World’s Strangest

Dmitry Kul’s refreshing design puts a bare light bulb on the ceiling. His gallery has other clever, minimalist designs, including a dumbbell that looks like slabs of meat and a birdhouse that looks like a camera. Link (Translation) -via Lustik

Since celebrities get their pictures taken all the time, it only stands to reason that people will take the opportunity to join in the fun as often as they can …and the resulting pictures are going to be shared, you betcha! Unreality has a collection of 15 of the funniest. Shown here are Dick Van [...]

Antonio De Rosa of ADR Studio has got an interesting idea of how Instagram can spend their billion dollars from Facebook: create a real Instagram camera. Behold, the Instagram Socialmatic Camera!Link – via Wanken

You’ve probably heard that the Kodak company has filed for bankruptcy. Kodak introduced its first camera 120 years ago, and revolutionized the way we see the world. The Kodak No.1 expanded photography from professionals to anyone who wanted to take a picture. The Kodak produced circular snapshots, two and a half inches in diameter. The Kodak [...]

(YouTube link) If you leave a camera sitting in the open and drive off, you shouldn’t be surprised when someone makes off with it. Photographer Roger de la Harpe laid a running camera down when he retreated from a pride of lionesses in Tswalu Kalahari Game Reserve in South Africa. There was a happy ending for [...]

(YouTube link) Cooper the Cat is a videographer in Seattle. He started out as a still photographer, carrying around a cat cam, but after being famous, he switched to a video camera. Link -via Laughing Squid Previously: Cat Has Photography Exhibit

What’s better than getting taxpayer-funded grant money for an art show? Getting that money for an invisible painting! Polish artist Agnieszka Kurant got the Arts Council England grant for a show that included “a painting that hasn’t been painted yet”. Warsaw-based Kurant’s Snow Black exhibition also had “an invisible sculpture” and “a movie shot with no film [...]

(Video Link) The band OK Go is known for its innovative music videos. The group’s latest video for the song “Last Leaf” consists of stop-motion animation on pieces of toast. It was directed by Geoff Mcfetridge and sponsored by Samsung, which provided the camera. Link via Geekosystem | Director’s Website

In 1936, Ria van Dijk of Tilburg, the Netherlands, visited a shooting gallery. She was sixteen years old. When she hit a target, the impact tripped a camera which snapped her picture. Ria thoroughly enjoyed the experience and went back every year, except during World War II. She’s collected the pictures and published them in [...]

When trying to prevent the loss of your digital camera, a good practice is to take a photo of your name and contact info. That way, if someone finds it when you leave it in the planetarium, you at least have a chance of getting it back. Andrew McDonald took that concept to the next level, [...]