With just a sleight of hand, London-based photographer Rich McCor, or @paperboyo on Instagram is able to make a humorous statement, observation or comment. Simple paper cutouts held in frame as he takes picture from around the world.














With just a sleight of hand, London-based photographer Rich McCor, or @paperboyo on Instagram is able to make a humorous statement, observation or comment. Simple paper cutouts held in frame as he takes picture from around the world.
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The artificial Abraham Lake in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies has become know, especially among photogs, for a rare phenomenon where bubbles get frozen right underneath its surface.
Photographer Fikret Onal says:
"The plants on the lake bed release methane gas and methane gets frozen once coming close enough to much colder lake surface and they keep stacking up below once the weather gets colder and colder during [the] winter season."
"Even though I've walked on a frozen lake before, Abraham Lake made me feel completely uneasy since the lake was not covered with snow." "Even though the icy surface was around 8-9 inches thick, it still scared the hell out of me, not only because of the fact that I could see all the cracks...and the darkness of the lake bottom through the glassy surface, but also [because of] the deep boomy, cracking sounds coming from underneath the lake's surface."
When time and distance are suddenly jumped, when something as far off and long ago as Paris on the eve of World War I, when people then and there look a lot like people here and now. Yeah. Love it.
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Shots from the 1950s and 60s compiled by AirlineRatings.com, it is a flying experience totally foreign to me. If I could get this sort of experience at the prices I pay today, I'd be all for it.
The book ‘Waska Tatay’ from French photographer Thomas Rousset and graphic designer Raphaël Verona is a trippy collection of the doctors, spiritual healers and medicine men they encountered on their travels in Bolivia.
German photographer Joakim Eskildsen lived with Roma people in several European countries and in India. These are some of the amazing photos from his book: The Roma Journeys
Adventure photographer David Heath created this gorgeous photo series of his 5 years of travel in and around Burma.
“From the moment I first set foot in this magical land, I fell under its spell. I found it to be one of the most enthralling and visually captivating countries I have had the privilege to explore – truly a photographer’s paradise,” explains Heath, “I aspired to convey the soul of the beautiful Burmese people, their mystical culture and mysterious customs, in the most artistic way possible”.
The book “BURMA: An Enchanted Spirit” has even more unforgettable photographs.
Jointed basalt columns, unusual columns predominantly hexagonal in cross-section, but polygons with three to twelve or more sides can be found from inches to meter in diameter.
Litlanesfoss, Iceland
Sea Cave on the Akun Island, Alaska, USA
Ghenh Da Dia
Takachiho Gorge, Japan
Takachiho Gorge, Japan
Los Organos, Canary Islands, Spain
Jusangjeolli Cliffs, South Korea
Garni Gorge, Armenia
Fingal's Cave, UK
Prismas Basálticos, Mexico
Kirkjugólf, Iceland
Svartifoss, Iceland
Hexagon Pool, Israel
Cape Stolbchaty, Russia
So much great details over at The World Geography.
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From The Inertia.
Founder Zach Weisberg explains what The Inertia is all about -- its heritage and its future. Check out the planet's largest network of thinking surfers at http://www.theinertia.com
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Surfing has such a place in our national imagination, and rightly so, if you ask me. It is addictive and simple. It is relaxing and exciting. It is showy and low-key.
With that in mind, we've asked our surfer-cum-writer friend, Ashton Goggans to pick 5 things to get anyone aspiring to a wet life.
The Aboriginal Cherry Blossom Festival brings together a large number of visitors to the Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village to see their 2,000 cherry blossom trees.
Back in 1989, as the Berlin Wall fell, Gunther Holtorf and his wife Christine set out on what was meant to be an 18-month tour of Africa in their Mercedes Benz G Wagon. Now, with more than 800,000km (500,000 miles) on the clock, Gunther is still going.
With more than 800,000km on the odo,Gunther Holtorf is still going.
Kummakivi means "strange rock." It's an extremely rare natural phenomenon in Valtola Savoni, Finland. One enormous rock balanced on another, in the middle of the forest? Yeah, "strange".
From Wikipedia:
Lake Baikal is the world's oldest lake, at 25 million years. Located in the south of the Russian region of Siberia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast, it is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world, containing roughly 20% of the world's unfrozen surface fresh water.
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Photographer Mikko Lagerstedt captured hundreds of images of the Finnish landscape in this body of work called Edge.
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German photographer Christian Ruhm transforms the familiar forms of world landmarks through multiple exposures.
A great digital storytelling of an obscure early photographer shooting in color. You should click through to hear the narrated story.
Harvest time is here for places all around the Northern Hemisphere. It is amazing how different it can look and how similar.
The most elaborate Thai lantern celebration is in Chiang Mai, thousands of hot-air lanterns launched into the night sky every year in November.