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A steampunk-worthy collection of vintage typewriters on Flickr.

Photos of creative workspaces by Joseph O. Holmes.

Stunning black-and-white portraits of zoo animals by photographer Nicolas Evariste.

Exotic images of Cairo and Egypt by French-born photographer Denis Dailleux.

Gizmodo’s Mark Wilson:

There are 26 IMAX film cameras in the world today. At IMAX HQ, I got to play with 4 of them (and take plenty of photographs for you).

Very cool stuff.

Photos of Frank Lloyd Wright’s largest single site collection, Child of the Sun, at Florida Southern College. The photos are part of an exhibit titled Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward showing the Guggenheim Museum in New York, May 15–August 23, 2009.

A collection of photos that would make apt banners for yet-to-be-founded nations.

In honor of Conan O’Brien’s first night hosting The Tonight Show, dizzying photos of Los Angeles traffic.

Engrossing collection of vintage kitchen photos from the archives at Shorpy.

The Boneyard in Las Vegas is where all good Sin City neon goes to die. Until I have the chance to go back and take my own photos, I’ll have to settle for a vicarious tour through this great Flickr photo set.

An otherworldly collection of sign typography from the streets of India, captured by Kayleigh Ryley at the Society of Publication Designers.

I took most of my photos from the back of a bike rickshaw in crowded side streets…It’s kind of like trying to tie your shoe while finding your way through a fun house at a county fair.

My guacamole-loving friends would go crazy over the ten cent avocados. A great collection of vintage supermarket photos from the 1950s (via Coudal).

Matt Siber’s ethereal, post-modern photographs of commercial signage floating eerily in midair.

From Dan Benjamin:

Tilt-shift refers to tilting a camera lens relative to the image plane combined with using a large aperture to create a shallow depth of field. The result is a real-life picture that appears to look like a miniature model.

If you get as giddy about the tilt-shift effect as I do, but don’t have room in your camera kit for a dedicated lens, this Web site is for you. Enjoy.

Nicholas Hughes creates eerily beautiful photographs that play hide-and-seek in the forest with fog and focus.

La Parisienne de Photographie offers a beautiful collection of black-and-white photographs from Paris’ history. Tre magnifique.

The comprehensive resource dedicated to photogravure (via Coudal).

Gallery of hand-colored, black and white photographs — nostalgic and ethereal.

Always poignant, often mind-boggling photography from Chris Jordan. Of special note, his gallery of photo-illustrations as socio-statistical commentary, Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait.

Flickr gallery of bento, the traditional Japanese box lunch.

Eric Tabuchi brings new meaning to the road-trip-classic alphabet game with his poster of 26 typographic scenes of semi-trailers on the road.

Hauntingly stark black and white photography by Michael Kenna. Stunning.

Nostalgic collection of city-scapes from about 1940 to 1963.