Photography

January 18, 2019

Simple Portraits Reveal the Unique Personalities of the Animal Kingdom

Photographer Randal Ford believes that every animal has a story to tell. This compassionate perspective is at the core of his ongoing Animal Portrait Collection, a striking series that explores his subjects' unique personalities and behaviors. Each revealing photograph features a single animal strategically shot against a stark black or white backdrop.

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January 11, 2019

Intimate Portraits of People Over 100 Years Old Reveal the Beauty of Aging Bodies

For years, photographer Anastasia Pottinger has strived to shine a spotlight on an underrated and overlooked demographic: the elderly. Specifically, she features centenarians—people who have lived to be 100 years old—in her series of revealing portraits. Compiled into a book called 100: What Time Creates, these one-of-a-kind photographs offer an “intricate look into the beauty that can be found by appreciating and valuing how our bodies change with the passage of time.

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January 4, 2019

Stretch Your Creativity with This 52-Week Photography Challenge

The new year brings new challenges, so why not start something fun and creative at the same time? Whether you've made a resolution to begin a new hobby or simply want to sharpen your photography skills, you may want to take up the Dogwood 52 Week Photography Challenge. Now in its fourth year, the popular challenge sees tens of thousands of photographers participating and sharing their work.

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January 3, 2019

AI Generates Incredibly Believable Faces of Humans That Don’t Really Exist

Think you can tell the difference between fantasy and reality? That's about to get a whole lot harder thanks to advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) made by researchers at NVIDIA. The above photograph isn't actually a photo of a real person, but rather an image generated from two source photographs. The results are incredibly lifelike, making it all the more shocking that we're not actually looking at a snapshot of a real human being.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.