Photography

August 30, 2014

Photographer Captures the Reactions of Subjects While He is Nude

Trevor Christensen's series titled Nude Portraits might sound provocative, but in actuality there aren't any naked people featured in it. The Utah-based photographer is the one who's nude, and the images he captures are of his subjects' reactions to his clothingless body. It's not a trick or a surprise to them, and Christensen speaks to each person beforehand and explains what's about to go on.

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August 18, 2014

Photos Reveal What Musicians Look Like Before and After They Perform

Under the lights and in front of a crowd of hundreds, if not thousands of fans, musicians can really rock. The Vans Warped Tour is a traveling festival that features a line up of bands who tour for as long as three months and perform day after day. Sounds exhausting, right? Performance photographer Brandon Andersen shows us just how much these artists exert themselves in his collection of images taken before and after the concert.

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August 13, 2014

Humans of New York Shares Powerful Portraits of People in the Middle East

Since 2010, Humans of New York (HONY) photographer Brandon Stanton has been faithfully documenting the people he meets in the Big Apple, one poignant portrait and story at a time. While this project has mostly taken him around the streets of New York or even among celebrities at the Met Gala, HONY's newest endeavor has resulted in some of his most revealing portraits yet.

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August 10, 2014

Hilarious Images of Rockstars Whose Guitars Have Been Replaced with Giant Slugs

Slug Solos is everything we never knew we wanted: a Tumblr blog that uses Photoshop magic to replace the guitars of musicians with giant slugs as they rock out in the middle of their solos. Curated by Glasgow-based writer Michael M (@michaelmphysics), the self-described “esoteric blog” has proven a hit with its bizarre, humorous images of guitarists holding slugs mid-riff.

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