26 Hours On One Of The Longest Trains Of The World, And More Best Photography Of The Week
โโEvery 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:
What's Eating You
Sometimes, you see an image and it's love at first site. And that's exactly what happened when we stumbled upon a photograph of a girl on Instagram, wearing a red coat from her ears and over her legs - her arms rounded - and with a plant behind her head instead of hair. Together forming an optical illusion: a tomato.
[See the photos at It's Nice That]
'We Have To Watch People Die': 24 Hours With Madrid's Emergency Ambulance Crews
"Sometimes we have to watch as people die and there's nothing we can do about it," he says. "That's really tough and something you just have to try to learn to live with. You just have to keep it together because there's always someone who needs your help and you need to fight to save their lives."
[See the photos at The Guardian]
The Eerie, Dystopian Opulence Of Cruise Ships
In their latest project, A Glittering Eye, photographers Courtney Asztalos and Michael W. Hicks capture a lavish world on the brink of collapse.
[See the photos at Huck Magazine]
26 Hours On A Saharan Freight Train
Photographer Adrian Guerin rode Mauritania's Train du Desert, one of the world's longest trains, at the hottest time of the year. It nearly broke him.
[See the photos at Wired]
Themed Scenes From The '70s, '80s, '90s And Movies
We're inspired by movies, TV shows, childhood memories, various decades, and the props we have on hand […] Upcoming shoots include bringing the outdoors inside with a 70s themed picnic and a shoot exploring what the future of food might look like.
[See the photos at Bored Panda]
Meet The Female Railroad Traffic Controllers Living In Quirky Houses Alongside Ukraine's Railroad System
When asked about his inspiration for "Ukrainian Railroad Ladies," a series of portraits of women who work as traffic controllers and safety officers, photographer Sasha Maslov said, "As a photographer I was drawn to the architecture and interiors of these buildings. As a storyteller I was attracted by the anthropological and social roles played by the crossings and the workers." Maslov's project isn't merely a series of portraits though, it is also a reflection of the landscape along the Ukrainian railway system, where the landscape is dotted with the charming exteriors, painted in pastels, of the homes where these women live.
[See the photos at The Washington Post]
