Autobiography: "I am a semi-pro photographer, and relatively new to dSLR cameras. I am learning new techniques every day and just having a blast. I love the flickr community and the feedback and inspiration it has given to me thus far, and I am excited to continue to be a part of this.

 

Check out more of Manipulations by John Sommers with 26 more pics after the jump.

 

Jean Shin who design this interactive sculpture simply gave the name TEXTile. As the name suggest it's as smooth as the clothe made in Textile Mill. 

 

The design includes more than 22,528 computers and 192 custom keycap which are attached with fabric, a custom keyboard and software assets as well as interactive video projection and painted aluminum frames. It sets out line by line transcript of the electronic communication that the artist and manufacturing in creating enabling it to sculpture in its own archives! More information on World's Longest Keyboard with 4 more pics after the jump.

 

The tiny village of Ilakaka, Madagascar had barely 40 residents before 1998. Then, a large deposit of sapphires was discovered along a nearby riverbed, and caught the eye of some Thai businessmen in the gem trade. Word got out, and Ilakaka swelled to tens of thousands of residents.

 

The center of a sapphire boom, today the source of nearly 50% of all the sapphires in the world. Illegal miners mixed with large-scale operations, all operating under little or no regulation, in a wild-west atmosphere of potential fortunes, lawlesness, violence and hardship. More of The sapphire mines of Madagascar with 19 more pics after the jump.

 

These criminals are posing as if there is some photo shoot going on. Check out funny images of Criminals from Police Station with 15 more pics after the jump. 

 

At university when he realized, "I can leave." On a whim, Brad Pitt dropped out of college, packed up his Datsun, and headed West to pursue an acting career in Los Angeles, just two credits shy of a college degree.Brad Pitt made his big screen debut in 1989's horror/slasher film Cutting Class with Donovan Leitch, and played a teen track star in Sandy Tung's Across the Tracks.

 

Check out 14 more pics of Brad Pitt in 1999 after the jump.