Animal Selfies

I am appalled at how little I’ve posted in the past few weeks. All I can say is that I’ve been swamped with some projects and promise new posts soon. In the meantime, I came across this brilliant ad campaign and couldn't resist sharing some of the images.

Diomedia, a Brazilian stock photo agency, decided to promote their new National Geographic collection by creating animal selfies with the slogan “There are lots of terrible animal pictures out there. National Geographic Collection. The best nature images are here.” They are cute, witty, and current. 

Diomedia even created some selfies specifically for their Instagram account. This one of a meerkat is one of my favourites.

To see the rest of the ads and learn about the making of them, visit here. To check out more Instagram images, visit their account here.

Colourful Women

A young flapper in Baden-Baden, Germany. Photo: Wilhelm Tobien.

Normally when we think of women in the 1920s or 30s, we think of them in black and white. But check out these lovelies from the pages of National Geographic in gorgeous colour. 

The images seen here are Autochromes, an early type of colour photography. National Geographic was a champion of the process and featured an Autochrome—"A Ghent Flower Garden" by Paul G. Guilumette—for the first time in their July 1914 issue. One of the handful of photographers creating Autochromes for the publication was German photographer Wilhelm Tobien who took these images all over Europe.

Two young girls in the Canary Islands. Photo: Wilhelm Tobien.

Striking a pose in Bucharest, Romania. Photo: Wilhelm Tobien.

All smiles in the Azores. Photo: Wilhelm Tobien.

I am especially fond of the photo from the Azores as some of my family immigrated from there. I love the green and white dress one of the women is wearing and how happy they look. And seeing them in colour just makes them seem more real.

To see more Autochromes and other wonderful images check out the National Geographic Image Collection here.