“Compliments of Chicago”: Gang Business Cards from the 1970s and 1980s
In the 1970s and 1980s, gangs in Chicago advertised their presence and membership on business cards. This was criminality with a dash of style and wit. Meet the Almighty Playboys, the Royal Capris, The Almighty Hells Devils and the Almighty Playboys. Or rather, you’ve been met by them, their signature calling card tucked into their victim’s pocket. Continue reading »
Amazing Photographs of Sir Malcolm Campbell With His Stunning Blue Bird Cars in the 1920s and 1930s
Sir Malcolm Campbell (March 11, 1885 – December 31, 1948) was a British racing motorist and motoring journalist. He gained the world speed record on land and on water at various times during the 1920s and 1930s using vehicles called Blue Bird, including a 1921 Grand Prix Sunbeam. Continue reading »
Georgian Photographer Makes “Autoportrait” Series To Convey Her Feelings Towards Art
According to Tika Jabanashvili: “Photography has become an integral part of my life for the fourth year in a row. Art has always been my guide to life. At first, I danced, then I played in the theater, but under certain circumstances, I completely lost my art. Continue reading »
“Unwanted Discovery”: Stunning Digital Artworks of Kybereality
According to an artist: “Hello, I am Kybereality a digital artist from Scotland who loves creating original art pieces based on my interests and things that have meaning in todays world. My hope is to pull you out of your life and daily thoughts for a second to enjoy the emotions that you receive when you view my art. So feel free to look below and I hope you enjoy what you see.” Continue reading »
Winners Of The Emerging Talent Award By The Independent Photographer
Here are the top 10 photographs of the Emerging Talent Award photo contest by The Independent Photographer.
The Emerging Talent Award is designed to bring exposure and discover the best upcoming photographers of all ages, backgrounds and working in all photographic fields. Fine art, landscape, street, documentary, portrait, still life: There were no boundaries and we wanted you to release your creativity in as many inventive ways as you could imagine!
1st Prize: Junko Akita
“The child in a cabin window with the reflection of the magnificent Norwegian landscape beyond is a gorgeous metaphor for both childhood and identity. Beyond the extraordinary light and composition, the gaze and expression captured here at once combine innocence and strength. Locking eyes with this girl through her sister, the photographer, is a powerful experience and a privilege.” – MaryAnne Golon, the Competition Judge. Continue reading »
Artist Used Neural Network To Create These Portraits
Claudia Fuggetti’s research sees the creation of images as the endpoint of a visual investigation balanced between the real and the unreal, intending to propose new reading keys to interpreting the contemporary. Continue reading »
21-Year-Old Michelle Pfeiffer Photographed by Jim Britt, 1979
In 1979, lots of people were standing in front of garish purple-pink backgrounds, but few ever did it as well as Michelle Pfeiffer did. Continue reading »
Photographer Shows The Ephemeral Beauty And Dignity Of Faded And Withered Fruits
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According to Jürgen Novotny: “Which feelings do we encounter when we face beauty? Is there really a connection between the perception of beauty and the notion of time? Based on high-resolution scans I made of dried fruits my photo series “Decent Decay” very well shows that those fruits reveal a beauty all their own.” Continue reading »
Photographer Spent Two Weeks In Iceland To Shoot The Recent Fagradalsfjall Eruption
According to a photographer Erez Marom: “I just came back from shooting the recently-erupted Fagradalsfjall volcano. In just two weeks I witnessed the volcano evolve from 1 fissure to a whopping 8, at its climax I had eruptions all around me, which was a fantastic experience. I’ve visited about 7 volcanoes around the world during my decade-long career as a pro-nature photographer, and this might have been the most beautiful eruption I’ve seen. Continue reading »
Photographer Captures a Dark Carnival Themed Photoshoot to Create Couture Clowns in Abandoned Creepy Nature
According to a photographer Tara Mapes: “Step right up! Welcome to the Dark Carnival! I love creating themes for my photoshoots. I’ve shot old 80’s movie themes to over-the-top candy rainbow dolls. When I am planning a shoot, location is so important. For this one, I wanted to find an old abandoned area with a forgotten look. I knew I wanted to shoot in the river with a throne and to find an old tunnel or bridge.” Continue reading »
Photographer Shows The Behind-The-Scenes Of Pitch-Perfect Instagram Photos, Again!
