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Run-down auto repair shop converted into architects’ offices (pictures; associated story). gulfstream/2404

Portraits taken as you go about your daily routine: “Using information provided earlier about their weekly routine, the photographer will arrive on the … gulfstream/2415

Famous photographs (e.g. Capa’s “Death of a Loyalist Soldier”), rendered in Lego. (Interesting details on how they were made as well.) gulfstream/2421

Aryan Outfitters: photo essay (+ some audio snippets) on the maker of high quality KKK outfits. I both like and don’t like the extremely detached way … gulfstream/2426

Bracelets made from the focus and zoom rings of old SLR lenses. gulfstream/2434

Photographs of trees, by Myoung Ho Lee. gulfstream/2313

Loving piece on the Leica. “Ralph Gibson once went to a meeting of the Leica Historical Society of America and, he claims, listened to a retired Marine … gulfstream/2331

How the Japanese refuel and plane, and how the Chinese refuel a plane. “At the moment, I am feeling positive toward both approaches. The emphasis on … gulfstream/2356

Technology marches on: Casio’s new US$1000 camera can do 60 frames per second at 6 megapixels per frame for one second, or full HD (1920 x 1080) at 60 … gulfstream/2376

You Suck at Photoshop #4—Photoshop tips (this one on the selection tool) from the depressed. gulfstream/2385

Fantastic extension for Firefox and Safari that shows Flickr, Facebook photo galleries in a fun, zooming full-screen interface. gulfstream/2409

Photographing medieval tapestries. gulfstream/1717

First-hand account of the Yalta conference. Stalin apparently had a lemon tree flown in so that Roosevelt could serve his martinis with a twist. gulfstream/1776

Alice-in-Wonderland-inspired Leibovitz/Vogue picks. gulfstream/1828

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Business-related stock images. (e.g. equal opportunities.) gulfstream/1892

Captivating “interactive essay” (photos plus commentary from the photographer) on London’s inner-city housing estates. Towards the end there … gulfstream/1900

Just discovered this. Are there any other groups aside from 43* and now 23* [update: oh, and 37*, whoops] that are using a number as a domain prefix?  … gulfstream/1906

Pictures of Volkswagen’s extremely pretty “Glass Factory,” which contains the production line for the Phaeton. It has wooden floors. (Or … gulfstream/1926

Check out the Ron Jeremy version! (In the kinder, gentler, pre-Internet times, people took photos of passers-by being startled by a backfiring … gulfstream/1932

Blurring images to make them look like shots of miniatures. gulfstream/1957

“Africa and teamwork inspire me.” Street fashion from Helsinki. (I do genuinely like this, but there is also some quality amusement to be had. Another: … gulfstream/2012

Right to take photographs in public spaces trumps right to privacy. (And right to practise one’s religion, sort of.) But: only if the photographs … gulfstream/2024

Interesting art/media projects with refreshingly straightforward descriptions of intent. gulfstream/2070

Pictures of explosions. That is all. (They’re small explosions too. Pretty though.) gulfstream/2090

Reviews of street fashion photo blogs. Big ups The Satorialist (suitably). gulfstream/2120

Great photographs, as reviewed by people on the internet. “Sam, GORGEOUS scene I luv it! Too bad u couldn't get a little more color in sky area. Blues … gulfstream/2132

Photographs of iconic scenes, with street-vendor postcards and trinkets substituted for the real thing. (Makes more sense when you see it.) gulfstream/2183

Perfect for internet dating! Computer scientists developer an image enhancement program that turn portraits into portraits that look like the original, … gulfstream/2246

Review of photographer Andreas Gursky’s showing at Matthew Marks Gallery. “The biggest picture at 22nd Street is F1 Boxenstopp III … They’re reportedly … gulfstream/2287

Pretty morph through a few dozen famous portraits of women. gulfstream/2289

Really cute teeny cardboard models of synthesisers. gulfstream/2299

Unwarranted hype? Scientists at Polaroid “reinvent” the principles of photography. Certainly it is surprising how little the technology has  … gulfstream/889

Quotes Collected

I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven and in hell. -- Edward Munch http://www.bartleby.com/66/10/40910.html quotes/292

In photography's early decades, photographs were expected to be idealized images. This is still the aim of most amateur photographers, for whom a beautiful … sontag/2

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» Best picture quality with 6 megapixels!
mostly interesting for the sensor size comparison at the bottom of the page

4020 • Privacy

oe magazine - photofakery

Jeff Wall @ Tate Modern

Light Field Photography with a Hand-Held Plenoptic Camera

june2004hastings-mammatus

Michael Hoppen Gallery, London | Miroslav Tichy

Edward Burtynsky on artnet

:: Xinhuanet - English ::

Sarah Pickering

The Online Photographer: Great Photographers on the Internet

Charlotte Observer Photographer Fired For Altering Colors

BBC NEWS | Photo journal: Inside a Bolivian jail, Introduction

mandolux«
pretty background images

Hans van der Meer :: photographer :: fotograaf :: netherlands :: nederland
photographs of football games, among other things

Can photographers be plagiarists? - By David Segal - Slate Magazine

Denis Darzacq :: Portfolios :: La chute

30gms – A Visual Digest by Fibre | No Stars No Wars

Real estate photos worth more than a thousand words - (37signals)

Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother" Photographs in the Farm Security Administration Collection: An Overview - Guides, Reference Aids, and Finding Aids (Prints andPhotographs ReadingRoom, Library of Congress)
the original image contains a thumb, which was airbrushed out--choose "jpeg image" or the link from the detail page to see it

Branislav Kropilak photography

Andreas Gursky -- New York Magazine Art Review

TED | Talks | Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Photosynth demo (video)

Chips Quinn Scholars | Photo Detail

Office Snapshots » Blog Archive » Craigslist HQ
craigslist offices (nice photos of a few other office interiors too)

simply breakfast

Gary Voth Photography: The Forgotten Lens

JULIA FULLERTON-BATTEN

Robert White - Specialist Camera and Photographic Suppliers

Cambridge in Colour - Digital Photography Tutorials
series of article on subjects relating to photography: depth of field, exposure compensation, etc.

HackelBury Fine Art

Digital Tampering in the Media, Politics and Law

White Cube —
27 Nov—19 Jan 2008