This weekend marked the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. In honor of that giant leap for mankind, here are some photos of the landing and the brave men who executed it. I like this batch because it’s really personal, almost like the Apollo 11 guys had Instagram. Blast-off! Apollo 11 took off […]
Don’t worry, this isn’t any Toddlers & Tiaras stuff we’re talking about. Instead of glitter and spray tans, this five year old little girl gets transformed into actual works of art. Australian photographer Bill Gekas draws his inspiration from classics like Vermeer and Rembrandt (as well as the occasional modern pop culture reference), then uses his daughter as […]
Farm animals get the high fashion photo treatment in Brooklyn based photographer Rob MacInnis’ series, “Farm Family.” The incredible photos are staged to mirror the likes of Annie Leibovitz and could easily fill the pages of Vogue, Rolling Stone or Vanity Fair. Except for the fact that they’re all cows, sheep and various other barnyard animals. […]
Dubai-based photographer Jacqui Nightscape spends her career capturing the big moments in her clients’ lives. This typically means pointing her lens at brides or babies, though sometimes an incredible subject in a mundane setting is enough. That was the case when she snapped these incredible shots of a little farm girl surrounded by giant friends. Most […]
You won’t see any selfies here: the iPhone Photography Awards have announced the winners from this years’ contestants. Beginning in 2007, the awards celebrate iPhone photogs capturing beautiful images in categories such as nature, news and events, food, landscape and as well as the overall “Photographer of the Year.” This year’s winning entries were submitted […]
This might be hard to believe, but we’re not the first generation to take silly pictures. These rediscovered slides from the start of the 20th century prove that it wasn’t our parents’ generation, either. If you think about pictures from the early 20th century, you might come to the conclusion that people were always serious. […]
What is kindness? At first it seems like a question with an obvious answer, but the truth can be a little harder to grasp. Kindness comes in different shapes, and sizes, but you always know it when you see it. These 25 photos of kindness in action will brighten your day, hopefully restore some of your […]
In the world of photography, there are many different ways to set yourself apart from your peers. Styles and subjects are just two factors, but there are plenty of others. Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto’s black and white animal photography is very special, although it’s impossible to tell why at first. Take a look at his […]
Pranking others is not, by any means, a new practice. As long as the modern man has been on this earth, there have been people playing pranks on each other (probably, anyway). Here are 20 of the most famous historical hoaxes that have been pulled throughout history. Some are pretty obvious (now) that they were […]
This series of photographs of primates living in captivity named ‘Behind Glass’ is by Atlanta-based photographer Anne Berry. From South Africa to Belgium she traveled the world to capture photos of apes and monkeys living in small zoos, in hopes of truly reflecting and capturing life on the other side of the glass/barrier. Most of […]