For seven years, Emily Ibarra has traveled the world photographing the death-defying adventures of professional parkour and freerunning athletes. Captured at sites ranging from the Grand Canyon to the Far East, her photos reveal their fearless exploits as they scale skyscrapers, fly across rooftops, and banish fear in precarious poses. Emily loves her job. “It’s exciting. It’s terrifying, and it’s dangerous, and I get to capture that,” she gushes.
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Amanda Chapman was born on Christmas Day, but her favorite holiday has always been Halloween. When her husband, Greg, was diagnosed with cancer in 2012, she was devastated. She decided that for every day in October, she would take and share a portrait of herself made up as a different character from a movie or story she loved.
James Popsys had never given photography much thought until he purchased a point-and-shoot camera to document a once-in-a-lifetime trip around the world. But it was the discovery of Photoshop compositing that really helped him craft his unique and amusing style.
Harrison Jones took a photo of the super blood moon that went viral worldwide. We talked to this 18-year-old to find out how he took the shot and how he is feeling now that his image went viral.
When astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti received her first assignment — to spend a record 200 days aboard the International Space Station — she knew she wanted to document the opportunity of a lifetime through photography. The resulting images are breathtaking.
Alberto Monteraz is a Spanish photographer known on Flickr for his subtle and beautiful work. His followers say he is a “true talent” in portrait photography, an artist able to capture expressions like few others.
When Rafael Mantesso’s wife left him, he had nothing left but his dog, Jimmy, and an empty apartment. But when he started doodling on the floors and walls, and snapping photos of Jimmy alongside the sketches, he was unwittingly changing the course of their lives.
Wouter Rietberg is a software engineer and photographer from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He takes photos of patterns, repetitions and geometric shapes, always trying to capture the beauty in the mundane.
A selection of some wonderful shots that capture motion in creative ways.