Photo Inspiration: Secrets Behind Stunning Images

Look. Learn. Be inspired.

To be a photographer is to endlessly crave new, innovative ways to express your vision. The archives of 1x.com offer a treasure–trove of images from photographers known and yet to be known. This breathtaking, one–of–a–kind volume puts into your hands 100 of those spectacular images, each with the photographer′s personal description of the process, technique, equipment, and vision behind the photograph.

Enjoy the work. Study the stories. Here is a well of inspiration to which you can — and will — return again and again.

Abstract 9

Sunrise 11

Carousel of the Drop 13

Spoon and Forks 15

Coastlines 17

Time Travelers 19

Distant Galaxy 21

Action 23

I Feel So Small 25

Pink Panther 27

Freedom  29

Finished 31

Surfer 33

Architecture 35

Patches of Light 37

"Y" 39

Working in the Future 41

En Attendant Godot 43

Helical Stair 45

Children 47

Autumnus 49

World′s Best Father: 4th of July 51

The Autumn Has Come 53

Expanding the Horizon of Imagination 55

Rain Painting 57

Let Us Sing 59

Showertime 61

Documentary 63

Where Am I? 65

The Man and the Sulphur 67

Luggage Carrier 69

Train 71

Old Memories 73

Adhi Prayoga Adhi 75

Sleeping Beauty 77

Editing 79

Motion of the Runner 81

Me, Myself, and I 83

Paris 85

Magic of the Season 87

The Abyss 89

Choose Your Destiny 91

Silent Song 93

Get High and Fly 95

Her Very Highness Returns Back Home 97

Soul Mirror 99

Landscape 101

Crystal Cave 103

Moonlight 105

Cherry Trees 107

Autumn Interlude 109

The Court of Heaven: "A Galley′s Last Stand" 111

Guardians of the Glens 113

Defeated by the Sea 115

Painting of Nature 117

Reflected Ruins 119

Engulfed 120

Glacier Anayet 123

Wallberg Chapel 125

Settlers 127

Skye Island 129

Macro 131

The Optician 133

Thirsty Ladybug 135

On the Other Side 137

World of Ants 139

Nature 141

I′ll Never Speak to You Again 143

ATEM 145

Who Are You? 147

The Edge 149

Anemone Shrimp 151

Panning 153

How to Eat a Raw Worm 155

The Feather 157

Silly Walk 159

Night 161

Singapore, the City of Lights 163

Midnight 165

Pick Me Up 167

Thunderbolt Over the Sea 169

Midnight Blue 171

Prometheus 173

Convergence 175

Caddy Camper 177

People 179

Life Is Beautiful 181

Katya 183

Butterfly 185

On the Lam 187

Nude Photography 189

The Raven 191

Emma and Chris 193

Still Life 195

Sugar...? 197

Water Balloon 199

Cut 201

Playing Chess 203

Burning 205

Street 207

The Little Man 209

Curiosity 211

Run for Cover 213

Coffee 215

Metro Musician 217

Allegory of a Dream 219

1x.com is a unique concept in online photo galleries. Photos published on the site — roughly 1 of every 20 submitted from around the globe — are selected by professional curators. The site features a social network, tutorials, a forum, and peer reviews. Many of the images are for sale as fine art prints.