Strangers On The Train, And More Of The Best Photography Of The Week
Every week, we curate the best new photography and photojournalism on the web, so you can spend your weekend kicking back and enjoying some beautiful pictures. Here are this week's picks:
The Unique Geometric Patterns Of Coastal Barcelona
The Hungarian photographer photographs lesser known areas of Barcelona, finding structures and buildings that are attractively shaped from the sky, rather than famous tourist attractions from the ground.
[See the photos at Colossal]
Seven Years On The Margins In Rural Mississippi
Baptist Town, an enclave of mobile homes and shotgun shacks, cut off from the rest of the city by train tracks, has the feeling of being stuck in time. In the 2011 film "The Help," it was used as a stand-in for Mississippi during Jim Crow.
[See the photos at The New Yorker]
The Seaside Sentries Of Britain
Photographer Paul Thompson walked for miles along the British coastline over a period of three years in search of navigation markers to shoot. "I noticed that they all seemed to have their own personality," he says.
[See the photos at The Guardian]
The Darkness And Decay Along America's Highway
Keating's take eschews the straight documentation of Route 66, as has been done over and over. There's no neon, no kitschy hotel signs, no shiny diners with cartoony, nostalgic, time-warp decor. Keating, rather, seems lured by decay, offering Route 66 as a window into the unseen, if not worn-down, side of the country.
[See the photos at Mother Jones]
Strangers On The Train
Many of us commute on public transportation and wish that the minutes would fly by. Dina Alfasi makes the most of this typically boring experience with her creative pursuits. Based in Israel, she spends plenty of time riding buses or trains to get to her engineering job at a hospital. During these trips, she pulls out her iPhone and captures compelling moments in the everyday lives of strangers
[See the photos at My Modern Met]
The Highs And Lows Of Bipolar Disorder Through Photography
Mr. Zellweger spent 18 months in Switzerland, where he lives, and in Britain, photographing people with bipolar disorder, as well as their relatives or lovers who accompanied them, as they struggle with manic highs and depressive lows.
[See the photos at The New York Times]
Seeking Arcadia: Dreamy Photos Of Modern Britain
Ian Howorth has always had a fraught relationship with the concept of "home." In his first book, the photographer explores his personal connection to Britain, a country he's lived in for the past two decades — one that has confused and captivated him.
[See the photos at Huck Magazine]
A City Of Many Faces
In an eight-second exposure, Nicolas Ruel captures the motion, color and energy of some of the world's busiest cities.
[See the photos of National Geographic]
