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Big Cats Are Beautiful!

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These romantic sepia shots show lovers enjoying quiet, unguarded moments together – but the subjects are not besotted couples; they are fearsome big cats. Freelance snapper Goran Anastasovski has devoted more than 10 years of his life to photographing big cats and other animals. The 46-year-old from Macedonia aims to emphasize their human qualities in his photographs.
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Photo Series Shows That More Symmetrical Doesn’t Mean More Beautiful

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What is it that constitutes beauty? Is it the completely unique aspects to a person, perhaps their imperfections, or is it symmetry that makes a person beautiful? Continue reading »

The Surreal And Beautiful Photography Of Tokyo’s Levitating Girl

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Natsumi Hayashi is a Japanese artist known for her fixation with levitating. Two years, ago, the photographer began posting portraits online of herself floating in mid-air. The magical project – titled “Today’s Levitation” – is the subject of a playful survey of her year-long obsession with flying. Continue reading »

These Beautiful Bonsai Skulls Bring The Dead Back To Life

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Wish you could celebrate Halloween all year long? These unique bonsai skulls are just what you need. The handmade creations fuse the ancient tradition of bonsai with the creepy beauty of the human skull into a fabulous art piece that is socially acceptable to display all year long. Continue reading »

Some Of Hollywood’s Most Beautiful Women Have Been Given A Shocking Bloody Make-Over To Highlight Domestic Violence

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Stars including Kim Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, Angelina Jolie, Miley Cyrus, Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow and Emma Watson were made up to look like bruised and battered victims of domestic violence by artist and activist aleXsandro Palombo, for the No Women is Immune from Domestic Violence project. Continue reading »

A Beautiful Lamp That Looks Just Like A Hardcover Book

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We’ve got a bit of an obsession with quirky lighting here at LAEM, so we were kind of blown away when we caught sight of Lumio. The light was created by Jakarta-born, San Francisco-based designer Max Gunawan, and has won more than half a dozen awards since its creation. Continue reading »

This Bride Spends $170 And 8 Months Crocheting Her Own Beautiful Wedding Dress

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22-year-old Abbey Ramirez-Bodly decided to make her own wedding dress after struggling to find an affordable gown. While we’d have ended up with a white sack, she got to wear the dress of her dreams. Continue reading »

Beautiful Photos Of Mali The Dog Enjoying Christmas Time

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“My name is Gabi Stickler and I’m an amateur photographer from Germany. I love to be creative and take pictures! My favorite subject is my dog and his friends.” Continue reading »

Student Captures What Happens When People Are Told They Are Beautiful

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How would you react if someone told you that you’re beautiful? 18-year-old Shea Glover, a highschool student from Chicago, conducted a social experiment to find out. Continue reading »

Spread Your Wings: Beautiful Shovava Wing Scarves By Roza Khamitova

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Roza Khamitova was born into a family of artists in Kazakhstan. After finishing design school in Manhattan, New York, she was working in fashion industry for about 8 years. As a visual artist Roza had always drawn most of her inspiration from the natural world around her in the mountains of Kazakhstan.
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Beautiful Baroque Architecture Bags

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Ukrainian designer Konstantin Kofta imagined a collection of bags and backpacks that mimics the baroque architecture. His collection, called Arxi, is inspired by sculptural, natural and dramatic lines and curves of the XVIth century buildings. Decorative elements of a grey stone facade are here applied to fashion. The used materials make the illusion of concrete. Continue reading »

Photos Of Beautiful US Marine Wives on “Jane Wayne Day”

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1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion held the “Jane Wayne Day” event at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California to give the spouses an opportunity to experience a day as a Marine. “Jane Wayne Day” gives the family members an inside look of how the Marines contribute to their unit and promotes a friendly environment within the battalion. Continue reading »

Unusual and Beautiful Rainbow Cloud Portal Appears in the Sky

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The beautiful phenomenon pictured above, was captured floating high above Eastern Victoria, Australia. It almost appears to be a portal to another dimension, complete with a rainbow beckoning to the other side, but there is a scientific explanation for these bewitching cloudy formations known as fallstreak holes. It begins with a process known as supercooling. Continue reading »

20 Beautiful Quotes That Perfectly Sum Up Life In Your 20s

Life in your 20s is full of possibilities and anticipation of great things. It’s a special time of energetic optimism and ardent discovery. It’s a decade to look forward to, enjoy, and remember with fondness. And these 20 quotes perfectly sum it up.

