Photography
July 18, 2017

Guy Buys 1929 Camera at Thrift Store and Develops 70-Year-Old Film Found Inside

Dutch photographer Martijn Van Oers happened upon something special when he opened up the medium format camera he'd purchased at a thrift store. The original Zeiss Ikon 520/2 contained a roll of film with the word EXPOSÉ written on it. After a bit of research, Van Oers determined that the camera dated from about 1929, while the film would have been produced at some point between the 1940s and 1970s.

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Funny
July 17, 2017

Twitter Account Cleverly Exposes “Real Names” for Everyday Objects and Animals

Satirically specializing in sharing “the correct names for things” with the world, Twitter account Correct Names comically captions photographs of everyday objects and well-known animals with bizarre, laughable labels. Ranging from obvious-yet-odd literal interpretations to outlandish descriptions, the funny fake names put familiar things in a new light. In some instances, the objects and animals are given new monikers based on other objects they resemble. Cheerios become “bagel seeds,” a spoon is a “pudding shovel,” and grass is an “earth rug.

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Photography
July 15, 2017

10+ Photographers Who Have Elevated the Power of Fine Art Photography

This is in direct opposition to documentary photography fields, like standard photojournalism, which acts more as visual report, recording the scene without manipulation. Fine art photographers are artists who use photography as a medium, either on its own or incorporated into their artwork through collage. So, really, fine art photography runs contrary to what most of us think about when thinking about how we use a camera.

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Art
July 14, 2017

Artist Creates Striking Prints of Realistic Portraits Using His Hands as Stamps

California-based artist Russell Powell continues to create impressive imprints that blur the line between traditional portraiture and experimental body art. Using his hand as a makeshift stamp, Powell produces extraordinarily detailed depictions of realistic and expressive faces. To create each impressive imprint, Powell employs a unique process he calls “hand-stamping.” This technique requires the artist to first paint a picture on the palm of his hand.

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