When Your Daughter Has To Wear An Eye Patch Every Day, You Make The Most Of It
When Layla’s parents found out that she’d have to wear an eye patch every day for a couple hours every day, they tried to make the most of it by turning it into something fun and each time. It started as a game, and then grew into a creative project documenting Layla’s different patch styles on Instagram. Continue reading »
Clever Combinations Of Illustrations And Wood Carvings Create Extraordinary Miniature Cities
Luke O’Sullivan uses a combination of drawings and sculptural carvings to construct wondrous urban landscapes. His extensive metropolitan pieces strike a balance between recognizable architecture and impossible structures in order to create fantastical subterranean systems. The 3-D artworks protrude into space, similar to a diorama display, but O’Sullivan purposively ensures that his miniature worlds are rooted partially in reality and partially in the absurd. Continue reading »
Brutalist Buildings Made From Lego Bricks
With a penchant for Berlin architecture, German artist Arndt Schlaudraff creates brutalist buildings made out of white Lego bricks. Continue reading »
Into The Make-Believe World Of Polish Re-Enactors
‘Warriors’ is a long-term project about people who are history or exotic culture buffs. Our heroes were found next to us. They are usual people like most of us are and they behave the same in everyday lives. Until the time they put on a costume — mostly made by themselves. Continue reading »
“Harmony Of The Seas” – The World’s Largest Cruise Ship
Photo by Loic Venance / AFP Photo
The Harmony of the Seas (Oasis 3) class ship leaves the STX Les Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard site in Saint-Nazaire, France, March 10, 2016. The city’s STX France shipyards began building the €1bn ($1.1bn) mammoth for US shipbuilder Royal Caribbean International (RCI) in September 2013. Continue reading »
Stunning Action Photos Of Daredevil Bikers Performing Gravity-Defying Stunts As They Get Covered In Colored Powder
These snaps show a pair of daredevil bikers performing gravity-defying stunts as they get covered from head to toe in brightly colored powder. The stunning action shots show the fearless duo perform nail-biting tricks on their BMX bikes as they get showered with the brilliantly colored powder. Continue reading »
This Super Tiny Cabin Lets People Sleep In The Mountains Under The Stars
Photography by Giacomo Pompanin
In the northeastern Italy, at an altitude of 6742 feet (or 2,055 meters), lies a single cabin on skis that you can stay the night in. Continue reading »
250 Year Old Tower In Croatia Was Turned Into A Cozy House
This building is a former windmill built by Franciscan monks in 1761. The tower sits on a hill overlooking the harbor of the island of Hvar situated in the Adriatic Sea. Continue reading »
New Jeep Concepts
Ahead of its annual Jeep Safari, now in its 50th year, Jeep has gone ahead and released a handful of new concepts sure to have any fan in a tizzy. Continue reading »
This Is What Disney Princesses Would Look Like If They Were Renaissance Women
Coupling contemporary cultural references and historic fine art techniques, Bangkok-based designer Thunyamon Charoensuttikul has realized a series titled ‘Disney princesses in the Renaissance’. The digital paintings recreate some of Disney’s most beloved characters in the style of 15th century portraiture. Dark backdrops with minimal detail echo the aesthetic qualities of the artistic era, while a textured paint crackle effect mimics the time-worn personalities of Renaissance paintings. Continue reading »
The Weight Watchers: Candid Photos Taken By An Obese Woman Reveal How Strangers Really React To Her On The Street
An overweight woman who photographs herself in public to capture the cruel looks and stares she attracts has turned her series of portraits into a book. The Watchers shows photos of Haley Morris-Cafiero, an artist from Memphis, Tennessee, taken in different social settings around the world over six years. The 40-year-old positions a camera and stations herself in front of it in public spaces to take photos of herself and capture the reaction of those passing by. Continue reading »
Mother Creates An Amazing Cardboard Kitchen For Her Daughter
Rodessa Villanueva-Reyes went above and beyond to create a play kitchen for her young daughter. It may look like a store-bought kitchen, but it was crafted almost entirely from cardboard boxes! It’s a beautiful DIY project that every kid would love to have, and Rodessa was kind enough to share the instructions with anyone interested in making something like this for their own child. Continue reading »
