National Geographic recently came out with it’s Best Science Images of 2008, and they are really stunning! Above are just a few of them. The first is a shot of a human immune system fighting strep throat bacteria – I would have never guessed it, it’s so pretty! The second shot is a diagram showing (…) Read more »
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Happy New Year!
Jan 01, 2009Everyone here in Philadelphia is enjoying the annual Mummer’s Parade, which is a real spectacle, and very exciting – a smaller version of Mardi Gras! Below are just a few pictures of one of the string bands. Happy 2009 to all! Hooray! (…) Read more »
three belgian autochromists
Dec 27, 2008These sweet photos came from Three Belgian Autochromists, a really cool site featuring the work of, you guessed it, three early Belgian autochromists! Autochrome is a very old way to take color pictures, used before the advent of color film. The site features the work of C. Corbett, P. Sano, and A. Van Besten, and (…) Read more »
photo talent
Dec 26, 2008These scenic photos are from the Travel Photographer of the Year International Photography Competition. They recently posted all the winners, runners-up, and special mentions on their site, and I have been spending way too much time perusing them! If you are the sort who enjoys just savoring photographs, especially really interesting and scenic ones, I (…) Read more »
floating (kind of)
Dec 23, 2008Word has it that this floating building is not photo-shopped, but is in fact real and exists in Ukraine! I’ll let you decide for yourself. Still, a very cool picture, right? Via Microscopiq. (…) Read more »
eric tabuchi’s alphabet trucks
Dec 22, 2008It took Eric Tabuchi four years to collect the right pictures to complete this truck alphabet. Totally worth it, but I’m wondering, how did he ever find the Q? And I love the lower-case F. He’s working on another truck alphabet currently, and you can see what he has gotten so far on his site. (…) Read more »
beauty can be found anywhere
Dec 08, 2008Would you believe that each of these pictures shows part of a sewer?! The first shot is part of a sewer system near Niagara Falls, the second is the Tokyo storm drain, and the third is part of the sewer system in London. Aside from being very pretty, these pictures make me give some serious (…) Read more »
Mrs. Obama’s Inaugural Gown
Dec 05, 2008Recently, WWD asked a bunch of top couture designers to make some sketches for Mrs. Obama’s inaugural dress. They put together a pretty big slide show of all the sketches on their site, and I have been really enjoying it! The sketches above are by, from top to bottom, Christian Lacroix, Kai Milla, and Reem (…) Read more »
robin cameron
Dec 04, 2008I stumbled across these works by Robin Cameron on FFFFound and I am liking them pretty much! Regular readers might not be surprised, since I generally enjoy colorful artworks! If you like them too, be sure to check out Robin’s site, since she has much more of her work posted there! (…) Read more »
water photos from james cooper
Dec 02, 2008We mentioned James Cooper yesterday when talking about the underwater shots from our December catalog, so we’d like to share some of his work too. Beautiful! My favorite is the last one where it looks like some magical place between water, sky and earth. Which ones do you like?? (…) Read more »
today at the home office
Dec 02, 2008Just a few shots from around the office today… Much hard work is being done! (…) Read more »
rune guneriussen
Dec 01, 2008I love these photos by Rune Guneriussen – I can’t stop looking at them! The phones look like they are watching for phone predators… And the first picture is so perfect for wintertime, the lamps look so cozy and cute in the dark of winter! See more pictures here on Livejournal, and even more on (…) Read more »
