Vivian Maier was a nanny who roamed Chicago snapping photos. Sadly, she was a talent that wasn’t recognized until after her death in 2009. Her work has been compiled into a book and more of her pictures are available here:
Lee Jeffries’ portraits are pretty remarkable. His Flickr photostream is here and his website is here:
This picture by Marc Adamus of a natural bridge in Coyote Gulch is pretty great:
But it is as cool as the same bridge with me and a friend?
Last week when my wife was in Rio, she sent me this picture of Copacabana beach from her iPhone 4s:
It’s pretty easy to see why people like Rio. But you don’t get a feel for the actual city. She also shot a number of pictures that I merged in Photoshop into a panorama. The panorama give you a better feel for the city:
I love this pic below from The Big Picture:
A month ago I had the opportunity to tour a coal mine. The coal hauling trucks were pretty impressive—but maybe just because they look like gigantic Tonka trucks.
Boston.com’s Big Pictures has 54 entries from National Geographic’s 2011 photo contest:
Today, and for a while, she’s in Guadalajara, Mexico:
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