Quest for the Most Inspiring Photo Albums on Google+ (Part Five)

Below is the 5th series of the most inspiring photo albums I have found on Google Plus.
Please let me( +Alireza Yavari) know if you have any other great photo albums to recommend. I will update the list regularly.

Enjoy...

Autumn +Philippe Sainte-Laudy

Lines and shapes +Andreas Wecker

Photography Portfolio +Cliff Baise

Hummingbirds +Christina Rollo

b&w street +Leanne Staples

City without People*+Dave Beckerman

Photos from posts +Mike Armstrong

Triptychs of Strangers +Adde Adesokan

Slices of Silence +Nathan Wirth

Portfolio +Mikko Lagerstedt

Landscapes +David Herreman

Selected work +Jan H. Andersen

infinite +Jon DeBoer

People +John Kosmopoulos

Portraits of Strangers +Danny Santos

Macro & Close-Up +Frank Yuwono

overshoot +Yuko Azuma

bait ball symphony +Alexander Safonov

Personal Favs +Peter From

Nights under the Stars +Ben Canales

Quest for the Most Inspiring Photo Albums on Google+ (Part Four)

Below is the 4nd series of the most inspiring photo albums I have found on Google Plus.
Please let me( +Alireza Yavari) know if you have any other great photo albums to recommend. I will update the list regularly.

Enjoy...

Best of Street Photography +Thomas Leuthard

Burning Man +Trey Ratcliff

Travel Photos - Italy +Giorgos Vintzileos

SMILE PLANET +Yuko Azuma

Other Places +David English

As time goes by (1) +Eckhard Supp

Landscapes +Mike Shaw

Underwater +Mallory Morrison

Editorial Photography +Catherine Hall

Photos from posts +Christina Rollo

Papua New Guinea +Eric LAFFORGUE

Definitely Not Bare +Ryan Doco Connors

Contrastes +Javier Esvall

Living Gallery +Frank Lüdtke

Portfolio +Dean Bradshaw

Celebrity +Jeremy Cowart

The Most Inspiring Documentaries for Artists, Designers & Creative Professionals

Art & Copy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1333631/
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens http://goo.gl/bI37N
What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106431/
Helvetica http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0847817/
Objectified http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1241325/
Beautiful Losers http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430916/
Exit Through the Gift Shop http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1587707/
War Photographer http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309061/
Milton Glaser: To Inform and Delight http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1275724/
National Geographic: The Photographers http://goo.gl/naV62
Waste Land http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1268204/
Between the Folds http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1253565/

Recommended Users Spotlight: Andrea Kuszewski

+Andrea Kuszewski (scientist)

I almost don't know where to start...

almost.

I call Andrea a scientist because that's what she is... and if I tried to fit all of the other things she is into that semi-parenthetical aside, it would get a little ridiculous.

Andrea, for lack of a better term, is a Renaissance woman. If you go to her links on her about page - and you start to go through all of the things she does - you sort of wonder how she has time to have a pretty awesome publicly curated G+ profile. On Andrea's many bios - you'll see that she is a part of many organizations that have names which probably on make sense to those in the higher-sphere of various sciences that focus on the activities of the brain. This might be something you expect from a scientist - that is; being active in their field. However, you'll also notice that Andrea has a couple of other thematic threads that weave in and out of her various digital/public outlets. Those threads are a passion for art and maybe even more importantly the desire to help those in need with her (many) talents. She shares these passions and related experiences --

In one of her comments she wrote:

The MIT Museum was one of my favorite places in Boston to go. One of my young clients used to beg me to take him there (10-year-old w/ Aspergers), so every so often, as a treat, we'd take the train to MIT and hang out at the campus bookstore and go to the museum. He told me he wanted to go to school at MIT and was determined to get there...I'd never been more proud of a little kid before. :) #nerdintraining

On G+, Andrea's stream is filled with quirky links to various artistic endeavors (how about an article about classic album covers made from legos) to scientific exploratory pieces (a video explaining how a socio-path sees the world of relationships).

Maybe even more importantly is her interactions with other posts... and by being an influential part of other communities as well as her own. Andrea's responses and comments are often mini-posts deserving of their own space on Andrea's stream.

Look at all of this cool stuff! I'm not even sure what some of it means!

Since Andrea does some stuff that I'm pretty sure I couldn't begin to comprehend. I suggest you ask her if you have any questions about... neurons... and mm... synapse stuff... brains...

One of the nice things about the articles Andrea posts is that you can tell they are meant for those who aren't necessarily attuned to the scientific lingo... you might be outside of the scientific community... and if you're not sure what's going on - ask! She's quick to respond.

