Sampling the Look

Some Hip Hop artists cover samples, and some sample covers.

More at the Roy Ayers Project

The Uncomfortable Art of Mandy Smith

All the things that should be close to you made from the most uncomfortable material possible: sandpaper.

Photos by Bruno Drummond

More from Mandy Smith

I See You

How beautiful is the natural array of human eye color?

Prince

I don't know where it came from, I'm just glad I found it.

Snowflake Bentley

Born February 9, 1865, Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley  perfected a process of catching snowflakes on black velvet in a manner allowing for their images to be captured before they melted or sublimated.

His first snowflake was photographed in January of 1885 using a bellows camera attached to a compound microscope and he would go on to capture more than 5000 images in his lifetime.

His ongoing study of the “tiny miracles of beauty” and “ice flowers” would later help him present  the “no two alike” theory and get him exposure in such publications as National Geographic and  Scientific American among others. He additionally photographed other forms of ice and natural water formations including clouds and fog and is known as one of the first cloud physicists.

Remaining dedicated to his lifelong interests to the end, on December 23, 1931, Snowflake Bentley died of pneumonia after a six mile hike through a blizzard.

 

Chilling beauties

Christmas Around the World

Barcelona

Washington DC



Gubbio



Puerta de Sol Square

Rio de Janeiro

Rome

Seoul

Shanghai

Tokyo

Warsaw

Fun Food Photography by Christopher Boffoli

From his book Big Appetites: Tiny People in the World of Big Food

 

 

Lemon Cupcake Sledding (or the pitfalls of eating yellow snow)

 

 

Even more deliciousness

Elaine Stritch

Detroit native Elaine Stritch known to many of us as Rudy’s teacher, Mrs. McGee is shown here in 1973 in a sassy little photograph by Alan Warren.

 

 

Skull and Crossbones nebula

NGC 2467 is a star-forming region, popularly known as the "Skull and Crossbones nebula"

 

explore more: Hubble’s Universe: Greatest Discoveries and Latest Images by Terence Dickinson

Sugar

Simple, sweet and apparently a very pretty model for macro photographers.

Misty Copeland:

Misty Copeland, the third African American soloist for the American Ballet Theatre talks about body types and breaking the mold.

At 5'2 and 103 pounds, she is considered a "curvy" ballerina.

We should be reminded that the beauty of dance is in the form and the expression, not any preconceived- or ill conceived- notions about size.

You can pick up her 2013 calendar in stores now and learn more about Ms. Copeland on her official site.

Small World

Dorit Hockman's photograph of Bat Embryos almost makes them seem like they would make adorable pets.

This picture claimed 20th place in the Nikon Small World 2012 Photomicrography Competition.

 

 

 

A few others...

 

 

Dr. Somayeh Naghillo's photo of garlic

 

 

 



The eye of a fruit fly from Dr. Michael John Bridge

Red Algae by Dr. Arlene Wechezak

 

See the rest of the winners