Last year, photographer Greg Murray came across a cat named Gatsby, who, due to a medical condition, looks like he's covered in a constellation of stars. Murray then captured charming portraits of Gatsby the Galaxy Cat, creating a calendar that raises money to help rescue animals in need.
Not all heroes wear capes, but some wear furry stars.
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Pioneering photographer Ian Ruhter, known for creating cameras out of surprising objects, is turning trash into cameras.
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Award-winning British photographer Mandy Barker literally turns trash into treasure with her historically inspired fine art cyanotype images comparing marine algae to clothing waste. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2025-04-23 22:46
A photographer spent five years traveling the world to turn the lens on amateur astronomers who have contributed to science. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-02-08 23:06
French photographer Mathieu Stern is no stranger to taking photos with unusual cameras. However, his latest camera is perhaps his oddest as he turned Paris apartment into a giant camera obscura and captured a beautiful photo of one of the world's most famous sights, the Eiffel Tower. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-08-18 19:46
For those with family members who grew up in the 1980s (or earlier), a slide projector was a pretty common way to share and show images before the internet was a thing. petapixel.com »
2022-11-20 19:15
Photographer Brendan Barry transformed the Electric Barge into a giant floating camera obscura that not only captures photos but also works as a processing facility thanks to its built-in darkroom. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-11-07 22:10
A photographer has repurposed an old and broken Sony Ericsson smartphone lens into a camera that shoots film and integrated it into his Samsung Galaxy S2. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-05-23 19:56
Instead of using a filter or editing technique to achieve a lo-fi look, Sean from Fotodiox went a different route and converted a 1984 Ghostbusters toy and adapted it to a mirrorless camera to create an unusual yet authentic vintage look. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-01-25 21:33
A photographer has traveled across the world — mainly ex-Yugoslavia, ex-Soviet, and East European countries — and turned largely abandoned and often neglected monuments into spectacular pieces of futuristic art filled with light and color. petapixel.com »
2021-07-03 17:48
During this year’s STORY conference in Nashville, TN, photographer Blake Wylie did something really cool. He turned a massive symphony hall into what might be the world’s largest darkroom so that he could capture and develop a tintype portrait on-stage, in front of an audience of 1,400 people. The theme of this year’s conference was […] petapixel.com »
2019-10-01 21:02
Brendan Barry is a UK-based photographer who’s known for turning all kinds of unusual things into working cameras, from food and mannequins to shipping containers and camper trailers. But his latest project was his most ambitious yet — turned a Manhattan skyscraper into a giant camera. Barry took over the 46th floor of a skyscraper […] petapixel.com »
2019-09-18 20:34
Facebook’s new 3D Photos feature is designed for photos captured using the depth map-based Portrait mode in the latest smartphones. Photographer Oat Vaiyaboon went beyond smartphones and turned a DJI Mavic Pro drone photo into a Facebook 3D Photo by creating his own depth map. petapixel.com »
2018-10-23 17:44
Photographer Josh Rossi just spent three months working on a photo project for a good cause. He found 15 kids who have been severely bullied and turned them into The Avengers of Bullying. Rossi says he got the idea after seeing the story of Jackson Bezzant while scrolling through social media. Born with facial deformities, […] petapixel.com »
2018-04-09 17:50
Electronic waste, or e-waste, is the endless low of discarded electronic devices that are thrown out on a daily basis around the world. To raise awareness of this ever-growing problem, photographer Benjamin Von Wong got his hands on 4,100 pounds of e-waste and used it to create a set of amazing surreal portraits. In 2010, […] petapixel.com »
2018-03-05 22:12
Photographer Josh Rossi spent $1,500 last year turning his 3-year-old daughter into Wonder Woman, and the photo series went viral. This year, he did another passion project for a great cause: he photographed kids with diseases and disabilities as Justice League superheroes. petapixel.com »
2017-08-26 20:08
Jill Bliss, an artist living on a small island in the Salish Sea in the Pacific Northwest, is fascinated by the incredible variety of mushrooms that appear in the fall. She uses these as inspiration for her artwork, capturing images of the colorful fungi in attractive arrangements. petapixel.com »
2017-08-05 21:55
German photographer Thomas Friedrich Schaefer has created Experiential Spaces, a series of photos that are inspired by fragments of his childhood memories of growing up. At the same time, he wants to stimulate the viewers to bring out their own childhood memories too. petapixel.com »
2017-07-07 18:03
Photographing abandoned spaces has exploded in popularity in recent years. For photographer Karen Jerzyk, however, finding those spaces is only the first step. She transforms each one into what she describes as a “dark fairy tale” scene. petapixel.com »
2017-04-29 20:12
Serbian photographer Ivan Zamurovic creates beautiful images using simple objects like flowers, leaves, fruits and coffee beans. Ivan plays with geometry and asymmetry making us see familiar items in the new light. boredpanda.com »
2016-10-10 16:17
Wedding, sports, and event photographer Josh from Michigan-based SBJ Studios has gone viral for his flaming hot portraits that he creates by setting his Canon lens on fire. Yes, really. [Read More]
A video of a woman scrolling on a totally transparent 'smartphone' while waiting in line at a bubble tea shop in San Francisco has blown up on TikTok, but what exactly is going on? [Read More]
Footage has emerged online of Drake attacking a drone that flies into his penthouse apartment but people are suspicious that it's a stunt for a gambling website. [Read More]
Online tricksters have been creating and sharing AI-generated images purporting to show victims of Hurricane Helene, with many worrying about the impact the fake pictures are having. [Read More]
After an AI image depicting displaced Palestinians with the slogan "All Eyes on Rafah" went extremely viral on Instagram this week, social media users are now encouraging a real photo to be shared. [Read More]
Startling smartphone footage of a man being flung into the air from his vehicle after it flipped several times on a beach has surfaced and gone viral. [Read More]