Photographer Captures Stunning Images Of Incredible Solar-Powered Furnace In Uzbekistan
Nowadays, solar energy is finally coming into vogue as technology gets up to speed and it becomes more affordable. However, the USSR were way ahead of the curve when it came to utilizing our nearest star’s massive power. Continue reading »
Zdzisław Beksiński: Terrifying Visions Of Hell By Murdered Polish Painter
Zdzisław Beksiński was an incredibly talented Polish artist who depicted bleak and depressing, sci-fi scenes. Sadly, his life was cut short by a tragic murder. Here we examine some of his best work and recount his tale of woe. He eventually found an interest in sculpture, then photography and later painting. Those that knew him reported him to be a kind, humorous and well measured man who took little interest in over analyzing his own work. Beksiński’s pictures look ultra creepy and bleak to the extreme, but he himself actually found them amusing, he saw them as hopeful rather than apocalyptic. Continue reading »
This Jaw-Dropping 19th-Century German Bridge Uses Its Reflection To Form A Perfect Circle
Dirk Förster
Nestled among the verdant foliage in Kromlau, Germany’s Kromlauer Park, is a delicately arched devil’s bridge known as the Rakotzbrücke, which was specifically built to create a circle when it is reflected in the waters beneath it. Continue reading »
Japanese Photographer Spends His Life Shooting Women’s Thighs
Introducing Yuria, a mysterious Japanese photographer who makes a living by taking photos of women’s thighs (“futomomo” in Japanese) – over 30,000 photos to be precise. Yuria is a self-proclamed “Futomomo Artist“. Continue reading »
Polish Stalkers Turned The Lights On In Pripyat, 31 Years After Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
Pripyat is a radioactive ghost town just outside Chernobyl, the site of the infamous nuclear disaster in 1986. Deep within the Exclusion Zone, the city has been permanently evacuated. Because of the contamination, officially you can’t live there, although 200 or so defiant oldster locals still do. They just kept on going back to their houses until the officials gave up. Continue reading »
Amazing Street Art Installations That Cleverly Interact With Nature
StepArt
Street art is there to surprise and inspire us, to shake up the often dull urban environments in which it can usually be found in order to give us a fresh perspective on our otherwise familiar neighborhoods and streets. But sometimes street art goes one step further than that by not only altering the world around it, but actually interacting with it. Continue reading »
Big Brother Makes His 5-Year-Old Sister’s Dreams Come True With Disney-Themed Photoshoot
In a moment that would make any parent cry, a 13-year-old approached his mum with the idea of dressing as Prince Charming and surprising his little sister with a princess themed photo shoot. And since their mom Christina Angel is a photographer, she was more than happy to acommodate the cute request, posting a message about how it all went down. Continue reading »
Before & After: Photographer Captures Musicians & The Toll Of Performing
Devin, The Color Morale. Photo by Brandon Andersen
Have you ever looked at your favorite musicians while they are performing your favorite hits and thought to yourself, they look a lot different on stage doing their thing then they do off stage, in interviews and such. Continue reading »
Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark And Surreal Paintings
Depression is not easy thing to deal with, but sometimes you can take your weakness and turn it into something beautiful.
That’s exactly what polish artist Dawid Planeta did – to help himself he created an imaginary world where a small man is traveling through long forgotten jungle meeting his weaknesses and fears presented as giant animals with glowing eyes. The vision created by the artist is dark, mysterious, and very beautiful. Continue reading »
Now In Oregon You Can Have Llamas Dressed As A Bride And Groom Attend Your Wedding
Brides Magazine reports that the faith-based nonprofit Mtn Peaks Therapy Llamas & Alpacas has llamas and alpacas ready to dress up and party with you. Or, you know, just hang out and be adorable. All of the proceeds go to the organization’s therapy and education program. Continue reading »
The Psyduck Pokemon Sexy Cosplay By Beautiful Helena Steele
Helena Steele (aka HJ Steele) is a model from St. Paul, Minnesota. A cosplayer by hobby, Helena began cosplaying in the fall of 2013 and her cosplay journey with a project called “Seasons of Ivy” that documented her interpretation of Poison Ivy’s changes throughout the seasons of the year. Besides that, she is best known for Borderlands Princess Peach. Continue reading »
Demonic Glowing Eyed Cats And How To Photograph A Feline
Cats are generally cute and cuddly and full of fun. But there is another side of them which collector Robert E. Jackson has been collecting and that is how when a flash is taken of a cat, the lens of their eyes glows such that they looked possessed. Continue reading »
Spiderman Wanders Through The Skies Of Bogota, Colombia
Raul Arboleda/AFP Photo
The capital of Colombia now has an additional attraction- a flying Spiderman over its bridges. Jahn Freddy Duque is earning nearly $10 an hour, performing stunts on Bogota’s bridges, much to the delight of passersby and drivers. Continue reading »
New ‘Anti’ Fashion Modeling Agency Debuts Its Stunning Avant-Garde Stars Of All Sizes And Backgrounds
