X-Ray Portraits Of Couples Portray Intimacy In A New Way
Ayako Kanda and Mayuka Hayashi, art students from Japan, showed us a new way of looking into human intimacy. The artists used CT scan and x-ray machine to make unusual images of 4 couples embracing each other in different fashions. The final imagery creates an ambivalent experience for the viewer as the beautifully intimate act...
Korean Artist Transforms Her Small Studio Into Dreamlike Worlds Without Photoshop
Korean artist Jee Young Lee's beautiful dreamscapes are living proof that you don't need Photoshop or even a large studio space to create amazing surreal images. She creates all of these scenes by hand in a room that is only 3.6 x 4.1 x 2.4 meters and then inserts herself into the pictures. Some of...
Wet Dog: Bathing Pup Portraits by Sophie Gamand
French photographer Sophie Gamand has created an adorable photo series depicting dogs suffering through (or perhaps secretly enjoying) baths. The cute pups' faces are full of character and, in some cases, recognizable emotions (like annoyance, misery or vengefulness). Gamand said the photos are “about grooming and the way we alter our dogs’ appearance to fit...
New Illusory Makeup Portraits By Alexander Khokhlov
Muscovite photographer Alexander Khokhlov (whose previous black-and-white series we've written about) has created yet another series of striking makeup portraits, and this time, it's in color. In 2D Or Not 2D, Khokhlov tries to convince us that the models' stunningly-decorated faces are 2D works of art.
Mother Instagrams Adorable Pics of Baby Boy Sleeping With Adopted Puppy
The internet has been swept to its feet by this amazing series of Instagram pics by blogger Jessica Shyba. Her new puppy Theo instantly got along with her baby son Beau and, a few days later, the two even began sharing their nap breaks. Now, Shyba has a near-inexhaustible source of incredibly adorable dog-and-toddler pics....
Switcharoo: Couples Switch Outfits In Playful Portrait Series By Hana Pesut
Canadian photographer Hana Pesut's playful and clever “Switcharoo” series takes a creative spin on fashion photography by getting couples to pose for portraits and then switch outfits. The fun gender-bending series has been met with great popularity on the web, and Pesut has released a book of the photos for sale.
Photographer Tapes a $50 Lens To His P&S Camera To Take Stunning Macro Snowflake Photos
Russian photographer Alexey Kljatov has created an ingenious and inexpensive DIY camera rig capable of capturing excellent close-up pictures of snowflakes. The DIY gear does not detract from the enchanting icy beauty of his photographs. And snowflakes are the perfect models – no two are exactly alike, so each picture will be unique!
Side By Side Comparison Of The World’s Top Athlete Body Shapes
Howard Schatz's gripping Athlete series indulges our fascination with the human body and physique by comparing the physiques of athletes from a wide range of different sports and competitions. They are presented on a black background with matching underwear and oiled skin to give us a more objective comparison of their body types.
Photographer Captures Portraits Of Disappearing Tribal Groups
Photographer Jimmy Nelson has set out to capture pictures of as many vanishing tribal groups as he could manage to meet over a two-year period in his “Before They Pass Away” photo compilation. The result is a truly visually striking documentation of small tribal groups from around the world surrounded by the things that play...
20 Surreal Photo Manipulations By Caras Ionut
Caras Ionut, a Romanian digital artist and photographer, has created a wonderful series of impossible surreal images that inspire dream-like memories and fantasies. His use of natural imagery, soft colors and hazy atmospheric effects helps us imagine that we're hazily remembering or experiencing someone's dream.
Men Replace Woman In Sizzling Ducati Motorcycle Posters
This great series of promotional photos for the Ducati Panigale 1199 motorcycle created by the Motocorsa dealership in Portland, Oregon does a great job of flipping gender roles on their head. After shooting a seductive photo shoot with a female model, they also had a bunch of of men try to re-create the poses that...
Portraits of Cosplayers In Their Homes by Klaus Pichler
Austrian photographer Klaus Pichler has come up with an interesting and creative take on portrait photography - his photo series "Just The Two Of Us" features portraits of people dressed as their cosplay alter-egos. What's fun about this series is that it seems to combine the costumed characters and the people wearing them, as the...
