Once the world’s largest shopping center, Rolling Acres Mall in Akron, Ohio now looks like it was pulled straight out of Resident Evil or The Walking Dead: Rolling Acres Mall opened in 1975 and eventually grew to house more than 140 stores before its popularity began declining due to rumors of gang violence and the loss […]
Videographer Megan Fritze illustrated a valuable lesson about the importance of location choice when shooting wedding photos during Dan and Jackie Anderson’s wedding in Crosslake, Minnesota. Take a look at what she caught on video: Not that any photographer would know the weight limits of random lake docks, but if you’re shooting a wedding party, […]
On a recent trip to Brazil, photojournalist Lee Thompson of The Flash Pack took a break from covering the upcoming World Cup to take an epic self portrait at the top of Rio’s famous Christ the Redeemer statue: The statue has been under repair after lightning damaged it in January, and Thompson somehow managed to […]
Wasatch High School in Heber City, Utah has drawn the attention of national news agencies after it Photoshopped sleeves and high necklines into some female students’ yearbook photos without telling the students or their parents they were doing so. The school argues the girls did not adhere to dress codes and their photos were too racy […]
The United States Patent Office (USPTO) gave the thumbs-up to some doozies of inventions over the past 224 years. Sure, I can get behind the creations that made our everyday lives easier, like the wheel or the light bulb, but trying to patent a stick as an “animal toy” or stamp rights on “the method […]
Sometimes when you’re shooting a portrait, you want something different. You’ve got access to costumes, props, big lights, and you’re loaded with big ideas. The result can be whatever you want it to be; why not give yourself the royal treatment? Case in point: When the folks at Phlearn decided to shoot staff portraits, they wanted […]
North Korea isn’t exactly known for its tourism, and very few pictures of it exist on the internet. The photos that do exist generally document the strict government and regulations. On a recent trip to North Korea, however, one photographer made a point to find the beauty that was surely buried beneath all the propaganda: […]
Inspired by a photo editing accident, which produced an image of two merged faces—his own and his son’s—Ulric Collette came up with the idea for a new art project. In his “Genetic Portraits,” Collette takes a close look at physical similarities between family members and portrays them through beautiful photographic images: In his comparisons, Collette splices together […]
Photography workshops sure aren’t what they used to be, and judging by the video clip below, that’s probably a good thing. The footage was taken at a clinic geared toward amateur photographers in 1961 and shows a humorous look at the way things used to be for aspiring photographers: Some of the participants in the […]
Benn Jordan, a motion picture composer and recording artist, has been working diligently on a timelapse film featuring Chicago landscapes for his upcoming album. But an unpleasant run-in with security guards in South Chicago on Tuesday destroyed much of his progress. Check out the photographer’s footage of the altercation: “What could I possibly be doing […]