I told Andrea I was sponsoring her this week and asked if she wanted to promote anything. Here is what she is up to right now:

Just recently, myself and a group of 5 scientists and science communicators have formed a sci-comm rapid response/crisis team of sorts, called SCOPE (Science Communications Outreach Programs & Education). We are in the middle-end of our first project, a video having to do with why evolution should be taught in schools, and what it means to scientists on a personal level. The video will be presented in NYC at the same time we officially announce our collaborative sci-comm organization, probably late November.

There ya have it! Andrea does post frequently, so make sure you do what you need to do to control that when she hits your streams - I have a feeling you won't want to shut her content off though.

Do You Know Someone Who Deserves to be in the Spotlight?

Please let us know if you have someone you think should be featured in the Recommended Users Spotlight Series! Contact +Ryan Crowe. In your message - please include an introduction to your recommended user (please do not nominate yourself) and detail what they contribute to the G+ community. 

Ryan Crowe is the man formerly behind GPlusTips and co-founder of Sociologyplus.com - a site dedicated to examining culture and social interaction on Google+ that will be launching soon. He also was featured in our"People's Choice" circle . Ryan also contributes to PlusCrunch.com, and googleplus.wonderhowto.com

Recommended Users Spotlight: M Sinclair Stevens

+M Sinclair Stevens (intellectual)

A little backstory:

I've been lucky to be able to interact with many new users in my time on G+. Invariably, the conversation turns to how to create content... one of the many questions I get is: "Who do you read?" or even another version of that same question, "Who are your favorite users?". There are a lot of fantastic users who do a lot of great things. I find my inspiration for blogs and conversation topics from everywhere; the community is fantastic. 

I tend to split the G+ users whom I follow into a few different groups (I still need to find a place for everyone!). One of the groups I have is the "Intellectuals" group. These are people who have what I consider to be producers of rich, intellectual content - if I have writer's block - this is my go to Circle for post ideas.

M's unique perspective is reflected in his well-curated content library...

M Sinclair Stevens has been Following me, and I Following him since my GPlusTips profile days (listen to me talk about these days as if they were apart of some sort of pre-historical time out of mind - it was early July, let's be honest here). He was responsible for some of my earliest interactions that extended beyond my posting tips and his interactions encouraged me to be more than just a content aggregator. M, as I'll call him, has been very busy -- and if you check out the About page of his Profile, you'll see that M has an extensive collection of articles on Content Sharing (Inflow and Outflow as he calls it), Circles and Social Networking, the Google+ identity issue and how it relates to your profile, and Netiquette.

Basically, M has a book here.

He has over 20 essays assigned to different topics. His collection of essays, I would say, are essential to the enterprising Google+ user. They are advanced in their scope and a useful read for all G+ users. Fortuitously, his Netiquette section contains useful advice for all realms of social media interaction.

The M Sinclair Stevens Micro-Community

First, I want to define what I mean when I say "micro-community". Micro-community, in this context, is the community that is built around an individual user or specific topic. People in these communities are not solely tied to this user or topic, but are consistent interactors with the aforementioned user or topic.

The people of M's micro-community add an incredible level of depth to the original post and often yield a discussion worthy of another post entirely! Why? Well - M doesn't just let the conversation happen and he watches with a discerning eye, but is an active part of that conversation -- maybe the most active part of that conversation -- this may seem like an obvious thing to do... be involved in your own post, that is... but I've seen a lot of big name users just let the conversation happen without them. They post an idea and they say, "K, talk" and then they leave and don't make a reappearance.

What he lacks is an audience...

This may seem to be a contradiction because the previous section specifically talked about M's audience. Well, the things that M shares, I believe, are worthy of mass attention. His commentary is valuable not only in its scope (as mentioned) but also because of his ability to pinpoint the subtleties of any issue - the ones that usually get glossed over (I feel) in those larger conversations. 

That's why I chose M for this week's spotlight. He needs more eyes on his work. He needs to be read.

Do You Know Someone Who Deserves to be in the Spotlight?

Please let us know if you have someone you think should be featured in the Recommended Users Spotlight Series! Contact +Ryan Crowe. In your message - please include an introduction to your recommended user (please do not nominate yourself) and detail what they contribute to the G+ community. 

Ryan Crowe is the man formerly behind GPlusTips and co-founder of Sociologyplus.com - a site dedicated to examining culture and social interaction on Google+ that will be launching soon. He also was featured in our"People's Choice" circle . Ryan also contributes to PlusCrunch.com, and googleplus.wonderhowto.com