Thumbs and Ammo posits the idea: would it be funny to replace guns with thumbs up in stills from movies?
YES!
Architectural Elements Refracted Into Fantastic Images
Cory Stevens, Munich, Germany based photographer, shoots architectural elements and then refracts them around a center point to create these stunning images in his series titled: Deconstructed. Reimagined.
Incredibly Fine Organic Shapes Made From Cut Paper
Rogan Brown on his nearly unbelievably detail papercut art:
“My work is an exploration and re-presentation of natural organic forms both mineral and vegetal. I look for patterns and repeated motifs that run through natural phenomena at different scales, from the microscopic to the macroscopic, from individual cells to large scale geological formations.”
See also Super Intricate Paper Cuts by Eric Standley Look Like Stained Glass
Iconic Black & White Images Newly Colorized
Charlie Chaplin at 27, 1916
Colorized by BenAfleckIsAnOkActor
Filling in what's missing from iconic Black & White photos, namely, the color, has an amazing impact on our perception and connection with the subjects. Of course, it is a matter of invention and conjecture, but stunning none the less. A whole bunch of amazing ones over at a group on reddit, called r/ColorizedHistory.
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Hindenburg Disaster – May 6, 1937
Colorozed by: Dana Keller
Elizabeth Taylor – Giant (1956 film)
Colorized by: malakon
Mark Twain in the Garden, circa 1900
Colorized by: zuzahin
Walt Whitman, 1887
Colorized by: Danna Keller
View from Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee During the Civil War, 1864
Colorized by: Sanna Dullaway
Nikola Tesla, 1893
Colorized by: Danna Keller
Audrey Hepburn
Colorized by: Danna Keller
Japanese Archers, circa 1860
Colorized by: photojacker
Albert Einstein, Summer 1939 Nassau Point, Long Island, NY
Colorized by: Edvos
Auto Wreck in Washington D.C, 1921
Colorized by: Sanna Dullaway
Marilyn Monroe
Colorized by malakon
Beach Design Printing Machine
Swedish artist Gunilla Klingberg made “sand machine” out of tractor with a cylinder embossed with star-shape design to imprint the sand.
Called “A Sign In Space”, this work of art is part of the Sense & Sustainability Art Biennale, in Urdaibai, Spain.
See also Beach Calligraphy in Africa
Hyper HDR Travel Video for the Republic of George
Streetmix - Creating The Tools to Talk about Streets
Streetmix lets you "Design, remix, and share your neighborhood street – all in your browser! Add trees or bike paths, widen sidewalks or traffic lanes, learn how your decisions can impact your community."
Give Streetmix a try
Motion Captured In Visual Trails
CCTV has a documentary channel, and these four trailers for it translate human motion into digitally sculpted objects that look like steel, water, and wood. The clips were created by Taiwan design house JL Design and KORB.
See also Choros - Time Dance
Abandoned Hotels around the World
From the Cayman Islands, Bali and Germany, to Alabama, New Jersey and Detroit, these abandoned hotels are creepy beautiful.
Dancers Among Us - Photos of Ballerinas In the World by Jordan Matter
Jordan Matter's project and book, Dancers Among Us, finds great pleasure in letting dance escape the studio and stage and find its place out in the world.
See also Ballerinas on the Streets of Bratislava
The Racial Dot Map - One Dot Per Person for the Entire United States
Dustin Cable, a demographer at the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service draws a dot for each person in the United States based on the 2010 census and colors by ethnicity. The project is called the Racial Dot Map.
"This map is an American snapshot; it provides an accessible visualization of geographic distribution, population density, and racial diversity of the American people in every neighborhood in the entire country. The map displays 308,745,538 dots, one for each person residing in the United States at the location they were counted during the 2010 Census. Each dot is color-coded by the individual's race and ethnicity. The map is presented in both black and white and full color versions. In the color version, each dot is color-coded by race."
