Expiremental Digital Artworks of Matt Mills
Matt Mills is an artist from Austin, Texas that creates uniquely abstract visual art for the fashion and entertainment industries. He is also a founder of ArtGrab.com, an artist-owned platform that gives artists a place to license their creations to a world-wide audience for use on album covers, posters, clothing. Continue reading »
Ozzy Ironing a Baby, 1983
Ozzy Osbourne ironing a baby in 1983 as photographed by Mark Weiss. Weiss was a photographer for Circus Magazine beginning in the late 1970s where he began photographing Rock music’s legends. He has photographed many popular album covers including several for Bon Jovi. Continue reading »
“Your Soul Is the Whole World”: Beautiful Surreal Retro Collages of Hugo Bastos
According to Hugo: “I’m a Brazilian digital artist who creates artworks in Photoshop using techniques of collage and photo manipulation. I also make collage animations in After Effects. Continue reading »
“Omniverse”: The Supercool Digital Concept Artworks of Ksti Hu
The Berlin-based multimedia artist Ksti Hu’s portfolio includes music videos, techno rave icons, and electronic album covers. And her visual language is based on the deconstruction of graphic design principles. Continue reading »
Awkward 1970s Male Fashion
1970s was a weird time. Music album covers were ridiculous, haircuts were weird, and rockstars loved really tight pants. Featured below are the finest examples of male fashion from that era. Warning: you may need some eyebleach after seeing this. Continue reading »
A Mixture Of Innocence, Beauty, Violence, Decadence, Japanese And Russian Folklore – In Bizarre Works By Vania Zhuravlev
Characters from Russian fairy tales and Japanese folklore, demons, dead bodies and beautiful women from brothels – these are the main subjects and themes in the works by Vania Zhuravlev, a Russian artist who emigrated to London and who creates graphic art in a style very reminiscent of Russian engravings of the early 20th century. Except that there is a lot more sex and death in them. Continue reading »
Artist Discusses Gun Violence With Stunning Artworks Of ‘Anatomy Guns’
Artist Noah Scalin has created an amazing series of artworks entitled Anatomy of War that consists of human, ‘anatomically correct’ guns. Scalin’s creations come of a mixture of polymer clay, acrylic and enamel and aim to humanize guns in order to discuss gun violence in a more sensitized and complex way. Anatomy of War provokes the viewer and motivates people to think of all the lives lost by guns, replacing the bullets with human organs. Continue reading »
“Float Around”: Photos From Nirvana’s Underwater “Nevermind” Shoot
The baby-floating-in-water cover for Nirvana’s Nevermind album is one of contemporary rock’s most iconic. It was shot by Austin-based photographer Kirk Weddle. Continue reading »
The LSD Archive At The Institute Of Illegal Images
On October 6, 1966 (aka ‘The Day of the Beast’ in psychedelic circles) California banned the possession of LSD. Two years later the law went nationwide. Mark McCloud did as anyone of vision might: he began buying loads of blotters, sheets of paper infused with LSD, for consumption. Continue reading »
The ‘Oooo Face’: That Puckered Look Every Woman Was Making Mid-Century
If you’ve seen old advertisements from the 1950s, then you know exactly what the “Oooo Face” is (not to be confused with the “O Face”). Seemingly every woman in these ads wore the expression; the lips positioned to form the long /oo/ sound. Generally, she’s wearing red lipstick and her eyes give the impression of being dumbfounded.
And it wasn’t just advertisements that had women pursing their lips – it was everywhere: album covers, pin-ups, magazine covers. Wherever an image of a woman was found, there you found the “Oooo Face”.
Let’s have a look at some of the endless examples from midcentury… Continue reading »
Beautiful Black And White Portraits Of Celebrities Taken By Kate Barry
Kate Barry (1967-2013) was a photographer born into the bohemian royal family of Parisian society. She is the first daughter of actress, singer and muse Jane Birkin and James Bond composer John Barry and was raised by singer Serge Gainsbourg. You may not necessarily recognize her name or be able to pick out her photographs as one would a Helmut Newton or Irving Penn, but Kate Barry is no less adored within the world of fashion, music and film. Continue reading »
Extraordinary Vintage Celebrity Portraits Taken By Francesco Scavullo
Sophia Loren, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, Liza Minnelli, Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Catherine Deneuve, and more… Some say that there was not a single star in the latter half of the 20th century who wasn’t photographed by Francesco Scavullo. For more than six decades, the legendary fashion and celebrity photographer reigned as one of America’s greatest image-makers. Continue reading »
Sensual Shadow Photography By Sølve Sundsbø
Sølve Sundsbø is a Norwegian photographer who lives in London. His career began when four months into a course at the London College of Printing he became Nick Knight’s assistant. Continue reading »
Pop Photography of Robert Whitaker
Robert Whitaker became involved with the Beatles after photographing their manager, Brian Epstein for the Jewish News in Melbourne. 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 »
Green Slime and Bizarre Creatures: Sam McKenzie’s Acid Art
Sam McKenzie is an Australian illustrator, mostly drawing all kinds of crazy and incredibly colorful stuff for t-shirts, book covers, and music albums. He doesn’t have any big names yet, but we’re sure that sooner or later he will, because McKenzie’s pictures are so acidic and cool that it’s almost impossible to take your eyes off them. Continue reading »
Pop Stars Get ‘Vaccinated’ In Photo Collages by Eisen Bernardo
Rihanna’s Loud
According to an artist: “This is to increase awareness and conversations regarding vaccination against Covid-19. I combined pop album/single covers with vaccination photos. The results are funny and tongue-in-cheek collages. Continue reading »
Impressive Portraits of Grace Jones in the 1970s and 1980s
Grace Jones (born May 19, 1948) is a Jamaican-American model, singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. Born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, she and her family moved to Syracuse, New York, when she was 13. Continue reading »
“Myths Of The Near Future”: The Modern Collage Artworks Of Julien Pacaud
French artist Julien Pacaud calls his work “digital collage” as he uses a computer to create his artworks rather than the traditional method of scissors and glue. Self-taught, Pacaud claims he works by instinct. He flicks thru vintage magazines and old books looking for an image that will inspire him. Once found, he scans these images, stores them, before returning to them to find out where they might take him. When he starts a collage, he has no set plan. It develops by trial and error, accident and chance. A process which eventually reveals its own path. Continue reading »
68 Nostalgic Images Of The Greatest Pop Culture Legends In History Shared By Morrison Hotel Gallery
Audrey Hepburn, 1967
Photo: Terry O’Neill
Media is packed with shiny covers and airbrushed images of celebrities we love, but the candid behind-the-scenes images that capture the unpolished truths and honest emotions of these famous faces are what show someone we can actually relate to. Continue reading »
25 Iconic Photos Of Rock Stars From The 1960s And 1970s Taken By Henry Diltz
Henry Diltz is a former musician who took some of the most iconic photos of the 1960s and ’70s, many of which graced the covers of groundbreaking albums. Crosby Stills and Nash, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, the Doors, the Eagles, all became friends and subjects. Diltz also shot iconic magazine covers and continues to work today. Continue reading »
