Wang Zilong and Li Yang of Hong Kong compete in the Latin section of the British Open Dance Championships at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, England on May 28, 2014. The festival covers a nine-day period with professional and amateur couples competing in Ballroom and Latin competitions. By Nigel Roddis/Getty Images.
Following a West Point tradition, Alan Jones, age 7, gathers caps after graduating cadets threw them in the air at the conclusion of the graduation ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on May 28, 2014. U.S. President Barack Obama gave the commencement address at the graduation ceremony. In a highly anticipated speech on foreign policy, the president provided details on his plans for winding down America’s military commitment in Afghanistan and on future military threats to the United States. By Spencer Platt/Getty Images.
Politicians should not do sport-related photo-ops. Exhibit A: Alex Salmond and a football – pic.twitter.com/KnYrkbJK7J
— alexmassie (@alexmassie) May 27, 2014
UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage is interviewed by media as he arrives at the Guildhall for the results of the South East election count on May 25, 2014 in Southampton, England. UKIP, which advocates withdrawal from the European Union, was the top vote-getter in Britain’s European elections, beating both the Tories and Labour. By Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images.
Daniel Boschung’s close-up portraits explore human flaws:
For his series “Face Cartography,” the photographer Daniel Boschung creates an unnerving portrait of the human face, bringing it into a hyperrealistic focus that exceeds even the powers of the naked eye. Each high resolution likeness is composed of approximately 600 individual shots, each of which boasts the astounding size of 900 million pixels. The artist programs an ABB industrial robot to scan the entirety of his subjects’ faces, forcing them to sit still for up to 30 minutes per session.
Boschung’s photographs are visually jarring in part because they allow us to scrutinize the features of others in ways that are not possible in daily life. We rarely get close enough to view another’s pores and nose hairs; even if we did, our eyes would focus on a single spot, and the rest would fade into our peripheral vision.
See more of Boschung’s work here.
The Weapon of Choice project portrays visual manifestations of verbal abuse:
Called Weapon of Choice — to represent the abuser’s choice to use these words to harm — this project was a collaboration between photographer Johnson, make-up artists and victims of both verbal and physical abuse. The images imply the verbal abuse is inextricably tied to physical abuse, because that is what Johnson found to be the case with many of his subjects.
“While listening to the stories from participants who had suffered abuse, we discovered how closely physical abuse followed verbal abuse,” he writes. “Where we found evidence of one, we found evidence of the other. When the abuser chose to inflict harm, verbal abuse was just one of the weapons in the arsenal.”
See the Weapon of Choice website here.
(Photo by Rich Johnson)
United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage enjoys a pint of beer in a pub in Benfleet, England on May 23, 2014. Early local election results announced overnight show subsantial gains for UKIP. European election results will be released on May 25, 2014. By Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images.
Kiev’s mayoral candidate for the Internet Party, “Darth Vader”, arrives to speak to the media on Volodymyrska Hill in Kiev, Ukraine on May 22, 2014. Amongst his pledges Mr Vader promises “fish for everyone” and “anti gravity tripods for journalists”. Ukraine’s Presidential elections are to be held on Sunday May 25, 2014. By Dan Kitwood/Getty Images.
Spanish matador Saul Jimenez Fortes is gored by a bull during the San Isidro Fair at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Spain on May 20, 2014. For the first time since 1979, the bullfight was cancelled after the three bullfighters were injured by bulls. By Europa Press/Europa Press via Getty Images.
Pennsylvania’s ban on gay marriage has been overturned by a federal judge >> http://t.co/fwH4OARd9X pic.twitter.com/TlZrqtBMCu
— KIRO 7 (@KIRO7Seattle) May 20, 2014
Update from a reader:
It should be noted that this is actually a picture of two women in Portland, OR getting married, not in Pennsylvania.
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