The Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 produced over 400 times more fallout than the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Over 300,000 people were relocated, mainly from the town of Pripyat. The inhabitants abandoned their town immediately, leaving food half eaten and schoolbooks still open on their desks.
These have to be amongst the saddest photographs I have seen…
The Boston Globe has a fascinating series of photos of North Korea’s Kim Jong-il visiting state-owned facilities and dispensing his guidance. It’s no wonder he’s wearing sunglasses – those have to be the brightest, shiniest apples I’ve ever seen.
‘The Sandpit’ is a stunning achievement of psuedo tilt-shift photography.
How do you make the biggest digital photograph in the world? With a lot of photos and computing power.
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has produced a calendar every year since 1985. The 2010 calendar features the best photos from its public competition.
After being design director and then editor-in-chief at JPG magazine, you can be sure that when Laura Brunow Miner comes up with a new project, it will be something special.
Want to take more photos, but short of inspiration? Photo Friday is proof that a well-executed, simple idea beats all your fancy web 2.0 stuff hands down.
We’re having a lot of fun with our new Lensbaby Composer and Macro kit (review coming soon). Here’s some inspirational photos that we can aspire to…
13 Photos of Autumn Leaves 
Should I switch to Lightroom from Aperture? 
Take a photo a day and improve your photography 
Eye-fi memory cards coming to the UK 
10 Photos of Halloween Pumpkins 
Book review: 100 Photos de Don McCullin 
iPad Camera Connection Kit In Use 
Chernobyl revisited – photos of the abandoned zone 
Photo-a-day project – day 4 
New iPad sister site 
Photo-a-day project – day 3 
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