Winners of the 2011 National Geographic Photo Contest
National Geographic has selected the winning images for their annual contest. This year’s entrants did not disappoint—more than 20,000 photographs were submitted to the contest from over 130 countries, with professional and amateur photographers across the globe participating. Photographs were submitted in three categories: people, places, and nature.
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‘Girls in the Windows,’ Photograph by Ormond Gigli
‘Girls in the Windows,’ is the signature piece of photographer Ormond Gigli, who shot for such publications as Life,Paris Match, and the Saturday Evening Post. The famous photograph has been sold at Christie’s in New York in the beginning of Oct.
Ormond Gigli says;
“I was inspired to somehow immortalize those buildings. I had the vision of 43 women in formal dress adorning the windows of the skeletal facade,” Gigli writes. “The day before the buildings were razed, the 43 women … climbed the old stairs and took their places in the windows. I was set up on my fire escape across the street, directing the scene, with bullhorn in hand. Of course I was concerned for the models’ safety, as some were daring enough to pose out on the crumbling sills.”
‘Totems Series,’ Photographs by Alain Delorme
Alain Delorme, photographer from Paris, captures fascinating photos of bicycle carriers in Shanghai, China. Under the blue sky of a highly colored Shanghai, men carry throughout the city unbelievable piles. These precarious columns made of cardboard or chairs appear as new totems of a society in complete transformation, both a factory for the world and a new El Dorado of the market economy.
Lego Photographs by Chris McVeigh
We’ve had a lot of great guest photographers on CubeMe recently. But we are particularly impressed by Chris McVeigh’s photographs and his geek universe. His works shows creating clever, quirky and often comical pictures that employ everything from action figures to backyard wildlife.
I am extremely patient and focused when it comes to my work. I have no problem giving a task all of my attention, and sticking with it until I feel it is complete (or at the very least, I’ve reach a certain threshold in the process). I’m not sure my patient with the creative process necessarily translates into overall patience, though… I’m easily annoyed by bad drivers, for example.
Photo Series by Sandra Vigliotti
Here is the latest series photo from Sandra Vigliotti. The French actress-photographer is in love with the scene, music, cinema which inspires her work.
Staircase, Photos Series by Niels Eisfeld
Photographer Niels Eisfeld made beautiful pictures of stairwells. Take a look, it’s really impressive!
Niels Eisfeld
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‘Glass Ceiling’ Photographs by Jill Greenberg
Manipulator photographer Jill Greenberg presents her new project called ‘The Glass Ceiling’ on view at ClampArt . The photographs in this body of work picture female athletes and dancers underwater engaged in a variety of ambiguous and dynamic movements. Her series uses an underwater stage to capture a brood of water treading women in high heels. The women wear colorful bathing suits and high heels in complimentary hues, forcing one to question how and why these models are immersed. Read More…
“Aqueous II,” Photographs by Mark Mawson
Mark Mawson latest series is called “Aqueous II”. He drops of coloured paint into a tank of water and captures the results on camera. “My favourites in the series are the blue toadstools. It was from my first session in the new series and reminds me of a world in a Dr. Seuss book,” said Mark . Read More…
“Animal Regulation Series,” Photographs by Di Liu
A very interesting work with this series “Animal Regulation” by the photographer Di Liu, 25 years old. The 25 year old photographer just won the 2010 lacoste elysée prize. His work examines the relationship between animals and the city, and it’s totally awesome. Read More…
African Elephants Ambushed by a Nile Crocodile
A baby elephant was taking a drink when a crocodile, hidden under the surface of the water, clamped down on the juvenile’s trunk! Hearing the baby’s calls of distress, the herd of elephants immediately went to its rescue, scaring off the crocodile by trumpeting and stamping the ground. After the attack the herd stayed with the youngster.
When the baby had recovered the herd crossed the waterhole together in safety, only yards from where the crocodile had been hiding. Read More…
“The Fortune Teller” by Radoslav Radoslavov Valkov
“The Fortune Teller” by Radoslav Radoslavov Valkov. This picture of a fly was taken Radoslav’s back garden in Bulgaria
“Flight of the Rays” by Florian Schulz, the Environmental Photographer of the Year
A picture of an unprecedented congregation of Munkiana Devil Rays in Baja California Sur has won Florian Schulz the prestigious 2010 title of The Environmental Photographer of the Year.
The group of Munkiana Devil Rays were spotted in Baja California Sur, Mexico, by German conservation photographer Florian Schulz.
He described how he was able to capture his jaw-dropping image named Flight of the Rays:
“During an aerial expedition I came across something I had never seen before. Not even my pilot, who has surveyed this area for 20 years, had seen anything like it. As we got closer we started to discover its nature: an unprecedented congregation of rays. The group was as thick as it was wide, all heading towards the same direction. I have asked around why this took place but no one has been able to explain it to me. After such a unique sighting, I realize there are so many marvels in the oceans that we are yet to understand”
Stone House in Portugal
Found at karmatrendz, these great photos collection of an awesome nature installation in the Nas montanhas de Fafe, Portugal by Jsome1.
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Amazing High Speed Bullet Photography by Alexander Augusteijn
Alexander Augusteijn takes high-speed photography up a notch with these photos of bullets shooting through droplets of water.
Alexander Augusteijn says;
I am a photographer from the Netherlands, specializing in high speed photography. I use a normal flash to achieve very short illuminations. The most critical parameter in this kind of photography is timing, which is achieved by computer control of shutter, flash, valve, gun or whatever other device is used.
These kind of images require a lot of experimentation, dedication, patience and willingness to endlessly clean spill of liquids and debris from objects shot to pieces. Several hundreds of trial shots may be needed to get timing correct. After that, the process is pretty well controlled, and often half of the shots will be usable, with 1 out of 10 really interesting.
“Andromeda Strain Series,” Photographies by Cassander Eeftinck Schattenkerk
Cassander Eeftinck Schattenkerk lives and works in Amsterdam. He studied photography at Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.
Cassander Eeftinck Schattenkerk says:
“After making many landscape photographs I realized the search for special places is more important than the place itself. The notion of discovery has been always intimately linked to photography. The cliche of the photographer as an explorer of unknown and rough places became a starting point to construct images. I played with the “National Geographic:-language essentially without leaving my hometown. I searched for locations that, after small interventions, can fit in an imaginary travelogue. Using low-budget special effects and lighting I staged natural phenomena and imagery. To this work made on location I added still-lives constructed in the studio. Referring to nature and scientific photography, the tabletop landscapes create confusion on the overall status of the series. I often choose material that has a perishable or unpredictable quality, like foam or spaghetti. No Photoshop is used to achieve the effects. The artificial and the real, and the different sources the image is based on, should be present simultaneously”.
Bookshelf Porn
A collection of all the best bookshelf photos for people who “heart” bookshelves.
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Pencil vs Camera: Hybrid Works of Drawing + Photo Art by Benjamin Heine
Artist Benjamin Heine overlays pencil drawings onto photographs. Sometimes these drawings were simple, just filling in what is covered up, and sometimes complex, adding detail or focusing on otherwise hidden aspects of the original photo.
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