There’s more to photography than meets the eye. Every professional photographer knows that it’s almost never as simple as just snapping an odd shot and then editing it in post-production. A scene and setting must be well-thought out, then there are intricacies like lighting, composition, angles, pose, and other things that make the picture pop. Continue reading »
Interior Designer Victor Zastolskiy Transforms Interiors Into Surreal Art
At first, interior design was something that Victor Zastolskiy did for a living, but later on, it turned into a unique form of creative expression. Today, Victor is a successful Depositphotos contributor, whose works hypnotize and puzzle audiences. Continue reading »
Graveyard of The Bikes: Aerial Photos of China’s Failed Share-Cycle Scheme Show Mountains of Damaged Bikes
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Handlebars tight in snaking rows of colour, thousands of abandoned bicycles line an open field outside the city of Shenyang, relics of a shared bike mania that has overwhelmed China’s cities. The turquoise, blue and yellow bicycles, arranged in long lines, some piled on top of each other, bear the logos of the companies that dominate China’s bike-sharing sector – Hellobike, Didi and Meituan. Continue reading »
Artist Makes Streets Less Boring By Making Graffiti That Interacts With The Surroundings
Art has a lot of meanings and a lot of ideas behind it. Every art piece will mean a different thing, depending on who you ask. People create art for different reasons: some to make something beautiful, some to let out their creativity and share it with the world, some simply out of boredom. Street artist Jamie Paul Scanlon, however, started to create art for a different reason. Continue reading »
Awesome Illustrations About Women by Majéon
Majéon is an artist from Montpellier, in the south of France. Her artistic work revolves around women and highlights the place they hold in our society. They are present in her creations since the beginning. Through the characters she depicts, she talks about the women who “helps us to grow up, the ones who change our lives and leave it a trace”. Continue reading »
Photo Series Shows Pandemic Emotions, Starts Mental Health Talks
Following a deeply personal loss, Donna Bridgewater, a photographer and lecturer based in Birmingham, United Kingdom, started a local photography project that captures strangers on the street revealing their personal thoughts and feelings on living in a pandemic world. Continue reading »
Giant Ninja Turtle Takes Over Minsk: Huge Leonardo Is Exploring the World of Soviet Architecture
Graph Kalligraph, a designer and artist from Minsk, launched an unnamed project. He placed a huge toy of Leonardo from “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” in the landscape of the Belarusian capital. Continue reading »
An Artist Duo Creates Miniature Post-Apopcalyptic Sculptures
According to an artists: “We (Scapa and Joe) teamed up to make pop art of how the future could look due to climate change. We use as many recycled materials as possible, along with 3D designing and printing.”
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Sea levels flooded NY. A survivor sails over a NY taxi, while a manta ray flies by a ‘Don’t Walk’ sign which lights up. The survivor has to wear a gas mask because of all the pollution we humans made. Continue reading »
Bizarre Portraits of Cora Korsett With Tiny Waist in the 1970s
Cora Korsett was a German BDSM dominatrix and body modification fetish model. Not much is known about her, apart from she was well over 6 ft tall and she appeared in fetish magazines in the 1960s and ’70s. Continue reading »
35 Entrances, 3708 Apartments: Welcome to the Russian Kowloon Walled City!
1, Oblastnaya Street, Saint-Petersburg. Famous Kudrovo district. This is that very crazy big building you cannot fit in a single photo, wherever you are. 990 meters (3248ft), 25 floors! Continue reading »
“There’s No Game”: The Emotional Digital Collage Artworks of Gilbert Gemayel
Based in Jakarta, Indonesia, digital artist Gilbert Gemayel aka GEM creates his hectic, super in-your-face tech-vibe illustrations. He got into digital art circa 2018 when he finished his college in architecture and started to use collaging as a medium to create architectural presentations. Continue reading »
This Designer Creates Stylish Looks Inspired By Cleaning Products, Foods, And Drink
We’ve been in lockdown for far too long now and any means are acceptable to fight boredom. We’ve been surrounded by the same walls and items to the point that some of us have started looking at items around us from a new perspective. Continue reading »
The Funniest Passive-Aggressive Signs
Sometimes it’s not about what you say. It’s how you say it. There are people whose passive-aggressive signs are so creative, so petty, so next level, you can’t help but respect their words. Even if you’re on the receiving end. Continue reading »
Incredible Typography Works of Jordan Metcalf
Jordan Metcalf is a South African graphic designer based in Portland, Oregon and one of our very special guests for this year’s edition. He has a strong focus on diverse, experimental custom lettering and identity design. Jordan was awarded the ADC Young Gun in 2013 and he’s our proof to the world that if you can dream it, then you can definitely do it. Continue reading »
Incredible Colorized Photos Show What Life of the U.S. Looked Like in the 1930s and ’40s
Street kids at play, Georgetown, Washington D.C., Summer 1935
The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. It began after the stock market crash of October 29, 1929, the “Black Tuesday”, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. Continue reading »
