Breathtaking Landscape-Winning Photos From The Fine Art Photography Awards 2024
1st Place Winner: “Textures” by Andreja Ravnak
The Fine Art Photography Awards 2024 showcased an extraordinary collection of landscape photography, revealing the breathtaking beauty and diversity of our planet through meticulously composed and masterfully edited images, which demonstrated technical excellence and evoked deep emotions, with the 11th edition of the international contest now open for entries until October 13th, 2024. Continue reading »
Breathtaking James Webb Space Telescope Photos Of 2024
In 2024, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captivated the world with breathtaking images that showcase distant galaxies, nebulae, star formations, and exoplanet atmospheres with unprecedented clarity. Among the highlights are the vibrant Carina Nebula and detailed views of exoplanet atmospheres, revealing their compositions and hinting at potential life beyond our solar system.
Interacting Galaxies Arp 142
This new Webb image shows two galaxies: a Penguin (NGC 2936) guarding an Egg (NGC 2937). Webb’s observations reveal the two are in a cosmic hug, joined together by a blue haze of stars and gas. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Photos Of 2024 Exposure One Black And White Photography Awards
1st Place Professional: “Feathered Warriors: A Moment of Suspense” by Paul Lukin
The 2024 Exposure One Black and White Photography Awards have revealed a stunning array of winning images, each exemplifying the timeless elegance and powerful impact of monochromatic photography. These captivating photographs span a spectrum of emotions, landscapes, and moments, each narrating a unique story through the simplicity of black and white. Continue reading »
Peering into the Strange Past Through the Lens of Bizarre Historical Photographs
In the 20th century, photographers captured world changes, from wars to new inventions and odd events. Photos like Boston’s Molasses Flood or alligator picnics in Los Angeles fascinated viewers and historians. Even simple mugshots reveal intriguing stories.
These images, evoking smiles or sadness, piece together our history, showcasing peculiar inventions, outdated customs, and unique moments in all their strange and captivating glory.
A woman tests a stroller intended to be resistant to gas attacks in Hextable, England in 1938, not long before the outbreak of World War II. Continue reading »
Breathtaking Landscape-Winning Photos From The 2024 reFocus Color Photography Awards
Gold: Northern Silk Road by Rolf Gemperle
Photography, particularly landscape photography, serves as a vivid canvas where moments are captured in light, evoking emotion and telling stories without words. The 2024 reFocus Color Photography Awards highlighted this genre, presenting breathtaking images that transport viewers to majestic mountains and serene seascapes, celebrating the planet’s diversity. Continue reading »
Amazing Images of The Deep Space Captured in 2003 Using the James Webb Telescope
NASA’s Chandra, Webb Combine for Arresting Views (M74)
Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, XMM: ESA/XMM-Newton; IR: JWST: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI, Spitzer: NASA/JPL/CalTech; Optical: Hubble: NASA/ESA/STScI, ESO; Image Processing: L. Frattare, J. Major, and K. Arcand
The James Webb Space Telescope, the biggest and most technologically sophisticated space telescope ever built, was launched in December 2021 following three decades of painstaking development. Continue reading »
Interactive Masterpieces: Kurt Wenner’s 3D Illusion Art
Kurt Wenner’s 3D pavement artwork is a true testament to the power of imagination and creativity. His use of anamorphosis, a projection technique, allows him to create realistic street paintings and chalk murals that trick the mind into believing they are three-dimensional. Continue reading »
Gorgeous Ceramic Sculptures, Installations and Acessories by Elena Salmistraro
Milan-based artist and designer Elena Salmistraro crafts exquisite ceramic pieces, including these limited edition sculptures of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, produced for Disney and Bosa, a leading producer of ceramic objects and accessories. Continue reading »
Created from Light: Stunning Paintings by Zarina Situmorang
Self-taught artist Zarina Situmorang creates beautifully poetic oil on canvas paintings inspired by classic literature, psychology and light. Continue reading »
The Sensual Female Warriors In Cool Art Works By Yona Saura
Yona Saura is an Uruguayan illustrator. In addition to recording numerous YouTube tutorials, Saura often draws cute but very combative girls. She has so many of them on her Instagram that it seems as if the artist doesn’t pay attention to anything else. Continue reading »
These Designers Remade Iconic Logos In Different Styles, And Here Are The Results
When talking logos, there are some that immediately pop into our heads as they’ve aged like fine wine and gained worldwide recognition. It’s difficult to imagine Apple, McDonald’s, or Google’s logos as anything other than what they are now, but it sure sounds entertaining. Continue reading »
The Truth is Out There! Introducing The 2021 Ghana Alien Silver Coins
Scottsdale Mint is excited to announce the latest from our mint, the 2021 Ghana Alien 5 Coin Program. Continue reading »
