The Power of a Portrait

Platon Antoniou

Q: "If you could have one wish, any wish, what would it be?"  A: "I would wish you happiness" -  Lyolya, Russian 28 years old and homeless.  Q: "Thank you but, don't waste your wish on me."  A: "I'm not wasting my wish.  If I am nice to someone, I hope that someone will be nice to me."

"You don't know why I'm crying. I'm crying because they washed his clothes and I wanted to smell him one last time".  Jessica Gray, Widow of staff sergeant Yance Gray.

One reason why Colin Powell decided to endorse Obama:

Elsheba Khan, grieving for the death of her son.

Light Painting - Long Exposure Photography

Janne Parviainen

Portraiture

Katy Grannan

Anonymous, LA, 2009,
from the series Boulevard.

Katy Grannan & Charlie White Portraits at LACMA

Martin Schoeller

Lolo Jones

 

Heath Ledger

Katy Perry - Pop Musician

Cindy Sherman - Photographer

Brittany Spears - Pop Musician

Kelly Slater - World Champion Surfer

2009 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Pinhole Camera Magic

http://www.diyphotography.net/23-pinhole-cameras-that-you-can-build-at-home

Camera Obscura by Abelardo Morell

San Marco & Office, Venice Italy

Fly, Fly, Fly! Enjoy The Ride!

Learning to fly is half the fun!

Thomas Kellner

Neuschwanstein, 2011 35.5 x 27.2 inches

Afghan Girl, Steve McCurry, 1985

Stare at the nose of this negative of an "unknown" woman for a minute, then look at the white space to the right.  What do you see?  How did this happen?  Check it out here.

Landscape Photography

Bridalveil Falls, Yosemite, CA, 1927 Ansel Adams

Oxford Tire Pile, Westley, California, 1999, Edward Burtynsky

The Light-Field Camera

Something New for 2012, The Lytro Light-Field Camera:

Will this be the future of photography?

The Industry Standard for the new millennium:

Hasselblad H3DII-31, Medium Format Digital Camera, yields 31 megapixels, $17k in 2008

Hasselblad H3DII-31, Medium Format Digital Camera, yields 31 megapixels, $17k in 2008

The epitome of excellence for 20th Century film cameras:

Hasselblad Medium Format Film camera, 6 x 6 cm negative yields 40-50 megapixels, $1,200 used

Hasselblad Medium Format Film camera, 6 x 6 cm negative yields 40-50 megapixels, $1,200 used

Still the trusted camera for beginning photography after all these years:

The Pentax K100, 35mm negative yields approx. 8 - 16 megapixels, $120 used. 

Largest Image Created by gigpan.org

World's Largest Photograph, World's Largest Moving Camera, & Thinking Different

The negative for the Worlds largest photograph measuring a  mere 107.5’ long by 37.5’ high.  Wow!

Projection of the world's largest pinhole camera in a converted F-18 Fighter plane hanger in El Toro, CA http://www.legacyphotoproject.com/

CAMERA TRUCK

Shaun Irving creates the world's largest moving camera out of a truck!
Camera Truck in Motion

Spain

THINK DIFFERENT

Steve Jobs 1955-2011

  

Genius of Photography - The Studio, Nadar, Kodak, Lartique

Solargafias

How Pinhole Cameras Work- Abelardo Morrell

Binh Danh Modern "Sun Prints" in Action