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In his post Imperfect Work: Blowing It On Purpose, Zack Arias experiments with technically blown exposure, focus, shutter speed, etc., to see if “imperfect” pictures capture the perfect mood or emotion. 

An anonymous photographer and graffiti artist (or “photograffeur,” as he calls himself) who goes by JR won TED’s annual prize, One Wish to Change the World and $100,000. The Parisian artist blends photography, graffiti, and installation art for his massive (illegal) works, which he displays in poverty-stricken areas and highly public places all over the world, usually with the help of some residents. Read more here.

Remember Lite-Brite, the electric toy that lights up an image created by pushing multicolored pegs into a black board? This stop-motion music video for David Crowder Band's song "SMS" uses 700,000 pegs to tell a love story.

For a range of female subjects photographed, check out this behind-the-scenes video for Outside's XX cover shoot, which features strong and sculpted female athletes; or for some glitz and glam, browse through LIFE's Best Fashion Photography gallery.

Photographer Lyle Owerko turned his obsession with boomboxes into a book, The Boombox Project: The Machines, the Music, and the Urban Underground published this month. Though casette tapes seem a thing of the past, it's clear from Owerko's close-up portraits of vintage boomboxes and historical photos of people and their boomboxes that these cultural staples still hold significance. Read more here.

Just for humor: check out the Animals with Strange Hairdos Flickr page ... or, in a similar vein, Dogs in Costumes.