Photography

September 20, 2019

New Yorkers Appear Frozen in Time in Super Slow-Mo Video at 960fps

When you think of New York City, the first image that probably pops into your head is crowd city street full of people quickly trying to get to where they’re going. Filmmaker Glen Vivaris offers another vision of the city in a short clip he recently published. By using the Super Slow-mo feature on his Samsung Galaxy S10 phone, the hands of time are greatly decelerated, leaving the streets of Manhattan nearly frozen in time.

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September 19, 2019

Interview: Inclusive Photo Shoot Shows There’s No Wrong Way to Nourish Your Baby

Today, many people hold passionate viewpoints about how infants should be fed. As a result of this phenomenon, some moms may find themselves in one of two camps: either they believe that “breast is best,” or they prefer the bottle. To photographer and mother-of-two Felicia Saunders, however, there is no wrong way to nourish a baby—a belief that is at the heart of a recent inspiring photo series.

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September 17, 2019

Spectacular Smeared Sky Photos Are Impressionist “Paintings” for the Digital Age

Photographer Matt Molloy has something in common with Impressionist painters. For the better part of a decade, the Canadian creative has crafted sky photography that look like paintings from the defining artistic movement. Depicting daylight and nighttime, the images appear as though they were manipulated with a brush and highlight brilliant hues that are smudged into artful changes of color—just like the painters of the late 1800s.

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September 16, 2019

Photographer Captures Portraits of Strangers He Met on the Streets 25 Years Later

Self-described “documentarist” Daniel Meadows has made countless contributions to contemporary photography. In addition to influencing the creative field, however, his work has also played a pivotal role in a much larger realm: British society as a whole. Daniel Meadows: Now and Then, an eye-opening exhibition at Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries, explores how the Gloucestershire-born figure has captured “the extraordinary aspects of ordinary life.” Now and Then gives viewers a comprehensive glimpse into Meadows’ practice.

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