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Fabulous Photographs From the “Bubble” Series by Melvin Sokolsky in 1963

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In 1963, New York City-based photographer and film director Melvin Sokolsky (1933–2022) produced the “Bubble” series of photographs depicting fashion models “floating” in giant clear plastic bubbles suspended in midair above the River Seine in Paris. Continue reading »

Colombian Artist Creates Illustrations Inspired by Medieval Drawings and Scientific Atlases

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According to Carolina Zambrano: “I am an illustrator, graphic designer and artist. The topics that I address, for the most part, are related to the symbolic world, magic, alchemy and nature. My creative processes are associated with the discovery of personal and collective symbols. Continue reading »

Minimalist Aquatic Photos by Mária Švarbová

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Swimmers are a recurring theme in Slovakian photographer Mária Švarbová’s work (previously featured here and here), always captured in her distinctive, captivating style. Continue reading »

ALIVE! Fred G Johnson’s American Sideshow Banners

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Fred G. Johnson’s (1892 – 1990) banners were used to illustrate A Century of Progress for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair His artwork also advertised the Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey and Clyde Beatty circuses. Continue reading »

Here Is Where the Digital Creative Community Gets Together to Share Some of Their Favorite Client Comments

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Ad creatives, designers, animators, directors, illustrators took time out to dress up their favorite funniest and dumbest feedback from clients, transforming quotes that would normally give you a twitch, into a diverse collection of posters. Continue reading »

Amazing Black And White Photographs Of All About Photo Magazine Awards 2022

Untitled by Radoslaw Lowicki, Poland
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Here are the amazing black and white photographs of the All About Photo Magazine Awards 2022. They announced 25 talented photographers who won “AAP Magazine #25: B&W”. Continue reading »

Beautiful Colorized Photos of a Young Queen Elizabeth II From the 1930s and 1940s

Elizabeth, Duchess of York (1900 – 2002), looking at her first child, future Queen, Princess Elizabeth. May 1926
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Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original image: Speaight/Hulton Archive—Getty Images

When Winston Churchill met a two-year-old princess, the future Queen Elizabeth II, in 1928, he observed in the child a remarkable quality. She had, the future Prime Minister said, an “air of authority and reflectiveness astonishing in an infant.” Continue reading »

The DKIST Telescope on Top of An Extinct Volcano Has Taken the Most Detailed Pictures of The Sun

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If a picture is worth a thousand words, the images and data produced by Inouye Solar Telescope will write the next chapters of solar physics research, including two new images released in celebration of this week’s events. Continue reading »

The Best Winning Photos Of Black And White Photo Awards 2022

Absolute Winner by Johan Willems
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Here are the best winning photos of the Black and White Photo Awards 2022. The image that took the title of Absolute Winner was Cheetah with cubs by Johan Willems. Continue reading »

Finally, The 2023 Chicken Daddies Calendar Is Here!

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Introducing Chicken daddies, the best calendar you could possibly get for 2023. Seriously. You can get the ‘The Eggcracker Edition’ where the chicken daddies dress in colorful tutus and pose as beautifully as possible or you can get a ‘Betty Clucker Edition’ where chicken daddies dress as housewives preparing dinner! Continue reading »

Facetters: Designer Created a Cool Collection of “Hero Logos,” Combining Typography with Popular Characters

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According to Sergey Kirmanov: “I present to your attention a collection of heroic logos. It features 20 heroes from different universes. It was interesting for me to combine the images of the characters with their text writing. The resulting symbiosis of faces and letters was named.” Continue reading »

Logo Artist Redesigns Iconic Brand Logos

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According to Kwaku Amprako, an independent graphic designer, and logo design specialist: “I am a Graphic Designer based in London, my home for the past 20+ years. Since the start of my career, I have provided logo design and identity services. I have a deep passion for all things simple and modern. I pride myself in producing quality work for my clients. Continue reading »

The Superb Experimental & Creative Digital Artworks of Solwhi Park

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Intense, bold, colorful, and full of glitches. Those are some of the words we can use to describe the visually-striking work of Sol Whi Park, known online as Visualocto, an experimental and self-taught South Korean designer whose work keeps stopping whoever stumbles upon it through social media. Continue reading »

