A good collection of pictures or videos that's promoted in the right way will always get you some links. Take Mpora's 'Beautiful Freaky Surf Shots' as the perfect example.
By putting together just six pieces of excellent surfing photography and marketing the content on Digg, Facebook and other social media sites, the page received a phenomenal number of views and has so far attraced 141 links in total.
Mpora's 'Beautiful Freaky Surf Shots'