Gale-Force Wind Portraits by Tadao Cern

Lithuanian photographer and artist Tadao Cern has been working on a series of hilarious wind-pushed portraits entitled, ahem, Blow Job, that depicts individuals enduring gale-force winds directly to the face.

The artist says about the project:

'I wanted to do something very fun for myself and the visitors, just laugh and have a good time. I was surprised that there were so many laid-back people who were not afraid to look funny! Spacious studio was bursting at the seams and everyone was crying with laughter, laughing at themselves and at each other. Everyone (and there were more than one hundred!) who dared to stand up in front of my lens that evening will remember this photo shoot for a long time and have an extraordinary shot in his album'.

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Zhang Yimou Portrait Made of Socks, Bamboo Sticks and Pins

Zhang Yimou is a famous Chinese film director, who directed the movies Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Memoirs of a Geisha, and also was the art director for the Beijing Olympics. Many of his movies reflect the beauty of the Chinese culture, through the use of bamboos and traditional costumes. I thought Zhang Yimou's portrait done in a Shanghainese laneway, with bamboo and laundry would be perfect for this project.

I ended up using 750 pairs of socks because shirts were too big and expensive, plus I found an interesting way to pin the socks together, creating a diamond-shaped piece of skin. It was interesting to see the different angles of shadows casted on it throughout the day.

Female Bodybuilders by Martin Schoeller

Award winning photographer Martin Schoeller, 43, who is best known for his close-up portraits presents his latest collection, female bodybuilders. As the title suggests, there are tons of Schoeller’s stylistic portraits of female bodybuilders. The series will make you redefine your definitions of beauty and how much is enough!