Wildlife
A silhouette of short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) in flight at dusk, Worlaby Carrs, Lincolnshire. This image is part of a new outdoor street-gallery exhibition that has been launched on the South Bank of the River Thames in London, documenting the best of the 2020VISION wildlife project. (REX FEATURES)
Bizarre Handbags and Fashion Accessories Created from Roadkill
Critter creative Reid Peppard uses dead wildlife and pets to fashion everything from clutch bags, bracelets and coin purses to bowties and headdresses. The 29-year-old takes a needle and thread to dead crows, rats, pigeons, squirrels and even whole foxes.
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Dancing with the Sharks
Photographer Rainer Schimpf photographing sharks off the coast of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. (Rainer Schimpf / Barcroft Me)
The “Rain Room” in MoMA
Visitors gather in the new ‘Rain Room’ installation at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in Manhattan in New York City. The 5,000 square-foot installation creates a field of falling water that stops in the area where people walk through, allowing them to remain dry. The piece, created by Random International, releases a 260-gallon per minute shower around visitors. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Giant Homemade Robot
Chinese inventor Tao Xiangli modifies the circuits of his homemade robot at his house in Beijing. Tao, 37, spent about 150,000 yuan ($24,407 ) and more than 11 months to build the robot out of recycled scrap metals and electric wires that he bought from a second-hand market. The robot is 2.1-metre-tall and around 480 kilograms (529 lbs) in weight. (REUTERS/Suzie Wong)
Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera for Rolling Stone, June 2003
Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake in Max Vadukul photoshoot for Rolling Stone, June 2003.
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Bambi Northwood-Blyth for ELLE US, June 2013
Australian supermodel Stephanie Bambi Northwood Blythe poses for ELLE US, June 2013.
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China’s “Easy Riders”
Text by Carlos Barria. Photos by Carlos Barria / Reuters.
“A girl arrives at the parking lot wearing tiny leather shorts and sits on the back of a bike with a horse power of more than 1,000 CC. Next to her a man gets ready to ride, wearing a skeleton mask. It’s more than a fashion show, it’s an extravaganza on two wheels along Chinese roads.”
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Tian Yi by Oliver Stalmans for ELLE Vietnam, May 2013
“Memoirs of a Geisha” – For its May 2013 cover story, Elle Vietnam gets inspired by the Japanese-influence of spring collections and Geisha beauty. Model Tian Yi evokes the theme perfectly in a series of images which juxtapose an urban backdrop with the ornate prints and sleek silhouettes of Prada, Dries van Noten, Dior, Thakoon and more selected by stylist Anna Katsanis. Photographer Oliver Stalmans captures the Chinese beauty in this elegant shoot. Photos by Oliver Stalmans.
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