Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google. The photos are offered just for private use in a pretty good resolution.
Even if this style of product presentation – pressed in starch/flour – is not new, I still like it a lot. These shots for Muse magazine are from Mitchell Feinberg, who has been shooting luxury still life for over fifteen years, distinguishing himself as one of the world’s premier jewelry and accessory photographers.
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The Multicolr Search Lab is a part of Idée Labs—Idée’s technology playground for visual search. With the Multicolr Search Lab, you can browse through 10 million of Flickr’s most ‘interesting’ Creative Commons images, and find ones that share the same colours. Choose up to 10 colours from the palette of 120 different shades. Just select one or more colours from the palette and your search will happen automatically. Add more colours, or remove them to update your results. When you first land on the Multicolour Search Lab page, it will be blank. Just pick a colour to get started!
Inspired by the idea that one of the greatest gifts one generation can pass to another is the wisdom it has gained from experience, the Wisdom project by Andrew Zuckerman, produced with cooperation from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, seeks to create a record of a multicultural group of people who have all made their mark on the world. Presented against the same white space, all of the subjects are removed from their context, which not only democratizes them, but also allows for a clear dialogue to exist among them. In an attempt to create a more profound, honest and truly revealing portrait of these luminaries, the project encompasses their voices, their physical presence, and the written word. This comprehensive portrayal of such a profound and global group is an index of extraordinary perspectives.
Very clever photos from Matt Stuart. And NO, they are not manipulated with Photoshop. It’s pure street photography with an analog Leica MP.
If you’ve ever wanted to know what your household appliances look like from the inside, just have a look at the photos from Brittny Badger. I love how well composed the parts are.
Badger explains,
This was my senior thesis project at the Hartford Art School this past year… I took apart used cooking/cleaning appliances, and arranged their interior parts very systematically on a white sheet of bristol board. My intention was to explore the hidden “brains” of these appliances; allowing us to view these everyday objects from a new perspective.
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