoman), Via: Boingboing

Tilt-Shift Video about a Day in New York City

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Original Music: composed by Human, co-written by Rosi Golan and Alex Wong.

The Sandpit is a video composed of 35,000 tilt-shift photographs taken in New York City. Director Sam O’Hare wrote about this project.

Via: Bits & Pieces | About the Film

Leonard Greco

Really nice black ad white photographs from Leonard Greco, pictured is a great shot of French singer, songwriter Sebastien Tellier. LINK

www.leonardgreco.com

Analemma

Photograph by Vasilij Rumyantsev ( Crimean Astrophysical Obsevatory)

If you took a picture of the Sun at the same time each day, would it remain in the same position? The answer is no, and the shape traced out by the Sun over the course of a year is called an analemma. The Sun’s apparent shift is caused by the Earth’s motion around the Sun when combined with the tilt of the Earth’s rotation axis. The Sun will appear at its highest point of the analemma during summer and at its lowest during winter. Analemmas created from different Earth latitudes would appear at least slightly different, as well as analemmas created at a different time each day. The analemma pictured to the left was built up by Sun photographs taken from 1998 August through 1999 August from Ukraine. The foreground picture from the same location was taken during the early evening in 1999 July.

Via: APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day), Via: TwistedSifter

Majestic Landscape Photographs by Patrick Smith

Patrick Smith is a landscape and seascape photographer from San Fransisco, California. His photography has been published in many photography magazines, and he currently has images at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. His photographic goal is to capture exactly how it feels to be there at the moment of exposure. LINK

If you like Patrick’s work, which I’m sure you will, be sure to check out his website, located here: http://www.patricksmithphotography.com/

Jane Bown's portraits

Jane Bown retrospective: Groucho Marx, SJ Perelman and Kenneth Tynan, 1964

From Nixon to the Beatles, Bette Davis to U2… Over the past 60 years, The Observer's Jane Bown has photographed many of the world's greatest personalities. On the eve of her retrospective, she talks to Robin McKie about her life's work. LINK

The Observer's longest serving photojournalist and one of the UK's pre-eminent portrait photographers, Jane Bown talks candidly about hanging out with the Fab Four and persuading Samuel Beckett to have his picture taken.

Her definitive collection can be seen in her new book, Exposures, and at an exhibition of her work at Kings Place in London until 21 November 2009. Then touring to University Gallery, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne from 8 January to 26 February 2010. Here also is a (link) to a video that I found interesting.

The Opium Museum

The Opium Museum is, at the heart, about the trade in rare antiques, since opium smoking paraphernalia was outlawed. Still, there are pages and pages of the history of opium and its use in countries all over the world, with many historical photographs.

Beginning in the 18th century, opium accompanied the Chinese diaspora: first to the Chinese quarters of Asian cities, and later to the Chinatowns of the West, particularly North America, where opium smoking in the Chinese manner and with Chinese-made paraphernalia became fashionable among non-Chinese.

Once the drug was banned and its paraphernalia outlawed, these illicit items were heaped into piles and burned in public bonfires. From Shanghai to Saigon to San Francisco, the means to smoke opium were destroyed along with the drug itself. So few examples of these relics remain that most experts on Chinese art are blithely unaware of just how sumptuous and opulent this art form had become during its heyday.

For serious collectors, there is information on how to identify genuine opium tools and have them appraised. Link -Via: Metafilter, Via: Neatorama

Hey There Cthulhu: The Photomontage Video

Using a karaoke track of "Hey There Delilah" (from the album Karaoke Bash Vol. 3 (p) 2007 by Starlight Karaoke), They decided to do a photomontage-style video for it using artwork and photographs they came across on there travels through these Intarwebs. So here it is! LINK: Youtube

Yosemite’s Lost Valley

Narrated by Shari Belafonte, the film features brilliant footage and photographs of Hetch Hetchy's great granite walls and booming waterfalls, Tueeulala and Wapama. The film focuses on Restore Hetch Hetchy's mission for a "win-win" restoration of Yosemite National Park's Hetch Hetchy Valley. LINK: Youtube



The film features informative interviews Dr. Roderick Nash, author of Wilderness and the American Mind, and former Interior Secretary Don Hodel. In 1988. LINK: Youtube



This video features an audio track of "Lament for Hetch Hetchy" by Alasdair Fraser, along with the full credits for the video, "Hetch Hetchy: Yosemite's Lost Valley, the award-winning film from Restore Hetch Hetchy. LINK: Youtube

10 Great Websites To Add Effects To Your Photographs

With a point click you can change your photographs without having to know the ins and outs of Photoshop.

Whether your aim is to enhance, change the mood or simply be silly, then get ready to upload your photos and have some fun. LINK: Presurfer

10 Great Websites To Add Effects To Your Photographs.

Every Known Photograph of Abraham Lincoln

Every known photograph taken of Abraham Lincoln from 1846 to his death in 1865.

The three songs that appear in order are:

Lincoln and Liberty - 1860 campaign song, written by Jesse Hutchinson of the Hutchinson Family Singers.

Dixie - Lincoln's favorite song; although strongly associated with the south and the Confederacy, it was actually composed by a northerner, Daniel Decatur Emmett.

Ashokan Farewell - The emotional theme song of the Ken Burns documentary "The Civil War". Many believe it was a song from that era, but it was in fact composed in 1982 by Jay Ungar. LINK: Youtube