http://www.vakser.com/

Illustrator's site

http://www.fridnet.com/jenya/

Illustrator's site

http://www.zeltser.com/

A bunch of fun stuff, along with security-related and history articles

http://www.fridphotography.com/

Wedding and event photographer in New York City area

http://contendem.blogspot.com/

A blog. No, I am not the author. I am not even invited to write there. Maybe it is because I rarely read it.

http://www.hyperakt.com/

Young modern design studio operating out of Brooklyn NY

http://ivyprepny.com/

SAT preparation by a highly qualified instructor

http://www.klokachev.com/

A co-worker's site

http://www.ripserve.com/perkins/

Photostories, mostly from middle east and europe, by J D Perkins

http://www.mindspring.com/~jorn.ake......rezin/

Photos of Terezin. The "blacknes" in these photographs speaks volumes.

http://members.lycos.nl/Qship/photo......hy.htm

Industrial landscapes

http://www.todddeutsch.com/home.php

According to the photographer, these works are "a lyrical description of our family life" and they are "as fragmented, uncertain, and restless as the real thing."

http://www.joachimladefoged.com/

Wonderful Olympic (and other) photos

http://normansanders.com/susan/

Wonderful and whimsical collages using fruits, vegetables, and photographs.

http://www.abandoned.ru/

"Abandoned.ru has galleries of explorations of rotting Soviet-era buildings, from educational institutes to radio telescopes to cement plants in the Moscow countryside."

http://www.silverandlightphotograph......s.html

These photographers definitely raise above the homogeneity of regular wedding and portrait photography. I love their colors, compositions, and the richness of black-and-white photos.

http://www.anntexter.com/portfolios......0Panos

Holga diptychs, panos, and other interesting photos

http://www.jessica-johnston.com/

A wedding photographer with absolute mastery of light

http://www.jpjespersen.com/

This photographer uses long exposures to "create surreal looking images"

http://streetobsession.blogspot.com......t.com/

Photo blog of women's shoes.

http://savchenko.dironweb.com/

Russian contemporary photographer. Take a look at his "Shadows" series

http://www.martincooperphoto.com/in......ra.htm

An article describing complete photographic process

http://www.butzi.net/articles/filml......ad.htm

A step by step guide on how to load large format film. This photographer also has other good articles.

http://www.photographer.ru/

Photo related news, articles, and photo series by (mostly) russian photographers. A very serious site; I highly recommend it

http://www.digitaljournalist.org/is......t.html

Photographer David Burnett describes how he covers US presidential elections using a an old Speed Graphic

http://www.dantestella.com/technica......l.html

Many good articles, both technical and editorial. Among other things, here you will find how to save your bent negatives and how to use your fil-flash correctly

http://www.takegreatpictures.com/ar......id=111

An interview with David Bradford, who is a photographer and New York City cab driver.

http://csac.buffalo.edu/mirrors/mir......s.html

"In 1975, documentary artist Bruce Jackson found a bunch of old prison photos in a drawer in the Arkansas penitentiary. The people being photographed have no interest in the photographs being made; the people making the photographs have no interest in the photographs they have made. " From http://www.boingboing.net/...photographs_from_the.html

http://www.escrappers.com/photoshop......z.html

Many short 'how-to' tutorials on Photoshop

http://www.f45.com/html/tech/index.......x.html

A photographer talks about several of his photographs from the click of the shutter to the finished image

http://www.hevanet.com/cperez/testi......g.html

Large format lens tests

http://www.globalpreservationprojec......3.html

Focal length comparisons between formats

http://mformat.com/article.asp?mv=2......&mf=26

How to do a CLA on Kiev 60 (in russian)

http://www.geocities.com/y124g/fron......t.html

Yashica 124G page. Here you will find camera's manual, lens tests, etc

http://www.wilhelm-research.com/boo......c.html

Book "The Permanence and Care of Color Photographs"

http://groups.msn.com/Asktheoleproa......n.msnw

Joe Zeltsman's approach to posing people for photographs

http://www.shutterbug.net/features/......x.html

Tells you how to develop film using coffee. I am not kidding!

http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~Srawhi......4.html

Pentax 50mm f1.4 Super-Takumar dismantling instructions.

http://www.geocities.com/fzorkis/bl......k.html

Paint your camera black and still have it look good

http://www.sizes.com/tools/photoape......er.htm

Explanation of f-stops and all f-stop values by 1/3 and 1/4 stops

http://www.fiendishthingy.org/tripo......ripod/

Turn any bottle into a tripod

http://www.bestlab.com/

This lab creates black-and-white prints from your digital files on "real honest-to-gosh silver gelatin fibre base photo papers" using a special enlarger that "works like all enlargers since the dawn of the darkroom."

http://members.shaw.ca/johnalli/pag......s.html

Cross processing done in Photoshop

http://www.noise-to-signal.com/2003......s.html

More cross processing in Photoshop

http://www.ephotozine.com/technique......id=119

Explanation and examples of what do over- under- exposes and over- under- developed negatives and prints look like.

http://www.dennisonbertram.com/hack......ex.htm

Clear step-by-step instruction on how to make a Tilt-Shift PC Lens from a toilet plunger and other DIY projects.

http://www.creativemac.com/2002/08_......14.htm

How to create an aged photograph in photoshop

http://www.photomanhattan.com/

"PhotoManhattan offers introductory and advanced photographic instruction to the public ... as well as affordable rentals of darkroom and studio space and lights."

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/sc_pr......d=2551

Sunprint Kit has paper for creating photograms and contact prints using only sunlight and water. Great to introduce children to photographic process.

http://www.butzi.net/reviews/readyq......ck.htm

Everything you ever wanted to know about compatibility of Polaroid packets, Kodak Readyloads, Fuji Quickloads and their assorted 4x5 film holders

http://www.photosight.ru/

Photo critique site in Russian. Some of the best Russian photographers post their works there (I am not exaggerating!)

http://photopixel.tilttek.com/

Small and personal site with a mix of forums and photo criticism. Several large format and alternative process users can be found here.

http://creatureco.com/

Whimsically twisted characters and illustrations

http://acg.media.mit.edu/people/fry......ecode/

USPS claims that there are between 42,000 and 43,000 zip codes in the united states (as of july 2004). This page lets you visualize where the zip codes are located. A very cool applet!

http://www.melissadata.com/Lookups/

Here you are able to search for all sorts of data, some of it highly fascinating.

http://www.blueocean.org/seafood/

Guide to ocean friendly sea food

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/calendar......ar.htm

Biographical and literary notes on many writers

http://slovari.net/contents.php?sl=......?sl=jr

Russian slang dictionary -- finally we are able to understand those expressions!

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypl......ex.cfm

NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/b......ts.asp

Long and medium-term trends in browser usage, operating systems and screen resolution of web site users.

http://www.betterwall.com/

BetterWall is a source for authentic, limited-edition street banners from museums around the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunstf......_Natur

Wiki article about Kunstformen der Natur (Artforms of Nature), a book of lithographic prints by German biologist Ernst Haeckel.