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Monochrome photography is photography where the image produced has a single hue, rather than recording the colours of the object that was photographed. It includes all forms of black and white photography, which produce images containing tones of grey ranging from black to white. Most modern black and white films, called panchromatic films, record the entire visible spectrum. Some films are orthochromatic, recording visible light wavelengths shorter than 590 nanometres...

An 18-second clip of a Silverback gorilla walking upright on his hind legs like a human has become a YouTube sensation. Almost 150,000 people have viewed the clip in just a few days and the number is rising. The 21-year-old named Ambam is part of a group of critically endangered Western lowland gorillas at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park near Hythe. The footage was filmed by animal researcher Johanna Watson as she worked on a project on great apes...

Chicago artist Ellen Greene makes leather gloves with sailor ‘tattoos‘. The Tattooed gloves explores the contrast between two opposing traditions. The vintage leather gloves function as a feminine article of clothing and traditional tattoo as a masculine art-form. The gloves evoke a sense of purity, modesty and formality. In opposition the tattoo can suggest sexual freedom, rebellion and criminality...

Collection of photos made by a Japanese photographer named Moaan. He is from Kobe, Japan and he use these lens: • Voigtlander Super wide-Heliar 15mm f/4.5 • Leica Super Angulon 21mm f/3.4 • Minolta G-ROKKOR 28mm f/3.5 • Leica Summicron 35mm f/2.0 (8 elements) • Leica Summaron 35mm f/2.8 • Voigtlander Nokton 35mm f/1.2 • Rollei Sonnar 40mm f/2.8 HFT • Leica Elmar 50mm f/2.8 • Leica collapsible Summicron 50mm f/2.0 • Leica collapsible Summicron 50mm f/2...

L.A. Cultura is a very interesting project by a photographer Andres Herren. Andres Herren is a young photographer based in Zurich, Switzerland. He began taking pictures of cars ‘n bikes in 2008. A trip to LA during the summer of 2009 was a life changing experience for him on a personal as well as artistic level. The vibrating city with its many different facets captured his interest. The lowrider scene and the L.A. Cultura inspired him a lot...