Category Archives: Photography

Fire Rainbow

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

photo from Ken Rotberg, Delray Beach, Florida

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Yum, Airline Food

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

If you’re a travel geek, or just a glutton for punishment, you don’t want to miss out on the always entertaining website Airline Meals. Curated for over a decade by an anonymous website designer from Rotterdam, this curiously engaging website … Continue reading →

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Cities At Night

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

“Cities at night may be one of the most beautiful consequences of humanity” Between 2002 and 2008, astronaut Don Pettit and his colleagues on the International Space Station took more than 4,000 extraordinary photographic images of the world’s great cities … Continue reading →

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Is Manhattan Just a Theme Park ?

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

The brilliant folks at Black Sheep Films have magically transformed New York City’s iconic buildings and public spaces into amusement park attractions. In a reality bending mash-up, diector Fernando Livschitz has combined Manhattan’s renowned sites with rides from Coney Island‘s … Continue reading →

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Do Fictitious Dishes Have Calories

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

For her very clever photo project called “Fictitious Dishes“, graphic artist/designer/editor/photographer Dinah Fried has reimagined meals for iconic fictional characters. She recreated and staged meals from Moby Dick, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Catcher in the Rye, Alice … Continue reading →

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Manhattan Project

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

The Manhattan Project is a fantastic and exhilarating five-minute time-lapse video of New York City. Videographer Cameron Michael lugged 120 pounds of camera gear all around Manhattan ( and violated a few city ordinances) to create this charming paean to the city … Continue reading →

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Flawed Symmetry of Prediction

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Artist/photographer Jeff Frost shot over 40,000 high resolution still images with a DSLR camera for this mindblowing film. Frost roamed the deserts of Utah and California searching for abandoned buildings with just the right decoration. No CGI effects were used … Continue reading →

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Maravilhos Rio: The City of Samba

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

This magical and mesmerizing tilt-shift film of Rio de Janeiro, titled The City of Samba, was created by Keith Loutit and Jarbas Agnelli during the 2011 Carnival. The music was also produced by Agnelli. The film’s fabulous illusion of miniaturization … Continue reading →

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Parking is such a drag

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

American born, Paris-based photographer Peter Lippmann is well known for his stunning fashion and culinary photographs, but his ethereal photo essay called Parking Paradise is just plain fun. Peter searches the French countryside for these abandoned vintage cars. It reminds me of … Continue reading →

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Magic in Landscape

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Dutch artist/sculptor/photographer Scarlett Hooft Graafland has traveled the globe, from the Arctic Circle to the Andes, and from China to Israel, producing an intoxicating body of work grounded in magical realism and humor. She creates idiosyncratic , site-specific installations that … Continue reading →

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