Spectacular Bird-Winners From The 2024 Nature’s Best Photography Awards
Winner: “Egret and Ladyfish” by Xiaoping Lin, China
The 2024 Nature’s Best Photography Awards celebrated the artistry and passion of bird photographers, showcasing stunning images of avian life in diverse, breathtaking settings. These photographs captured both the elegance and fragility of birds, inspiring appreciation and a call to protect their natural habitats. Continue reading »
The Art of Street Photography: Black and White Photos from The Decisive Moments Magazine
The Decisive Moments Magazine presents exceptional black-and-white street photographs, capturing the raw energy, emotion, and spontaneous beauty of urban life. Through light, shadow, and composition, these images transform everyday scenes into extraordinary stories, showcasing the enduring artistry of street photography in monochrome. Continue reading »
Rarely Seen Polaroids of Winona Ryder in the Late 1990s
In the late 1990s, Winona Ryder defined a unique fusion of edgy elegance, often seen in minimalist black dresses, leather jackets, and sharp blazers. Continue reading »
Absolutely Superb Minimalist Black and White Photos Captured Winter Scenes in Japan in the 1950s and 1960s
Asano Kiichi (1914–1993), born in Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, moved to Kyoto City as a child, where he was deeply influenced by the city’s arts and traditions. Continue reading »
Darkly Humorous and Thought-Provoking Artworks of Mars Black
Mars Black (real name is Steve Smith) is a contemporary artist known for his surreal, whimsical, and sometimes darkly humorous artwork. He creates vivid illustrations that often blend pop culture references with surreal elements, producing quirky and thought-provoking pieces. Continue reading »
Meet Yang Qi, Main Character Designer On ‘Black Myth Wukong’
Yang Qi is a talented Chinese artist and cofounder of Game Science, a Chinese video game development and publishing company known for its first internationally released premium game Black Myth: Wukong in 2024. Continue reading »
Spectacular Street Winners From The 2024 Minimalist Photography Awards
1st Place Winner: Spectrum by Daniel Mead
The 2024 Minimalist Photography Awards honored exceptional street photography that skillfully embodied simplicity and the urban environment. The winning photographers captured striking images, using minimalism in composition and lighting to enhance emotional depth and narrative power. Continue reading »
Beautiful Award-Winning Black and White Landscapes from the 2024 reFocus Photography Awards
Gold: Wave Washing on Iceberg, Antarctica by Jeff Schewe
The 2024 reFocus Black and White Photography Awards spotlight breathtaking landscape photography from around the globe, showcasing how monochrome enhances contrast, texture, and form to transform natural scenes into powerful works of art. Continue reading »
Creative Spontaneous Sketches of Faces and Figures by Paweł Ponichtera
Illustrator and muralist Paweł Ponichtera offers an intimate glimpse into his creative process through a collection of raw, black-and-white sketches. Continue reading »
Artist Creates Stunning White And Black Dot Drawings On Orange Paper
Vitaly Medved, an artist from Slavutich, Ukraine, creates art based on his own preferences and skills. Continue reading »
Specracular Winning Photos From The Black & White Minimalism Photography Awards 2024
Photo by Nina Papiorek
The Black and White Minimalism Photography Awards 2024 showcased a remarkable collection of winning photos that epitomize minimalistic art through their simplicity, monochrome beauty, and powerful storytelling, highlighting the photographers’ skill in transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. Continue reading »
Vintage Photographs of People Using the Card Catalog at the Library in the 1970s
Before computers, librarians organized book information on cards filed in card catalogs. Each book had multiple cards with details like title, author, and subject, filed alphabetically for easy searching by patrons. Catalogers created this human-made metadata. Continue reading »
In A Series Of Dreamlike Paintings, The Artist Captures The Relationship Between People, Animals, And Nature
Elicia Edijanto (previously), an Indonesian artist, is renowned for her mesmerizing black-and-white watercolor paintings. Her artwork opens a portal to a dreamlike realm where children and animals share a silent, profound bond. Continue reading »
Wild Animals On The Streets Of European Cities In Photo Collages By Česlovas Česnakevičius
Lithuanian artist Česlovas Česnakevičius (previously) enjoys creating photomontages depicting wild animals roaming the streets of European cities. Continue reading »
A Shoe Doll That Belonged to a Child in the Slums of London, ca. 1905
The fact that it was discovered in an Edwardian London slum around 1905, crafted from the heel of a man’s shoe, a black sock, and some scraps of household fabric, makes it both the most heartbreaking and marvelous of toys. Continue reading »
This Artist Perfectly Colorized Retro Black and White Photos
The Bored Panda community member, known for their adeptness in colorizing vintage black and white photographs, expresses: “In a world often seen through the lens of black and white, there’s something magical about adding a splash of color to old photographs. Continue reading »
Amazng Photos of The Wrought-Iron Beetle, aka the Wedding Car
An unusual Volkswagen Beetle model featured a body made entirely of white wrought iron, complete with black vinyl upholstery and all its original gear from 1969. Continue reading »
The Ethereal Artistry and Haunting Hyperrealism in Photographs by Alexander Berdin-Lazursky
Alexander Berdin-Lazursky’s photography exudes a crisp elegance that is both striking and flawlessly beautiful. Continue reading »
The Superb Dark and Occult Art of Dylan Garrett Smith
Dylan Garrett Smith’s illustrations blend occult themes with natural elements, using materials like ashes, chalk-lead, and black cotton rag paper. Continue reading »
Daniel Mróz, An Illustrator Behind The Stanisław Lem’s Sci-Fi Stories
Daniel Mróz (born 3 February 1917 in Kraków; died 21 January 1993 in Kraków) – Polish stage designer and artist, illustrator of the science fiction books of Stanislaw Lem and of the unique, absurd writings of Sławomir Mrożek. Continue reading »
“BLACK SHEEP”: Photographer’s Ode to the Misunderstood and the Power of True Self
Meet Kamilla Hanapova, the prodigious Russian photographer lighting up St. Petersburg’s art scene. Born in 1996, Kamilla primarily immerses herself in the world of fashion and portrait photography. But, did you know? She also has a penchant for capturing the grandeur of architecture, which she lovingly refers to as her hobby. Continue reading »
Stunning Portraits of Black Women From the Victorian Era
During the Victorian era in England and the United States, aristocratic white women often had a very specific role to play: that of a wife and a mother. But for the small group of Black women who joined the middle or upper class, their role was far more complicated. Continue reading »
Stunning Photos of A Black Panther Playing in The Snowy Woods of Siberia Shared by Owner
Luna the panther was rescued from a travelling zoo when its mother refused to feed the cub. The black panther was born in captivity as the travelling zoo that had her mother was moving across Siberia. Continue reading »
The Many Faces of Death in Monochromatic Artworks of CVSPE
In a chaotic world – as ours has never seemed so clearly to be – one can answer it with reason, although that voice could just as well scream into the void. Or, one could answer with chaos. Esotericism, magick and other forms of spiritual expression rely on that which is unknown, unprovable and largely, an agent of chaos. In this realm, CVSPE’s illustrations capture the mood. Continue reading »
Portraying Black Power Through Afrofuturism
Katia Herrera is a digital collage creative from the noisy city Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.
Despite Herrera being a self-proclaimed introvert, her artwork is remarkably loud in a world trying to quiet black voices. With titles like Black Woman, You Own the Moon, Earth Goddess, Forever, and Universe Protector, Herrera’s legacy will be marked by her passion for highlighting the endurance and perseverance of black folks of old and present to contrast the narrative that black skin should only be associated with slavery. Continue reading »
