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High Speed Photographs of Ink Mixing with Oil by Alberto Seveso

One of the masters of high speed liquid photography, Alberto Seveso (previously), is back with a new series of photos titled Dropping. The Italian photographer achieved these particular shots by dropping mixtures of colored ink into a container of oil and then flipping the final images upside down. See several more from the series here. (via Twisted Sifter)

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The Black and White Photography of Benoit Courti

French photographer Benoit Courti worked for years as a music composer before shifting his career toward professional portrait and art photography in 2010. His images fall everywhere on the spectrum from dark and brooding portraits to light, atmospheric shots of animals. You can follow him on Flickr, Tumblr, and on his website.

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One Giant Leap: Frog Photobombs NASA Spacecraft Launch Photo

In one one of the more bizarre photobombs ever, NASA released a photograph of what appears to be a frog that may have attempted, and subsequently failed, to hitch a ride aboard a Moon-bound rocket. The shot was captured on September 7th during the launch of the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), and NASA’s photo team confirms the image is genuine, but stated “the condition of the frog, however, is uncertain.” (via PetaPixel)

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Wild Animals Stalk the Streets of a Small Town in Finland at Night

One night while walking the streets of Porvoo, Finland, with a camera in hand, photographer Mikko Lagerstedt (previously) captured the silhouette of a large cat off in the distance lit faintly from behind by a street lamp. Struck by the image, he conceived of a new series called Night Animals, where all kinds of wildlife would prowl the streets of this small Finnish town at night. As much as I want to tell you he raided the local zoo to liberate an ostrich, the images are all composites of two photos, an animal and backdrop, both shot by Lagerstedt. If you liked this, also check out Shauna Richardson’s Crochetdermy.

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High Speed Flower Explosions by Martin Klimas

The life of a flower usually ends in slow, inglorious decay as petals wilt and succombs to the cycle of life, but these flowers shot by German photographer Martin Klimas go out with a bang. You might recognize Klimas’ work from his wildly popular series of shattered ceramic figures photographed at high speed as they hit the ground. For his exploding flower photographs the artist first soaked them in liquid nitrogen to ensure the petals were brittle as eggshells and then blasted them from behind with an air gun resulting in dazzling bursts of color.

You can see more from this series over at Feature Shoot, and Klimas also opens a show called Sonic at Foley Gallery in New York starting September 18, 2013. If you liked this be sure to check out the work of Jon Shireman. (via My Modern Met)

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Uncanny Aerial and Fashion Photography Mashups by Joseph Ford

© Joseph Ford 2011-13. All rights reserved.

© Joseph Ford 2011-13. All rights reserved.

© Joseph Ford 2011-13. All rights reserved.

© Joseph Ford 2011-13. All rights reserved.

© Joseph Ford 2011-13. All rights reserved.

© Joseph Ford 2011-13. All rights reserved.

© Joseph Ford 2011-13. All rights reserved.

© Joseph Ford 2011-13. All rights reserved.

© Joseph Ford 2011-13. All rights reserved.

It’s a project that on paper seems like it wouldn’t work: how to create a juxtaposition between breathtaking aerial landscape photography and the fine details of fashion. Leave it to Joseph Ford to make it happen. The Brighton-based photographer first showed a number of aerial images shot while working on advertising jobs in Sicily, Mauritius and Morocco to art director Stephanie Buisseret and stylist Mario Faundez at Paris streetwear magazine, WAD. The trio then came up with appropriate combinations of color, fabric and lighting to create near seamless transitions from photo to photo. Plaid stripes morph into city streets and undulating sand dunes seem to flow from the folds of a wrinkled sweater. The series of composite images was selected for the Association of Photographers Awards in the UK and received an Honorable Mention in the International Photography Awards.

Ford later teamed up stylist Almut Vogel from Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin to create another series of photos in the same vein, also included above. Despite relying on expert pilots to achieve the complex aerial shots, it was the fine details of the studio photoshoots that proved most time-consuming, with nearly 12 hours spent on a single image to achieve such perfect overlap. See more over on Josephy Ford’s website. (via This isn’t Happiness)