Tibetan Buddhists Celebrate Monlam
Devotees bow to a passing Tibetan Buddhist monk on his way to take part in a special prayer during Monlam or the Great Prayer rituals on March 5, 2015 at the Labrang Monastery, Xiahe County, Amdo, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China. Labrang Monastery is one of the six great monasteries of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism and one of the largest outside of the Tibetan Autonomous Region. Monlam, the most important prayer event for many Tibetans was banned during the Cultural Revolution in China but once again in recent years it is celebrated in many areas. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
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Backpacked: Explore New Zealand Through The Lens Of A Belgian Photographer
If you are a lover of Highsnobiety‘s Snobshots then the name Michiel Pieters and his Instagram handle @mchlptrs might sound familiar to you. The young Belgian fashion photographer is currently backpacking New Zealand with his friend Yvo Dezeure, who often models for him. They decided to document their trip on Tumblr. On BACKPACKED you can follow the duo and explore the incredible landscapes of New Zealand trough the lens of Michiel Pieters. Continue reading »
Broken
“My name is Pieter van den Heuvel and I work as a freelance creative and copywriter. In my spare time I’m also an illustrator.
Ever since I read Tim Burton’s short stories and Shaun Tan’s beautiful work I’ve been writing and illustrating books myself. I haven’t tried to publish one of them yet, but I’m sure that paper version will come, one day.
Broken is a short story about broken beings. Literally and sometimes metaphorically. I always thought that there is something both sad and extremely cute about animals wearing plaster casts and I really wanted to make a story that plays with those two emotions.
I made the book in the same week my wisdom teeth were removed, which might explain its dark ending. On the other hand, I just like to surprise people with a story that literally goes into every direction until it lands right in your face.” – Pieter van den Heuvel. Continue reading »
Animus: Women As Women. Women As Men.
Marta. Also a photographer. We shot this in her studio.
Named for the Jungian “masculine inner personality as present in women”, ANIMUS is an all female, diptych portrait series by Canadian photographer Melanie Gillis. Each piece consists of two images of the same woman – one as female and one as male. Each subject was an active player in the image creation process, bringing her own wardrobe and ideas to the session, and often building her characters out of her own live, personality, and sense of gender. The transformations were each made through the use of wardrobe, makeup, and most of all expression and body language. Melanie Gillis has a studio in Hamilton Ontario, Canada, where she currently lives and works.
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Sama-Sama: A Malaysian Portraiture
“I decided I wanted to push the boundaries of photography by making a series of images that will resonate to Malaysians, telling them that they do not need any political schemes, or religious sanctity to be united, when we already are united by the things we do and enjoy together. It is the common things that bring us together that builds our identity as Malaysians, not any political gerrymandering. Someone made mention that images alone can be powerful, but only if done right. If that statement is true enough, then this project already possess the challenge for me to design a set of photographs that can move people’s souls, or at least relate to them.” Continue reading »
Illustrative Observations Of The Imagination With Just A Ballpoint Pen
“My name’s Marco. I’m originally from a small country town in regional Victoria, Australia. Drawing with a ballpoint has always been my favourite medium and long since I can remember that’s all I’ve really used. All these drawing have been illustrated freehand, without drafting in pencil. The idea of drawing without guides is liberating, allowing me transform any part of the drawing into anything I want. I’ve always had a love of drawing, particularly of things that swirl around my imagination. I find fun and engaging exercise to challenge your creativity. In this series of works I’ve been experimenting with machining the forms of organic figures by stripping them down of their natural figure and redesigning them through the combination of smaller mechanical parts. Thank you for looking.” Continue reading »
Portraits Of 11 Women Together With Their Stories
“I called this documentary project “11”, as the number of women I photographed all around Sicily, Italy. They come from all over the world and all of them left their homeland for the big deal. It took me more than 1 year to collect these stories, and all of them touched my heart. Women are brave, tenacious and passionate about whatever they decide to do!” – Luca Migliore.
Here: Fatou, from Guinea, is an awesome African dance teacher. Continue reading »
Mountain Bike Trails Built Underground
It’s the biggest place of it’s kind, well and pretty much the only one. Underneath the Zoo of Louisville hides something you would never expect, a trail paradise for mountain bikers.
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Pixelated Christmas Ornaments For Your Retro Christmas Tree
8-Bit ornaments made of Perler Beads were inspired by video games from the ‘80s, created by designer Adam Crockett. They look great on a Christmas tree, especially if you love geeky retro themes!
