Great series of black and white photos by American photographer Matthew Pillsbury. Using large format cameras, he captures images with hour long exposures. The results are ghostlike, sublime and beautiful.
Titian’s Pesaro Madonna – Basilica dei Frari 2013
Giampaolo Seguso Viro – Murano 2013
Manhattanhenge
Scuola Grande di San Rocco 2012
This page follows their journey and contains a great collection of cultural heritage. »These photographs all tell stories about the historical figures or events that they represent. Once taken simply to document their present, they now help us witness the past. Many photographs only become iconic shots years later, once we understand their importance and historical context. From historical landmarks and famous people to the basic daily routines of the past, these pictures portray the past in a way that we can empathize with and understand more intimately.« 40 must-see photos from the past.
Disneyland Employee Cafeteria in 1961
Circus hippo pulling a cart, 1924
Melted and damaged mannequins after a fire at Madam Tussaud’s Wax Museum in London, 1930
Illegal alcohol being poured out during Prohibition, Detroit, 1929
The original Ronald McDonald, 1963
Amusement parks without amusement – Jaume Albert Martí’s »Raton Salvaje« is a portrait series of fairground ride and tombola ticket sellers sitting in their tiny cash desks – with colors that are bright and gaudy. Martí’s photos provide you a rarely moment, because without the audience around the focus moves to the workers in their cell.
All images © Jaume Albert Martí.
The 4th Annual National Beard and Mustache Championships in New Orleans might be one of the best championships we had this year. Looking at these photos, one can say that it is the merit of photographer Greg Anderson, who had the right scent and a good feeling for his models. Brilliant!
All images © Greg Anderson.
Giants Among Men by Cape Town photographer Dillon Marsh is an ongoing project that features giant self-made objects around South Africa. Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.
All images © Dillon Marsh.
Is it still trash or already a treasure? »The 38 Most Unexplainable Images On The Web« compiled by So Bad So Good. As you might expect, some of the most shocking, unexplainable, bizarre and downright scary images the internet has ever seen!
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