(source: fornal) When most people think about monochrome photography (or monotone photography for that matter), they immediately jump to black & white or grayscale. That’s not to say that they’re wrong, since monochrome photography most often does refer to capturing three-dimensional spaces in two-dimensional black-and-white, but by doing so they are limiting their options. Monochrome simply means ‘of one color’, and what that color ends up being, is entirely up to you. Here are some eyeopening monochromatic shots in red, blue, green, purple, orange, and yellow. Monochrome Photography in Red (sources: jenriks, manganite, sahrizvi) In many cases, opting to...
Melvin Sokolsky was born and raised in Manhattan’s Lower East Side during the lean years of the prewar era. Here he witnessed the entire spectrum of the human condition played out across a tough and tight-knit community. This experience was countered by a universe of visual riches found in the museums and books he regularly devoured. Melvin spent his days framing and logging precise mental and emotional images long before he had a camera to capture them. At age ten he began taking pictures using a box camera, though he was frustrated by his inability to create prints that...
EcoFactor: Hybrid material developed to increase the efficiency of solar cells. Research has proved that if the all the solar energy falling on the Earth per hour is captured, the human race won’t need any other fuel for a year. Capturing energy on every square inch area of our planet is by no means a feasible solution. So the only option left is to develop solar panels with high efficiency. Researchers at the Ohio State University are doing just that. This team of researchers has developed a new hybrid material made from electrically conductive plastic with metals including molybdenum...
Dr. Dre and Monster (and Geffen’s Jimmy Iovine) will release THE MOST ADVANCED HEADPHONES EVER on July 25 at Apple retail stores (and online) and Best Buy (and its Web site). The headphones are called Beats, and have been in development for three years, which certainly sounds impressive. Beats are supposed accurately reproduce the entire spectrum of music, just like you would hear in a pair of recording studio headphones. The headphones are $349, which, in today’s economy, may be a bit much to ask for, especially considering so few people really care about high-quality audio. How much people...
