French photographer and director Romain Laurent started making portrait-based GIFs as a way to produce work outside his commercial jobs, a spontaneous project that would encourage him to produce consistently for himself rather than clients.

Three workers demonstrating the different types of gas masks used in mine rescue work. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). December 1925

These tiny worlds created in a tiny glass bottle, literally, are the work of Akinobu Izumi. Akinobu uses paper, clay, wax and resin among other materials to create these intricate miniature worlds.

“Famous much?”. (Photo by Ronnie Yip). P.S. Please, click consistently two times to see the photo in an original size (this principle works everywhere at AvaxNews).

Born 29 December 1990 in Cambridge, UK. Lives and works between London and Essex. Spending the first 6 months of 2013 living in America, currently residing in New York. (Photo by Jack Davison)

For those who enjoy artistic digital manipulations of photographs: you will love the sensational works of Italian photographer and digital artist, Federico Bebber.