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With the invention of the digital camera, photography has become an accessible art form for so many people. This means that haunting, dazzling, unbelievable, amazing and thought provoking images are springing up all over the world, every day. Here we curate the best – analogue or digital. Prepare to be wowed.

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Falling everywhere in pictures

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By Low Lai Chow in New Photography on Tuesday 21 May 2013

Visual artist and educator Kerry Skarbakka, in his photo series The Struggle To Right Oneself, photographs himself — with the help of climbing gear and various equipment — dangling perilously or tumbling down in frightful situations. His work is in response to the human experience of uncertainty and balance; of relinquishing and taking control. As [...]

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Universes of oil spills

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By Low Lai Chow in New Photography on Monday 20 May 2013

We wouldn’t have guessed it by looking at these images. Charles Morgan Smith’s photographic series Emissio appear to be nebulae in intergalactic space, while they are really iridescent oil spills on road surfaces, with the pictures formed using conventions of Hubble images. Smith’s intention is for the photos to show the relationship between the everyday [...]

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Ghosts of War: a haunting photo series by Jo Wedwig Teeuwisse

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Photography on Monday 20 May 2013

Dutch historian Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse’s photography series entitled Ghosts of War beautifully combines World War II photographs with images of the same location in present-day. She skillfully composes each image, making sure that every detail is matching up, and then she edits the image in Photoshop. Teeuwisse’s photos are a haunting reminder of the past, [...]

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Photographs from high voltages and household cleaning products

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By Low Lai Chow in New Photography on Monday 20 May 2013

How amazing. Brooklyn-based artist Phillip Stearns, whose past work has used largely digital cameras and technology (the Glitch textiles for one), decided to create art with the help of old photographic methods. After he studied the effect of high 15,000 voltages and household cleaning products (think vinegar, baking soda, salt, bleach and hydrogen peroxide) on [...]

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Man recreates famous paintings with photography using his daughter as model

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By Cormack O'Connor in New Photography on Monday 20 May 2013

Melbourne-based photographer Bill Gekas has taken on the daunting task of recreating famous paintings. Though not through painting. Gekas has used his young daughter as the subject in a series of exquisitely executed photographs, each representing a famous painting. Yes, I think we have a young model in our midst.

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Photographs of semi-nude girls by Liesje Reyskens

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By Angela Sofo in New Photography on Friday 17 May 2013

Bright and intense colours, originality, sensuality and innocence characterize the work of this young photographer. Liesje Reyskens is a graduate of the Media and Design Academy KHLIM in Genk, Belgium. A contemporary photographer with an international and modern style, she aims for a naive, fairy-tale look in her images and she often does the make-up [...]

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Jeff Bridges’ collection of photos from movie sets

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Photography on Friday 17 May 2013

Just recently, Jeff Bridges has been nominated for an award for the photographs he’s been taking on the sets of movies he’s been involved in since 1984. Who knew this famous actor and producer was compiling this incredible collection of photos for all these years? His website has tons of behind-the-scenes pictures and Bridges’ own [...]

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Real life baroque paintings by Claudia Rogge

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By Angela Sofo in New Photography on Friday 17 May 2013

I discovered Claudia Rogge two years ago. She is a German artist and photographer whose bodies collection creates a wide range of artistic human patterns. One of her cycle of works is inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy and illustrates Hell, Purgatory and Paradise in her personal vision. These images remind me of the atmosphere of [...]

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Wild african animals photographed by George Logan

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By Angela Sofo in New Photography on Friday 17 May 2013

Translocation, a book by multi-award winning photographer George Logan, is a collection of wonderful pictures. This work seems to have a funny appearance but the real meaning of this project is to let people know how important it is to eliminate suffering and preserve wildlife in its free and wild state. To complete Translocation, Logan had [...]

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Abandoned urban spaces: a photo series by Lori Nix

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By Angela Sofo in New Photography on Friday 17 May 2013

Lori Nix is a non-traditional photographer who is best known for her meticulously constructed subject matter. She was born in Kansas and studied ceramics and photography. Nix uses background to hand-construct her scenery and various methods of lighting, scale, and materials to recreate visions she has for her photos. Her project, The City, is a representation of a [...]

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A living paper doll photo series by Luca Meneghel

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By luca meneghel in New Photography on Thursday 16 May 2013

This project is called Paper Doll. The concept came from the childhood pastime of playing with paper dolls. I took the concept of the paper doll and transformed it into something more lifelike, but also retained the surreal elements of a dreamy world and a playful moment.

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Some of the greatest photobombs of all time

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Photography on Wednesday 15 May 2013

Let’s face it, everybody loves a good photobomb. But even better than a good one-off photobomb is this collection of some of the greatest photobombs of all time. Take a moment to soak in the hilarity.

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Infrared war aftermath photos by Richard Mosse

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By Annie Churdar in New Photography on Wednesday 15 May 2013

These photos of war-torn West Africa are iconic and disturbing. Though the photos by Richard Mosse paint the conflict in the Eastern Congo with bizarrely bright colors, the 20 year-old photographer had every intention of making the scenes surreal and eye-catching. Using infrared photography techniques typically reserved for military pilots trying to detect camouflage from above, Mosse captured the pain of [...]

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Nature shots featuring the photographer’s hands and feet

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By Low Lai Chow in New Photography on Tuesday 14 May 2013

Massachusetts-based artist and photographer Arno Rafael Minkkinen, who was born in Helsinki, has a curious photography process. Wherever he roams, he emerges with photo perspectives that are really unique by merging his body with his surroundings. Among his works, the ones from his Hands and Feet series really stand out.

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Bastard chairs: photo series on makeshift chairs in China and Hong Kong

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By Low Lai Chow in New Photography on Tuesday 14 May 2013

Michael Wolf, whose works we just can’t get enough of, has a fairly new series focusing on makeshift chairs in China and Hong Kong. Endearingly dubbed ‘bastard chairs’ thanks to their questionable origins, these snapshots show a lot of spunk and personality from their unseen makers.

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