Archive for the ‘Images’ category

November 18, 2011. Photo courtesy of Wayne Tilcock-The Enterprise/AP

Lightbox 365: A Photographic Review of The 2011

Time.com, the online version of Time newspaper, has compiled 365 photographs representing the history of 2011. Let the pictures speak for themselves.

Published by Widiana Martiningsih on January 3rd, 2012 at 11:01 am
Photo courtesy of Shikhei Goh

Indonesian Photographer Won Grand Prize in National Geographic Photography Award

A stunning image of a dragonfly in the rain has brought Indonesian photographer Shikhei Goh to win the grand prize in the prestigious 2011 National geographic Photography Contest.

Published by Widiana Martiningsih on December 22nd, 2011 at 04:12 pm

World’s Most Expensive Photograph Auctioned for $4.3 Million at Christie’s

Andreas Gursky’s photograph entitled “Rhine II” has just been auctioned for more than US$ 4 million at Christie’s Auction House. The piece is now the world’s most expensive photograph.

Published by Widiana Martiningsih on November 10th, 2011 at 02:11 pm
Photo by Charles Krebs

Entries for the Nikon Small World Popular Vote Award Show Wonderful Microscopic Life

This year’s Nikon Small World Competition has provided a series of selected entries for public voting. The 115 entries are the finalist photos chosen out of the so many other entries submitted for the competition, all depicting the tiny world seen through a microscope.

Published by Widiana Martiningsih on October 27th, 2011 at 04:10 pm

Reuters’ Editor’s Choice Photo Accused of Being Photoshopped

Just in a short time after Reuters published a photograph of a rebel firing RPG as an Editor’s Choice Photo, controversy immediately raised. Readers are questioning whether the photograph is true or fake; some even accused the photograph of being Photoshopped.

Published by Widiana Martiningsih on September 28th, 2011 at 01:09 pm

Old Photo Listed on eBay Said to Prove Nicolas Cage is A Vampire

People are often attracted by old photos for their historical value or merely by their antique aged look. It happened just few days ago that someone listed an old photograph—taken during the Civil War era—on eBay saying that the photo might be a prove that the world-renowned actor Nicolas Cage is a living undead or vampire.

Published by Widiana Martiningsih on September 20th, 2011 at 01:09 pm

Dramatic London Riot Photo

It’s become the iconic image of the London riots: A woman, black against a background of flames, leaps from a burning building and into the arms of a faceless throng of people. Now, the photographer behind the dramatic picture has revealed the story behind it.
Amy Weston, who works for the WENN photo agency, was driving [...]

Published by Farid Wahdiono on August 13th, 2011 at 11:08 am
"The Great Picture" installed in the Culver Center, Riverside. Courtesy of Culver Center of the Arts

Panoramic Picture Holds the “World’s Hugest Picture” Record

Stands at 30 feet tall and 111 feet long, the photograph entitled “The Great Picture” holds the record of “World’s Hugest Picture”. The panoramic picture was once displayed in the Art Center, Pasadena, US, and again in the Culver Center atrium. The picture is a panoramic view of an old Marine Corps air station and the San Joaquin hills behind them.

Published by Widiana Martiningsih on August 9th, 2011 at 01:08 pm

Oil Billionaire Watermarks All Future Satellite Photos of Property

Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, a 63-year old billionaire in the Abu Dhabi royal family wanted to declare his portion of the world to the rest of humanity. Stretching two and a half miles wide and nearly nine football fields (back to back) high, giant capital letters spell out “HAMAD” on an island in the [...]

Published by Farid Wahdiono on July 29th, 2011 at 05:07 pm
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Julia Roberts Makeup Ads Banned in UK for Too Much Photoshop

Advertising Standards Authority, the ad industry watchdog in the UK, has banned an overly-retouched advertisement by Lancome featuring Julia Roberts for being misleading, stating that the flawless skin seen in the photo was too good to be true. The Authority is demanding that the company pull a two-page magazine ad Roberts did for Lancome, one [...]

Published by Farid Wahdiono on July 28th, 2011 at 11:07 am
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