Thumbs and Ammo posits the idea: would it be funny to replace guns with thumbs up in stills from movies?
YES!
Citylights - the view from space
Citylights: Photos by Karin Apollonia
Citylights increases the focal distance of my previous work, documenting in found images human habitation on a global scale using the reflected light of population as seen from Earth's orbit, a graph-like portrait of human activity—desire—and its geographic distribution across the surface of our planet. Inversion of this image questions the arbitrary nature of man's sense of his own orientation in the physical realm on earth and in space, also suggesting fireflies seeking a mate against the blackness of night.
Northern Lights by Arild Heitmann
Photographer Arild Heitmann has taken these stunning northern lights images.
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5 Favorite Photography Posts - Feb 2014
Slow-speed Ski Jumper Images
Taking slow-shutter-speed photos can create some great images too. Like these from the Sochi Olympics of ski jumpers.
Film Strips Woven Together to Form Images by Seung Hoon Park
Seung Hoon Park uses 8mm or 16mm film strips and two images in a large format 8×10″ camera weave together a final print.
Desert Breath - Land Art in Egypt
To put this land art into perspective, the central pool is about 100 ft across. Created in 1997 by Danae Stratou, Alexandra Stratou, and architect Stella Constantinides, Desert Breath, near the shore of the Red Sea, covers 100,000 square meters.
Trophic Cascade - How Wolves Change Rivers
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.”
Wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park after 70 years, a "trophic cascade" happened.
This video from Sustainable Man accompanies narration from George Monbiot's TED Talk: "For more wonder, rewild the world" Watch the full talk.
Fish Tornado in La Reserva Marina de Cabo Pulmo in Mexico by Octavio Aburto
Photographer and Research Scientist at Scripps Institution Octavio Aburto has captured these absolutely stunning and fascinating images from La Reserva Marina de Cabo Pulmo, Mexico, of fish swirling together in these massive tornado like structures.
POV of Double Luge at the Sochi Olympics
Matthew Mortensen of Team USA shares what it's like shooting down the Sochi luge track with his partner at 80mph.
Thirty-foot Hand-stitched Star Wars Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry is the record of the Norman Invasion of England in 1066. In a similar style, London-based designer and illustrator Aled Lewis handstitched The Coruscant Tapestry, telling the entire Star Wars epic in pictures, and Aurebesh lettering.
Luke and Leia, Vader, the Clone Army, the Emperor, C3PO, Han; it's all there. And just $20,000 at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles.
Munich's Olympic Stadium - Patterns and Forms by Robert Götzfried
German photographer Robert Götzfried has an eye for highlighting the forms and patterns of architecture, as in this mesmerizing series on Munich's Olympic Stadium.
Handcrafted Stop-Motion - Move Mountain
Just lovely.
"A girl journeys through a vibrant, pulsing, macrocosmic landscape, but a precipitous incident compels her to venture up a mountain in an attempt to save herself. A story about illness, perseverance, and our connection to everything around us."
Swimming Pool Duvet by Snurk - Design Wish
Dutch bedding designers Snurk has this awesome duvet that turns your bed into a swimming pool, and also has a trampoline, astronaut and princess duvet.
Get them yourself »
Animals Bizarrely Illustrated by Dutch Illustrator Redmer Hoekstra
Dutch illustrator Redmer Hoekstra blends animals and objects to make these witty and winsome creatures.
Photos from the First Winter Olympics - 1924 in Chamonix France
In 1924 the first Winter Olympics, in Chamonix France, had a mere 250 athletes, in 6 sports: skating, curling, ‘nordic skiing’, ‘bobsleigh’, ice hockey and a military patrol competition (similar to modern Biathlon).
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BLOB VB3 MOBILE HOME - Design Wish
dmvA created the Blob VB3, an organic form that can be use as an office, a guesthouse, poolhouse, etc. with a main area and a bathroom.
Playful Street Art on the Actual Street by Roadsworth
Montreal artist Roadsworth uses the actual asphalt as his canvas for these witty and gorgeous animals, funny visual puns and more on the streets of Montreal.
Lost City at the Bottom of Qiandao Lake in China
Qiandao Lake in Chun’an County, in China is an artificial lake, with a 1,300 year old village, "Lion City" sitting 25+ meters below the surface.
Hot Air Balloon Highline
Why these folks would decided to try to walk a highline between hot air balloons in mid air, I'm not sure. Some gorgeous (albeit gut wrenching) footage.