Spectacular Winning Photos Of AAP Magazine Awards “Shapes 2024”
Winner: ‘Interpolation’ by Sander Vos (Netherlands)
The winning photos of the AAP Magazine Awards “Shapes 2024” demonstrate the photographers’ creativity and skill in using shapes to enhance visual storytelling. From abstract forms to architectural details, the selected works showcase how mastering shape transforms ordinary scenes into stunning compositions that captivate and evoke emotion. Continue reading »
The Best In Advertising Photography: 2024 Spotlight Awards Winners Announced
Kids Winner Matt Anderson, United States
Production Paradise has announced the winners of the 2024 Spotlight Awards, recognizing top talents in 14 commercial photography categories. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Photos From The Nature TTL Photographer Of The Year 2024
Overall Winner: ‘Play the Game’ by Bence Máté, Hungary
The Nature TTL Photographer of the Year 2024 has revealed its winning images, showcasing stunning moments from the natural world. These captivating photos highlight the beauty and diversity of wildlife and landscapes. The competition celebrates the skill and creativity of photographers capturing nature at its finest. Continue reading »
The Superb Generative Gradient Art by Martin Naumann
Martin Naumann is a digital artist and multidisciplinary designer from Germany, currently based in Dessau. Continue reading »
Nature Winning Photos From The 2024 Prix De La Photographie Awards
1st Place Winner: “Wild Flowers” by Anne Mason-Hoerter, Germany
The 2024 Prix De La Photographie Awards honored extraordinary nature photography from around the world, highlighting the breathtaking beauty and intricate connections within our environment through stunning landscapes and intimate wildlife moments, inspiring us to appreciate and protect the natural world. Continue reading »
Spectacular Black-And-White Winning Photos From The AAP Magazine Awards
1st Place Winner: “Macadam” by Manuel Besse (France)
The AAP Magazine Awards honor exceptional black-and-white photography, featuring diverse, masterfully composed images that captivate with their powerful storytelling and emotional depth, proving color unnecessary for conveying meaning. Continue reading »
The Ritual: Beautiful Fantasy and Medieval Digital Paintings by Kristina Gehrmann
Kristina Gehrmann, an illustrator and graphic novelist, specializes in detailed, painterly depictions of historical and fantasy themes, primarily using a Wacom tablet and Photoshop. Continue reading »
Spectacular Award-Winning Photos Of The Prix De La Photographie Awards
Tape Worm by Judith Kuhn, Germany
The Prix De La Photographie Awards, a prestigious global photography competition, has highlighted the exceptional talents of photographers worldwide, showcasing honorable mention photos across diverse categories like portrait, nature, fine art, and architecture. Each winning image tells a compelling story with remarkable skill, demonstrating the versatility and depth of contemporary photography, celebrating its power to evoke emotion, tell stories, and offer new perspectives. Continue reading »
This is Schienenzeppelin, the Futuristic Train With Propeller and Airplane Engine From the 1930s
The Schienenzeppelin was an experimental railcar resembling a Zeppelin airship, designed by German engineer Franz Kruckenberg in 1929. Continue reading »
Spectacular Landscape-Winning Photos From The Monochrome Photography Awards
1st Place Winner: Dust-Laden Hooves: Saga of the Volcanic Riders by Mahendra Bakle (India)
The Monochrome Photography Awards highlight the artistry of black-and-white photography, featuring this year’s stunning landscape-winning photos that capture nature’s ethereal beauty. The competition is now open for 2024 entries, inviting photographers to showcase their skills in portraying dramatic, timeless scenes through the interplay of light and shadow. Continue reading »
The Superb Book Covers and Editorial Illustrations by Silja Goetz
Silja Goetz, a freelance illustrator from Germany based in Madrid, creates stunning pieces for international clients, covering a wide range of subjects and media in both editorial and commercial projects. Continue reading »
The Tragedy of The Everyday: Tim Sandow’s Cinematic Paintings Depict Imagined Realities Inspired by Film and Photography
Tim Sandow, who is based in Wuppertal, Germany, completed his studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and the Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien in 2019. Continue reading »
German Factory Introducing the ‘“Double-Lambretta”, 1953
