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photography
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Calm After The Storm – A Wrap Up Of CT’s Weather Week In Photos
10 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Commenting on the weather is usually as insightful as commenting that a pregnant chick’s belly “is growing”. It’s obvious, a bit silly and we all still do it. But in Cape Town this week the weather really was worth mentioning – and worth looking back at.
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Winners Of The National Geographic Photo Competition [PICS]
23 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
National Geographic has announced their 2011 global-wide photography contest. See all the winning images after the jump.
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New 9/11 Photos By James Nachtwey Surface
07 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
American documentary photographer James Nachtwey happened to be in New York on 11 September 2001. The images Nachtwey captured on that fateful day were published by TIME immediately following 9/11, and have become iconic. As the ten year anniversary of the Twin Towers tragedy looms, a number of previously unpublished photos by Nachtwey have just been released.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: The Bang Bang Club (2011)
24 Aug 2011 by SPLING / No Comments
The Bang Bang Club is the story of four conflict photographers, Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and João Silva, in the build-up to South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994. These high profile photographers were like soldiers, their weapons – cameras and their ammo – extra spools.
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Magnified Sand Is… Gorgeous [Photos]
13 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Next time you’re on the beach (and frankly, given the current weather in Cape Town, that may be later today), bear in mind that there’s more to the scenery than meets the eye. Sand is ba-yoodiful, too – beyond what our human eyes can perceive. Have a look at these shots of tiny grains of sand magnified to 250 times their real size.
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Intriguing Photos Of New York City Life
24 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Photographer Peter Funch has created a series of unusual images capturing New York City life. One of them depicts a full city street where every single person is yawning. Others show a Big Apple populated, seemingly, only by young children. On your Friday afternoon, have a look at these.
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This May Change Photography Forever
23 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Imagine never having to focus on what you’re photographing. You could just snap away knowing you could refocus the shots later. A new light-field camera will be launched this year by a company called Lytro, which will allow you to do just that. And it will mark a massive step forward in the evolution of photography as we know it.
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‘Tennis Girl’ Reveals Herself 35 Years Later
25 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Hey, you guys know that photo, right? The one with the tennis-playing girl lifting up the back of her skirt in a way that’s sort of sexy but also obliviously enough for people to call it art, rather than sexy-tennis-photography? It’s by Martin Elliot, who died recently, so the model’s decided to let us know who she is.
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UCT Digital Photography Course – Get 10% Off With 2oceansvibe
28 Feb 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Yes, this is EXACTLY the course you need. You enjoy taking pics and you want to get better. You keep on telling people that you would like to improve, but just haven’t found the right course. Here it is, my friend – just look at the title – “University of Cape Town (UCT) Digital Photography […]
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Some Colour Photos Of Sophiatown Have Popped Up
22 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There’s a pun in there, but if I’d been the one to write it I’d be forced to punch myself in the face, and that’s relatively difficult. Photographer John Mason has released a series of colour photos depicting Sophiatown’s destruction in ’59; they’re worth checking out on your lunch break. Pretty colours, historical relevance…take your pick.
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