Shame on you Jay Maisel! Terrible copyright story of @waxpancake

It breaks my heart that a project I did for fun, on the side, and out of pure love and dedication to the source material ended up costing me so much — emotionally and financially. For me, the chilling effect is palpably real. I’ve felt irrationally skittish about publishing almost anything since this happened. Link: [...]

Three Amigos Reunite :: Cool photoset

Short, Martin, Chase, in hats, on camera In 1986, classic comedy western ¡Three Amigos! was released, starring three living legends, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin and Martin Short and directed by none other than John Landis. One month ago, 25 years later, all four of them came together for a very special Empire reunion in Los [...]

Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Herpes, Clap, Drip, Crabs, Pubic Lice… Prostitutes of Old Japan.

Link: PROSTITUTES of Old Japan 昔の日本の売春婦 – a set on Flickr.

JR’s street art in Kibera, one of Africa’s largest slums, from above.

Kibera – Google Maps.

Face2Face Project – Portraits of Palestinians and Israelis doing the same job, posted together, in huge formats, in unavoidable places, on Israeli and Palestinian sides.

In a very sensitive context, we need to be clear. We are in favor of a solution for which two countries, Israel and Palestine would live peacefully within safe and internationally recognized borders. We hope that this project will contribute to a better understanding between Israelis and Palestinians. Face2Face Project.

Still trying to define a business model, and moving away from simplicity, Twitter to announce photo-sharing service

Currently, Twitter users who wish to post photos in their tweets must host them elsewhere, with popular options including Twitpic, Yfrog, Instagram and Flickr. Users then include links to the photos within their tweets. Link: Confirmed: Twitter Plans to Announce Photo-Sharing Service This Week – AllThingsD.

Beautiful Light Painting Calligraphy

Calligraphy specialist Julien Breton and photographer Guillaume Plisson create arabic calligraphy in light. Link: Light Calligraphy, calligraphie en light painting.

Dogs in Gas Masks

Link: Dogs in Gas Masks.

Before he made movies, Stanley Kubrick was a photojournalist. Gallery of his Chicago pics from 1949

“In the summer of 1949, Look magazine sent him to Chicago to shoot pictures for a story called “Chicago City of Contrasts.” via Stanley Kubrick’s Chicago, 1949 « How to be a Retronaut.

Photographs of tube televisions the moment they are switched off by Stephan Tillmans

LEUCHTPUNKTORDNUNGEN : :STEPHAN TILLMANS PHOTOGRAPHIE.

imgAreaSelect – image selection/cropping jQuery plugin

"imgAreaSelect is a jQuery plugin for selecting a rectangular area of an image. It allows web developers to easily implement image cropping functionality, as well as other user interface features, such as photo notes (like those on Flickr)." VISIT LINK: imgAreaSelect – image selection/cropping jQuery plugin (tags: ajax css design development graphics image images plugins [...]

Amazing underwater images of waves breaking

Alex Tipple took the stunning shots of swimmers and surfers emerging underwater engulfed in clouds of whitewater while being frequently rocked by the waves himself. VISIT LINK: Amazing underwater images of waves breaking (tags: art image images photo photography pics surf water waves wave Tipple AlexTipple telegraph …)

Nivo Slider – Arguably The Most Awesome jQuery Image Slider

Features: 9 unique transition effects, Simple clean & valid markup, Loads of settings to tweak, Built in directional and control navigation, Packed version only weighs 6kb, Supports linking images, Free to use and abuse under the GPL license VISIT LINK: Nivo Slider – Arguably The Most Awesome jQuery Image Slider (tags: ajax animation cool css [...]

Sliders (are not just a mini hamburger)

A slider is a thin, thin slip of beef, cooked on a griddle with onions and pickles piled atop patty. The steam from the onions does as much cooking as the griddle. The buns are placed atop the onions, absorbing the pungent aroma and flavor. VISIT LINK: Sliders (are not just a mini hamburger) (tags: [...]

The 4 Big Myths of Profile Pictures

To write this piece, we cataloged over 7,000 photographs on OkCupid.com, analyzing three primary things (Facial Attitude, Photo Context, Skin). We discovered much of the collective wisdom about profile pictures was wrong. VISIT LINK: The 4 Big Myths of Profile Pictures (tags: web internet funny social photo online photography culture photos image interesting media pictures [...]