Facebook’s New Headquarters in Menlo Park, CA
Menlo Park, is an affluent town at the eastern edge of San Mateo County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. And it’s a new Facebook HQ. 1601 Willow Rd., Menlo Park, CA, 94025. Continue reading »
Photo of the Day: 2012 Solar Eclipse
An annular solar eclipse occurs as the moon passes between the Earth and the sun as partially seen at sunrisefrom the coastal township of Gumaca, Quezon province, 187 kilometers (116 miles) southeast of Manila, Philippines. (AP)
Floriade 2012: World Horticulture Festival
It’s the return of the once-in-a-decade Netherlands flower fest, the Floriade 2012 World Horticulture Expo. With 1.8m bulbs planted across 44 hectares, and more than two million visitors expected over a six-month run, this is one of the gardening world’s stratospheric events. Here’s the view from the opening week. Photograph: Ermindo Armino/AP, Paul Raats/EPA, Robin Utrecht/AFP/Getty Images.
A field of flowers at Floriade in Venlo, the Netherlands, where the sixth edition of the festival has opened. Continue reading »
Photo of the Day: Dolphins Compete For The Highest Jump
Bottlenose dolphins leaping at sunset in Bahamas. (Barcroft)
Photographer Ludgero Filipe
Ludgero Filipe born in Lisbon, Portugal. Grew up in Sydney, Australia. Learnt how to ride a bike. broke his leg in the process.Grew some more. Fell in love with his parents Minolta X-700. Fell in love with film. Studied photography. Turned his room into a dark room. Studied advertising. Picked up a bass guitar. Started a band. Wrote a little.Supported a few big acts. Took more photos. Drew some pictures. Visited a few galleries. Recorded a few songs. Took photos of the band. Played on the radio. Left the band. Shot Sydney fashion week. Flew to Lisbon.Shot Lisbon fashion week. Had some free champagne. Went to the FTV launch Party. Had more Champagne.Flew back to Sydney. Shot a Gucci launch party. Shot a Lavazza Calendar launch party. Shot the GQ awards. Shot backstage for FTV at fashion week. Visited a few galleries. Learnt a lot from people. Crashed his car on a surf trip. Surfs badly. Met a French girl at a Hawaiian party. Went to Paris. Got married in Lisbon.Moved to London. Shot backstage at London fashion week. Shot a few portrait sessions. A few lifestyle shoots.Loves life. Loves Art. Loves all things Photography: Editorial – Portraits – Lifestyle – Food – Corporate. Continue reading »
Photo of the Day: Penguins Of Antarctica
A King penguin looks into the viewfinder of a camera in Antarctica. (Barcroft)
Photo of the Day: Incredible Tiger Wrangler Ashley Gombert
South African Wrangler Ashley Gombert interacts with Shosho, a 250kg male tiger at the Seaview Lion Park on April 25, 2012 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. (Barcroft)
Photo of the Day: Surfing Wipeouts
Nathan Fletcher riding what is generally considered by people in the surfing world as the heaviest wave ever ridden in Tahiti. (Barcroft Media)
High Flying Fashions At Boston Hotel
A model walks down the side of Revere Hotel in Boston during a vertical fashion show for the Massachusetts College of Art and Design on April 18, 2012. (Dominick Reuter/EPA/Lauren Fish/Lauren Frohne/Globe photo)
The Revere Hotel in Boston, Ma. celebrated its grand opening on April 18 with a vertical fashion show. The Boston Rock Gym provided the models who rappelled down the exterior of the 24-story hotel wearing outfits created by the students from the Massachusetts College of Arts and Design and by Ted Baker London. Continue reading »
Tokyo Street Fashion
In Tokyo, there are so many different fashion styles, cultures, and subcultures that it’s hard for even the most devoted fashion freak to keep up. Fashion photos from the streets of Tokyo. Continue reading »
Otaku In Osaka
The eighth annual Nipponbashi Street Festa stamped Osaka March 20, 2012 (Nipponbashi is Osaka’s geek district – much like Akihabara is for Tokyo). Cosplayers turned up in colourful outfits, dressing as characters from their favourite manga, anime, and video games. The street was closed to cars, and otaku flooded the streets, snapping pics, cosplaying, and hanging out. Continue reading »
Miss Bikini Fitness Vladivostok 2012
Contestants pose during the “Miss Bikini Fitness 2012”. Russia, Vladivostok. April 7, 2012. Continue reading »
Amazing Works Of Joshua Hibbert
Take a look at amazing typo- and artworks of Joshua Hibbert, a graphic and sound designer from London. Continue reading »
Revolve Camera Dolly
REVOLVE is a portable, versatile, and affordable camera dolly system. It allows any video device (camcorders, DSLR’s, iphones, etc.) to achieve smooth, dynamic, cinematic video easily and in a package they can actually afford! It also functions as a hand held steadicam, and has an innovative rail kit that sets it apart from anything else currently available. Continue reading »
Photo of the Day: Don’t Bear With Me!
