Being a swimmer, and encountering a four-meter-long Basking shark with a wide open mouth, must be scary as can be. This happened to a swimmer last week, during his swim off the coast of Zandvoort, The Netherlands. The second largest fish in the world is rarely observed for the Dutch coast. In 2009 washed ashore on […]

Photographer Shane Black and two of his friends quit their jobs this past summer to spend two months traveling around the country (and teach photography workshops). It was a trip filled with endless hours cooped up in a van, exploring breathtaking landscapes, sharing stories and laughs, meeting some of the nicest people, making new friends, […]

Begin January 2012, the Costa Concordia cruise ship capsizes and sinks off the Tuscan island of Giglio. At least 30 people are killed. Next week the ship could be upright again, nearly two years after the liner. The giant vessel, which has lain partly submerged in shallow waters, will be rolled off the seabed and […]

Rio de Janeiro is one of the most visited cities in the southern hemisphere and is known for its natural settings, carnival celebrations, samba, Bossa Nova, balneario beaches such as Barra da Tijuca, Copacabana, Ipanema, and Leblon. Some of the most famous landmarks in addition to the beaches include the giant statue of Christ the […]

Bulletproof glass can, besides being a safety measure, also function as art, as photographer Deborah Bay found. The result was an array of beautiful explosions in the plastic—a static testament to an energy that was once violently kinetic. For a full overview of her exhibition, go to her website.