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Disney studios by Moose Hurskainen

"Dippy Headon Warren" by Jeremy Cangialosi

Touching Photos of a Mother’s Beautiful One-Handed Daughter

Holly Spring took up photography after her daughter had struggled early on in life with Hirschsprung’s Disease and no left hand. She wants to show her daughter that there are no limits to what she can achieve if she just believes in herself.

“My daughter is my muse and my heart that inspires me to follow my passion and share these unique photos and digital art with you,” says Holly.
Her photography won the NZIPP/Epson Iris Portrait Creative Photographer of the Year award in 2014.

Brian May's collection of 3D stereoscopic photography to go on display at Tate Britain

The Victorian craze for 3D stereoscopic photography is to be the subject of a major gallery exhibition for the first time - thanks to former Queen guitarist Brian May.

The veteran rock star has lent his extensive personal collection of stereoscopic pictures - which use two photographs to conjure a 3D image - to Tate Britain for a new exhibition opening next month.

May, 67, who has been collecting the images for more than 40 years, told The Independent he was delighted that the Tate was highlighting a photographic technique that had been “neglected by art historians for 150 years”.

The exhibition, A Poor Man’s Picture Gallery: Victorian Art and Stereoscopic Photography, is focusing on photographs that recreate artworks in Tate’s collection, such as Henry Wallis’ Chatterton, and the card players in Hearts are Trumps by 19th Century painter Sir John Everett Millais.

Carol Jacobi, curator at Tate, said: “These photographs were a real craze in the 1850s and 1860s, all over the world, not just in Britain. This is the first major British gallery to focus on this form of photography.”

The two photographs in stereoscopic pictures - which are taken from a slightly different angle - are displayed side by side. When seen through a special viewer they give the illusion of three dimensions.

In the 1850s, they became hugely popular with the public and could be bought for a few shillings or even rented. Photographers including Michael Burr and Thomas Richard Williams were particular associated with the form.

“Stereoscopic photographs were so ubiquitous at the time and were seen as pretty disposable,” Dr Jacobi said. “They are now quite difficult to track down. That’s why we collaborated with Brian May, he has built a collection over 40 years.”

There are 26 sets of stereoscopic photographs in the exhibition. Some will be hung on the wall for the exhibition and there will be 12 examples to be seen through a viewer.

May said his love of stereoscopic photography started from collecting 3D cards that came free in packets of Weetabix breakfast cereal.

“I sent away for the viewer which made the cards spring to life in stereoscopic splendour. When I saw that this magic could be achieved, I couldn’t see the point of limiting photography to two dimensions,” he said.

He continued to collect throughout his music career and touring with Queen, contacting photo dealers around the world. He has built up a collection of tens of thousands of pieces stereoscopic material, though those from the mid-19th century are the rarest.

Dr Jacobi said: “In the 19th century, photograph versions of paintings had enormous audiences. Though most have been lost, these ones have never been displayed with the actual paintings.”

Top Photos from the Black and White Weekend Art Project

Last week, the Black and White Portrait Weekend Art Project called on users to do their very best and take on one of the darling niches of photography, black and white portraiture. An impressive 4,307 entries poured in with a fantastic array of intimate shots, each one attempting to pierce the surface of its subject by capturing the candor underneath. Black and white has a way of creating startlingly bold and beautiful photos, replacing bright colors with contrast between light and dark. The winning portraits were no exception. The community voted and chose the top 10 winners below.

Finishing in first with 678 votes was Camille Delahaye (@delacam), whose portrait played with several photographers’ tricks to create a captivating final result. Camile went up close, allowing for everything in the background and some of the fabric of her subjects veil in the foreground disappear into blur. From behind emerged a vividly clear and penetrating gaze.



In second place with 628 votes, just a hair behind, was Jasmin N (@jasmin0109) who went for a more abstract approach. The splattered painting approach, however, was no less emotionally powerful, and only helped Jasmin to stand out from the competition.

Milotaliuphotography, finished third with a final tally of 473 votes. Milotaliuphotography’s shot was much softer, also capitalizing on the bokeh blurring of the background to dramatize her subject, standing crystal clear in the foreground.

Our jury’s pick of the best shot not to crack the top 10 was this stunner by Sam Valdez. The shot was a true stroke of genius, using the skateboard cutting the face in two as an invitation to work some editing magic on the area where his second eye was concealed.

After Sunday night’s violent clashes, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy demonstrations earned a new name: the Umbrella Revolution, so called because protestors are using umbrellas to shield against police pepper spray and tear gas. As the aggressive crackdown by China’s riot police brought tens of thousands of Hong Kong citizens to the streets, the umbrella became a potent symbol of resistance against Chinese repression. Protestors began painting messages on their umbrellas and using them for shelter; artists designed umbrella logos to represent the movement. Here are some of the defining images from Hong Kong’s streets.

Chip Kelly jokingly downplayed the importance of the Eagles team photos, which were done in record time thanks to Kelly coaching up the photographers a little bit.

“We said, 'Let's get this thing taken and let's go'...It’s not like it’s going to be hanging in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It’s going to go in someone’s office somewhere,” he said.
Sorry Chip, but you were wrong.

The museum tweeted out a picture of the Eagles latest work of art.





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Meteora
by James Grant

Just got back from two weeks in Greece. Most people go to Greece for a bit of beach and sun. Not me though, it was time to get some photography in! After almost 1700 miles I feel I toured a lot of the country. The first week was spent in Northern Greece with the second week in Southern Greece with my family. I saw so many things, went to Vikos Gorge, the biggest gorge in the world, saw an abandoned ship, risked getting locked in a castle, drove up some crazy mountain passes and more! The first image though is from Meteora, where we first stayed. It is a place I had wanted to see for years and now had the chance travelling with my girlfriend SLP Photography and it was as amazing as I had hoped. What a place. I had begged the gods for clouds, we didn't expect to have two overcast days though! However, this day wasn't too bad, it had been 42 in the day and still 38 when taking this shot!

Cream bassist Jack Bruce dies

Jack Bruce, singer, songwriter and bassist for legendary 1960s rock band Cream, died Saturday at 71.

Bruce's family confirmed the death of the Scottish musician on his official website and Facebook page.

"The world of music will be a poorer place without him, but he lives on in his music and forever in our hearts."



Considered one of the greatest rock trios of all time, Cream was by Bruce, guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker in 1966. The band produced such hits as "Sunshine of Your Love," "White Room," "Crossroads" and "Strange Brew," many of which Bruce wrote and sang. He also helped come up with the memorable guitar riff in

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The band members' infighting and drug use became almost as well-known as their musical talent, and the group parted ways in 1968.

"Jack felt that he had strayed too far from his ideals and wanted to rediscover his musical and social roots," according to his official biography.
Born to musical parents in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1943, Bruce played in various dance bands and jazz groups before joining the Graham Bond Organization in 1962, where he met Baker. He later joined John Mayall's Blues Breakers and met guitarist Eric Clapton, leading to the formation of Cream.

"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper."
— William Butler Yeats