Mystery of ‘Lady in Red’ Who Appeared in Mervyn O’Gorman’s 1913 Colour Photos
The young beauty looks thoughtful and dreamy as she poses on the shingle beach in a scarlet swimming costume, as her long strawberry blonde hair cascades to her waist. This ethereal-looking teenager – who is thought to be called Christina – was one of the first people to be photographed in colour, yet rather than becoming famous, the young woman appears to have vanished altogether.
She was captured by photographer Mervyn O’Gorman in the series of dreamlike photos taken in Lulworth Cove, Dorset, in 1913, and for years was thought to be his daughter but now scholars believe she was a relative or friend – but all attempts to track her down have hit a dead end. Photos courtesy of The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the National Media Museum.
On the Beach, 1913
A portrait of O’Gorman’s daughter, Christina, taken on the beach at Lulworth Cove, Dorset. The comparatively long exposure time has given the sea a glassy quality and the large aperture setting and narrow depth of field has put Durdle Door in the background into soft focus.
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Photos Show Mother Hippopotamus Taking a Chunk Out of Crocodile in South Africa
Incredible images capture the moment a mother hippo wrestles with a crocodile at Lake Panic in Kruger National Park, South Africa. (Photo by Ken Haley / Greatstock / Barcroft) Continue reading »
17 Photos Of Classic Cars Next To Their Modern Version
Here’s a roundup of some beautiful classic cars sitting next to their beautiful modern counterpart. It’s amazing to see side-by-side.
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Half-Underwater Photos Show The Aquatic Life Hiding Beneath The Water’s Surface
In his series ‘A Parallel Universe’, photographer Matty Smith takes to the water (well, at least half of it), capturing the diverse underwater plant and animal life lurking just beneath the surface.
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Siberian Farm Cats Are Waiting For Spring To Come In Marvelous Photos By Alla Lebedeva
Alla loves nothing more than taking pictures of her beloved pets – and it seems the world can’t get enough of them either. Continue reading »
Fantastic Photos Of The Niagara Falls Transformed Into Icy Spectacle
Masses of ice form in the lower Niagara River and around the American Falls as seen from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, Thursday, February 19, 2015. (Photo by Aaron Lynett/AP Photo/The Canadian Press)
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Haunting Photos Of A Deserted Mall That Is Now Covered In Snow
Photographic displays of “haunting decay” have become so banalized as to sometimes evoke more eye-rolls than chills. But photographer Seph Lawless has, through his politically charged depictions of American vacancies, restored novelty to imagery of the old and dilapidated: images from his 2014 book, Black Friday, were widely circulated last year. The title, based on a tradition that unfortunately hasn’t lost its relevance in American culture, was juxtaposed with photos of abonded structures central to this “holiday”: malls.
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Stunning Photos Showing NYC Subway Cars Being Dumped Into the Ocean
It’s not every day you see a series of photos clearly documenting someone with a front end loader pushing industrial waste directly into the ocean without any care of secrecy or stealth. Photographer Stephen Mallon captured this series of pictures over three years to document the unusual methods that New York City uses to dispose of its subway cars, but before you jump to conclusions, be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom, because this dumping has a secret purpose! Continue reading »
Historic Photos: A Journey Through Time
Chazz and Melanie, NY, 1985. (Photo by Ken Schles) Continue reading »
Amazing Polar Bear Photos By David Jenkins
The stunning collection of photographs, taken over the space of ten years, manage to capture the tender bond between both mother and child as they emerge from their den for the very first time. Continue reading »
Fantastic Aerial Photos of Beautiful Botswana by Zack Seckler
Aerial shots always amaze us by their magnificence. Human-sized footprints look like ant trails, trees resemble little pieces of broccoli, and landscapes are transformed into breathtaking images, which look like something that can be seen under a microscope. Continue reading »
Best Wildlife Photos of 2014
The winners of the 50th Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition have been announced by London’s Natural History Museum.
Stinger in the sun by Carlos Perez Naval (Spain)
Aware of Carlos’s presence, the common yellow scorpion is flourishing its sting as a warning. Carlos had found it basking on a flat stone in a rocky area near his home in Torralba de los Sisones, northeast Spain — also a place that he goes to look for reptiles. The late afternoon sun was casting such a lovely glow over the scene that Carlos decided to experiment with a double exposure (his first ever) so he could include the sun. He started with the background, using a fast speed so as not to overexpose the sun, and then shot the scorpion, using a low flash. But he had to change lenses (he used his zoom for the sun), which is when the scorpion noticed the movement and raised its tail. Carlos then had to wait for it to settle before taking his close-up, with the last rays of the sun lighting up its body.
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Photographer Recreates Iconic Photos With John Malkovich As The Main Subject
Renowned photographer Sandro Miller has worked together with legendary Hollywood A-Lister John Malkovich many times, but when Miller wanted to celebrate the photography greats that had inspired and guided him, he had to do something special. So he, with Malkovich as his dashing unisex model, recreated some of those influential photographers’ most important portraits in a photo series called “Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to photographic masters.”
