"In the end of 2012 I travelled to USA to experience something new. And it was something I didn't expect: emptiness and density. 'Merge' is the last part of a project series 'Empty, Dense, Merge' which explores two opposite feelings through the photos of places located in USA. In this project two opposite places are merged into one: New York City, where, it seems like, everyone wants to live there, and Grand Canyon / Death Valley, which are unlivable."
Ed Drew, photographer and California Air National Guard aerial gunner, got his fellow soliders to sit for tintypes, a very slow and methodical type of photography, taking around 40 minutes for each photo. The results are so beautiful and interesting, both modern and vintage, and somehow capture the grit of war far better than HD colour.
Some brilliantly gruesome photos here by photographer Joshua Hoffine. Using his daughters, he recreated typical horror scenes to great effect. (Not)Surprisingly, he's received a lot of hate mail, the most for the photo of the wolf. "This one I get hate mail for- it crosses the line for so many people. The wolf is universally read as a sexual predator."
Via The Independent.