A bear that wandered into a University of Colorado Boulder, dorm complex falls from a tree after being tranquilized by Colorado wildlife officials. Colorado University police spokesman Ryan Huff said the bear was likely 1-3 years old and weighed somewhere between 150-200 pounds. (Andy Duann/ACU Independent) Click image to zoom.
Photo of the Day: Fantastic Lava Flows on Mars
This image provided by NASA shows lava flows in the shape of coils located near the equatorial region of Mars. Analyzing high-resolution images of the region, researchers have determined the area was sculpted by volcanic activity in the recent geologic past. This is the first time such geologic features have been discovered outside of Earth. (NASA) Click image to zoom.
XCIA: Street Illegal
Hank O’Neal’s street art project spans four decades of dazzling—mostly illicit—street art. Over the next 35 years, the 71-year old photographer (whose street moniker is XCIA) snapped more than 20,000 pictures of New York City’s vibrant street art, capturing luminaries from Haring and Basquiat to Banksy and J.R. along with thousands of other talented artists. Continue reading »
Photo of the Day: The Game
An European shorthair cat plays with its booty in a graden in Berlin. Due to their ability to hunt mouses and other vermin, cats have been domesticated by humans at least 9,500 years ago. (WOLFGANG KUMM / AFP / Getty Images)
Disco Inferno: South Africa’s AfrikaBurn Desert Festival
AfrikaBurn brings the spirit of California’s famous Burning Man to Tankwa Karoo national park in South Africa – complete with crazy outfits, surreal art installations and all-night parties. Photos by Jonx Pillmer. Continue reading »
Construction to Sinking to Legend: 100 Years of the Titanic
Emmy-Lou Hussin, 5, looks at the enormous marionette, Little Girl Giant, in Stanley Park, Liverpool. It was created by the Royal De Luxe for a show, Sea Odyssey, which is a love story based around the sinking of the Titanic. (Peter Byrne/PA)
Photo of the Day: A Small Bobcat on a Power Pole
A small, likely juvenile, bobcat is perched on a power pole in a residential neighborhood of Victorville California. Victorville Animal Control and the California Department of Fish and Game were alerted but they do not attempt to trap or contain wild animals unless they present a clear, imminent danger. Bobcats are frequently found in residential areas on the border with open desert land. (James Quigg/The Victor Valley Daily Press) Click image to zoom.
Rare Purple Crab Species Identified in Threatened Palawan Biodiversity
A rare species of purple crabs called the Insulamon palawanense is among four new crab species recently discovered in a research programme on the island of Palawan. Scientists at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Dresden and De La Salle University in Manila have discovered the specie during their Aqua Palawana research programme. The unique biodiversity in which the species were found is under threat. The new crab species found are endemic to only a few islands and are unable to spread elsewhere. Around 50 per cent of the species living on Palawan are defined as endemic, as they are exclusively native to the island.
A particularly colourful new species: Insulamon palawanense. Continue reading »
Award-Winning Shots From The 2012 Underwater Photo Contest
Intrepid photographers submitted over 700 underwater images for the 2012 Underwater Photography Contest and an adorable red sea slug grinning for the camera was awarded the contest’s star. The annual contest, put on by the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, showcases the colorful creatures typically beneath reach and awards prizes in three categories: macro, fish or marine animal portrait, and wide angle.
Fan Favorite: Todd Aki Sea nettle Chrysaora quinquecirrh taken on an early morning shore dive off the Breakwater — Monterey, California, USA Continue reading »
Maria Sharpova Haircut: Tennis Star Shows Off New Short Look
Tennis star Maria Sharapova showed off a new, short haircut on her Facebook page on Monday night. Maria, who is engaged to basketball player Sasha Vujacic, showed off the short ‘do to more than seven million Facebook fans. She is usually seen playing tennis with a long ponytail, but in the future will be showing off the more stylish look.
She posted the picture with the caption, “So what do you guys think? I kind of love it!” It seems that her fans agreed. The Facebook photo got more than 14,000 likes and 3,700 comments, as well as 492 shares as of Tuesday afternoon. Continue reading »
