TinEye: God of Reverse-Image Search

Ever looked for an image's origin, or a higher quality version of the one you have, or a website where this image also occurs?

Look no further than TinEye.com

Let me tell you what happened to me:

A partner at work gave me some poorly printed out images on a contact sheet (4 images accross, 5 images down, on a single A4 sheet), and asked me get the contact details for the suppliers of the products on the contact sheet. The images had no captions and were printed out on low rez. (72dpi).

WTF! How will I find the supplier certain component with only a poor paper printout of what the product looks like?!

Then I had an idea!

Snap a pic of the printout on my cellphone (i don't have a scanner), and upload it to TinEye. In less than a second it gave me 12 websites that the image appears on (one of them being the supplier, 3 being distributors).

'MAGIC' I tell you!!! 

The site is sortof a reverse "google images". I love it! If you are into this sorta thing, give it a try.
The site is not perfect. But it's libraries of searched sites grows and last time I looked they added 37 million new images (at least that's what they claim on their twitter feed)

(DISCLAIMER: This is my personal testimonial. I am not paid for saying this, and am in no way affiliated with them, or on their payroll.. but if you guys at Idée Labs/TinEye.com want to gimme some $$$, feel free, lol)

the drain

Taken on my cellphone.

I just love the grain and contrast on this. Very hard to do with all this digital nonsense we have nowadays.

J Trav: Master, Voyerist, Photographer

J Trav: Persona series.

When he began taking photographs in November 2007 for his Persona diptych series, Jason Travis set out to catch up with old friends, learn more about new friends, and, most significantly, to capture a portion of their lives in terms of what each individual considered essential enough to carry around with them everyday.

Viewers of the Persona diptychs take a voyeuristic delight in not only glimpsing the items usually tucked away in bags and pockets, but in identifying with strangers by relating to the tokens they carry with them. Alongside the meticulously arranged items that each person carries, Jason situates a portrait in which the subject always seems confident and at home, comfortable in their own skin. In these snapshots, each person appears as Jason sees them, which is always beautiful. Assembling the Persona diptychs has not only allowed Jason to combine his love of photography with his knowledge of the uniqueness and beauty in each of his subjects, but also has allowed him to share this knowledge with others.

-Sam NeSmith [From The Atlantan, July/Aug 2009]

See him in action here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasontravis/tags/whatsinyourbag/

wallpaper of the week

source: springstein.deviantart.com