See the full Map »
Dyed Transparent Specimens
Fisherman-turned-artist in Yokohama City, Japan, Tomita:
"Although these are just transparent specimens, they’re filled with the drama of organisms which I have so much love for. I want people to enjoy the beauty of life, treat life with respect and understand that there is drama happening that is not centered on themselves when they look at the specimens. These specimens which you see here are actually animals that have died for some some reason or whose carcasses were discarded from pet shops or fishermen. I use those animals which passed away and repurpose them."
Using the skeletons of various dead marine specimens, and bright shades of dye, the process strips down each creature to the toughest parts of its remains. Tomita has dyed more than 5,000 dead creatures since 2005, which is amazing, considering each piece takes at least a few weeks to complete, and some up to a year.
Fashionable Animals by Miguel Vallinas
Continuing the stylish treatment of animals ( see Zoo Fashion Photos or Underdog: Humanized Dog Portraits), Madrid-based advertising and industrial photographer Miguel Vallinas styles the whole look, boots, scarves and all, for his project Segundas Pieles.
Three Years of 5 Things
Three years ago today was our first post.
I've been so grateful for all the amazing people I've got to meet and work with.
Stephen McFadden - http://www.mcfaddencreative.com/
Devereau Chumrau - http://devereauchumrau.com
Gabriel Hernandez - https://twitter.com/lasombragh
Scott Braun - https://facebook.com/ScottBraunPhotography
Seth Sherman - http://sethsherman.com/
Zac Eubank - http://awcproductions.com/
Top 5 Things this Year
5. Mesmerizing Animated GIFs
http://5thin.gs/12WZCSF
4. Still Lifes Lit by Their Own Electricity
http://5thin.gs/16xvGly
3. Glowstick Trails in Night Waterfalls
http://5thin.gs/12GfgCc
2. NSFW - Gorgeous 'Calligraphy on Girls' from Molotow Markers
http://5thin.gs/127FD3q
1. A Room of Stuff Arranged to Create this Anamorphic Portrait
http://5thin.gs/10Lztqk
Beach Calligraphy in Africa by Andrew van der Merwe
Andrew van der Merwe, a professional calligrapher based in Cape Town, South Africa also goes by the title, "world's first beach calligrapher."
Expedition Iceland
From Eric Hines' video page:
Expedition Iceland is a collection of some of my favorite shots I did around Iceland during my 17 day, 4000 mile adventure around the country during the midnight sun in June 2013. This personal piece was shot entirely using the Canon 5D Mark III and only a few different Canon lenses.
I've always wanted to visit Iceland, and I had to take the opportunity when it came up. Sleeping in the passenger seat of a small SUV and living off mostly gas station food, it was all worth it. The country was absolutely stunning and I certainly hope to spend more time there again.
Leaving Earth: Timelapse of Moving Away from Earth
From NASA:
Explanation: What it would look like to leave planet Earth? Such an event was recorded visually in great detail by the MESSENGER spacecraft as it swung back past the Earth, eight years ago, on its way in toward the planet Mercury. Earth can be seen rotating in this time-lapse video, as it recedes into the distance. The sunlit half of Earth is so bright that background stars are not visible. The robotic MESSENGER spacecraft is now in orbit around Mercury and has recently concluded the first complete map of the surface. On occasion, MESSENGER has continued to peer back at its home world. MESSENGER is one of the few things created on the Earth that has left and will never return -- at the end of its mission MESSENGER will be crashed into Mercury's surface.
Nightvision: Timelapse of Europe's Architecture
Created by Luke Shepard:
Nightvision is a celebration of the brilliance and diversity of architecture found across Europe. Over the course of three months I journeyed with a friend through 36 cities in 21 countries with the ambition of capturing some of the greatest European structures in a new and unique way. Comprised of thousands of carefully taken photographs, strung together and stabilized in post-production, Nightvision aims to inspire appreciation for these man-made landmarks.
African Skies: Timelapse in Botswana and Zimbabwe
Deep Free Diving
Produced & Directed by Kitty Bolhoefer and Fridolin Schoepper of theavantgardediaries.com, William Trubridge freedives deep.
See also Beautiful Underwater Shots of Freediving in the Cenotes of Tulum