{ photo-phrenzy }

yea, yea... so i went a little overboard with the photos last week. im sorry!! i just couldn't help it!! here are a few of my favorites that deserve a post on their own:

on the { scale } of manipulation

remember back in the day when mom would buy us a disposable camera and we would go into the wilderness (or backyard) and snap shots of a ladybug crawling across a flower petal, a toad sitting in the windowsill corner or our friends or siblings jumping into a pile of leaves? we would venture out into the world searching for our next masterpiece to place on the refrigerator for the next week.  instead of going out and searching for her next set-up, lori nix creates her own photo environment by hand.  each diorama is only  centimeters in size and allows her to manipulate it to her desire.  her inspiration: our, as humans, everyday environment inhabited by humor and chaos intertwined with the beauty and tranquility of nature.  if you would like to see her full collection, you can click here or go and see it in person as it is currently at the toledo museum of art until march 18th.

{ images via lori nix }

through children's { eyes }

i couldn't help but laugh when i saw these photos done by pierrette diaz.  as kids, we don't understand the real truths of the world.  we think that babies are dropped off by huge storks on the front porch, you could actually break mommy's back by stepping on a crack, santa was always watching, and the boogy-man was under our bed. (boy were we wrong).  it was also not until a few years ago that i had realized that money doesn't grow on trees either (i thought that was why my mom was always gardening...opps).  make sure you check out the last photo, it is most definitely my favorite of the bunch.

{ images from friqt.com }

{ eye } trinsic

ever wonder what the color of your eye looks like up close?

i came across these photos by suren manvelyan from his 'your beautiful eye' collection while i was stumbling through the web on my walk to class yesterday.  i couldn't resist sharing them.  i don't know if i see their beauty due to my obsession with the anatomy of the human body, but i just find these photos stunning.  the photos exhibit the different color patterns that exist to give us those flashy blues, emerald greens and creamy, chocolate browns.  it amazes me how suren was able to capture this micro detail of the interworkings of our physiological self to show it's true beauty.  rather than just seeing an iris (the color portion of our eye) or an eyeball, i was drawn in by the captivating entanglement of fibers that resemble rough waves and desert storms. (is this what they mean when they say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder??)

{ images taken from suren manvelyan's gallery }