Stefan Hobmaier, a photographer from Germany, has a new series of photos called Dorfjugend that covers young people growing up in small towns.

Lego has created a photo archive of every mini-figure they have created since 1978. These mini-portraits give us a glimpse into all the different Lego sets created over time and a bit of nostalgia for those of us that grew up with mini-figs.
[Gizmodo via Paul Budnitz]

In a brilliant recycling of an archaic media format, artist iri5 transforms cassette tapes into stark portraits of famous musicians. Check out iri5’s Flickr page for more dead media remixes, including a Marylin Monroe portrait made out of cut up film.
[via Neatorama]

The Character Project is a collection of portraits hoping to capture the diversity of subjects across the US.  The USA Network (who’s tagline is “Characters Welcome”) and the Aperture Foundation commissioned a group of eleven photographers to create “a celebration of the characters that make our country unique.”  Each photographer was encouraged to bring their unique style to each portrait and infuse their own professional eye with the character of their subjects.  The subjects range from a young football player and a homecoming queen to organic farmers in the Northwest and patrons of a quiet barbershop.  Photographers include legends like [...]

While selecting the proper profile picture as a stand-in for your online persona might not be the end all and be all of social media decisions, it certainly says a lot about who you are and will be the first thing that most people see. So how to stand out from the crowds with something other than a well snapped photograph showing you on one of your best coiffed days?
Enter Brooklyn artist Matt Held who turned to Facebook when he lacked inspiration for his latest painting project. What began as a single portrait of his wife’s profile picture has grown [...]

Sheila Bocchine, a professional portrait photographer, has been using a pinhole camera for her photos and utilizing this early technology in some interesting ways. The pinhole camera is essentially a tiny hole in a box that exposes the image on film in a slow and cumbersome process.  It originally was a type of Camera Obscura with roots in the mid-19th century that was improved as photography grew in demand.  She is one of the few photographers who uses this method commercially as most opt for modern and often more effective cameras.  However, the pinhole camera has a rich heritage and [...]