The Makeout Project' by photographer and kisser extraordinaire Jedediah Johnson

Who isn't a fan of kissing? But how would you react if a stranger kissed you and then suddenly took your photo? That's the concept behind the fascinating series 'The Makeout Project' by photographer and kisser extraordinaire Jedediah Johnson.

He passionately makes out with his subjects (deliberately smearing luminous red lipstick across their face in the proccess) before shooting their portrait.

The kisses vary in length and intimacy. My subjects are all aware of what I’m going to do, but in the moment of the kiss anything can happen....

The act of kissing in Western culture is often considered an intimate act, yet in other cultures it has an entirely different association attached to it.

Fields of Battle-Lands of Peace 14-18 by Michael St Maur Sheil

These haunting images reveal the battlefields of World War One as they look today - one hundred years after the fighting broke out.

The powerful and atmospheric shots were taken by photographer, Michael St Maur Sheil, who spent seven years on the project.

The collection, called Fields of Battle-Lands of Peace 14-18, form an open-air exhibition featuring 60 freestanding photographs, each measuring 1.2 metres (4ft) by 1.8 metres (5ft 10in).

The exhibition recently moved to London's St James's Park and will run there until Armistice Day.

Among the striking photographs is an image of Beaumont Hamel on the Somme where the Newfoundland Regiment were decimated by German machine guns - the trenches and shell holes are still clearly visible from the air.

The collection, sponsored by The Royal British Legion, also shows the football which the London Irish Rifles kicked across No Mans Land on Sept 25th, 1915 as they attacked the German positions in the town of Loos.

There is also a picture of unexploded shells uncovered by ploughing near Munich Trench Cemetery - awaiting collection by the Bomb Squad - and a World War I observation post near Hebuterne, south of Dunkirk.

Another image shows the Champagne Battlefield burial site memorial left intact on the Western Front with a soldier's equipment left on the grave, along with a plaque placed there by his father in 1919.

Mike, from Ireland, wanted to show how even now, a century after the war started, the landscapes are still scarred.

He said: 'This collection represents a legacy which I hope will create a gateway to the battlefields themselves.

'I want to encourage people to visit these historic landscapes during the centennial period and create an awareness and understanding of the events and historical implications of the First World War.'

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Day and Night in New York City by Stephen Wilkes

Stephen Wilkes is an American photographer known foremost for his series of abandoned structures such as at Ellis Island and the former Bethlehem Steel factory both which he has captured as a lost world caught in a sort of visual amber. Wilkes photo essay on Ellis Island "Ellis Island Ghosts" helped to raise six million dollars from the United States Congress for the preservation of the structures on the south side of the island including the former hospital for infectious diseases. His fine art and photo-journalism have been featured in such publications as Vanity Fair, Sports Illustrated and The New York Times Magazine.

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Chinese student, sparks outrage by offering sex to different man in each city

A 19-year-old backpacker from China has sparked outrage by offering to have sex with a different man in every city she visits to fund her travels.

Student Ju Peng, from the eastern city of Shanghai, had posted an online ad looking for 'temporary boyfriends' who must be 'good looking, under 30, taller than 1.75 metres and, of course, rich'.

Ju says: 'They will fund my transport to their city and all my expenses while I am there and they need to be generous.'

She adds: 'In return, they get a whole night with me, my undivided attention, and a chance to show themselves off in the company of a truly beautiful girl.'

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