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Canned Human Condition
Works from the “Canned Human Condition” series by Reima Honkasalo. Continue reading »
This Badass Couple’s Vegas Elopement Is The Epitome Of Cool
Ainsley Hutchence and Sebastien Fougere had both been married before. So when they fell in love in 2008, they both agreed they would never tie the knot again. Continue reading »
Skull And Crossbones Tie-Tack And Cufflink Set – For The Hardcore At Heart!
Toss out your boring gentlemen’s accessories for Kickstarter’s new project featuring an edgy tie-tack and cufflink set for the hardcore at heart. This set’s design features a skull and crossbones on a black background outlined in blood red, allowing you to tastefully accentuate your wild side at any formal function. Continue reading »
“Giant Lipstick” – The Art Object Created From 5000+ Used Lipsticks
Created by artist Agnė Kišonaitė, ‘Giant Lipstick’ is made of 5000+ used lipstick tubes, measuring a height of 2.5 meters with an overall weight of 200kg. Four tubes of rouge are sold every second in the world, and considering the amount of packaging left which cannot be recycled, so I wanted to create something which triggered our society to think more seriously about consumerism and the types of products they are purchasing, and bring attention towards the need to reduce waste. Continue reading »
Vedema: A Fire Harvests The Stone
The project was commissioned by Vedema, a Luxury Collection Resort, one of Santorini’s most unique and prestigious hotels, built around a 400 year old winery made of dark volcanic stones. The hotel is located in the southern part of the island, in the scenic village of Megalochori, next to a wonderful large area of vineyards. The name comes from its history and connection to the surrounding nature, as in Santorinian idiom ventema (βεντέμα) means harvest.
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Realistic Future F1 Concept
Formula 1 concept of the nearby future by Andries van Overbeeke. Continue reading »
Pop Pop Bang By Thomas Brown & Anna Burns
A collaboration between creative director Anna Burns and the photographer Thomas Brown. Through the use of various mediums the pair have curated an exhibition that explores the masculine world of B-Movies and juxtaposed it with the traditional British landscape. Continue reading »
Siberian Farm Cats Are Waiting For Spring To Come In Marvelous Photos By Alla Lebedeva
Alla loves nothing more than taking pictures of her beloved pets – and it seems the world can’t get enough of them either. Continue reading »
Abandoned Stars Wars Decoration Sets In The Desert
New York-based visual artist and filmmaker Rä di Martino has taken a series of eerie and beautiful photos that capture scenes of abandoned Hollywood film sets. Martino spent over a year traveling throughout the desert towns of Morocco and Tunisia hunting down the old Star Wars sets, exploring these massive structures that stand almost like ancient ruins. “No More Stars” showcases the backdrop of Luke Skywalker’s home on the fictional desert planet Tatooine. Photos by Rä di Martino. Continue reading »
Brazilian Billionaire Buries His Bentley
62-year-old Count Scarpa, a quirky millionaire from Sao Paolo, Brazil, announced he has decided to do like the pharaohs and entomb his $500,000 Bentley Continental Flying Spur in his back garden, on Monday, via Facebook.
Incredibly Realistic Wood Sculptures Of People Hand-Carved By Peter Demetz
Italian artist Peter Demetz has a gift for breathing life into wood, a material that seems hard and lifeless to most of us. His wooden sculptures of people are flawlessly life-like. Demetz’s precise and perfect mastery of human anatomy makes his sculptures look like paintings or sketches, and his wonderful compositions and sense of perspective help perpetuate this illusion. The grain of the wood and its warm colors, however, give them a tactile appearance that would be difficult to fake with paint. Continue reading »
These 3-D Portraits Were Created Using Only A Person’s DNA
How much information about ourselves do we leave behind in public, as we shed saliva, hair, and sweat throughout the day? It’s a question that drives the artwork of Heather Dewey-Hagborg, whose project ‘Stranger Visions’ reconstructs the faces of the anonymous as 3-D printed sculptures, using genetic detritus found in chewing gum, cigarette butts, and wads of hair around New York City. Continue reading »
Oreo: Wonderfilled
As part of the next phase of “Play with OREO”, the world’s favorite cookie has sought out 10 emerging artists from around the globe to see what happens when you put a 100+ year old brand into the hands of creative visionaries who are known for pushing the boundaries, and ask them to develop and share creative OREO expressions of “play” through their art forms. Campaign created by The Martin Agency, USA. Continue reading »
“I am who I am. And I have Down Syndrome.”
“I am who I am. And I have Down Syndrome.” An advertising campaign for Asociación Síndrome de Down de la República Argentina (ASDRA). Created by TBWA, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Continue reading »
Audi Service 2015 Ad Campaign
“Don’t let your Audi fall into the wrong hands. Audi Service.” Created by thjnk agency, Berlin, Germany. Continue reading »
