Art Wolfe has photographed living creatures all over the globe, but nothing quite prepared him for the experience of swimming with and photographing one of the largest animals on earth – the humpback whale. He discusses the challenges he faced capturing these incredible creatures in the South Pacific. Read more
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MindShift Gear has launched its new BackLight 26L Photo Daypack for pre-order, and will begin shipping it next month. The bag features a 26 liter capacity with compartments able to accommodate a 15″ laptop, 10″ tablet, a standard sized DSLR with up to six lenses, a flash, and two large water bottles. Read more
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Ricoh has launched a teaser website promoting the introduction of its Pentax full-frame DSLR in spring of 2016. The news of a full-frame K-mount camera came in February when we also got a glimpse of an early mockup at CP+. Read more
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The new Sony Xperia Z5 Premium, announced at IFA, is the first production smartphone with a 4K display. However, Sony also claims the new device offers approximately two days of battery life on a single charge. How does it manage such impressive battery life with a high resolution display? Sony explains. Read more
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It is said that the eyes are the windows to the soul, but hands can be very expressive as well.
Let’s take a look at this set of images of different hands and see what they say, what story do they each tell?
By Victoria Bjorkman
By Khadija Dawn Carryl
By Peter Lee
By Alex Berger
By Bill Gracey
By Riccardo Romano
By Jun Aviles
By Craig Sunter
By le vent le cri
By Jonathan Kos-Read
By Marjan Lazarevski
By Toni Blay
By Son of Groucho
By Rob.
By Kasia
By Victor Bezrukov
By Chiara Cremaschi
By ArTeTeTrA
By Mark Spearman
By Hamed Parham
By Serge klk
By Jason Devaun
By Thomas Szynkiewicz
By Strep72
By Toru Watanabe
By Ricardo Machado
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Hands can be just as expressive as the face sometimes, as these images show.
By Elisabetta Orlacchio
This week it’s your turn to photograph hands. Human or otherwise – it’s your choice. Find some expressive ones and use good lighting, and compositional techniques to create some great images.
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By Jessie Jacobson
By Giovanni
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Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer upload them to your favourite photo sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge. Sometimes it takes a while for an image to appear so be patient and try not to post the same image twice.
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All of the books in the world still exist, yet are just out of reach, locked up in an impenetrable fortress or stacked so high we can’t hope to reach them, in this dystopian vision by Shanghai-based artist Jie Ma. The series of fictional libraries renders information inaccessible, teasing us with glimpses of what we could have but always keeping it just beyond our grasp.
Combining futuristic fantasy art reminiscent of movie or video game concepts and architectural assemblage, Ma’s series envisions libraries as stark structures that haven’t quite been abandoned altogether, but aren’t exactly in great shape. Human figures mill around in seeming frustration, stopped from actually finding anything by darkness and disorder.
In some of the images, books are scattered around in spaces that look as if a storm has just ripped through, or they’ve been left to deteriorate for decades. It’s impossible to see the spines of any of the books, and there are no ladders offering access to shelves that tower many dozens of feet into the air. In a bibliophile’s worst nightmare, walkways to rooms full of books have crumbled away.
In others, the libraries are like off-limits military facilities, surrounded on all sides by water or mud, frustratingly devoid of actual entrances. One of these works, entitled ’Eclipse VII: Deep Reverence for Arnold Böcklin,’ pays tribute to a famous painting known as ’Isle of the Dead.’
Yet, in contrast to these scenes are more hopeful ones, in which people examine oversized books with gigantic magnifiers in orderly rooms overlooking concrete landscapes. The series seems to suggest a sense of hope for human curiosity, driving us to keep seeking knowledge no matter how many obstacles we may encounter.
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All the beauty of historic churches, but filled to the ceiling with books: these 13 libraries from Iowa to Prague dazzle with classic architectural details.
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Peruse the waterproofed selections at Minnesota’s Floating Library, renew your library card at a bus stop in Bogota, or select a volume from the shelves …
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A brilliantly low-tech way to provide a unique view of the surrounding landscape, this massive yet cost-efficient shipping container periscope uses the same elementary construction principles as those childhood do-it-yourself milk carton equivalents.
Framing a clear vista of the nearby Lagoa Santa, a Brazilian lagoon, this upturned container designed by Pedro Barata e Arquitetos Associados sits alongside a structure likewise built in part from containers.
Though a one-off idea for now, this would be a great low-cost solution for sites where excellent views are close but building permanent staircases and decks would not be feasible.
Analogous to the traditional role of a fireplace and chimney inside a home, the tall structure is also a natural focal point for outdoor gatherings.
A simple system of wood supports and set of mirrors tilted at 45 degree angles reflects the view above for onlookers below. It is ultimately designed to travel, set up to similarly enable views elsewhere, before coming to rest in a final spot yet to be determined.
The architect is pleased with resulting reactions so far: “there’s always someone peeking through the vertical tunnel, trying to understand the ‘technology’ allowing them to do so. By connecting directly two different and faraway spaces, the Superiscope introduces people to architecture as hypertext”
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You see them all the time as polished finished products, but for those looking to try the ultimate do-it-yourself home-building project, these videos will help …
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Comprised of 19 shipping containers, this record-breaking restaurant has reclaimed a riverside wasteland in the River Arts District of Asheville, North …
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