Romanian Artist Makes Detailed Paintings On Glass, And Here Are So Tiny Cool

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Acccording to Silvia Popescu: “Have you ever wondered what it would be like to drink your wine while an octopus was staring at you? I did, so I made it happen! Continue reading »

30 Different Sisters in 30 Days: The Photographer Took Pictures of The Sisters During the Month

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According to a photographer Vicky Champagne: “I challenged myself to photograph 30 different sisters in 30 days! I wanted to document the bond between sisters. I wanted to show the similarities and differences sisters can have, physically and in their personalities. Continue reading »

Artist Makes Animal Dolls Out Of Faux Fur, And It’s Both Ethical And Cut

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According to an artist: “My name is Yanina Link and I am a graduated fashion designer. Creating unique and completely handmade bears (and their friends) has become a wonderful profession for me. Continue reading »

This Dog Perfectly Recreated Madonna’s Iconic Photos

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Vincent Flouret, a French fashion photographer from Paris, has been working on a project that is very close to his heart; it features his beloved dog Max recreating Madonna’s iconic photos. The attention to detail is unbelievable and Max is a great model, although he only gets paid in treats. We hope that these pics will raise your spirits up and make you smile! Continue reading »

Cool Pics That Capture Naughty Ladies of the 1950s

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A cool photo collection that shows what naughty ladies looked like in the 1950s. They were probably funny but rebellious. Continue reading »

Exquisite: The Amazing Stanley Kubrick-Inspired Gucci Campaign

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Gucci’s Fall 2022 campaign pays homage to legendary director Stanley Kubrick by recreating memorable scenes from his movies, with a fashion twist. Continue reading »

The Highly Commended Entries for The Wildlife Photographer of The Year 2022

Highly commended images from the wildlife photographer of the year contest. Winners will be announced on 11 October and an exhibition of the 100 award-winning shots will open at the Natural History Museum on 14 October.

Underwater wonderland, by Tiina Törmänen, Finland
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Törmänen was thrilled to meet a school of inquisitive European perch on her annual snorkel in Honkalampi lake. In the previous three years she had found only dead fish. She framed the fish flying through clouds of pink-tinged algae. Although it created a beautiful scene, excessive algal growth, a result of the changing climate and warming waters, can cause problems for aquatic wildlife as it uses up oxygen and blocks out sunlight. Photograph: Tiina Törmänen Continue reading »

The Top 12 Entries for the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Image Contest 2022

Lab-grown spinal cords and glowing fish larvae are among the incredible images from the researchers at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology at Queensland University, as they celebrate national science week with an annual competition to find the best pictures taken under the microscope.

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Hippocampal neurons play a critical role in memory formation. Here, the neurons have been highlighted with monomeric and polymerized actin and green fluorescence protein. Photograph: Belal Shohayeb Continue reading »

Inside a Porsche Factory From the Early 1970s

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The body of the Porsche 356 was manually manufactured at the Reutter bodywork. The car body cover itself was attached to the chassis frame welded to several parts. The joints were filled with soft foam (which was a very tedious and time-consuming process) and then sanded. In 1965, the production of the Porsche 356 finished. At the end, they were already making 25 body-pieces a day. Continue reading »

Dreaming of Tomorrow At Alberta Vocational Schools, 1970

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In 1970, Alberta vocational schools busied itself with training Canadian workers.To promote education and its schools, the Alberta Public Affairs Bureau took these pictures. Continue reading »

Spectacular Entrants and Winners of The Festival of Ethical Photography 2022

The Festival of Ethical Photography, a celebration of ethically committed documentary practice, takes place annually in Lodi in northern Italy, this year from 24 September to 23 October. Work by more than 80 photographers is displayed.

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Edineilson Oliveira prays at the beach. Fittipaldi’sEustasy series documents the rising waters and the disastrous interventions that have made Atafona, north-east of Rio De Janeiro in Brazil, the most significant case of coastal erosion in the world. Photograph: Felipe Fittipaldi Continue reading »

Finally, The Kid Trump 2023 Calendar Is Here!

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He may only be a one-term president, but thanks to this Kid Trump calendar you’ll be able to enjoy our Commander-in-Cheeto’s antics all throughout 2023 as well. Each month comes with a brilliantly hilarious and masterfully doctored image of Trump as a little kid. You can order this calendar on Etsy for yourself or as a gift to a Trump supporter – it would royally piss him off. Continue reading »