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15th century Flemish portraits recreated in airplane lavs using toilet...
It all started when artist Nina Katchadourian went into an airplane bathroom and spontaneously improvised a 15th century Flemish costume from a toilet-seat cover and shot a suitably posed...
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The burning-gaze portraits of Hyung Koo Kang
A visitor looks at a work by South Korean artist Hyung Koo Kang at China International Gallery Exposition 2012 in Beijing, April 13, 2012. [Photo: Jason Lee / Reuters]
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People of Burning Man [NSFW]
Julian Cash's The People of Burning Man is a beautifully produced photo-portrait book shot over many consecutive years at Burning Man, the giant, weird, delightful art and culture festival that takes...
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Corporations are people, Sarah Guthrie paints their portraits
Scott Edelman sez, "Artist Sarah Guthrie (whose work I discovered at the Crystal City, VA art installation Artomatic) believes that since Citizens United grants corporations the same legal status as...
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Portrait made from typewriter parts
Sculptor Jeremy Mayer writes, "This is my latest project- a portrait commission. The client, Mark Pelzner, came to me with 3 typewriters bequeathed to him by his late father, Marvyn Pelzner. Mark...
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Illustrated portraits of woman astronauts
Artist Philip J Bond created a set of illustrations depicting the women who've been to space. They're beautiful and full of personality and style, and really do justice to their subjects. I just...
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A bookseller amongst her wares (possibly NSFW)
Cici James -- founder of Brooklyn's amazing science fiction bookstore Singularity and Co -- posed for a body-painted portrait amongst her wares. (more…)
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Painted portraits of juggalos
UK born, South African educated painted visited America and produced a series of beautiful portraits of Juggalos. (more…)
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Colorful holi powders make striking, vibrant portraits
Photographer Szymon Swietochowski created these stunning staff portraits for Polish ad agency Ars Thanea. (more…)
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Just look at this guy with bananas all over his head
Brazilian artist Edu Monteiro's Autorretrato Sensorial ("Sensory Self-Portait") is a series of photos in which he poses with all manner of objects wrapped around his head, from bananas to an octopus....
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Portraits of the women of Botswana's heavy metal subculture
South African photographer Paul Shiakallis produced a series of photos, "Leathered Skins, Unchained Hearts," of the "queens" of Botswana's heavy metal "Marok" scene, mostly in their homes. (more…)
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Here's the giant portrait Donald Trump commissioned of himself with charity...
The WaPo's David Fahrenthold exposed incredible self-dealing by millionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump, who settled lawsuits to the tune of $258,000 using his own charity's money. More...
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Behold the most excellent first official White House portrait of Melania Trump
I think it's amazing. It's more Scientology than Scientology. She looks like she's about to drop the first forty minutes of Mallwave, a genre of electronic music made of irony that's been aged in...
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Watch this artist assemble her gorgeous papercraft portraits
Yulia Brodskaya (previously) creates beautiful textured portraits by tightly folding and quilling colorful paper and affixing it upright on a flat surface. Here's a timelapse of her piece Girl with...
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Artist uses food to make portraits of famous people with food-like names
Allan Pachino Wallace uses edibles to create detailed portraits, like athlete Stef Curry made from curry. He also made Salt Bae of salt: (more…)
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Former undocumented migrant creates intimate portraits in migrants' homes
Nacho Guevara came to America without documentation, and since he got his green card, he has been using his photography skills to humanize fellow migrants in their homes. (more…)
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Programmer/artist creates algorithmic portraits composed of a single line
LinesLab is "an experimental design studio established by Sergej Stoppel that explores algorithmic art and robotics." Among his cool works are these single-line portraits. (more…)
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Photographer specializes in underwater couples portraits
In certain circles, it's become popular for brides to ruin their wedding dress after the wedding, leading to more and more elaborate and risky photos. Pierre Violle specializes in the genre, and he's...
View ArticleMoment is offering a new telephoto smartphone lens and I'm so there for it
I'm a big fan of Moment's lens system for Android and iOS smartphones. The company is staffed by folks who are just as passionate about mobile photography as I am. More importantly, they seem to...
View ArticleThis politician does not exist
Matt Round created an AI-driven face generator specializing in UK Ministers of Parliament: This MP Does Not Exist. The results have the special look of British portrait photography, political culture...
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