Photography

April 1, 2013

Utah’s Breathtaking Blue Hills and Painterly Desert

Paris-born Emmanuel Coupe has received numerous awards for his breathtaking landscape photography. In 2009, he was named Landscape Photographer of the Year for a spectacular shot of a sunrise over Scotland's most famous rocky hill, Old Man of Storr. The photo beat out thousands of others because it beautifully showcased the rich and diverse landscape of the UK.

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March 27, 2013

Magnificent Swirls of Ink in Water by Alberto Seveso

Based in Portoscuso, Italian photographer Alberto Seveso's work has recently become quite the hot commodity for musicians. In collaboration with their music studios, bands like The Temper Trap and The Black Seeds have commissioned the talented artist to capture the fluid movement of ink mixing with water in eye-catching album cover designs. This series includes many of the unused shots that were taken during these coveted photo shoots.

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March 19, 2013

Action Heroes Hilariously Replace Guns With a Thumbs Up

What if all the gun-toting action heroes in films replaced their artillery with an enthusiastic thumbs up? The single topic blog Thumbs & Ammo shows us all exactly what that would look like by substituting threatening firearms with a gesture of approval. The blog's driving force is that “Real tough guys don't need guns, they just need a positive, can-do attitude.

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March 14, 2013

More Up Close and Personal Animal Portraits

Danish photographer Morten Koldby doesn't take typical animal portraits. His ongoing series explores how animals' facial expressions often resemble those of humans. He's learned that their expressions run the gamut – while some animals look highly nervous, others seem surprisingly arrogant. We first came across his series almost two years ago. His crisp portraits of everything from a giraffe to a polar bear were like nothing we had ever seen.

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