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10 Most Iconic Photo Portraits of the 20th Century

10 Most Iconic Photo Portraits of the 20th Century

The cliché says that a picture can speak a thousands words, but some photographs eschew any numeric limitation and go on talking to us ad infinitum. Certain photo portraits have that rare power. Far more than pictorial representations of celebrated or instantly recognizable figures, they capture...

20 Best iPhone Photo & Video Applications

20 Best iPhone Photo & Video Applications

There are hundreds of iPhone applications available on the market, from games through to photo editing and sharing applications, many of which are available through the Apple App Store. It is a well known fact that the 2 megapixel iPhone camera isn't the best phone camera around and even more...

10 War Photographs That Changed the World Forever

10 War Photographs That Changed the World Forever

Image: Eddie Adams Popular photography as we know it was presented to the public in the 1840s. It was proposed as the ultimate portrayal of reality and the eternal confinement of history - unlike art or prose, photographs are not easily altered. They have been used to depict the terrors and truths...

10 Color Photographs That Changed the World Forever

10 Color Photographs That Changed the World Forever

While it is something of a trite cliché to say that a picture paints a thousand words, since the invention of the camera, photographs have brought the realities of the world to the eyes of ordinary people.

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What Is a Boudoir?

The term boudoir is derived from the French verb bouder, meaning "to pout." A boudoir is the private chamber, bedroom, or sitting room of a lady. Architecturally, the boudoir was part of a lady's private suite used for dressing, bathing, and even a private drawing room for activities like...