In Ted Sabarese new photo series Evolution, he explores the connection between us and our ancient ancestors, the fish…

With all the recent, fiery controversy between evolution, creationism, intelligent design, science, religion, the political left, right, etc., I thought it might be provocative to throw my visual two-cents into the ring. The images beg the question, is it really so difficult to believe we came out from the sea millions and millions of years ago?

See the rest of the gallery after the fold.

ADR Studios brings us these hyper-realistic renderings of the way designer Antonio DeRosa imagines that Apple could further foray into the field of digital photography. The concept sports a modular design, in which the iPhone (based on the anticipated specs of the iPhone 5) docks in the rear of the camera unit and controls the camera.

Plenty more looks after the jump.

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I going to have to agree with a post over at Animal:

While the NYPD was roughing up art-handlers and pro-union protestors outside, Christie’s sold the world’s most expensive photograph. Ta da: Rhein II (1999) by Andreas Gursky, one of an edition of six, $4,338,500. Not his best work. A boring, pricey autograph, if you will.

Wow. It’s amazing what an autograph can do.

If you are aware of Hedi Slimane’s work you will be excited (if you are in Los Angeles) to go visit the exhibit at MOCA Pacific Design Center. It opened November 12th and will run through January 22nd, 2012.

The Museum of Contemporary Art presents Hedi Slimaneʼs California Song, the first West Coast solo museum exhibition of the photographerʼs work, on view at MOCA Pacific Design Center from November 12, 2011, through January 22, 2012. California Song spans the photographerʼs “California period” and traces his explorations of cycles of urban youth culture and artistic communities, through installations of photographic essays, exhibitions, and publications.

Slimane has achieved global recognition over the past decade for his discovery and presentation of emerging musicians and artists. His publications on London youth are among the first books published about the early days of the new British punk-rock movement at the beginning of this decade, capturing the birth of the first generation of Internet users, and redefining the concept of “fans” as an indie youth imagery that has developed globally through emerging social networks. Slimaneʼs widely followed photographic “diary,” created in 2006, established and popularized an entirely new genre—the online photo diary. via: MOCA PDC.

Nick Veasey has created some striking images for The Macallan.

Shooting with an X-ray machine rather than with a traditional camera, British photographer Nick Veasey produces surprising, visually enchanting work that begs the observer to think about what’s under the surface. With more than twenty years of experimental experience, the TED speaker’s fascinating body of work spans subjects from insects and flowers to cars and even airplanes, each broken down to expose its raw inner components. Veasey’s next project finds him putting his graphic images on whisky bottles as part of a collaboration with The Macallan.

Via Cool Hunting. More images after the jump.

If you are not already in the know, French photographer Sacha Goldberg has an ongoing series about superhero grandparents. Super Mamika was created to cheer up Goldberg’s 91 year old Grandmother. After the first series, he was then inspired created Mister Papika, the jovial suitor of Mamika. Since then Mamika has dumped Mister Papika for Dark Papouka, for better or worse… If the evolution of the story is confusing, no need to worry, the images are fun all on their own. The entire photo story of Dark Papouka befriending Darth Vader is after the jump.

Treats! magazine recently published a video documenting some behind the scenes action from a Ben Watts shoot. The title of the video is “Breaking Away.” The shoot takes a page from INSA’s playbook with the theme of girls and bikes. Check out the video after the jump.

Anton Tang Is the creator of these this fantastic miniature series entitled “Cardboard People.” The series consists of scores of meticulously sculpted, posted and photographed mini-scale cardboard people. View more after the jump.

The design gods over at ISO50 are apparently working on a new logo for CN. In the process, they unearthed a ridiculously cool collection of vintage photos featuring the “CN Turbotrain.” View the entire set after the jump.

New Photography 2011: Moyra Davey, George Georgiou, Deana Lawson, Doug Rickard, Viviane Sassen, Zhang Dali introduces six artists whose varied techniques and backgrounds represent the diversity of photography today.

Moyra Davey makes pictures with film and mails them to friends, resulting in images whose creases, tears, and stamps bear the traces of physical handling so rare in the digital era. George Georgiou documents Turkey’s struggle to maintain its traditions in the face of popular culture, while Deana Lawson’s intimate portraits of strangers examine the African American figure and experience from a variety of viewpoints. Doug Rickard takes a road trip through urban America without leaving his house, photographing Google Street View images on his home computer. Viviane Sassen explores faraway locales as well, re-creating her dreams and memories with the dramatic light and shadow of the African landscape. Zhang Dali joins original archival source materials with their altered counterparts that were used as propaganda in Maoist China. The artists featured in New Photography 2011 showcase the countless ways that photography can be used and made during an exciting time in the development of the medium.

September 28, 2011–January 16, 2012

More looks after the jump.