A New York City modeling agency is defying fashion stereotypes, one arresting beauty at a time. The Anti-Agency, which began four years ago in the UK, has launched its New York City branch, eager to represent personalities deemed to strong for the roster of a classic modeling company. On its catalog of models are gender-bending fashion fans, a punk musician, and a member of one of New York City’s best-known all-female skating crew The Skate Kitchen. Continue reading »
Nordstrom Is Selling Jeans Caked In Fake Dirt For Hundreds Of Dollars
Nordstrom is selling “mud-stained” jeans to the tune of $425. They’re called the “Barracuda Straight Leg Jeans” and come with some sort of fake mud substance caked all over them. (It’s not clear what that substance is.) The knees, pockets and crotch of the jeans appear bear most of the faux brown muck. Continue reading »
Artist Replaces Billboards With Photos Of The Landscapes They’re Blocking
In a cinematic experience animated by driving along Gene Autry Trail, viewers will encounter a series of billboards featuring photographs of the very mountains towards which they are heading. Each photograph is unique to its position along this route and at a certain point as one approaches each billboard, perfect alignment with the horizon will occur thus reconnecting the space that the rectangle of the billboard has interrupted. Continue reading »
Super Dad Turns Cars Meant For Kids Into Something Straight Out Of Mad Max
Ian Pfaff
Mad Max superfan Ian Pfaff, of Glendale, California, was inspired to make Mad Max mobiles for his kids, Junior, 2, and Benji, five months. Ian — who is a director by day and makes props in his spare time — started with classic Little Tykes Cozy Coupes. Then added everything from old computer parts to pieces from an expresso machine. Continue reading »
Two Culinary Students Made Gigantic, Chocolate Covered Rock Candy Geodes
At the Culinary Institute of America, two students—Alex Yeatts and Abby Lee Wilcox—have spent the last six months creating a collection of chocolate-covered, rock candy geodes and they look absolutely amazing. Continue reading »
Tons Of Juice Flooded The Streets Of Russian Cities
On Tuesday at the enterprise JSC “EKZ Lebedyansky” (owned by PepsiCo) collapsed roof of the warehouse on an area of 300 square meters, reports citing. Continue reading »
Ikea Had A Great Reaction To Balenciaga Making A $2,145 Version Of Its 99-Cent Blue Bag
IKEA have issued a hilarious advert for its $0.99 shopping bag so its customers can rest assured they’ve bought the real deal. The amusing ad is in response to French luxury fashion house Balenciaga’s new handbag which looks suspiciously similar to the iconic Ikea FRAKTA bag. Continue reading »
This Instagrammer Perfectly Matches Her Outfits With Art Masterpieces
In 2010, a social media manager combined her painting skills with her ability to design and construct clothing. The result was Artfully Awear, a website and a social media account that highlights Ariel Adkins’ ability to make clothing inspired by art. So far, Adkins has featured an impressive hand-painted dress inspired by Vasily Kandinsky’s Composition 8, a polka-dotted jumpsuit inspired by Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrors, and a long white jacket colorfully accented with multicolored sheafs inspired by Henri Matisse’s large-scale ceramic, La Gerbe. Continue reading »
Planet Pins: Tiny Hand-Painted Solar System Stationery
Hold the entire solar system in the palm of your hand with this unique set of planet push pins. Add a bit of outer-space to your home & office space. The 8 planet shapes are moulded in the UK over german-made, black steel pins, then sent to Tokyo where they are painstakingly brush painted by hand and assembled into their serial-numbered, polished-acrylic display cases. Continue reading »
Artist Carson Davis Brown Creates In-Store Installations Without Permission
Carson Davis Brown’s “Mass” project puts site-specific, color-based installations in big box stores and other “places of mass” without permission. These visual disruptions take otherwise disparate objects and groups them into temporary sculptures. The project has taken the artist to stores across the U.S. A primary charge for the project is to make passers-by more aware of their environment by recontextualizing the items around them. Continue reading »
Deborah Simon’s ‘Flayed’ Bears Reflect On Human, Animal Relationships
Deborah Simon, a Virginia-born, New York-based artist, creates sculptures that explore “the reality of the animal and the vulnerability imbued in toy.” Though her sculptures appear to be taxidermy, series like “Flayed Animals” are made entirely from hand. She uses materials like polymer clay, faux fur, acrylic paint, wire, foam, glass, and embroidery materials to create these animals, mostly focusing on bears. Continue reading »
This Is How Real Psychos Get Unleashed – Moscow’s “Rage Rooms” By The Hour
Do you ever feel stressed and just want to break the furniture or smash up a computer? The Russians have the solution! In Moscow, located in a flea market, Debosh offers a unique way for people to relieve stress and to take out their aggression harmlessly, violently and legally. This concept, known as “rage rooms” is a personalised experience in which Debosh can design the room to represent your office, flat or even a state institution, and can be filled with furniture to match your requests. You can even request a car to be placed in a room for you to destroy… Continue reading »
