Take a picture and it automatically sends it to a stranger, and you get one in return. There is a lot of crap pictures, but the good ones make it worth it. I was swapping with people in Japan last night!
See also: Flickr group for Photoswap (using the iPhone screenshot feature of pressing the power and main button quickly together)
Sony’s automated photographer demo from Photokina 2008.
It scans left/right/up/down for faces, then zooms in and takes a photo when people smile.
You plug it into your computer, put a slice of bread in it, and then print text or images. Just a concept for now, but we want it. Bad.
Behind the scenes of Denis Darzacq’s amazing photos of people falling in mid-air.
via Kottke:
Everything had been prepared in advance. Everything was ready. The models launched themselves into space. There is nothing false in these scenes. These moments really occurred. There is no fiction, no retouching or special effects.
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