“The Struggle For Utopia”: Everyday Soviet Life In Magnificent Photos By Semyon Friedland
Semyon Osipovich Friedland was a soviet photographer from Kiev. He was born in 1905 into a family of Jewish shoemakers. He began his career as a journalist, but then left the profession because of the censorship. In 1932 he graduated from the photography department of the State Institute of Cinematography. In 1950 Friedland worked as an editor-in-chief for the photography department of the famous “Ogonyok” (Russian: Огонёк, lit. “little flame”), which is one of the oldest weekly illustrated magazines in USSR and is published even today in Russia. Continue reading »
Remarkable Photos Of Manhattan By Berenice Abbott From 1935
Berenice Abbott was born in Springfield, Ohio and raised by her divorced mother. She went to Ohio State University for two semesters, but left in early 1918 spending two years studying sculpture in Paris and Berlin. She studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris and the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin. During this time, and after it was suggested by the writer Djuna Barnes, she adopted the French spelling of her first name, “Berenice”. Continue reading »
Amazing Vintage Photos Of Black Women From Washington, D.C.’s Scurlock Studio
These images from Washington, D.C.’s Scurlock Studio, are a picture of the traditionally black city’s burgeoning middle class. Above: YWCA camp for girls, Highland Beach Girls, 1930. (Smithsonian Institution/National Museum of American History) Continue reading »
Photoshop Turns Rock Climbing Photos Into Rock Worshiping Photos
Here’s a strange and hilarious idea that the internet has spawned: if you Photoshop rock climbers out of bouldering photos and leave the spotters in the frame, the resulting images look like photos of rock worshipers. Continue reading »
Photographer Mark Taylor Captures Hilarious Photos Of Pet Doppelgängers Sharing The Same Colors
These “snapcats” have found their bunny doppelgängers in a series of sweet photo shoots. Animal photographer Mark Taylor, from Surrey, England, and his assistants have scoured the UK to bring together carbon-copy rabbits and cats.
Blue-point Birman-cross kitten dozing with fluffy bunny.
Mark Taylor/Warren Photographic
Sharing details such as fur and eye color, seating positions, startled expressions, and even matching markings on their noses, the cute animals look as if they came from the same litter. Some of them also appear to be the best of friends, with the pairs cuddling up to and even lying on top of each other. Continue reading »
Stunning Photos Capture Bicycles From Underneath In Rarely Seen Angles
Lithuanian photographer Andrius Burba (previously featured) uses a special glass-tabled photography stand to capture how bicycles look from underneath. How’s that for some new perspective? Continue reading »
These Awkward Mid-Century Amateur Modelling Photos
Tyne and Wear Archives presents a set of images taken by the Newcastle-based firm Turners (Photography) Ltd. They were taken in mid ’60s by the firm on is own account for possible use in their advertising campaigns. Turners frequently hired models to help promote their work and to encourage sales in their shops. Some of the shots are humorous or bizarre while others are quite suggestive. Continue reading »
“Autumn At The Lake”: These Stunning Photos Will Remind You Of Wonderland
Cologne-based photographer Kilian Schönberger (previously featured) is known for his amazing landscape and architect photography, and his latest series Autumn at the Lake is a testament to his talent. It captures the hidden beauty of a fading summer at a remote lake in north-eastern Germany. Continue reading »
Lovely Colorized Photos Of Edwardian Little Girls That May Make You Amazed
These stunning colorized photos of lovely girls from Edwardian era that may make you amazed. Continue reading »
The World In The 1890s Through 12 Glorious Photos
Photochromes are vibrant and nuanced prints hand-colored from black-and-white negatives. Created using a process pioneered in the 1880s, these images offer a fascinating insight into the world when color photography was still in its infancy.
Women in Algeria, 1899
Photochrome is a method of producing colored images from black-and-white negatives, allowing color pictures to be created before color photography became available. The process was developed in the 1880s by the Swiss chemist Hans Jakob Schmid. Continue reading »
Winning Photos Of The 2017 UK Royal Society Of Biology Photographer Of The Year
Shortlisted: “Two big eyes” by Miao Yong (Zejiang province, China). Damselflies look over the leaves.
“I was photographing insects in a park near my home when suddenly I found two damselflies in the grass. They kept flying and it was very difficult to focus until suddenly they parked behind a leaf”. (Photo by Miao Yong/2017 Royal Society of Biology Photographer of the Year) Continue reading »
Amazing Award-Winning Photos Of The Wildlife Photographer Of The Year 2017 Contest
11-14 years old category. Stuck In by Ashleigh Scully, USA.
