In Metro, with the caption: “Dublin at night with the lights off.” (Illustrating piece about environmentalists’ call for one hour of energy-saving darkness.)

I really like this photograph of Ali and Michael J Fox, both Parkinson’s sufferers, as photographed by Mark Selinger for his In My Stairwell project - a book published in 2005 and a travelling exhibition now making its way to Manchester. The Times has an interview with him today, and you can see more of the pictures of celebrities in his stairwell at his website.

Interesting work from German artist Martin Klimas, who uses high speed photography to capture moments of surreal drama and emotion in shattering figurines.

The Daily Telegraph’s arts blog includes a quote on the process:

I drop the figurine from the same height in complete darkness while the lens of the camera is open. When the figurine hits the ground, the sound triggers the lights to go off for a fraction of a second. I do this procedure many times, or until I find the one frame that is just right. I keep just one such picture for every figurine. Every attempt yields a unique outcome, so I need to look for the one that best expresses a transformation of the figurine into a new form.

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Colette McNamara has posted a clever set of photoshopped images, the best of which feature her teddy’s adventures in space.