Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts

Friday, September 17, 2010

Everyday Life in Afghanistan

A user experience researcher who works for Frog Design, British-born Jan Chipchase has the important job of understanding the way technology influences different cultures. His work has taken him around the world and has earned him a place right next to Steve Jobs in Forbes magazine's 2010 list of The Smartest People in Tech.

Aside from Japan, one of the most interesting and eye-opening places he's been to is Afghanistan. His goal was to look at the impact of mobile money services in that country. Along the way, Chipchase has taken some truly unique photos of everyday life in Afghanistan, giving us an inside look at this country's incredible culture.



Grain Laborer Unloading a Truck


Election Posters


Arabic Signs


Popular Male Photoshopped Portraiture


Bollywood Posters on Movie Theater Walls


Market


Bank Note


Vendor of Boomboxes


Pills for Sale


Advertising Goods


Truckload of Cattle Skin


Grain Merchant


Outside a Vendor's Store


Shopping for Burqas


Roadside Filling Stations


Riding Rickshaws


Roadside Accident


Stencil Street Art


Soviet Tank Graveyard


Kabul Classroom


Customized Rifle


Pellets in Kabul's Gun Market

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Hotel Photo Fakeouts

Ever stayed in a hotel that looked far nicer in the website photos than it real life?

Guys from Oyster.com visited several hotels and beaches taking hundreds of photos. Then they compared the photos to those that they found on the web sites of the hotels. Let's see the results.

D.R. Photo Fakeout: The myth of mega resort serenity




Jamaica Photo Fakeout: Sexy lady phenomenon




Hawaii Photo Fakeout: Say bye-bye to your serene hotel beach scene




Wedding Photo Fakeout: A classy, intimate beach wedding for everybody!




D.R. Photo Fakeout: This buffet looked more delicious in 1988




Jamaica Photo Fakeout: Breezes Montego Bay




Hawaii Photo Fakeout: The magical art of the teensy pool crop




Jamaica Photo Fakeout: Smiling gym-goers are questionable




D.C. Photo Fakeout: Ain't no lobby too small for a Kimpton wine party




Miami Photo Fakeout: The smiling gym-goer strikes again




Miami Photo Fakeout: When hotel decor goes missing




L.A. Photo Fakeout: The Incredible Shrinking Pool




Miami Photo Fakeout: Model Man goes surfing in a hot tub




Hawaii Photo Fakeout: The magical art of the teensy pool crop




L.A. Photo Fakeout: The magic of framing hides the magic of Macy's




L.A. Photo Fakeout: When flora goes missing




Las Vegas Photo Fakeout: Good luck finding a lounge chair



Source: oyster