Popcorn Clouds

  

It's hard to believe these photos aren't paintings. I only wish there were more of them, and at a higher resolution, so I could use them as my desktop background. See the photostream here.

Garance Doré

Wouldn't you know it? The Sartorialist has a French girlfriend, Garance Doré, who is also a fashion photographer and illustrator. Her blog, with much wonderful photography and drawings, is being translated into English here. Worth a look.

Unhappy Hipsters

The octopus was full of judgment.

A short collection of clever photos, taken from modern home magazines, and juxtaposed with melancholy, Goreyesque captions. Very funny, mostly because they are so appropriate. Hipsters are a sad lot.

Unhappy Hipsters

ISPWP

The International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers has the results of their latest photography competition up. Some truly beautiful images here. It's a revelation to some people that wedding photography can be much more than formal poses and heavily staged shots.

ISPWP Fall 2009 Competition

Lu Guang - Pollution in China

The results of China's insane rate of industrial expansion have been cataloged recently by Lu Guang, who has been garnering acclaim for his work "Pollution in China". The consequences of treating a nation's populace and environment purely as capital-producing resources are laid out in stark detail.

Images here
and here