“Nightshift”: An Illuminated Glimpse Into Shanghai’s Late Night Shops And Stalls
Cities are defined by their people, architecture and culture, and the series Nightshift by photographer Florian W. Mueller encapsulates all three. Steering clear of the glitz and glamour of Shanghai, Mueller takes us through the quiet side streets of the city, capturing vendors manning their stores and kiosks that are open late into the night. Under the neon lights, he shows the mind-boggling variety or merchandise being sold in these shops, ranging from fruit, toys, clothes or even curtains. It’s an interesting and authentic portrait of Shanghai, and how life goes on in this dynamic city after dark. Continue reading »
Rainy Saint Petersburg In Photographic Artworks By Eduard Gordeev
Russian photographer Eduard Gordeev (previously) is a big fancier of inclement weather and ancient architecture. We picked up 34 great pictures of Saint Petersburg from the series of photos called ‘Rain in the city’. Continue reading »
Cat Owner Sabine Fallend Photographs Her Eyeless Cat Who Sees With His Heart
“Kazou was found as a kitten when his eyes were already badly damaged from the cat flu. Sadly, they couldn’t be saved and had to be surgically removed. But that hasn’t stopped him since – far from it! Continue reading »
Rare Weird And Funny Pictures Show Hilarious Side Of Victorian Era Life
Burglary couple
Most of us believe that Victorian era was a grim and serious era, full of hardworking people, so that they didn’t even have time to enjoy their lives and having some fun. While this isn’t true, because cameras were very expensive and for a single photograph one had to sit in static position with same facial expression from few seconds to 10 minutes. So it seems impossible for a person to smile or laugh for minutes, that’s why majority of the Victorians preferred to sit in static position with strict expressions.
This collection of hilarious photographs shows the other side of Victorians that probably you haven’t seen. Continue reading »
Extraordinary Photos Of The Joy And Freedom Of Childhood At A Time When It Was Normal To Play Out In The Street
Tish Murtha believed that photography could change lives for the better, but sadly died of a brain aneurysm in 2013 before her dream of a book could be realised. In 2017 her daughter Ella ran a Kickstarter campaign in collaboration with Bluecoat Press to publish Tish Murtha’s acclaimed photographic essay Youth Unemployment. The book was an amazing success, selling out as limited edition hardback within three months. Continue reading »
Stunning Pictures From The Silent Arctic Photographic Expedition In Greenland By Joe Shutter
Spectacular arctic shots by Joe Shutter, a talented British-Brazilian photographer, and adventurer currently based in Reykjavik, Iceland. Joe captured some majestic sceneries of Greenland on his photo expedition. Continue reading »
Beautiful Sweden From Above: Stunning Drone Photography By Viggo Lundberg
Wonderful travel landscapes by Viggo Lundberg, a talented self-taught photographer, adventurer, and firefighter currently based in Stockholm, Sweden. Viggo focuses on landscape, travel and aerial photography. Continue reading »
There’s An Online Community That Makes Fun Of People Trying To Sell Mirrors
This Reddit community is so far our favorite online discovery of 2019. Who would have thought that looking at people who’re trying to sell mirrors is so much fun? Continue reading »
“My Surreal Photography Is A Reflection On Years Of Depression”
Gabriel Isak was born in Huskvarna, Sweden. He uses photography as a metaphor for experiences of the soul by creating photographs that are simple in form, but rich in ideas and emotions. His imagery entails surreal and melancholic scenes inspired by the inner world of dreams and psychology, where he invites the viewer to interact with the internal world of solitary figures that symbolize our own unconscious states. Continue reading »
Discover The Relics Of Hungary’s Industrial Past With The Photographer Peter Trembeczki
Peter earned his BA degree as an economist and later graduated from the Photography MA programme of the Moholy-Nagy University Art and Design in Budapest, Hungary. Interested in collective memory, his photo story Victory is an exploration of Hungarian public and industrial buildings that have been either abandoned or modified. Owing to the various degrees of erosion and reconstruction they have experienced, these buildings have taken on an alternative, and at times, grotesque, identity. They have become subjects of collective remembrance — instances of a nation’s socio-political psyche. Continue reading »
“Kola”: French Photographer Céline Clanet Explores The Cold Beauty Of Russian Lapland
French photographer Céline Clanet spent five years travelling across the frozen tundra of the Kola Peninsula.
Her images criscross three parallel worlds of the post-Soviet Arctic: the area’s vast military infrastructure, mining and industry, and among them both, communities of the indigenous Sami people trying to maintain their traditional lifestyles. Continue reading »
“Below Zero”: French Photographer Christophe Jacrot Captures Russian City Of Norilsk Covered In A Snow Blizzard
With his series “Below Zero”, the French photographer Christophe Jacrot plunges us into the most extreme winters in the world.