In 1953, the NSU factory in Dusseldorf, Germany, introduced the “Double-Lambretta.” Initially designed for young couples, this small motorcycle could be expanded by joining it with another Lambretta to accommodate a growing family, effectively transforming into a small car that could carry two adults and two children, achieving speeds of up to 78 km/h and a fuel efficiency of 3.4 liters per 100 km. Continue reading »
“Panzerbike”: German Mechanics Create World’s Largest Motorcycle
In Germany, a group of mechanics has created a motorcycle that is unlike any other. The vehicle, known as the “Panzerbike”, is the world’s largest motorcycle and weighs almost 4,500 kg (9,920 pounds). Continue reading »
Riding on Steel Springs: Germany’s Innovative Response to a Rubber Shortage
Let’s delve into the fascinating history of the tire, which began to gather significant momentum with the invention and subsequent popularization of tires in 1895, thanks largely to Michelin L’Éclaire – the first vehicle to be outfitted with them. Continue reading »
The Messerschmitt KR200: A Sunny Day out In Germany’s Two-Seater Tandem Bubble Car, 1959
In 1952, German aircraft engineer Fritz Fend (April 14, 1920 – November 22, 2000), a former technical officer with the Luftwaffe in World War 2, took his design for a Kabinenroller (Cabin Scooter) to the Messerschmitt aircraft corporation. Continue reading »
Beautiful Kodachrome Slides of West Germany Taken By a Nurse During Her Tour of Duty in the Early 1950s
These slides appear to have been taken by a US Army nurse who seems to have been attached to the 97th General Army Hospital at Frankfurt, (West) Germany in 1952 and 1953. During her tour of duty she was able, like most US service personnel, to travel in her free time to various places in Europe and Algeria (and possibly other countries in North Africa). Continue reading »
Jungbauernkalender 2022: A Bavarian Calendar For Young Farmers Is Here!
The handsome boys and girls show a lot in the Jungbauernkalender 2022, which is now available in the men’s and girls’ editions. Continue reading »
Theater of The Bauhaus: An Illustrated Guide to Total Art from 1925
The Bauhaus, Germany’s influential art, design and architecture school, thought performance and function should be united to form part of the whole art experience. Continue reading »
Vintage Family Photos of BMW Automobiles and Their Owners
A fellow experiencing tyre trouble with a BMW 3/15 PS on a gravel road in a forest in wintertime. The car is registered in the former German state of Oldenburg, circa 1930
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, commonly referred to as BMW, is a German multinational corporate manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The corporation was founded in 1916 as a manufacturer of aircraft engines, which it produced from 1917 until 1918 and again from 1933 to 1945. Continue reading »
A Beautiful Photo Series of Audi F103
Audi F103 is the internal designation for a series of car models produced by Auto Union GmbH in West Germany from 1965 to 1972. To signify the change from a two-stroke to four-stroke engine, the DKW marque was dropped in favor of Audi, a name that had been dormant since before the Second World War. Continue reading »
Schlörwagen: The Bizarre German Car from 1939 that Was Super-Aerodynamic but Very Impractical
The 1930s was a defining decade for automotive design, during which time the car evolved from its horse-drawn ancestry into an integrally engineered, aerodynamic, desirable product to meet the demands of the public. This was true nowhere more than in Germany, where the first autobahns were being opened. Continue reading »
Artist Duo Collaborated In Creating A Secret Thought-Provoking Art Exhibition
Somewhere in rural Germany, hidden by trees in the middle of an idyllic valley, lays an old, abandoned factory. The ravages of time gnaw on the buildings, and nature slowly takes back over what was once booming industry. Continue reading »
Rhine Falls: Amazing Aerial Photography by Bernhard Lang
The Rhine Falls (German: Rheinfall) is the most powerful waterfall in Europe. The falls are located on the High Rhine in northern Switzerland. They are 150 meters (490 ft) wide and 23 meters (75 ft) high. Continue reading »
Amazing Photographs Capture Punk Scenes in East Germany During the 1980s
Bluesmass, Berlin, 1983
Harald Hauswald / OSTKREUZ
Beginning in the late 1970s and early 1980s there were new movements within the German punk scene, led by labels like ZickZack Records, from Hamburg. It was during this period that the term Neue Deutsche Welle (New German Wave) was first coined by Alfred Hilsberg, owner of ZickZack Records. Many of these bands played experimental post-punk, often using synthesizers and computers. Continue reading »