The late Don Hong-Oa was born in China and lived in Vietnam and the United States. He practiced a particular form of photography that realistically mimicked traditional Chinese ink drawings. It’s like the inverse of photorealisic painting.

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The Dead Sea is more than eight times saltier than ocean water, and there is less water in it every year -and that means it’s getting even saltier. The salt formations seen from the air is quite surreal. See more pictures in a collection at Boing Boing. Link

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Book carving has really taken off as a medium in the past few years. Guy Laramee’s impressive contributions show entire landscapes cut into the paper. You know what would be really neat? To see a Z-scale model railroad set on top of one of these landscapes.

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Soon to be a full-length feature, TimeScapes by photographer Tom Lowe is a breathtakingly beautiful video.

This is production footage from my forthcoming debut film, “TimeScapes,” a portrait of the American Southwest. This video was filmed and edited at 4K (4069×2304) resolution, four times greater than regular 1080p HD. A 4K DCP file is available upon request. Shot on Red Epic and Canon RAW still cameras.

I can’t decide which part I like best: the landscapes, the rolling stars, the music, or the dancing VLA dishes. You’ll want to watch the trailer twice; the second time in full screen. -via Geekosystem

Chris McMahon calls them “involuntary collaborations”. He buys fairly dull landscapes at yardsales and then adds monsters to them. To give credit to the first artist, he just adds his own name in the bottom right corners. You can view two others at the link.

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Dutch artist Levi van Veluw uses his own head as a canvas, as he did in his 2008 series “Landscapes”, pictured above. He doesn’t accept help, but decorates his head completely by himself. At the link, you can see more examples of his work and a video of the artist decorated as a country landscape with a functional model train circling his head.

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Web Urbanist has a really amazing set of 23 landscape photos on the site right now. These four are my personal favorites, but the entire collection of images is absolutely stunning. You’re really missing out if you don’t click the link.

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