Stunning Photo Wallpapers for you Desktop/iPhone/iPad

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Fifty Foot Shadows is a project by photographer John Carey, where he shares his stunning photographs as desktop and iPad/iPhone wallpaper imagery. I’m impressed by the clarity, simplicity and quality of his pictures.

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The above picture series was taken in southern New Mexico in a national park called White Sands. You can download the White sands pack and many more brilliant photographs for your personal use at Fifty Foot Shadows.

 To learn some more about John’s work and motivation, be sure to read this interview by Jorge Quinteros.

Photographic Impressions 2010

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Spiegel online published a nice selection of photographic impressions from 2010. Here are my favourite shots:

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In order of appearance:
– Girl at Expo, Shanghai
– Tropical rain in Havana, Cuba
– Sikh in front of Temple of Amritsar, North India
– Kids at Garbage Dump of Amritsar, North India
– Purim festival, Israel
– View on the Matterhorn, Swiss-Italian border
– Xiangan tunnel, China
– Swimming in Daying, China
– Henna-colored hair, Islamabad, Pakistan
– Construction site, North India
– Salt Fields, Tibet
– Winter athmosphere, Glastonbury, UK

For the full 52 picture series visit Spiegel online.

Changing the View of the World: Street Photographer and Artist JR

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The following video shows the stunning and moving work of street photographer and artist JR, who has been awarded the 2011 TED Prize. Staying anonymous and under the radar of the authorities, he embeds into neighborhoods, favelas and villages around the world, photographing the people who live there and learning their stories – and then pasting his striking images onto massive local canvases: buildings, buses, roads and bridges. It’s people like him, who are really changing the way we look at our world!

Also be sure to watch the trailer for his actual project “Women are heroes” and read background information in this article at TED Blog.