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Did you know at the age of 18 in Israel you are placed in a “national guard” like program for two years (boys and girls both)? I didn’t:

The life of an eighteen-year-old girl in Israel is interrupted when she is plucked out of her environment at an age when sexual, educational, and family values are […]

No, not another street racing game for your Playstation, but a photographic essay on the underground of Japan. From the book “Deep Inside” photographer Joe Nishizawa takes you under with nothing but a 35mm Canon and comes back up with some amazing photos.
pingmag has a great interview with Joe, check it out!

Out of the millions (billions?) of photographs taken over the years, which would you pick for the top 100 photographs that changed the world?
LIFE magazine did just that, and the collection covers movie stars, war and hope - all in a great collection of journalistic photos from all over the world (and space). Above you’ll […]

Tired of those $1000 lenses? Why not make your own? Matthew Wheeler is using ice to create his own lenses - with some chilling (sorry…) effects.
While I try not to get water anywhere near my camera, this is definitely a great way to take some creative photos with a twist.
Take a look: Make fire […]

It’s about time someone decided to update the photobooth in a creative way and artist Keetra Dean Dixon did just that:

The booth is presented in semi-public spaces as a typical photobooth holding no denotation of it’s unique qualities. Users enter the booth, pose for 2 shots & exit as usual. During the developing process, the […]

The Scanner Photography Project is a great idea and is home to some great creative photography.

Several years ago, I built my first homemade digital camera. The idea was simple - I would take an ordinary flatbed scanner, and use it in place of photo paper with a large format camera.
My first scanner camera was made […]

I have to admit, I’m a sucker for this kind of art - but being able to see it from start to finish is a great way to show off your skills or is it skillz? ;-). Plastic Kid has a street/grunge/real vs. computer/destruction style that is hard to reproduce and makes everything look like […]

No, not war photography - something a little less dangerous.
Not that the two normally go together, but The Regulars make it work. A creative idea, very well executed - a photoblog of nothing but a mystery man in a gas mask (”A replica Russian gas mask” per the site) in different costumes.
This is […]

I live in Texas, so saying something is in Texas is not necessarily in my backyard. In fact Texas is larger then some countries so when you first read something is in Texas you get excited until you find out it’s 11 hours away by car.
I’m not a native Texan so I’ve never heard of […]