Photography

February 7, 2014

Unique Ultraviolet Portraits Reveal Beauty within Flaws

Brooklyn-based photographer Cara Phillips developed this intriguing portrait project that uses ultraviolet light to reveal every tiny little imperfection across a person's face. To produce the black and white series, the artist set up on the streets of New York with a sign that said “Free Portraits.” Any willing participants agreed to sit down right there and have their photo taken underneath a UV light.

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January 31, 2014

Colorful Collection of Double Exposures by Aneta Ivanova

Bulgaria-based Aneta Ivanova is the photographer behind these striking double exposures that merge layers of landscapes together with silhouetted portraits. We adore her many black and white compositions, and she even provided us with a tutorial at the bottom of this post on how to develop such intriguing stories through digital manipulations. Now, in this colorful collection, Ivanova continues to mix natural elements like the sea or flower petals with soft feminine features.

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January 23, 2014

Retired Senior Citizens Playfully Recreate Movie Scenes

James Bond: Wilhelm Buiting, 89 Retired senior citizens at a nursing home in Germany have creatively banded together and taken on the role of their lives as they recreate twelve famous movie scenes for a calendar. Classic films like Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Seven Year Itch are revitalized by the young-at-heart seniors of the Contilia Retirement Group in Essen, Germany, proving that age is just a number.

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January 21, 2014

Guy Continues to Photoshop Himself into Celebrity Photos

PeejeT (Patrick Thorendahl) is a pop culture enthusiast who makes his admiration for successful women and men clear by hilariously Photoshopping himself into celebrity photos. Since we first introduced his work almost eight months ago, the photo manipulator has continued to edit images of himself into paparazzi and studio shots of famous people.

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