Sunday, May 4, 2008

Stunning and Unexpected Photography

1. (Really) Stunning Pictures and Photos
  <http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/04/28/really-stunning-pictures-and-
     photos/>
"50 brilliant photos and stunning pictures — some pictures tell stories,
 some are incredibly beautiful, some are funny and some are very sad."

2. FILE Magazine - Unexpected Photography
  <http://filemagazine.com/>
"The purpose of FILE is to collect and display photographs that treat
 subjects in unexpected ways. Alternate takes, odd angles, uncon-
 ventional observations - these are some of the ways photographs
 collected in FILE reinterpret traditional genres."

Some examples:
  <http://www.filemagazine.com/thecollection/archives/2006/09/composer.html>
  <http://www.filemagazine.com/galleries/archives/2008/04/refinery_flock.html>
  <http://www.filemagazine.com/galleries/archives/images/action.jpg>

3. What laptop does Steve Ballmer use for his presentations? Right...
  <http://flickr.com/photos/paintitblack/2439080330/>

(This next one is from a few years ago, but it fits the theme.  It could
 be a metaphor for the Microsoft-Yahoo take over if that went ahead ;)

4. Photo in the News: Python Bursts After Eating Gator (Update)
  <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1006_051006_pythoneats
     gator.html>
"Wildlife researchers with the South Florida Natural Resources Center
 found the dead, headless python in October 2005 after it apparently
 tried to digest a 6-foot-long (2-meter-long) American alligator."