BY: TREVOR HEWITT A new L16 camera, created by the company Light, pushes the boundaries of photography, combining 16 lenses to create DSLR-quality images – all while fitting in your pocket. The L16, which the California startup describes as “the…
This graffiti artist captured his wild train-hopping adventure from Mexico to Alaska
BY: CONNOR BRIAN Smeared in oil, tucked in secret corners of train yards, graffiti artist Swampy is well versed when it comes to sneaking behind the back of US transport. From Oaxaca, Mexico he sailed on the top of rail…
GoPro is letting you fund your adventures by offering thousands of dollars for photos and videos
BY: ROB HOFFMAN GoPro has pretty much taken over the action-sports world, letting viewers see through the eyes of top athletes to imagine themselves carving down near-vertical mountain drops, popping backflips over canyons and surfing through 20-foot barrels. The beauty…
10 photos compare the environmental cost of mining to the tiny amount of product it yields
BY: JOHN DILLON Photos: Dillon Marsh You might think twice before falling victim to the famous De Beers Ad Campaign and proposing to your lover with an opulent diamond ring after seeing the massive amounts of landmass they have removed…
The 2015 Wildlife Photography winners were just announced and the photos are incredible
BY: ERIC ZDANCEWICZ The London Natural History Museum announced the winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition on October 13, and the photos show the beauty and the struggles of the diverse creatures we share this planet with.…
Haunting photo series will open your eyes to the sad reality of the modern relationship
BY: JESSICA BEUKER A family sits down for breakfast at a New York café. Illium café it’s called. The family sits together, yet no one is talking. The father and two daughters have their phones out, while the mother, who…
Terrifying photographs of people who are allergic to their environment
BY: ELI ROSS Amid the hectic, smog filled environment of New York City, photographer Thilde Jensen’s health began to deteriorate. Week by week, the once lively and optimistic socialite began to feel her body and life outlook become as frail as…
Bathe in the utter glory of this year’s best photography from travellers around the globe
BY: CONNOR BRIAN Self-determined and self-motivated, these travellers have embodied the words of Henry Miller, that “one’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” The following is a series of finalists from the annual photography…
Photographer left his cushy accounting job to capture the soul of urban homelessness
BY: JOHNATHAN MOSS Photos by Lee Jeffries Accountant by profession, self taught photographer by design, Lee Jeffries left his longtime career to capture the soul that breathes through our city streets. He uses the homeless as his primary focus, casting a light…
There are no guards in this prison—instead it’s run by the world’s most violent gang (Photos)
BY: M. TOMOSKI When the family members of inmates come to the Penal de Ciudad Barrios in El Salvador for their routine conjugal visits the police stand guard outside the prison walls and only outside. In 2013 British photographer Adam…
Photos tell the disturbing yet intriguing stories of feral children from around the world
BY: CONNOR BRIAN Images © Julia Fullerton-Batten There has long been a fascination with feral children, who in their earliest stages were neglected by their parents, lost to the wilderness, and raised by animals. They live isolated in the woods…
Ghostly photos of workers might taint your fond memories of your favourite childhood toys
BY: CONNOR BRIAN The truth is innocence is never pure, not even your childhood memories are safe. The excited squeals of a child unwrapping their presents is a warm embrace, and not often does the thought of millions of labourers…
That time Ai Weiwei flipped off the world’s most “important” monuments to prove a point (Photos)
BY: CONNOR BRIAN “I think there is a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression.” says Ai Weiwei in an interview with BBC Radio 1 in 2011 He is a man who has experienced the exact opposite of…
Adorable photos of a rescued baby raccoon that lives with a family and thinks she’s a dog
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Last year, Rosie Kemp found an injured baby raccoon that had fallen out of a tree in her backyard in Nassau, Bahamas. The little critter had a broken back leg and had been abandoned by her mother.…
Chernobyl’s evacuation zone has unintentionally created a human-free oasis for countless rare animals
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Recent surveys of the thriving animal population within Chernobyl’s disaster zone rekindles the awkward truth that if humans were to disappear from the face of the planet, it would likely be the greatest turn of events that…
Here’s what happens when average people are forced to face their own carbon footprint
BY: CONNOR BRIAN All Photos and Captions: © Neil Baird As we point our fingers, aiming our blame for climate crisis at governments and corporate giants, is there an unseen area that we suppress from our field of vision? It…
This surreal artist ditched his studio so he could paint with light and movement instead (Photos)
BY: ELI ROSS Artist Julien Breton has mastered the art of gesture, working silently in urban environments, using the world around him as his canvas, recording it with a long exposure on a film camera. When he is drawing, it…
The golden era of skateboarding in 1970s California (photos)
BY: CONNOR BRIAN In the mid-1970s an endless summer struck Southern California, evaporating water in drainage ditches and suburban swimming pools, catalyzing what would change the face of counter-cul- ture forever. Maybe it was the dehydration, or maybe it was…
This photographer helps children with cancer live out their wildest dreams
BY: JESSICA BEUKER “Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.” A line from a Shel Silverstein poem was all it took to inspire Jonathan Diaz to make dreams come true for child cancer patients. His ‘Anything Can Be’ project is…
Iceland earth-porn captures the world’s most majestic scenery in all of its glory
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Iceland has received quite a bit of good press lately, renowned for its fairy tale scenery, unique community and inexplicable electricity in the air. Its isolation and immensely difficult language only contributes to its mystique and appeal…