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Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Continue reading »

This Designer Creates Beautiful And Delicate Ceramic Flowers

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A selection of the ceramic sculptures of the American artist and designer Angela Schwer, aka Dilly Pad, who creates handmade flowers, plants, fungi, or even corals with a rare fineness. Continue reading »

Beautiful Color Photographs Of England During The 1920s

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The summers seemed brighter, the weather warmer, the days more leisurely. The First World War—”the war to end all wars”—was long over and the 1920s began as a decade of great prosperity. But by the 1925, the years of plenty were over. The gap between rich and poor widened, with unemployment rife and beggars—many old soldiers—a common sight on the cities’ streets. Continue reading »

Beautiful Paintings on Fallen Tree Logs Mirror Their Natural Origins

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Artist Alison Moritsugu captures the essence of Mother Nature in her log paintings. These environmental pieces utilize trees as both the subject and the canvas. The fragmented nature of the trees allow the designer to paint directly onto the rustic wood. Continue reading »

KLM Airlines Transformed An Airplane Into An Apartment, And It’s Beautiful

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By now, almost everyone has spent a bit of time browsing AirBNB. You may not always be able to get away and plan a holiday because it’s not the right time of year, or you have too much work, but just browsing the site can be a whole ton of fun. There are often many vibrant and creative spaces to choose from, and some are just so impressive, beautiful, and eclectic that we just have to share them with you. Continue reading »

This Artist Takes Magnificent Pictures Of LED Hula Hoop Over The Beautiful Landscapes

Well, this is hardly a waist of time! Here’s the couple who traveled the U.S. with an LED hula hoop – taking magnificent landscape photographs as they went. The brilliantly vibrant photographs show off the lights and colors of the lit-up hula hoop – with the strikingly serene American landscapes in the background. Grant Mallory, 25, from Columbus, Ohio, took pictures of his 23-year-old fiance hula-hooping in various national parks across the United States over the course of a three month road trip in the summer of 2015.

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Magnificent pictures taken by Grant Mallory at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Continue reading »

Beautiful Photos from Norway’s Fjords Will Unwind Your Mind

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Reine Lofoten

Wherever you are in the world, looking at the ocean, coastline or nearby lake can often have a remarkably calming influence.
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Brilliant Illustrations of the Beautiful Girls by Eric Hibbeler

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Eric Hibbeler received his BFA in Painting from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2012 and has been a practicing freelance illustrator and concept artist since 2008. He currently works at MK12 in Kansas City, MO. Let’s take a look at several quality artworks selected from his portfolio.
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Beautiful Ethiopian Headwear Made From Your Trash

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In southern Ethiopia, deep within the Omo Valley you’ll find the semi-nomadic tribe known as ‘The Daasanach’, a group made up of some 50,000 individuals. Continue reading »

Beautiful Goldie Hawn’s “Laugh-In” Bikini Photoshoot

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Vintage young Goldie Hawn from the time when this was considered pushing the envelope by late 1960’s TV standards, but Laugh-In was the #1 rated show for two seasons (1968-1970). Continue reading »

Beautiful Photos Of Summer In North Carolina, 1975

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Joel Sternfeld is a fine-art color photographer noted for his large-format documentary pictures of the United States and helping establish color photography as a respected artistic medium. He has influenced a generation of color photographers, including Andreas Gursky, who borrows many of Sternfeld’s techniques and approaches. Continue reading »

Rare And Beautiful Portrait Photography Of Marilyn Monroe From The 1950s

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A collection of rare and beautiful black-white portraits of Marilyn Monroe from the 1950s. Continue reading »