Category: Face Of The Day

This little guy has reason to keep his head down:

Amsterdam-based photographer Peter Lipton’s recent project is based around a research and conservation program at the Catholic University of Quito that was created in 2005 to address the growing number of endangered amphibians due to the country’s increases in logging, oil exploration, agriculture and climate change. Named ‘Balsa de los sapos’—Spanish for ‘Life raft of the frogs’—the program aims to collect, reproduce, and return endangered amphibians to their natural habitat. Lipton creates an exquisite showcase of these unique creatures, many of which are sadly the last known specimens.

Carolyn Rauch praises Family Meal, a series by Doug Adesko:

To date, he’s made roughly 75 portraits over the past decade. His interest arose from early childhood memories, and grew as he watched his own daughter at the family table. The portraits seem simple at first glance, but a second, deeper look presents a subtle range of detail—dynamics among family members, hierarchy within the family group, and glimpses into how personality traits affect the behavior of adults and children when together.

Traditional dancers perform ahead of the arrival of Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard at Jackson International Airport on May 9, 2013 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The trip is the first official visit for Gillard to the Pacific Island nation and the first visit since former prime minster Kevin Rudd visited in 2007. The three-day visit will include trips to a local market and primary school as well as tours of the Exxon Mobil Liquefied Natural Gas plant and the Bomana War Cemetery. By Chris McGrath/Getty Images.

A woven willow installation called Spatial Place is displayed at the Collect art fair at Saatchi Gallery on May 9, 2013 in London, England. Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year the Collect international art fair for contemporary objects, brings together galleries representing the work of numerous artists. Thirty two galleries and eleven Project Space artists will come together in the Saatchi Gallery from 10-13th May 2013. By Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images.

Chinese actress and UNEP goodwill ambassador Li Bingbing sticks out her tongue after receiving temporary tribal markings from members of the Samburu tribe in Samburu game reserve on May 8, 2013. Li Bingbing was on an official visit to the Samburu reserve in Kenya to highlight issues of Africa’s poaching crisis. By Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images.

Federal employees stage a demonstration protesting the federal budget sequester on May 7, 2013 in New Yor City. Hundreds of federal employees from the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) were joined by Internal Revenue Service (IRS), employees as well as agents from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) outside at New York’s Federal Plaza. By John Moore/Getty Images.

Imran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehrik e Insaf (PTI) party, addresses party volunteers and supporters during a rally for volunteers in Lahore, Pakistan. Parliamentary elections are due to be held on May 11. Imran Khan and Nawaz Sharif of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PMLN) have been campaigning hard in the last weeks before polling. By Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images. Previous Dish on Khan here.

A child rubs his head after a Buddhist monk shaved his hair off during the ‘Children Becoming Buddhist Monks’ ceremony, in advance of Buddha’s birthday, at a Chogye temple on May 3, 2013 in Seoul, South Korea. The children will stay at the temple to learn about Buddhism for 14 days. Buddha was born approximately 2,557 years ago, and although the exact date is unknown, Buddha’s official birthday is celebrated on the full moon in May in South Korea, which is on May 17 this year. By Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images.

What you’re seeing:

This man’s eyes are closed in this picture. His eyelids are tattooed with images of eyes. Since he had it done, he’s never lost a staring contest. He could sleep through a sermon or lecture and no one would ever know, but waking up next to him might be startling. Can you imagine his open casket funeral?

(Photo by Redditor burntout80)

Artist Princess Tarinan von Anhalt poses as she works on a piece of art using the air flow coming from the engine of Flexjet’s Learjet 40 XR engine at Signature Flight Support in West Palm Beach, Florida. The artist associated with the Jet Art Group used the help of Flexjet and their plane to spray paint on a canvas to create distinctive paintings to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Learjet. By Joe Raedle/Getty Images.