rust photos on Flickr

Throughout history, the skin has been one of the most beautiful entities that life has to offer. I have taken several women and photographed them in their nudity to capture the beauty of the skin in its most natural form. The melanin their skin makes them look golden and rare, which they are. I wanted the women, who are all of African-American decent, to appear statuesque to convey the message of royalty—much like an African Queen. They appear to be cracked and rusted to convey the idea that despite time, we should never forget the exquisiteness of the African empress. The juxtaposition of time, skin, and royalty is demonstrated in this series of photographs. I invite you to enjoy the effortless beauty that has manifested itself into this photo documentary.

Rusting in Threes by Ann Kate Davidson

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Rusting in Threes

Rusting Albion Tanker by Paul Mison

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A 1950s? Albion tanker, slowly rusting away, on a back road north of Ely.

It could, possibly, be an HD57, but there's all that grass in the way.

Rusting winged hourglass by Monceau

Rust Bucket by Eric B. Walker

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PremiereHDR

Smugmug

Rust by eflon

Rust rules! by Enrico

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Panasonic DMC TZ3

Rust by Diane Hammond

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Oct. 23, 2012.

At the foot of the parking lot behind my husband's office is a very large steel shed. I've admired the contrast between the fresh young saplings that sprout up along the perimeter and the aging structure. Today the scene was more harmonious as the saplings themselves are turning to rust.

To lend a painterly feel to the scene I flattened the image, added a rust texture layer using luminosity as my blending mode, brought back some structure with a faint line drawing, added a border and finally brought back a bit of contrast. I certainly could have gone the grungy route, but I think a softer touch is more suitable here.

Rusted Rose by jenelle melchior

Rusted garden art metal rose at my Home in Seattle, WA. Taken with Canon EOS Rebel T6 on August 30, 2018

Rust by Bryan Pocius

Rust on the Casco Bay Bridge walkway

rust never sleeps... by Lockwasher

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We can measure, we can test it,

We can halt it or arrest it.

We can gather it and weigh it,

We can coat it, we can spray it.

We examine and dissect it,

We cathodically protect it

We can pick it up and drop it.

But heaven knows we'll never stop it!

So here's to rust, no doubt about it,

Most of us would starve without it.

rust by 75kombi

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rust by Victoria Melekian

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National Railway Museum, Shildon by Phil Payne

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Rust never sleeps.

Rust by http://underclassrising.net/

Lust for Rust 20110716 (4) by KiwiMunted

Rusting lug on the old coal wagons alongside the river at Hokitika.

Rust by Antoine Mitchell

Rust by Raquel and Soren

Rust from a sculpture outside the Seattle Art Museum

Rust by rjp

Rusted Polymer Clay Tiles by Angela Mabray

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Results from using the rust antiquing set on a variety of polymer clay tiles.

See my blog post for a review of the Rust Antiquing Set & tips on using it with polymer clay to create a rust-like finish: Creating a Rust Effect on Polymer Clay

rust by sparky atl