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Audrey Hepburn

Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002) is one of the masters of 20th century photography. His body of work includes portraits of statesmen, artists, musicians, authors, scientists, and men and women of accomplishment. His extraordinary and unique portfolio presents the viewer with an intimate and compassionate view of humanity.

A fine portraits collection of his more famous subjects can be found here. And his official website here.

By now, you’ve probably seen this hilarious photo series by Lithuanian photographer Tadao Cern. Now see the slow-mo video version..

Thanks Colossal.

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Landmannalaugar (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈlan̥tmanːaˌløiɣar̥], the people’s pools) is a region near the volcano Hekla in southern section of Iceland’s highlands.

The Landmannalaugar area is a popular tourist destination and hiking hub in Iceland’s highlands. The area displays a number of unusual geological elements, like the multicolored rhyolite mountains and expansive lava fields, not far from the service center. The many mountains in the surrounding area display a wide spectrum of colors including pink, brown, green, yellow, blue, purple, black, and white. Two of the most popular mountains among hikers are Bláhnjúkur (meaning “blue peak”) and Brennisteinsalda (meaning “sulphur wave”).

[Wikipedia]

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Fun photo set by Nick Stern recreating some of the more famous works of Banksy with live models. More can be found here.

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Much to the relief of my current schedule, have so far managed to avoid playing Diablo 3, but some of these galleries of developer’s workplaces is starting to unravel that abstinence.

Also, goddaaaamn…

Inside of Blizzard’s Office

Inside the Google’s Headquarter in Zurich, Switzerland

A peek into a legendary game company, Valve Software

These images by photographer Anton Kusters are pretty damn unique considering the subject matter…

YAKUZA is a personal visual account of the life inside an inaccessible subculture: a traditional Japanese crime family that controls the streets of Kabukicho, in the heart of Tokyo, Japan. Through 10 months of negotiations with the Shinseikai, my brother Malik and I became one of the only westerners ever to be granted this kind of access to the closed world of Japanese organized crime.

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