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Rick Harlow
Photo at Point Lobos State Park in California during family vacation
Tracy Cristal
One of my favorite things to do is find something beautiful out of objects that people wouldn’t even care to look. I came across this interesting texture and vibrant colors as I was photographing old railroad cars. This texture is from a corner of a step onto one of the railroad cars that is not longer in service.
André Habermann
Posterwall in Rome
André Habermann
A wall in Rome
Jeff Andersen
Swirly texture from ceiling decorative plaster makes this texture
James Young
Found near a skatepark in Springfield, OR.
Sarah Palisi
Old, softened sticker peeling of.
Eduardo Loureiro
Ground a square named “Praça do Papa” in the city of Belo Horizonte in Brazil.
Source: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/texture-gallery-stone-walls-brick/