100 Striking Examples of Grunge Photography

Wow, some of those are just literally astounding, such as the opened window.

As for the manipulations, I’ve never really looked at grunge manipulations with as much respect as I do now, but these posts are great! I tend to work more with the photos and surrealism instead of grungy effects, but these may definitely make me look into new things. (If you want to see some of my work it’s at http://www.stephenkui.com)

You always do an awesome job of finding great content and putting it up for everyone to see.

Stephen

These are breathtaking…jaw-droppingly amazing. Thanks so much for sharing.

awesome selection. The third last one was the best. “Geeks during the full moon”

Wow, great round-up, excellent photography and good manipulation. There’s a few there that really stand out to me, especially the VW Beetle!

The textures and layers on these images have really inspired me to spend some more time experimenting with Photoshop overlays and filters. I’m also really digging that the images, while sharing the “grunge” quality, are really diverse, with the original photos coming from a wide range of areas, locales, styles, personalities etc.

Thanks for another great post and keep ‘em coming.

Why 100? Could do with 20 of those, most are just ordinary pictures with a grumpy texture slapped on top.

Wow, these are great pics…good source of inspiration. Keep up the good work!

awesome…..can anyone guide me to a good photoshop tutorial that teaches how to get such effects…..thanks….
amit.gupta85@gmail.com

Very nice collection.

oh my god, these are amazing and inspirational to say the least, i would have written more but its made me wanna grab my camera and hit the road

Stunning! I have no words.

Wow…. what a list! There is so much quality through this post that I can’t stop to scroll over it. Thanks!

It’s regular pictures who has been edited? Ait?

Wow! Brilliant collection. Love the one in Buenos Aires… I love that city. Thanks for sharing.

When you mix an already decaying scene with grunge layers it really pulls you in and gives the photo even deeper meaning.

I’ve never really seen much grunge photography before so this was a really nice post to find!

stunning……. creepy with powerful image! I almost hear background music when I look those pics

Some of them are breathtakingly beautiful and eerie at the same time.
while I found some to be amateurish.
and lol @ johnny depp one..nothing wrong with it but I found capn too comical to be scared of him.

You should be giving credit to the photographers! Since you haven’t it looks like you just grabbed them off the net.

WOW!!!

I kinda like the ‘overdone’ effect that most have going on there. it suits the style, somehow.

awesome post anyway,
keep ‘em comin’

All images are linked to the authors, just click on them.

I totally agree with you, BTT. In most cases it was taking a perfectly good picture and mucking it up. I like to think that design is a little more than splatter brushes, torn paper, and concrete overlays.

This effect are really fear. The ancient effect make a sense of the mysterious, magician..

Stunning images. Thanks for posting these, they give me some ideas.

Very nice. You’ve got a great job, Walter…surfing the net for art.

I feel alone…sad….horror…scary….Doomesday.

some looks creepy.
but most of them are just beautiful.
nice works.

Wow, these are great pics…good source of inspiration. Keep up the good work!

So this is Grunge Photography. Hmm… I have a better understanding after viewing this showcase. Thanks

Well nice, its great things for web-design. ^_^

I’ll add your blog address to mine links.

Most of this is just photoschlop.. any kid with a computer can crap out some filters on to an image and call it art. I can be amazed by photos capturing naturally compelling textures.. but c’mon.. this is perpetuating an amateurish style.

I suppose if you want to get a job churning out album covers for shitty alternative bands.. be inspired by these pictures and keep slathering images with random filters.. but I’d suggest you try learning how to use your camera to take cool pictures, first.. before you rely on photoshop to do everything for you.

Dave @28, you miss the point. People don’t care if your not the greatest photographer (camera techy) they just know what they like. Most of these started of as perfectly good photo’s and ended up as artistic impressions which some people like. Get off your high intelectual horse. If you don’t like them and want to say so, fine, I’m sure a lot of other people have the same opinion. Just don’t belittle other peoples capabilities because you don’t approve of them.