Digital Artist Shows How Climate Change is Affecting Our World
3 Geese at Low Tide 2020. See if you can find all 3 geese in the low tide area of the piece.
Creative director and digital artist Randy Richards is best known for his time-traveling images, where the viewer can see scenes captured between seasons. According to the artist, his style was born from paintings created between 1996 to 2002 when he began doing side-by-side collages, which later evolved into 3D cubes. Continue reading »
25 Redesigns Of Famous Logos And Some Of Them Are Better Than The Original
Famous designers and artists sharing their redesign concepts of famous logos in Dribbble and Behance and they are really stunning and some of them are better than the original logo. my favorite redesigned logo is Google Maps, its really good how they blend “G” as a map symbol. Tell us your favorite logos in our comment section. Continue reading »
Space Colony Art from the 1970s
In the 1970s the Princeton physicist Gerard O’Neill, with the help of NASA Ames Research Center and Stanford University, held a series of space colony summer studies which explored the possibilities of humans living in giant orbiting spaceships. Colonies housing about 10,000 people were designed and a number of artistic renderings of the concepts were made. Continue reading »
Artist Remixed Iconic Logos With The Word “Fart” As A Father’s Day Surprise For His Dad, A Former Sign Maker
According to an artist: “Life is better with laughter! An ode to my dear dad, a sign maker who has wisely said…”You Know You Are Old, When Farts Are No Longer Funny!” As a silly surprise for him, this “Farter’s Day” aka “Father’s day – I remixed 99 iconic logos with the word Fart. Continue reading »
Chinese Artist Creates These Sensual and Aesthetic Illustrations
According to Jiayi Li, a Chinese illustrator based in Paris, France: “Hi, my name is Jiayi Li. I’m an Illustrator currently drawing in my free time. I was born and raised in China. I lived in different cities (Chongqing, Guangzhou, Huizhou, Shanghai) and have now been living in Paris for 8 years.” Continue reading »
“I Want to Believe”: Fantastic Rare UFO Photographs by Billy Eduard Albert Meier
Taken in 1975 by “Billy” Eduard Albert Meier, alleged extraterrestrial contactee and the founder of Freie Interessengemeinschaft für Grenz- und Geisteswissenschafter und Geisteswissenschafter und Ufologiestudien (Free Community of Interests for the Border and Spiritual Sciences and Ufological Studies), these images purport to depict an interstellar visit by spacecraft from the planet Erra, two with a single UFO moving slowly over the town of Berg Rumlikon, in Switzerland on June 14th, 1975 at 1:16 and 1:20 pm, and four images depicting a single UFO in a forested hilly area of Schmidrüti, Switzerland on March 18th, 1975, from 4:45 to 5:40 pm. Continue reading »
Here’s How People From The Past Imagined The Future
An Artists Depiction Of The Future, Painted In 1930
Let’s face it – most of us would like to see what the future holds. And while that’s not really possible, it did not stop some people in the past from trying – often with some pretty optimistic results. Continue reading »
Weird Russian Architecture Comes Into Bizarre Fashion
Moscow photographer Lana Sator visualizes down coats inspired by all those Russian nuclear plants, abandoned houses and panel buildings. The similar idea had come to the designer of Louis Vuiton in January 2021 who presented the man’s architectural collection. Continue reading »
Photographer Travels Across Russia and Captures Forgotten Artefacts Of The Post-Soviet Era
Photographer Lana Sator travels across Russia in search of abandoned places. Her Instagram dedicated to industrial tourism and Soviet architecture have already attracted an impressive audience. Continue reading »
“Spuds You Like”: Spectacular Winning Photos From The Potato Photographer Of The Year 2020
The inaugural Potato Photographer of the Year prize has gone to a potato getting a lockdown haircut. Judged by a panel including organiser Benedict Brain and Martin Parr, the competition raised funds for the food bank charity, The Trussell Trust.
First prize – End of Lockdown: ‘This is delightful, imaginative, and a good laugh. And again, a bit bonkers. What we all need at this grim time.’ Paul Hill. Photograph: Ray Spence Continue reading »
Sinister Sunrise Captured By Photographer Elias Chasiotis During An Eclipse In Qatar
Athens-based photographer Elias Chasiotis was visiting Qatar in late December 2019 when he captured a photo of an annular eclipse that has since gone viral. Taken at sunrise as a part of a series, the image shows the moon covering the center of a red sun. The timing of the photograph turns the crimson star into curved horns emerging from the horizon. Continue reading »
Honest Photo Facts That Will Help You Understand The Size Of The Earth A Little Better
So you forgot your umbrella at home and got absolutely soaked on your way to the bus stop – it seems like your day can’t get any worse, right? And while we can’t offer you a dry shirt and a pair of pants, we can offer you something that will help you take your mind off of your misery. Continue reading »
Romanian Artist Colorized Black And White Photos To Bring Memories To Vivid Reality
Accroding to Jecinci: “Hi, I’m Jecinci, a 36 years old architect & 3D Artist from Romania with a passion for colorizing black & white photos. For me, colorizing black & white photographs is a hobby that opens a vibrant and dynamic window into the past, through which memories become a vivid reality. Continue reading »