Stunning and Unexpected Photography
1. (Really) Stunning Pictures and Photos <http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/04/28/really-stunning-pictures-and- photos/> "50 brilliant photos and stunning pictures — some pictures tell stories, some are incredibly beautiful, some are funny and some are very sad." 2. FILE Magazine - Unexpected Photography <http://filemagazine.com/> "The purpose of FILE is to collect and display photographs that treat subjects in unexpected ways. Alternate takes, odd angles, uncon- ventional observations - these are some of the ways photographs collected in FILE reinterpret traditional genres." Some examples: <http://www.filemagazine.com/thecollection/archives/2006/09/composer.html> <http://www.filemagazine.com/galleries/archives/2008/04/refinery_flock.html> <http://www.filemagazine.com/galleries/archives/images/action.jpg> 3. What laptop does Steve Ballmer use for his presentations? Right... <http://flickr.com/photos/paintitblack/2439080330/> (This next one is from a few years ago, but it fits the theme. It could be a metaphor for the Microsoft-Yahoo take over if that went ahead ;) 4. Photo in the News: Python Bursts After Eating Gator (Update) <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1006_051006_pythoneats gator.html> "Wildlife researchers with the South Florida Natural Resources Center found the dead, headless python in October 2005 after it apparently tried to digest a 6-foot-long (2-meter-long) American alligator."