#29, I think you’re the one missing the point. There are some great pictures in here, but most have excessive effects. When the picture is good, too much texture makes it look bad. When it’s bad, it gives it some visual impact, that lasts until you realize there’s nothing special with it. Mix it with some overdone HDR (like the one before last) and it becomes awful.

I agree wholeheartedly with Dave, and btt. very banal. Most of these would make better photographs without the grungy effects. All adding these effects does is date them. Having been a designer for 15 years and going through the grunge phase the first time around, trust me when i tell you that this is going to look old fast (it already does).

as a person who hires designers frequently, i can honestly tell you i’d never hire anybody who put images like this in their portfolio. i think the only trend worse than this and HDR, is the ‘full shot of a person jumping with random swirly shit drawn around them’.

please stop.

wow
some of the pics are sheer horrer
and some are rather fun- like
http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/grunge_photography/dark-74.jpg
and
http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/grunge_photography/dark-21.jpg
almost all of them are really good
thanks

@dave, btt and please stop

nobody said these pictures were the top drawer on the net and should be featured in every magazine and website out there.

they just happen to be featured in an article concerning “grunge” effects.

big deal. get over yourself.

and do you not think we know they used photoshop to “manipulate” the images?
pathetic…how cool some people think they are.

if you don’t appreciate the photos or the article, then shut up. nobody cares if you don’t like them or if you wouldn’t hire someone who god forbid had one in their portfolio.

move onto the next web site and comment about how you started web 3.0.

lol sandlog. you’re the one taking it too seriously. nobody said anything about using or not using photoshop, that’s irrelevant – almost all of the great pictures ever have been post-processed, either digitally or chemically. We’re discussing aesthetics here, not merits.

btt, I didn’t miss the point. Whilst you have made some constructive points and expressed your oppinion of some of the photographs (other people have a different view) dave just slagged off the creators. I found three of the photos where I believe the ‘grunge’ effect added to the overall atmosphere others, I admit, would probably have been better left alone.
At the end of the day it’s a matter of taste.

some great shots and even better post production on these.

This has to be the best collection of digitally mastered pictures I have ever seen! I am not surprised though since everything on your website is 100% quality! If ever I am in need of inspiration, I just pay your site a visit!

There was a time when viewing great visual photography or illustration, you needed to wait to see what Communications Arts would show. Or Print Magazine or Emigre. Now so many people can see what others are doing without waiting a month or having it filtered through an obscene editor. Great work – unfiltered.

While some of these are a bit over produced, I think that may of them are amazing. If you are into this style of photography, check out Daniel Zetterstrom http://www.canphoto.se as he does some amazing grunge photography.

Drew

Some really great shots here. Really love the picture of the Road (the one above the smoking man) as I have just read Cormac McCartys ‘The Road’. Thanks

Wow so nice and scary and amazing
i like it
thanks

amazing.

nice heavy effects.
: )

when I see this pictures I feel that for a moment will be a “game over”. Over this world. In every pictures are “quiet” and very strange power. This is amazig!!!

As a fairly grungy guy, I have to say I’m now an aficionado. You’ve converted me.

awesome,,,,,,,how to make it?,,,,,,

I like this style of post processing very much, although I was expecting to see at least one shot of Eddie Vedder.

super effects…lovely work

not too good… all you need is a 10.0 m.p. cam and photoshop…

Moody…

Not even a 10mp camera is needed foro these images.

This is not grunge photography and is not precisely striking at all, maybe a few.

Grunge photography is looking for grunge places that have enough history to bring those textures back to life. The same about subjects. If not, you end with a Photoshop showcase that reminds aesthetics from 10 years ago or more.

Without great content you are only posting teen experiments.

i think grunge is a style you either love or hate. in my case, i love it! also, like rock n’ roll, it seems to be a young persons art form; more accepted by the youth

Way overdone. Easy on the blending layers, kooks.

Some really nice shots in there! I’m now a fan of grunge photography.

Thanks for including my work in your roundup =)