Deep snow had blanketed the Lamar valley in Yellowstone national park, Wyoming, and the day was cold and overcast. This female American red fox was hunting beside the road, stepping quietly across the crusty surface of the snow. The image, says Ashleigh, “illustrates the harsh reality of winter life in Yellowstone”. (Photo by Ashleigh Scully/Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017) Continue reading »
Beautiful Black And White Photos Of Kim Basinger In 1977
An over shy young girl, Kim Basinger studied dance and entered beauty pageants as a teenager, confronting the eyes of a public. She was rapidly offered a contract with Ford Agency and became a successful model in New York before moving to Los Angeles in 1976 and focusing on acting. Continue reading »
Fantastic Old Photos Of Yugoslavia From The 1920s, When People Were Nicer
In the mid-1920s the prominent German photographer Kurt Hielscher was invited by the government in Belgrade to travel to Yugoslavia and create a book with images of the state, founded only a few years earlier. Kurt Hielscher had already published similar and very successful books about Italy, Spain and Germany, so he took up the invitation with enthusiasm. Continue reading »
“Wilhelm Brasse’ Mugshots”: Photographer Took Up To 50,000 Chilling Photos In Auschwitz For The Nazis During World War II
There were images of living virtual skeletons; of prisoners standing shoulder-to-shoulder in striped uniforms; of people with deformities; of disembowelled victims of purported medical experiments. And there were tens of thousands of prisoner identification photos – three of each inmate. Continue reading »
Wonderful Intimate Photos Of Women Villagers Who Run The Show In Rural Russia
More and more Russian men have left their homes in the countryside to seek work, leading to the unlikely rise of the village matriarchs and their tough farm daughters. Continue reading »
Never Before Seen Photos of Bruce Lee From The Family Archive
Bruce Lee was only 32 when he died in 1973, but he was already an icon of both Hollywood and Hong Kong film. Continue reading »
“The Secret Life Of Virgins”: Flight Attendant’s Photos Show Life In A Virgin America Crew
Molly Choma of Portland, Oregon, has spent nearly a decade working as a flight attendant on Virgin America planes. In addition to her work in the skies, Choma is also a talented photographer. Her series The Secret Life of Virgins is a look at life in Virgin America flight crews. Continue reading »
22 Rare Photos You’ll Never See In Textbooks
For many people, history is just a boring subject they had to study at school, with its dozens of dates and dry theories. We decided to correct this impression and put together a selection of 22 historical photographs that say more than words could ever express. Continue reading »
Beautiful Photos From The Bird Photographer Of The Year 2017 Contest
The Bird Photographer of the Year competition celebrates the artistry of bird photography, and this large-format book is lavishly illustrated to reflect this. A celebration of avian beauty and diversity, it is a tribute to both the dedication and passion of the photographers as well as a reflection of the quality of today’s modern digital imaging systems. Continue reading »
Burning Man 2017: Stunning Photos From The World’s Biggest And Craziest Festival
70,000 people gather for the annual Burning Man arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. Burning Man Festival is one of the world’s biggest and most popular festivals. Since 1986, revelers from far and wide have trekked to the temporarily constructed Black Rock City, located in Black Rock Desert, for a week of art, music, dancing, and ‘radical’ self-expression. Continue reading »
These Old Photos of Kit Harington & Emilia Clarke Kissing Has Driven Every “Game of Thrones” Fan Crazy
“Game of Thrones” is coming to an end – whether we like it or not, but there’s a lot of questions that need to be answered. The biggest one of all – for most fans – is are Daenerys and Jon going to fuck or not? The suspense is killing everyone, slowly. Continue reading »
Funny Vintage Photos That Captured At Just the Right Time And The Right Angle
Sometimes, you’re blessed by a photograph taken at the exact perfect moment at just the right angle, creating a hilarious mesh-mash of what you least expected. The results? Check out these funny vintage photos that captured at the perfect moment! Continue reading »
Black and White Photos Of Teenage Gangs Of New York City In 1959
Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos
In the summer of 1959, 25 year old photographer Bruce Davidson read about the teenage gangs of New York City. Connecting with a social worker to make initial contact with a gang, Davidson became a daily observer and photographer of this alienated youth culture. At the time there were an estimated thousand gang members in New York City. Continue reading »
Photographer Creates Spellbinding Photos Of Meals From Classic Books
Paris photographer Charles Roux describes his boyhood self as “a lonely kid that filled his life – and his voids- with literary fiction.” In this way, you could say Fictitious Feasts began in the artist’s early years, when he was curled up with a book, turning the pages and imagining the worlds inside them. Continue reading »
