Thanks for such a great challenge! I'll keep my eyes peeled for ugly-beauty in my surroundings. I'm sure I can find something!

For now, here's a photo that I thought was ugly and destined for the trash bin but I thought I might salvage it.

http://www.dolcepics.com/articles/pulling-one-outta-the-garbage/

http://creativevoyage.blogspot.com/2008/03/ive-taken-quite-few-pictures-in-loos-as.html

I think this ends up looking quite serene - I think most people think of these places as ugly!

This is a great challenge. I'm going to keep my eyes peeled. However, I did share this photograph a while back, and I think it might apply:

http://www.mamaofletters.com/Mama_of_Letters/Camera_Happy.html#16

I think the phrase is "jolie laide" for pretty/ugly.

Dead and almost completely devoid of color, but somehow still beautiful...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9068078@N05/2327577872/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/74752856@N00/2500253193/

There is a German expression called hübsch-hässlich (= pretty-ugly), probably meaning the same thing.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15165293@N00/2174939792/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15165293@N00/2385475140/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15165293@N00/2095226176/

I like things that are rusted, rotten or forgotten. If you look closely, they often have a strange beauty of their own...

I have so many photos that probably fit this description so I loved this challenge. Thanks kt
http://kt40.typepad.com/kt40/2008/06/ugly-but-beautiful-challenge-shuttersisters.html

When I was photographing these angels I thought they were interesting, but once I got home and looked at the images on the computer I decided they were just too ugly, so perhaps they fit this challenge!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjb_phodographer/2557899743/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjb_phodographer/2558724964/

3 more ugly-beautiful rusting old tractors


http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjb_phodographer/2331886456/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjb_phodographer/2331886074/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjb_phodographer/2331885864/

it's all in your perspective, isn't it - the beauty or the ugly? wonderful idea. thanks. :)
http://sperlygirl.typepad.com/sperlygirl/2008/06/finding-beauty-in-the-ugly.html

http://flickr.com/photos/cdwells711/2557943947/

What a great topic!
My daily blog is filled with ugly/beauty...those things in nature that no one might find interesting to photograph. Here are a few recent ones:

http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=392
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=402
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=404

A first attempt at posting:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheryldoran-girard/2554626005/

the neglect of my herb garden.
http://artfullife.ca/?p=287

http://happyinthehamptons.blogspot.com/2008/06/at-first-sight.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gemkathleen/2559130732/

I don't have a photo, but I found this on Yahoo Answers:

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Actually there is a specific expression for this in French and the term is "Une jolie-laide" which describes a woman who, despite not being pretty or beautiful in a classic way, still has an interesting face, but if you need a non gender-specific expression you could use "d'un beau affreux"
"Cette personne/ cet homme/ cette femme est d'un beau affreux"
"Ce film est d'une beauté affreuse" or "d'une affreuse beauté"
You could also say "d'une repoussante beauté" depending on the context.
PS. I have thought at length about this, and I would use a different sentence construction such as:
Une personne/ un objet /un tableau à l’apparence/ l’aspect à la fois attirant et repoussant.(both attractive and repulsive in appearance)
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The answerer claims to be a "Native Lecturer in Linguistics and Literature."

I love the way the colours pop here, recalling a sunny and clear sky over the red sands of the desert.

http://flickr.com/photos/21106607@N05/2546350985/

One of my favorite quotes-- it's written in charcoal on my studio wall-- by Paul Gauguin:

"Le laid peut-etre beau, le joli jamais." Or
"The ugly can be beautiful, the cute never (can be)."

I'm such a fan of rotted out tree trunks and termite riddled wood. What is wrong with me?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23829646@N02/2324835004/in/photostream/

This grass is getting so tall and I keep wondering why the lawn is being neglected. Then today, after reading this post, I noticed the roses and how beautfiul they looked. Ugly-beautiful!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/analisfirstamendment/2559187329/

Depressing weather:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yellowpooky/2190828964/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yellowpooky/2200718166/

My ugly mop, but I loved the beauty of the sunset glowing upon it

http://www.flickr.com/photos/melsphotophun/2558651205/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25753692@N06/2560033416/

Yes! They talk about that in Kissing Jessica Stein. Great idea!

http://flickr.com/photos/lawyermama/2533991877/in/set-72157605327080312/
http://flickr.com/photos/lawyermama/2253575210/in/set-72157603674332188/

I love the concept of ugly-beautiful.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomesthenome/2482815970/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomesthenome/2482799480/

http://dandelionseedss.blogspot.com/2008/06/uglybeautiful.html

a trash can in the morning light. i saw it and thought it odd i was interested in a trash can. but i was.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9032846@N03/2561985739/in/pool-shuttersisters

http://moondancenight.blogspot.com/2008/06/quick-clicks.html

I have never heard of the concept, but I completely understand it. It must be why I took this picture last month.

When I got home yesterday, I found this dead hornet in my sink. What a great challenge, I wouldn't hardly have stopped to look at it otherwise.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/beautymountain/2565056232/

http://piscesgirlpictures.blogspot.com/2008/06/superhero-challenge-ugly-beautiful.html

i love the site and have sat by the sidelines for weeks...let me in!!
Here's a bit of ugly beautiful care of Italy...ciao!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/iheartnewyork/2391334782/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/iheartnewyork/2536936395/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/iheartnewyork/2508562786/

Springtime beauty...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumblingforwords/2566959196/in/pool-shuttersisters

Charmed by the ugly-beauty! Thanks for this post, Andrea.

http://flickr.com/photos/beatlequee/2567461881/in/set-72157594509846795/

I love this challenge, and I think that it rings true to most things in art. I believe that artists find beauty in all things, especially the not so pretty, unconventional things.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3170/2568324209_aab3192915_b.jpg

I normally wouldn't use a self-portrait as an ugly-beautiful, but I will let the photo speak for itself. I love it for so many different reasons.

here is mine...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14811117@N02/2571144768/

Beautiful is not taking yourself too seriously.

http://kristyk.org/blog/?p=14

I'm so late posting this!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/atheart/2577828510/

Hi, I hope you enjoy my ugly-beautiful spider web.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27664447@N08/2575578393/

I just found this site today, and this is my first superhero challenge!


http://i27.tinypic.com/23uo3t2.jpg

I know I'm a little late, but this was fun!
http://becominglisaluckie.blogspot.com/2008/06/ugly-beautiful.html