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Love is All Around

There are so many types of love: affection, friendship, the feelings we have for our kids or spouse or even a good meal. In Ancient Greece, in an attempt to distinguish between all the different feelings and emotions that often get lumped together, there were 3 different words for "love": eros (passionate love), philia (friendship) and agápē (affection). For all of the fighting and bickering that goes on in the world, no matter what we call it, love is the thing that surrounds us. With a nod to Valentine's Day, here's to the language of love!

What does love mean to you? Talk about it in the Forum.

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Keyword of the Week

It can give any subject a hard-edged clarity and iconic appearance. It can bestow visual drama or sophisticated elegance to an image. The simple "black background" will always result in photographs that have a strong graphical and emotional impact. Black is beautiful!

I Dream Stock

It's Dreamy, Baby!

I Dream Stock is a new rights-managed collection produced in Korea. A contemporary lifestyle collection, I Dream Stock features images of people, business, nature and food, plus a world of fantastical dreamy concepts. Check out all of our newest RM collections in the Museum.

Masterfile City

Give it up for our Winners!

Our first and second prize winners for the month of December hail from Germany: "carozito" wins a Playstation Portable and "Dayf" is the proud new owner of an iPod shuffle. Our third prize, a Commodore 64 retro games console, goes to "Cin_zia", formerly of Italy. "Shellfish", recently of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, wins the Playstation 3 in the last quarterly draw. And our grand prize of two airline tickets around the world goes to (drum roll, please!) "lhemphill", who recently relocated to Masterfile City from Boston, Massachusetts. A big shout out to all our 2008 winners! w00t!!

Featured Artist

Featured Artist at the Museum

Based in Santa Barbara, California, Lalove Benedict creates striking, sophisticated images that are minimal yet bold - and illustrate that she is not afraid to have fun. She's traveled everywhere from Ireland to the Antarctic seeking pictures that capture the essence of a place in elegantly simple ways.

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