Stuning Entries For The 2018 Nat Geo Travel Photographer Of The Year Contest
“Coordillera”. “After this shot, I have been traveling the same route several times. I could not see the landscape I saw when I shot this picture again. That morning the light and shadows over the coordillera were just perfect. The moment I had to shoot this series will remain in my memory as a special gift from nature”. (Photo by Karsten Hoenack/National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest) Continue reading »
This Old Car Was Turned Into A Wood-Burning Pizza Oven
Benedetto Bufalino turning old cars into functional objects of whimsy, delight, and deliciousness. From playable ping pong tables made from upside down cars, and aquariums built from telephone booths, Bufalino has a knack for turning the ordinary into the absurd. This time, the french artist hacked an old Ford Mondeo to become a fully functional wood-burning pizza oven, and the pies look pretty incredible. Continue reading »
Moody Portrait Photography By The Russian Photographer Alexander Kurnosov
Alexander Kurnosov is a talented self-taught photographer, retoucher and artist currently based in Moscow, Russia. Alexander focuses on portraiture, he shoots awesome fashion, glamour, street style and lifestyle portrait photography. Continue reading »
Neon, Moody And Cinematic Nightscapes Of Shanghai And Beyond By Victor Chiang
Sick colors urban photography by Victor Chiang a.k.a. aka_swaggy, talented self-taught photographer, youtuber and urban explorer currently based in Shanghai, China. Victor captures moody, nighttime scenes that radiate a dream-like fluorescent glow. Continue reading »
The Dark And Surreal Photo Artworks Of Ben Ward
Ben Ward has plenty of talent to spare. A car lost in the dark, a mysterious portrait… his pictures can be read as fictions in which you are the protagonist. Those beautiful settings will satisfy your thirst for fantasy. Continue reading »
The Suerb Digital Neon Art Of Nick Kempton
Nick Kempton, also known as nickjaykdesign, is a 3D artist living and working in Ohio, United States. He already owns a software development corporation but has now decided to focus on his two passions: digital art and design. Welcome to an impressive surrealist universe! Continue reading »
Spectacular Vintage Photographs Of America’s Western Frontier By Timothy O’Sullivan
In the 1860s and 1870s, photographer Timothy O’Sullivan (1840 – 1882) was part of a government-run team of artists, soldiers, scientists, and photographers tasked with documenting America’s frontier in the West. His photographs of the landscape and people of the West touch on the sublime. The wilderness has rarely looked as spectacular.
Here: Colorado River in the Black Canyon, Mojave County, Arizona – 1871 Continue reading »
Artist Shoetree Creates Living, Breathing Sculptures From Old Nike Sneakers
For some it’s terracotta pots, for others it’s ceramic planters, for others still it’s plain old plastic straight from the store, but for Japanese artist Kosuke Sugimoto, aka Shoetree, when it comes to finding a home for his house plants he’s all about vintage Nike sneakers. Continue reading »
Beautiful Life Of Amsterdam In The 1950s Taken By Kees Scherer
Amsterdam, beautiful city built on pilings. An inexhaustible source of subject matter for innumerable photographers. Not that it’s such a megalomaniac capital – it’s more of a village with urban traditions. But it’s that smallness which often provides photography with the impact and attention it deserves. Continue reading »
Dreamlike Animals: Whimsical Photo Manipulation By Julien Tabet
Fantastic creations by Julien Tabet, talented 20-year-old digital artist from France whose works are characterized by a fantastic and surreal atmosphere. Julien uses Photoshop to reimagine animals, and create a surreal world where everything is possible. Continue reading »
Flying Citroën Cars By Jacob Munkhammar
Swedish artist Jacob Munkhammar transforms old Citroën cars into flying retro-futuristic vehicles. Continue reading »
Skeleton of Color: Amazing Performance Art By Butch Locsin
Los Angeles-based creative Butch Locsin creates art that celebrates life, death and humanity. Inspired by Mexico’s Day of the Dead, Butch plays with skull masks and colored smoke grenades to produce spectacular images. Continue reading »
Guido Zimmermann Turns Compelling Architecture Into Cuckoo Clocks
“Cuckoo Blocks” are Zimmermann’s answer to the traditional cuckoo clocks from the Black Forest in Germany. They present a contemporary view of urban living and compelling architecture. The hull is new, but the soul, a clockwork with a cuckoo, is still an old one. Continue reading »
