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Here Is What the Urban Dictionary Looks Like on Google Images

Earlier this year London-based artist Ben West designed a Google Images dictionary titled, simply, "Google." The idea behind the 1,200-plus-page book was simple: Design some software to select and save the first Google Images result for every single word in the Oxford English Dictionary, then print it in a big, beautiful book. Motherboard decided to try something similar with the Urban Dictionary. Full story

Looking at Ben Pier's Photos Is Better Than Eating Burritos or Wanking to Pornhub

I'm working on a new book, which means I have to go out and shoot a ton of stuff. So this set is a look into that process at its earliest stage. Full story

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The Strange Rewards and Follies of Bristol Bay’s Great Salmon Run

Deep in Southwest Alaska lies an abandoned salmon cannery known as Graveyard Point. Every summer fishermen converge on this area. Great fortunes can be earned or lost here, depending on a man's luck. I’ve fished here for the past four years, taking these photos along the way. Full story

The Furtastic Adventures of the Cabbit and the Folf

For this series, I photographed Belgian, Dutch, French, and German members of the furry fandom, where adults transform themselves into animals by wearing plush costumes. I have chosen to photograph the characters in their own living rooms, making them appear like actors on a stag… Full story

The Apocalypse Has Come Early to Athens, Greece

Photographer Dimitrs Kleanthris wanted to show just how bad its gotten in Greece, so he climbed to the top of the lofty hotels and high-rise apartments of Athens and snapped photos of people milling about in quiet desperation on the streets below. Full story

Treating Actors Like Cattle at the Toronto International Film Festival

I didn’t spot any international celebrities at the party I threw at The Bovine Sex Club. They were probably off somewhere being herded through pens like bulls to slaughter. Doesn’t sound like a bad idea. Full story

The History of the World in Fifteen Images

Because every picture is worth a thousand words (or 913 million years). Full story