The Astonishing Cinematic Autochrome Photography From The 1890s By Heinrich Kühn
The rise of photography in the mid-late 19th-century began the move away from an oral and literary tradition towards one based on image. A photograph can describe a moment in time more viscerally than the written word. Continue reading »
Abandoned Russia: Stunning Urbex Photography By Alexei Polyakov
Outstanding abandoned places in Russia by Alexei Polyakov, a gifted self-taught photographer, and urbex explorer from Saint Petersburg. Alexei focuses mainly on abandoned, landscape, and drone photography. Continue reading »
Artist Merges Reality With Imagination To Create These Surreal Pictures
According to an artist: “I’m Justin Peters, a digital artist from Germany, my work is motivated by the desire to open other people’s minds to help them discover their own internal landscape of possibilities or impossibilities. I hope that the viewer perceives a new and different world, one which they can dive into to prove that everything is possible when you open your mind.” Continue reading »
The Book Of The Dead: Artist Paints Nightmares With His Own Blood
Maxime Taccardi is an artist who is most notable for his unusual method – creating his pieces using his own blood. He studied art in collage, his thesis focusing on the monstrosity and what is considered abnormal by society. Currently he is a middle school art teacher, but plans to continue furthering his creative career. His catalogue of work is varied, including painting, drawing, filmmaking and music. Continue reading »
Dressed In Love: A Photo Project Showing That Marriage Does Not Destroy Individuality, But Reinforces It
“Dressed in Love” is an international photo project of the studio from St. Petersburg and Moscow Ringstudio. This photo project is our challenge to society, in which we call people to the constancy of relations and to the choice of a single partner! Continue reading »
Fun In The Water: 20 Interesting Vintage Pictures Of Surfers From The Early 20th Century
People have been surfing the waves, at least as far back as the early 1860s, particularly in Hawaii. But it was during the early 1910s that surfing gained some popularity, thanks to the legendary Duke Kahanamoku. Here are some pictures of vintage surfers… Continue reading »
Artist Creates Fleshy Suits To Show There Is No ‘Ideal Body Type’
Daisy May Collingridge, who trained at fashion school Central St Martins in London, likes to experiment with fabrics and has come up with a unique piece of performance art. She’s made four fleshy suits named Burt, Hilary, Clive and Dave, all of which are hand-stitched and can be worn as bodysuits. Continue reading »
Australian Studio Creates Advertising Campaign With A Landscapes Turned Upside Down
For the launch of the Dreamliner line of United Airlines in Australia, the Cream Electric Art studio based in Sydney carried out an advertising campaign which turns the world upside down. Continue reading »
The Story Of The Wind And The Sea: Latvia-Based Vietnamese Artist Perfectly Illustrates Baltic Tales And Legends
Cao Viet Nguyen is a vietnamese artist living in Latvia for more 10 years. He is specialized in comics book, illustration, traditional painting and concept art for movies. Continue reading »
Scared Of Coronavirus, Chinese People Have Started Putting Masks On Their Pets
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According to the live map that tracks the spread of coronavirus (#2019-nCoV), there are thousands people currently infected with the virus. There have also been over 200 deaths after people contracted the virus which causes such symptoms as fever, cough and shortness of breath and conditions varying from people being mildly sick to people being severely ill and dying. Continue reading »
Geeky Valentine’s Day Cards Featuring Pop Culture Stars Expressing Romantic Feelings In Their Own Way
As he does each year, the very talented PJ McQuade has created a new series of 21 wonderfully geeky illustrated Valentine’s Day cards featuring pop culture celebrities and characters who each express their romantic feelings in a style of their own. Continue reading »
Biodiversity Heritage Library Makes 150,000 Animal And Botanical Illustrations Available To Download For Free
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a veritable storehouse of natural history documentation that provides open access to its digital library, which includes over 150,000 animal and botanical illustrations that can be downloaded for free. The mission of the BHL is to make its gathered documentation openly available to the public as a tool for biodiversity education. Continue reading »
