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Photography
Deep Photo Style transfer
Photo retouching and style matching (not to be confused with Prisma-like Instagram filters) is challenging work that requires a trained eye and hours of labor. At least, it was, until AI took that job, too. Researchers from Adobe and Cornell… Read More ›
Sony World Photography Awards
There are many photos to check out here, but it remains true that a photo taken at the right moment says more than any other medium.
Africa is beautiful
It can often be challenging to find alternative viewpoints of Africa. Perceptions of the continent are so colored by decades of stereotyped coverage and biased academic study that it can be hard to sift through the misinformation to understand the… Read More ›
Recreating History
Moments in history, whether bigger or more intimate, are often recreated in film. This produces something that is transcending, powerful and nevertheless, haunting. A clever way to bring reality to famous film clips.
Dreamlike Scenes by Hüseyin Sahin
Turkish art director and visual artist Hüseyin Şahin has an uncanny eye for combining disparate photographs into cohesive scenes, where technology, nature, and humankind collide. Sahin works with a variety of digital photographs which he then edits into collages that… Read More ›
Working in the White House Photo Office
My title was Assistant Director of the White House Photo Office, from February 2009 to January 2017. On a typical day, I’d get in about 8:30 in the morning and check again the day’s schedule of events for the President… Read More ›
Capturing lives through hands
The hand like the eyes reveal what’s hidden below the surface. It is essential for our evolution and survival. Early humans used it to ignite a fire, hunt, fight and other survival actions. The hand is the main part that… Read More ›
Mosquitoes, Get Ready for Your Close-Up
How does one art direct a mosquito photoshoot? James Gathany has some tricks (warm blood, etc). As a photographer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, he has spent 30 years shooting microbes, disease-carrying insects, and the occasional celebrity… Read More ›
Amazing photo-realistic drawings
Nigerian artist Arinze Stanley, realizes ultra-realistic portraits in monochrome pencil. The artist’s three words are “practical, patience and perseverance” which is understandable because each of his works require about 100 hours of work. Exposed several times in galleries in particular… Read More ›
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