Insides Of Abandoned Cooling Towers Look Straight Out Of A Sci-Fi Film

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Belgian photographer Reginald Van de Velde explores the inner workings and mechanisms of cooling towers across Europe. Capturing abandoned ones, active ones, decommissioned ones, towers on maintenance and ones slated for demolition.

Ghosts Of Old London

Fascinating photos of old London with ghostly appearances.

A Gloriously Haunting Tour Of Abandoned France

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France is most well-known for its obvious and iconic tourist attractions: the Eiffel Tower and the glamorous riviera. But beyond all the grandeur and gloss, some of the country's most magical and breathtaking places are those that are abandoned, derelict, even falling apart.

Intrepid urban explorers set out, cameras in hand, to photograph them, and Gites curated some of their most stunning shots to take you on this gloriously haunting but ever-so-beautiful tour of abandoned France.

The Most Beautiful Panoramas And Photos Of The Universe

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If we had eyes like spacefaring mantis shrimp, so that we could see in dozens of different regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, this is a tiny, non-representative sample of the rockin' loveliness we'd see. Here's a comprehensive set of space shots, with some images that were new this year and some classics worth revisiting.

New York Skyline 360 Panorama Photo

The largest photo ever made of New York City. If you printed this image at a standard photo resolution of 300DPI, it would be 18 meters or 57 feet wide, and 9 meters / 28 feet tall.

Family Photos From Around the World - Past And Present

During the holiday season, it's only natural to fall back into the comfortable traditions your family has been doing for decades. To celebrate families, tinyprints asked photographers around the world to recreate some of their favorite family photos and to reflect on what it meant to them.

There are photos of parents from when they were just dating or baby nephews who tower over their parents. Click and drag the slider on each photo to see the past and present photo.

(thanks Sarah)

The Ultimate Guide To Shutter Speed In Photography

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Today's cameras are equipped with a mind-boggling amount of features to allow you full creative control over your photography. It all seems overwhelming to a new photographer, the reality is there are three main features you need to be concerned with: shutter speed, aperture, and ISO.

Mastering these three features is the first step to creating technically correct photographs. The first of the bunch - shutter speed - is probably the one you're most familiar with. But do you know the ins and outs of shutter speed and how to utilize it to its full potential?

Incredible Photographs Taken By NASA's Apollo Mission Astronauts

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Photography has become a crucial medium for documenting the history of mankind, and the early exploration of space is one such historical event unrivalled among humanity achievements.

Fortunately, the skill and daring of a very particular group of 'photographers' - the Apollo program astronauts - were able to bring back beautifully moving and instantly recognisable images from space.

The Castles Of Wales

Photochrom pictures shot in Wales at the end of the 19th century. They were originally published by the Detroit Publishing Company after being created by image-makers fascinated by the nation's castles and sweeping landscapes.

The result is a cross between a photograph and a painting that depicts famous Welsh castles and landscapes in a unique way. Like postcards, the photochroms feature subjects that appeal to travelers, including landscapes, architecture, street scenes, and daily life and culture.

100-Year-Old Colour Portraits Of New York Immigrants Reveal Incredible Outfits

12 million men, women, and children arrived at Ellis Island, New York, between 1892 and 1954 to start a new life in the USA, often dressed in their finest clothes. The portraits show immigrants wearing the national dress of their country of origin.

The Dreadful Beauty Of Abandoned Places

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Kieron Connolly’s new book of photographs of more than 100 once-busy and often elegant buildings gives an idea of how the world might look if humankind disappeared.

The History Of Russia In 70,000 Photos

'The History of Russia' is an enormous joint archive project from Moscow's Multimedia Art Museum and Yandex, Russia's largest search engine.

The archive contains over 70,000 photos, gathered from more than 40 institutions and collections and representing over 150 years of photographs capturing all sorts of scenes of Russian life.

15 Famous Landmarks Zoomed Out To Show Their Surroundings

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This collection of photographs of majestic landmarks around the world do a great job of showing just how important framing, perspective and lighting are to a photograph. All of these photo pairs are of the same object, but the changes in perspective can make them seem more or less grand.

A change of perspective can change a lot, which applies just as much to photography as it does to anything else in life. Aside from the composition of these images, some of them also show just how misleading photography can be.

The History Of Photography In 5 Minutes

Take a journey through the history of photography and discover the key points in history.



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How Photo Retouching Worked Before Photoshop

Retouching has been around almost as long as photography itself, but instead of taking place on a computer, as it does now, it originally took place on the negative. Photographers and retouching specialists would scrape their film with knives, draw or paint on top of it, and even paste multiple negatives together to create a single print.

And just like today, photographers and critics of the 19th and 20th centuries debated the ethics of retouching. Public enthusiasm for the practice has risen and fallen in waves, but retouching has been an integral part of photography.

World War I In Photos: Animals At War

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Animals were used in World War I on a scale never before seen - and never again repeated. Horses by the millions were put in service as cavalry mounts, but they were not the only animals active in the war. Mules, dogs, camels, and pigeons all played vital roles, as well as many others - all at great risk, and with heavy cost.

(via Everlasting Blort)

Vintage Mongolian Clothing - Old Photos Of Khalkha Women In Their Traditional Costumes In The Early 1900s

The Khalkha is the largest subgroup of Mongol people in Mongolia since the 15th century. Here's a rare collection of portrait photos capturing Khalkha women in their traditional costumes in the early 1900s.

The Beautiful Tulip Fields Of The Netherlands

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Captured from the air, the tulip fields of the Netherlands look more like colourful tapestries than landscapes.

The 100 Best Photographs Ever Taken Without Photoshop

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Nature and humankind are both great artists, and when they join forces, amazing masterpieces can be produced. Here are some photographs in which the combined efforts of mother nature and photographic artists have captured magic moments showing the wondrous diversity of modern life and the natural world.

Incredible Photos Of The Old Closes And Streets Of Glasgow From Between 1868 And 1877

Photographs of slum areas in the old part of Glasgow before urban renewal took place.

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