1920's Criminal Portraits from Australia

I was in awe of this series of "photographs of commitment" from the archive of the Sydney Justice & Police Museum. "They are beautiful, timeless, and peculiarly expressive. These vintage "mug shots" are just brimming with the individuality and personalities of a motley array of people who passed through Australia’s criminal justice system back in the early part of the 20th century .... creating unintentional art 90 years later!" - source

See lots more incredible portraits HERE.

Looking Into The Eyes Of Nature

A British photographer, Jonathan Griffiths risked his life as he captured these wildlife shots on a nature reserve in Canada......nutter!

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Benjamin Lowy Photography

Incredible photography by Benjamin Lowy....he really captures the dark-side to the world in vivid colour. "Benjamin Lowy received a BFA from Washington University in St. Louis in 2002 and began his career covering the Iraq War in 2003. Since then he has covered major stories worldwide. Benjamin's work from Iraq, Darfur, and Afghanistan have been collected into several gallery and museum shows, his work has shown at the Tate Modern, SF MOMA, Houston Center for Photography, Invalides, and Arles."

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Alex Fakso New Book Fast or Die

"Fast or Die" - New Book Release

"Fast or Die is Alex Fakso’s latest photographic project, which came to life after four years of travelling around the world, from London to the US, and as far as Russia and Japan. Metropolitan narratives are immortalized in 60 shots: portraits of people running, taking the subway, sleeping on docks, sneaking into tunnels. Fakso follows his subjects taking part in the action, moving along with them, following them until he manages to document instants and moments of their days, thus creating snapshots that contain stories, details and sensations. This time Fakso expands his view beyond graffiti and tracks a robust framework of the metropolitan scenario embracing the people who inhabit it. Here are Images of ordinary people, common people plunged into the underground chaos; Fast or Die is a powerful photo strip describing the world through the subways. A reportage of the contemporary underground...."

by Alex Fakso
text by Andrea Caputo
Alessandro Zuek Simonetti
978-88-6208-164-1
language: english
pages: 112
illustrations: 50
binding: paperback
release: spring 2011

PhotoGraff Collective

Photograff Collectif are a bunch of photographers who take great pics of graffiti. Based in France, they run a great blog with loads of cool images & artists....






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Christian Faur's Crayon Portraits

Christian Faur uses hundreds of crayons to to re-create portraits from photographs.

Georges Rousse

Georges Rousse (born 1947 in Paris), is a French photographer who likes to superimpose precise geometrical shapes into desolate or abandoned places....







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NGC Best Of Photographs

National Geographic Channel's best photos of birds and animals last month aren't too shabby! See more HERE.

Them Thangs Update

I was starting to go off Them Thangs but Justin Blyth's most recent post entitled, "JUST A DECK OF CARDS, AND A JUG OF WINE" has got me hooked again. It's a really great collection/collage of images that has given me hope again.....