I love a good visual gag, and I've often seen (and laughed at) this photo, but never knew the creator.

Today I learned it is the work of René Maltête (1930-2000), described by some as a "photowitticist."

(via FFFFOUND! )

How It’s Made: The Impossible Project (by petapixelcom)

One time, this guy handed me a picture of him, he said,”Here’s a picture of me when I was younger.” Every picture is of you when you were younger! “Here’s a picture of me when I’m older.” “You son-of-a-bitch! How’d [ READ MORE ... ]

Images are all around you: This picture frame, made from an ancient Pentium II laptop, displays images sniffed out of public WiFi connections: "Many coffee shops in Vancouver feature both local art and wi-fi, so why not [ READ MORE ... ]

[caption id="attachment_2915" align="alignleft" width="600" caption="Above: "Look at me! I'm Johannes Vermeer!""][/caption] My local supermarket carries gouda featuring Johannes Vermeer photo paintingbombing The Milkmaid. Cheesy, indeed.

[caption id="attachment_2901" align="alignleft" width="600" caption="Above: Tom Gauld's illustration from Sunday's New York Times Magazine. "][/caption] Two of photography's most-renowned theorists were name-checked in the May 8, 2011 New York Times. Roland Barthes appears in Ken Johnson's discussion [ READ MORE ... ]

[caption id="attachment_2876" align="alignleft" width="600" caption="Above: Dash Snow and Lise Sarfati in the New Yorker"][/caption] The New Yorker generally features excellent art and photography, but this pairing of a detail of Dash Snow's "Untitled (Hell)" (2005) and [ READ MORE ... ]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Above: An animated GIF by Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg."][/caption] Photography presents itself as the medium best equipped to capture the small, visual moments of our everyday life. But the drawback of a [ READ MORE ... ]

The May 2011 issue of National Geographic has a brief article on my "all-time favorite thing" -- the camera obscura. Included is some discussion with alpha-obscurist Abelardo Morell as well as a gallery featuring [ READ MORE ... ]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Above: "Isabel Herself", or so says The Onion."][/caption] The Onion goes for the low-hanging fruit of coffee shop art. Hilarity ensues: Isabel By Herself, which sells for $150 and is currently hanging next [ READ MORE ... ]

Sad Stuff on the Street hits that glorious but elusive target: photographs of sad, uncomfortable things that make you laugh and sigh at the same time.

It began as an exchange between two people; now you can [ READ MORE ... ]

Conductor (2011) by Alexander Chen. Video capture. View live at: mta.me

Conductor turns the New York subway system into an interactive string instrument. Using the MTA's actual subway schedule, the piece begins [ READ MORE ... ]

A book printed through a printing chain made of four desktop printers using four different colors and technologies dated from 1880 to 1976.

(via xavier antin / Just in Time, or A Short History of Production)

From my mobile photo blog, featuring cellphone photos from the Windy City.

Above: iPhone wallpaper by Tymn Armstrong. New Year's resolutions should be reasonable, achievable goals. Unlike the above, which everyone knows is an impossibility. (Wink!) Happy New Year! (From the To Resolve Project, via [ READ MORE ... ]