Norilsk (Siberia, Russia) is the first stop on the journey. This mining city built under Stalin by prisoners to exploit underground nickel is located 200km north of the Arctic Circle. Continue reading »
KangHee Kim’s Images Are As Satisfying To Create As They Are To Look At
Photographs by KangHee Kim are known in corners all over the internet. Instantly satisfying but including something just-not-quite-right, her crafted images have garnered a huge following, always stopping people whilst scrolling through feeds. Continue reading »
“Empire Of Decadence”: Mysterious, Dark And Poetic Photo Works Of Alex Fernández
Alex Fernández is a director and photographer based in Madrid. On his Instagram account, he reveals a dark and poetic universe. Illuminated by faint night lights, his subjects remain rather mysterious. Continue reading »
Southeast Asia From Above: Stunning Drone Photography By Ali Olfat
Absolutely mesmerizing aerial snaps by Ali Olfat, a talented self-taught photographer, adventurer, and drone pilot from Thailand. Ali focuses on landscape and drone photography. He travels over Asia to capture most iconic landscapes and locations. Continue reading »
Photographer Documents Stunning Wild Foxes Enjoying The Snow
Dutch wildlife photographer Roeselien Raimond has been bringing joy and warmth to people with her fairytale-like photographs of wild foxes for over 8 years. Looking at her gallery of foxes provides a truly captivating and calming experience, as Roeselien brings these gorgeous creatures to life with her exceptional ability to capture their spirit. Continue reading »
Dutch Impressionist Painter George Hendrik Breitner Took His Camera Onto The Streets Of Amsterdam In The 1890s
In the 1890s Dutch impressionist painter George Hendrik Breitner (12 September 1857 – 5 June 1923) took his camera onto the streets of Amsterdam. Could the camera record changes in light and motion, capturing the essence of any subject and not only the details? And could an avant-garde Dutchman on a cloudy Dutch day translate a quintessential French movement into photographs? Continue reading »
Humans Of New York: Photos Of Random Strangers In NYC By Colin Ridgway
Cinematic street snaps by Colin Ridgway, a talented self-taught photographer, and videographer who was born and raised on Long Island and currently residing in Brooklyn NY. Colin focuses mainly on street portraits and urban photography. He explores the streets of New York to capture amazing photos of strangers. Continue reading »
Moody Street Photos Of London After Dark By Luke Holbrook
Stunning street shots at night by Luke Holbrook, a talented self-taught photographer, retoucher, and urban explorer currently based in London, England. Luke focuses on urban and street photography. He is a master of night photography. Holbrook captures fantastic long-exposure photos, complete with light trails from moving cars. He uses Sony a7III camera. Continue reading »
You Will Never Freeze As Much As Siberians Do
Siberia in winter is something you can’t understand if you don’t live there. Thanks to this blogger who brought us some pictures from his trip throught a mining village in Siberia you can now for the first time at least try to feel how cold and snowy is there. Continue reading »
Photographer Took Pictures Of Women in 60 Countries To Change The Way We See Beauty
Kathmandu, Nepal
Sona was celebrating Holi when I met her.
Mihaela Noroc and her project The Atlas of Beauty has caught everyone’s eyes a few years ago (check out our posts about it here, here and here) and now, the time has come for the project to be released as a stunning book. Continue reading »
Impressive Photos That Capture Street Scenes Of Vancouver In The Late 1970s
These impressive photographs were taken by Canadian photographer POP SNAP that shows street scenes of Vancouver from 1977 to 1979. Take a look to see how it has changed for over 40 years. Continue reading »
“The Forgotten Dream”: Photo Manipulations That Show What If 1900s Immigrants Arrived In Present Day New York City
In her photo series titled The Forgotten Dream, Hungarian artist Flora Borsi (previously) found black and white photos of immigrants arriving in the United States in the early 1900s, colorized them, and Photoshopped the people into modern-day photos of New York City. Continue reading »
What If Abstract Models Were Real People? Photographer Imagines What The Subjects In Famous Paintings Would Look Like!
In her Real Life Models series Hungarian photographer Flora Borsi (previously) imagines what real life models of strange abstract paintings would have looked like. Through some pretty hilarious photo manipulation Borsi examines the models for paintings by Kees van Dongen, Rudolf Hausner, and Picasso among others. Continue reading »
Amazing Photos That Won The 2018 Travel Photographer Of The Year Awards
The jury of the Travel Photographer of the Year awards (TPOTY) have just announced their winners, and they perfectly portray the beautiful diversity of our colorful world. Photographers from 142 countries submitted more than 20,000 entrants to the competition, but only one took home the grand prize. Stefano Pensottias was named the Travel Photographer of the Year for his stunning portfolio of eight photographs, depicting how ordinary citizens engaged with their surroundings across several different continents. Scroll down to check out the rest of the winners.
“The Grand Tsingys are a rare geological phenomena. The rocks are razor sharp. I climbed up during the night to be able to photograph this climber in the early morning.” (Travel – Special Mention, Marsel Van Oosten, Netherlands) Continue reading »