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Black And White Photos Of A Young And Gorgeous Sharon Stone
Sharon Stone was a total babe back in 1983. At only 25 years old she looked good in anything, even black and white. Photographed by Peter Duke. Continue reading »
Photographer Shawn Heinrichs Captured Amazing Photos Of Model Swimming With A Whale Sharks
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A female skydiver swims with whale sharks, manta rays and sailfish – the fastest fish in the sea. Model, skydiver and wing-suit jumper Roberta Mancino jumped from a boat into the ocean surrounding Isla Mujeres near the northern Peninsula of Mexico. The incredible project involved two trips to the stormy winter seas – one in February 2013 and one a year later in February 2014. Photos by Shawn Heinrichs. Continue reading »
“Come and See”. True Reality of War Photos by Peter Van Agtmael
Peter van Agtmael (b. 1981) graduated from Yale University in 2003 with a degree in History. Following graduation, he spent a year in China on the Charles P. Howland fellowship photographing the effects of the Three Gorges Dam. He became a freelance photographer at the end of 2004. Since the beginning of 2006, he has documented the consequences of America’s Wars, at home and abroad. A monograph of the work, “2nd Tour Hope I Don’t Die” was published in 2009. In 2008, he helped organize the exhibition and book Battlespace, a retrospective of unseen work from 22 photographers covering Iraq and Afghanistan. He is represented by Magnum Photos
Peter Van Agtmael began his first tour documenting the army at 24, the same age as many of the soldiers. A friend of this young Marine at FOB Delhi asked Van Agtmael if he wanted to see a picture that he’d drawn. It was of an angry pig with a giant pen*s dressed as a Marine, holding a machine gun. (Photo and caption by Van Agtmael/Harrison Jacobs/Magnum Photos)
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Photographer Captures Fantastic Photos of New York Reflected in Glass
Donna Dotan has a self-described obsession with symmetry. Her prowess with architectural photography is well applied in her personal project, “Reflections from Above”, where she captures striking images of New York City reflected in the glass of skyscrapers. She describes the project as a treasure hunt, and says that she is looking for an all-glass skyscraper to add more reflections to her series. Continue reading »
Tornado Captured in Couple’s Wedding Photos
A Saskatchewan photographer captured some striking images of a couple on their wedding day when a funnel cloud touched down in the distance during a photo shoot Saturday.
Professional photographer Colleen Niska was taking photos of a bride and groom on a rural road near Saskatoon when she noticed the twister in the distance, and kept snapping away. Niska posted the stunning images on Facebook, saying said she’d only “dreamed” of capturing such images.
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Rare Photos of Angola’s Tribal People
Photographer Eric Lafforgue travelled to Angola and met some of the fascinating tribal peoples living there.
Men, by contrast, leave jewellery and elaborate hairstyles to the women, instead choosing to wear a simple loin cloth paired with a dagger or, in some cases, old 1990s football jerseys. The jerseys are a symbol of changing times in Angola; a country where huge oil wealth is concentrated in the hands of a privileged few while the rest of the country struggles to come to terms with the aftermath of the Angolan Civil War – a conflict that lasted for more than 30 years and left the countryside littered with landmines.
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Shocking Lightning Photos in Fujian
A man kicks football as if he is performing under a blitz of lightning at Heshang county, Changle, East China’s Fujian province. The villagers have recently been using “lightning experiment” developed by some locals. Some may mistake the pictures for computer synthesizing, but actually they are not. The players, wearing specially made clothes, perform the stunt by standing on high voltage wires. Their clothes and boots can help absorb the electricity. Continue reading »
These Thought Provoking Photos Show Why We Need To Improve The Standard Of The Worlds Zoo’s
These sad images are of a Berlin zoo taken by photographer Elias Hassos. These depressed and downright lifeless animals are clearly in emotional distress living in small cages. – And this is Berlin zoo – one of the worlds most highly commended. Many zoo’s around the world are trying to adopt recommended practices to make the life of their animals much more enjoyable but it just doesn’t seem to be enough.
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Exclusive Photos Of Facebook’s Sprawling New HQ, Designed Frank Gehry
After Facebook assumed the former Sun Microsystems complex in Palo Alto in 2011, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg set out to find an architect capable of handling a grand design for its main main headquarters building. Zuckerberg chose world famous architect Frank Gehry for the job. At more than 435,000 square feet, spread across 22 acres, the new building dips and rises from 45 to 73 feet. It is built above a surface-level parking lot with a massive rooftop green space that resembles a park more than a small corporate outdoor garden. Continue reading »
Couple Poses With Gas Masks For Their Wedding Photos To Protest Heavy Pollution In China
A couple of Chinese newlyweds decided to take their wedding photos in a dark and striking direction to protest their country’s out-of-control pollution. The two lovebirds took their wedding photos wearing gas masks to shield themselves from Beijing’s clouds of toxic smog.
The smog in Beijing is now so thick that it is blocking sunlight despite recent announced closures or production cuts at 147 of the city’s industrial plants. He Dongxian from China Agricultural University’s College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, has even compared its effects to that of a nuclear winter. Continue reading »
20 Breathtaking Photos of Dakar Rally 2014
1. Buggy driver Carlos Sainz of Spain and co-pilot Timo Gottschalk of Germany race in the dunes during the second stage of the Dakar Rally between the cities of San Luis and San Rafael in San Rafael, Argentina, Monday January 6, 2014. This is the sixth consecutive year the race has been run in South America, and the first time Bolivia has been on the route. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/AP Photo) Continue reading »
Amazing 12-page Calendar of Recreated Family Photos
Two brothers and sister prepared a gift to their parents – 12-page calendar of recreated family photos.
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