Beautiful Kirsten Dunst As A Teenager In 1995
Following her precocious performances in Interview with the Vampire and Little Women, the dimpled actress starred in the children’s adventure film Jumanji alongside Robin Williams. Here are some of interesting pictures of Kirsten Dunst as a teenager taken by photographer Ron Davis in 1995. Continue reading »
Fantastic French Publicity Caravans Of Yesteryear
In 1929 the race director of the Tour de France got together with the marketing director of the country’s leading chocolatier, Menier, to create the first parade of caravans promoting French products. A fleet of vehicles were seen by nearly 10 million people on the route promoting various goods and local businesses– and the tradition was born… Continue reading »
People Of Bell Labs In The 1960s
In 1967, Lawrence ‘Larry’ Luckham was an operations manager at Bell Labs in Oakland, California. He brought a camera into work to capture a day in the life at a company churning out some of the biggest technological advances of the decade. Continue reading »
Meet Photographer Emanuele D’Angelo, Who Calls Emily Ratajkowski His Muse
Rome-born photographer, Emanuele D’Angelo, comes from an era of photography where a “traditional” approach was the industry norm – enamored by the books of luminaries like Hirohiko Araki and Richar Kern which he had acquired from his father. While for many artists, this may have formed a jaded opinion towards the newer generation, D’Angelo is actually happy to see people expressing themselves in any matter they see fit. Continue reading »
The Unique Glitch Art And Overflowing Dark Creativity By The Polish Artist Hubert Solczyński
Born in 1986 in Poland, Hubert Solczyński was confronted with the artistic world at a very young age. He worked for 15 years behind the stage like his father before him (whom he followed from performance to performance from a very young age). Continue reading »
Atmos Studio Creates Amazing StairStalk Staircase For HIDE Restaurant In London
Atmos Studio has completed a monumental staircase made from laminated oak that weaves as the centerpiece of the Oliver Dabbous’s recently opened 3-storey HIDE restaurant in Mayfair, London. The stair’s design creates a plant-like structure that grows like an irrepressible life-force from beneath, bursting from the shadows of the basement towards the daylight above. Continue reading »
Alex Chinneck Transforms An Antique Grandfather Clock Into A Flexible Sculpture
Alex Chinneck’s (previously) latest artwork, ‘Growing up gets me down’, transforms an antique grandfather clock into a contemporary sculpture.
The unique piece, which is on display and available to purchase at Liberty London, achieves the seemingly impossible task of tying the body of a longcase oak clock into a knot. The result is an inventive and witty twist on a traditional aesthetic, breathing new life and eccentricity into an antique object. Continue reading »
Would You Ride Your Bike More Often If It Looked Like A Horse?
Would you ride your bike more often if it looked like a horse? That’s the idea behind “Horsey”, a set of wooden accessories you can attach to your bicycle to make it look like a pet horse, and therefore encourage people to bike more often instead of driving. Continue reading »
Malaysian Artist Ivan Tao Paints Subjects With Great Atmosphere To His Pieces
Ivan Tao is a Malaysian artist who’s majorly influenced by the impressionism art period. It’s evident in his portraits of Natalie Portman and Hellboy as he uses quick brush strokes in order to approximate the likeness of the two without going into heavy refinement or detail. His penchant for wispy and flowing brush strokes also gives his pieces an ethereal dream-like quality. Continue reading »
Italian Guy Recreates Celebrity Outfits With Household Items
This master of mockery is Italian college student Emanuele Ferrari. It’s fun seeing how he transforms everyday items like toilet paper and egg cartons into outfits that actually resemble expensive fashion. Continue reading »
Futuristic Cartoons That Will Make You Laugh, Then Cry
Instagram account @futurismcartoons produces weekly cartoon sketches that imagine the everyday life of tomorrow, and it’s hilariously terrifying. Continue reading »
Illustrator Reveals The Brutally Honest Life Truths
Illustrator and author of “A Sticky Note Guide to Life“, Chaz Huton, perfectly sums up the realities of everyday life, and he does it all on brutally honest sticky notes. Continue reading »
