La Maison Simons Beachwear Collection 2012
Strip off all your confidence issues and start a new page in your style diary for the summer. Show off your beach bunny potential by sporting some of the gorgeous swimwear designs included in the La Maison Simons beachwear collection. Continue reading »
Photo of the Day: Defend the Sea
More than 5,000 Los Angeles kids, teachers and volunteers form a massive kid-designed shark and shield that reads “Defend the Sea” from everyday plastic trash as part of the 19th annual Kids Ocean Day Adopt-A-Beach Clean-Up sponsored by the Malibu Foundation, City of Los Angeles and the California Coastal Commission June 7, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. The kids are alerting the world about the need to protect the ocean from everyday trash and plastic litter that flow down streets, killing marine life and polluting food resources. (Lou Dematteis/Spectral Q) Click image to zoom.
Gisele Bundchen for Vogue France, June-July 2012
Summer set of Gisele Bundchen, in photographs by Inez & Vinoodh. Continue reading »
Photo of the Day: The High Dive
Nine-time world champion Orlando Duque of Colombia dives 23 meters from a helicopter next to Ashford Castle during a training session in build up to the 2012 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at Cong, West of Ireland, Ireland. The series begins in Corsica, France on June 24. (AFP/Red Bull)
Girls and Boys With Their Color-Coded Things
At some level, we might all be conscious of the associations we’ve created between colors and genders. Blue is for boys, and pink is for girls, right? A project by South Korean photographer JeongMee Yoon is exploring these associations, and presenting results that are surprising for showing how deeply that idea has been ingrained. Continue reading »
Cat Cafe in Osaka, Japan
The world’s first cat cafe opened in Taiwan in 1998. The Taiwanese cat cafe, located in Taipei, eventually became famous in Japan and began to attract many Japanese tourists as well as domestic visitors. In Japan, the first cat cafe opened in Osaka in 2004 (in photos by Natalia Sobolevskaya) Continue reading »
‘Stacked’ Space Station Photos Highlight Star Trails
A scientist aboard the International Space Station took extraordinary photos of the starscape from aboard the vessel, using a special technique that highlights their movement. Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit used long exposures in conjunction with digital editing to achieve the star-trail effect. Given that some of the shots required nearly 15 minutes of exposure, Pettit needed the software to overcome the limitations of his camera. Continue reading »
Photo of the Day: Pink Lake
Aerial photograph of salt-collecting boats on Lake Retba, Senegal. (Barcroft)
Photo of the Day: Could this be the World’s New Fattest Cat?
Janet Ciminelli of North Shore Animal League of America holds Garfield in Long Island, New York City. (Barcroft)
Giant Pandas in Beijing Zoo
In photographs by Chinese photographer Lintao Zhang. Continue reading »
Creative photos by shmilebliK
Creative photos by the girl under the nickname of shmilebliK. Such a unique and creative style. Inspiring. Continue reading »
Photo of the Day: Burned Forest
In a photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service, a section of the Gila National Forest lay barren and smoking Saturday as a result of the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history. The Whitewater-Baldy Complex fire has scorched more than 377 square miles. (Kari Greer/U.S. Forest Service) Click image to zoom.
Photo of the Day: The Aurora Australis from Space
This image released by NASA shows the Aurora Australis, accompanied by star streaks and air glow, recorded by one of the Expedition 31 crew members May 22, 2012 when the orbital outpost was above a point on Earth located about 290 miles southeast of southern New Zealand. Two Russian spacecraft docked to the station are seen in the foreground. (NASA) Click image to zoom.
Rollers of Venice
Rollers of 80s from Venice, a suburb of Los Angeles. Continue reading »
Students Home Party, 1960s, New York
So, where are your parents? Continue reading »
Lingerie Football League Media Call
Angela Perfetto, Liz Gorman and Ashley Helmstetter of the Eastern conference pose during the Lingerie Football League media call at Brisbane Entertainment centre on May 30, 2012 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde) Continue reading »
Katie Price Launches Summer Lingerie Range For Store Twenty One
Katie Price and her finace Leonadro Penna launches a new summer lingerie range for Katie’s Boutique available exclusively at Store Twenty One at The Worx on May 29, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Tim Whitby) Continue reading »
Photography Works by Sarah Sitkin
“Sarah is unexpected, Sarah flashes, Sarah is colorful. Her photos are parties, are magic and surreal moments.” Continue reading »
Photo of the Day: Bear vs Camera
A grizzly bear is caught destroying camera equipment in Yellowstone National Park. (Barcroft Media)
Photo of the Day: A Girl on the Ocean
Winnie Pajcic, 9, holds on to a railing as she leans back in the wind during a visit to Stockton Park in Ortega, Florida, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Beryl, whhich came ashore early Monday near Jacksonville Beach with near-hurricane-strength winds of 70 mph. (Kelly Jordan/The Florida Times-Union) Click image to zoom.
Inside of Blizzard’s Office
For those of you who wouldn’t know, Blizzard is an American video game developer and publisher responsible for the famous, Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft games. I really don’t know who is an author of those photos. Let’s take a look at the office of Blizzard. Continue reading »
Inside the Google’s Headquarter in Zurich, Switzerland
A photo tour of Google’s Zurich HQ, where staff ride a slide to lunch and shimmy down a fireman’s pole. Continue reading »
Landmannalaugar, a National Park of Iceland
Landmannalaugar is a region near the volcano Hekla in southern section of Iceland’s highlands.
The Landmannalaugar area is a popular tourist destination and hiking hub in Iceland’s highlands. The area displays a number of unusual geological elements, like the multicolored rhyolite mountains and expansive lava fields, not far from the service center. The many mountains in the surrounding area display a wide spectrum of colors including pink, brown, green, yellow, blue, purple, black, and white. Two of the most popular mountains among hikers are Bláhnjúkur (meaning “blue peak”) and Brennisteinsalda (meaning “sulphur wave”).
Tourists visit the area from June through late September, after which time the road is closed. A mountain lodge, in operation since 1951, can accommodate 78 people and has basic amenities. It is located centrally near natural geothermal hot springs, also popular with tourists. Continue reading »
National Flipper Race, Running with Fins!
Competitors donned their bathing suits and flopped around in their flippers during the National Flipper Race held at Dam Square in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on May 9, 2012. This “competition” has a meaning, it is used to indicate that the Summer Sea Season is starting! Continue reading »
Inside the McLaren MP4-12C factory
These stunning photographs give a rare insight into the £40 million facility which McLaren hopes will make them the supercar world’s market leader. Pictures by GFWilliams. Continue reading »