No One Knows Who Took These Superb Hand-Colored Albumen Prints Of Japan In The 1890s
In the 1850s Japan permitted Western barbarians to trade in its ports for the first time in an age. The weird foreigners were corralled in zones of tolerance, unable to roam freely and kept apart from the Japanese. Continue reading »
Concepts From Future Past: Autobianchi Runabout
Revealed at the 1969 Turin Motor Show, Bertone showed off this wild ride which looks a bit like what might have happened if Speed Racer’s Mach 5 mated with a powerboat. Continue reading »
LEGO Note Bricks For Your Note-Taking Needs
Tired of plain and boring note sheets? These colorful LEGO note sheets, which looks like a LEGO baseplate on one side, and a blank writing surface on the other, might be just for you. Continue reading »
This Brexit Mug By Lee Cartledge Is Completely Useless
The UK has officially left the European Union after 47 years of membership – and more than three years after it voted to do so in a referendum. The historic moment was marked by both celebrations and anti-Brexit protests. Continue reading »
Beautiful Pics Of Madonna Photographed In Alphabet City, NYC By Richard Corman In 1982
Richard Corman had just finished an apprenticeship with Richard Avedon in 1982 and was referred to Madonna by his mother who was casting Martin Scorsece’s The Last Temptation of Christ. Continue reading »
Mark O’Neill Captures Fantastic Images Of Ghastly Soviet Brutalist Monuments Scattered Around Post-Yugoslavian Balkan States
According to a photographer Mark O’Neill: “Following a dark journey of discovery through the former lands of Yugoslavia, Spomeniki presents a visionary series of monuments with unique shape, form, and texture. Continue reading »
Creative Solutions People Came Up With To Try To Protect Themselves From Coronavirus
The coronavirus is spreading further and further every day, prompting the World Health Organization to declare a global emergency. There are now thousands cases of people infected with the virus in China, at least 213 have died due to the illness, and the sickness has now spread to 19 countries around the globe. Continue reading »
40 Designs That Are So Bad That It’s Hard To Believe Someone Came Up With Them
This New Wall Art In My Office
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Human beings don’t always build things to last. Sometimes, they make such obvious mistakes that casual observers can’t believe they didn’t notice their design flaws from the get-go. Alas, we’re all flawed and most of us have a blind spot when it comes to the things we’re involved in. Continue reading »
Here Are The 30 Best Photos That NASA’s Curiosity Has Taken After 7 Years On Mars
Here’s how Curiosity looked 7 years ago and now
For a long time, Mars seemed like a frontier that’s untouchable. And while yes, no human has walked on the planet’s red surface, we, as humanity, have reached the planet through the sturdy wheels of Mars rovers. Continue reading »
Photographer Tom Hegen Captures Breathtaking Futuristic Photos Of Dutch Greenhouses At Night
German photographer Tom Hegen, who specializes in aerial photography, recently traveled to the Netherlands to document the country’s LED greenhouses. Continue reading »
Photographer Mirko Nahmijas Reveals The ‘Star Wars’ Architecture Of Soviet Belgrade
With his series, Minimal Belgrade, Serbian photographer Mirko Nahmijas brings an original perspective to his city. Built in the mid-twentieth century before the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the rise of the USSR, the buildings in these photographs bear witness to another time. But far from being an ode to the past, Minimal Belgrade highlights the futurist esthetic of these old constructions. Continue reading »
Photographer Captures Powerful Waves On Lake Erie As Liquid Mountains
Dave Sandford is a professional sports photographer of 18 years whose hometown is London, Ontario, Canada. Over the past 4 weeks, for 2 to 3 days per week, Sandford has been driving 45 minutes to Lake Erie, spending up to 6 hours a day photographing the lake. Continue reading »
Candid Photographs Capture Street Styles Of San Francisco Girls In The Early 1970s
The 1970s are one of the most revisited decades when it comes to fashion, and they continue to influence modern style. From flares to bell sleeves, shearling coats, and mini skirts, the ’70s birthed an eclectic mix of style influences that evolved quickly in a 10-year span. Skirts got shorter, boots got taller, and a range of style icons like Jane Birkin and Jean Shrimpton helped spearhead some of the era’s most memorable fashion moments. Continue reading »