13th Annual Smithsonian Photo Contest Finalists
“A Little Monkey on the Cliff”. “A cold front hit the Nagano prefecture. I saw a little monkey enduring the cold in Jigokudani Monkey Park. This little monkey is really cute”. (Photo by Hidetoshi Ogata/Smithsonian Photo Contest) Continue reading »
This Is Known To Be The Only Photo Of Van Gogh As An Adult
Antonio de Robertis and Alan Zamboni, two Italian art experts, believe they have found a unique photo of famous Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh in the collections of the INHA research institute, taken in Paris in 1887 or 1888. Continue reading »
Photographer Jonny Joo Captures Eerie Images Of Abandoned Buildings
This is the forgotten landscape of post-GFC America. A time when it was cheaper to abandon old factories than attempt to sell them, and where suburb-sized buildings sit forgotten and desolate. An intrepid explorer began visiting these eerie haunts after becoming obsessed with a terrifying computer game. Continue reading »
This Supercargo Vehicle Is Something Out Of This World
This is Steinwinter supercargo built in 1987 and it is nothing you’ve ever seen before. It was built to serve as a multi purpose vehicle like hauling cargo containers. Its look is sure very unique. Continue reading »
Saddle Shoes In Their Highest Popularity Period – One Of Favorite Fashion Styles Of Young Girls From Between The 1920s And 1950s
Saddle shoes were usually worn with white sport socks, and leg coverings varied from shorts to jeans and skirts or dresses. Although designed for both men and women, saddle shoes were worn by most of young girls in their highest popularity period. And they were also one of youth’s favorite fashion styles from the 1920s to 1950s. Continue reading »
What Peaceful Borders Between European Countries Look Like
Since the Schengen Agreement of 1985, restrictions on moving between countries in Europe have slowly been erased. Netherlands-based photographer Valerio Vincenzo decided to document this change in his series “Borderline, the Frontiers of Peace,” a project which is especially poignant today, as the EU struggles with the immigrant crisis. Continue reading »
36 Widespread “Truths” That Are Totally Fake
These are simply common misconceptions. Continue reading »
Classic Disney Characters Reimagined In The Beautifully Eerie Style Of Tim Burton
Artist and animator Andrew Tarusov recently posed a simple question: “What if Tim Burton directed all Disney classic movies?” Continue reading »
Husband Illustrated Every Single Day He Spent With His Beloved Wife In 365 Drawings
It’s hard not to tear up while scrolling through affectionate Curtis Wiklund‘s illustrations. The Michigan-based wedding photographer drew every day for a whole year to document his life with his beloved wife Jordin. Continue reading »
“The North American Indian” – One Man’s Vision Of A Continent Of Cultures
Born on a Wisconsin farm in 1868, Edward Sheriff Curtis grew up to become a commercial photographer in Seattle. In 1895 he photographed Princess Angeline, the daughter of the Duwamish chief Seattle, for whom the city was named. That encounter sparked Curtis’ lifelong fascination with the cultures and lives of Native American tribes. He soon joined expeditions to visit tribes in Alaska and Montana. Continue reading »
Book A Stay On Your Own Robinson Crusoe Island
Its name is Bird Island, perhaps because it is so small that it can be a decent home to birds only or perhaps because it was first noticed by a bird. We can not tell, but the Bird Island near Placencia, Belize is now available for a holiday booking via Airbnb for 350$ per night. Continue reading »
20 Beautiful Photographs Of Urban Decay In Detroit’s Crumbling Ghost Neighbourhoods
During the Gilded Age of the late 19th century Detroit, Michigan was known to some as the Paris of the West, on account of its opulent architecture, grand boulevards and burgeoning cityscape. Continue reading »
Playful Seniors Wear Organic Materials To Personify Nature
Eyes as Big as Plates is a whimsical series by Finnish photographer Riitta Ikonen and Norwegian photographer Karoline Hjorth that features senior citizens donning organic materials like twigs and grass. Ikonen says that the collaborative project originally began as “a play on characters and protagonists from Norwegian folklore” but has since evolved into a collection of images exploring “mental landscapes” that reflect a return of body to nature with the use of scavenged materials. Continue reading »
