Tuesday, May 28

Found Photographs

Extraordinary photos from National Geographic's tumblr

Many methods were tried, some unorthodox, in an effort to lure the Loch Ness monster into camera range. Here brave divers execute a baiting using cow’s blood and a bait basket trolled at a 60-foot depth.


Ballet dancers in colorful costume practice a scene in The Nutcracker in San Diego, California, July 1969.


 Turkey farm in Idaho, June 1944.


Victoria amazonica water lilies can reach 20 feet in circumference and support up to 300 pounds each. Perching children atop the massive leaves was all the rage in water gardens of the time. Salem, North Carolina, c. 1892. 


Carson City firemen play cards while awaiting a call, January 1946.


 A wave of rock shaped by wind and rain towers above a plain in Western Australia, September 1963.


People strolling through a park in Finland during a wet May snowstorm, 1968.


Students swing to a jazz band in a bamboo-lined student center in Vienna, February 1959.


A couple inspects a beach house destroyed after a storm in March 1962.


Deauville, Basse-Normandie, France. August 1st, 1988.


Swiss men playing 12-foot-long alpenhorns at a midsummer Alpine Festival in Switzerland, 1973.


Parrots perch in tree branches and on arms and shoulders of visitors in Miami, November 1950.

Check out more here: http://natgeofound.tumblr.com

Wednesday, May 8

negative space



I have lately become obsessed with working with cut-out space.
I'm entranced by the shadows that are created, the delicacy, the softness. I love the idea of erasing rather than adding to create beauty.



Saturday, May 4

Photography Project - Glebe

Hey there bloggersphere!
We're currently completing a photography project in Glebe, Sydney, where we have left a disposable camera for the public to take photos with. The photos will be up soon so keep an eye out!
Love,
Wild Rice