Great Portraits Of Ireland And The Irish At The Turn Of The 19th Century
Four boys at the Rocking Stone at Islandmagee, County Antrim.1870
Ireland in the late 19th Century was all boulders, rocks, pigs, plus fours, mud and stoicism. Well, it is if these photographs of the period are our guide. For people of great wit, anecdote and gab, the subjects look remarkably glum. You can detect a hint of merriment in the eyes of the cricket team, one or two of the lifeboat men are chipper and a member of the Waterford bicycle club is breaking ranks with an insouciant smirk. But either the photographer waited for his sitters to grow bored and sullen before capturing the moment for whatever agenda was being pushed – a clear association of people and the rugged milieu; an Irishman’s mien as grey as the skies and rocks – or else he got them all on a bad day. Continue reading »
A Photographer Travels Across India To Show How Beautiful And Diverse Local People Are, And We’re Mesmerized
Magdalena Bagrianow is a Polish freelance photographer based in Sharjah, UAE. She travels across India and takes amazing shots of local people. Her photographs are the quintessence of different emotions. Magdalena catches the simple beauty of this world and it’s not possible to stay indifferent to her creative work. Continue reading »
Before Digital Camera Popularity: Studio Portrait Photos Of Beautiful Women In The 1980s
In the mid-to-late 1990s, DSLR cameras became common among consumers. By the mid-2000s, DSLR cameras had largely replaced film cameras. Before it, JMG Photography shot these glamorous photos of beautiful women at his studio from the 1980s. Continue reading »
Man Creates Weird Self Portraits, Calls It Art
New Yorker David Henry calls himself an artist. I am confused, is this art or not? Continue reading »
This Artist’s Paintings Are So Realistic, You’ll Probably Think They Are Photos
Kamalky Laureano is a Dominican artist currently based in Mexico City. He creates incredibly realistic paintings of people and once you see them, you’ll quickly understand how they might be mistaken for photographs. Continue reading »
Sensual Female Portraits By The Russian Painter Andrei Markin
Andrei Markin, a Russian professional artist, was born in a village of Andreevka, Moscow region. He was grown up in a family of artists, his father Victor Markin is a painter as well. Andrei has been successfully graduated at a few Russian art schools and now he creates beautiful portraits, still-life paintings and landscapes. In this post, we collected Andrei’s best pictures of women for you. Continue reading »
These 8 Paintings Are Filled With Easter Eggs That Are Only Visible When You Zoom In
American artist Craig Alan is famous for creating pieces that are more than your average portrait. He creates unique depictions of pop-culture icons whose visage, at first glance, appears to be composed of tiny pixels. However, if you take a closer look, you will realize that they are made of dozens, sometimes hundreds of intricately painted exquisite figures. Continue reading »
Gorgeous Beauty And Lifestyle Female Portraits By Nathan Lobato
Marvelous female portraits by Nathan Lobato, a gifted self-taught photographer, retoucher, and artist based in Los Angeles, California. Nathan specializes in portrait photography. He shoots campaigns for brands and magazine editorials. Continue reading »
Russian Photographer Xenie Zasetskaya Captures Very Exceptional Photo Portraits
Outstanding portraits by Xenie Zasetskaya, a talented 18-year-old photographer, filmmaker, and artist based in Moscow, Russia. Xenie focuses mainly on portraiture and lifestyle photography. She shoots a lot of street style, fashion, outdoor, and beauty portrait photography. Continue reading »
“Bloody Kisses”: Horror, Dark And Obscure Self-Destructed Photo Portraits Of Jenn Violetta
Jenn Violetta is an artist with a dark and stormy photographic work. What we know is that her name (or nickname) is Jenn Violetta, she probably lives in Seattle and she makes amazing dark digital photo manipulations. She usually depicts her head exclusively, and her style is dark, creepy and often disturbing. In every one of her works, her face appears someway ruined, with blood flowing from scars or from the mouth with black-and-blue lips as if she has been beaten. Her skin is livid, covered in bandages at times, or juxtaposed together with flames and smoke. Continue reading »
Digitally Altered Portraits Superimposed With Flowers, Antique Patterns, And Wildlife Illustrations By Tawny Chatmon
Maryland-based artist Tawny Chatmon combines traditional portraiture with digital collage, layering elements of antique patterns, vintage botanicals, and wildlife illustrations onto images of her children and other relatives. Once printed, Chatmon often revisits the digital textures she has superimposed, physically adding layers of gold ornamental elements or paint. Continue reading »
“Toy Stories”: Gabriele Galimberti Captures Portraits Of Children And Their Toys Around The World
Noel Hawthorne, age 5 – South Dallas, Texas
Gabriele Galimberti (previously) spent more than two years traveling the world, visiting over fifty countries to photograph young children with their toys. Continue reading »
Russian Duo Creates Sleek Optical Illusion Portraits That Will Inspire Your Day
Coming to you Russian duo from Moscow, the _ Humiforms_ project is a surreal mix of fashion and optical illusions. Made by photography duo Alexander Khokhlov and Veronika Ershova the show sees fashion models changing into everyday objects. Continue reading »
Breathtaking Portraits Reveal The Haunting Beauty Of Russian Ballet Dancers By Irina Yakovleva
Gorgeous ballet portraits by Irina Yakovleva (previously), a gifted photographer, artist and choreograph currently based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Yakovleva focuses mainly on portraiture and dance photography. She wants to show the Classic Ballet world from within. Ira captures the movement of the ballet dancers in all their detail. Continue reading »
Breathtaking Surreal Self Portraits By Rachel Baran
Rachel Baran is an extraordinarily talented U.S.-based photographer who creates amazing surreal and conceptual portraits that thousands of people have fallen in love with.
One of the best things about Baran’s work is that it’s constantly evolving and growing. As such a young photographer, she’s still trying out different styles and inspirations. Some of her images are dark, introverted and full of suffering, while others encapsulate the young and artistic photographer’s youth and joy. What’s most important, however, is that all of them are creative and very well-done. Continue reading »
Marvelous Portraits Of Beautiful Russian Women By Sergey Shatskov
Gorgeous female portraits by Sergey Shatskov, a talented self-taught photographer, and retoucher based in Saratov, Russia. Sergey focuses on portraiture and street style photography. He shoots fabulous beauty, fashion, lifestyle, and outdoor portrait photography. Continue reading »
Artist Nick Gentry Makes Stunning Portraits Out Of Oldskool Floppy Disks
Do you still remember these legendary objects, nowadays almost vanished, called “floppy disks” ? This USB key’s ancestor is, just the VHS and the cassette, a true historical piece. The artist Nick Gentry rehabilitates this old memories et give them a new life in a very insolite way, by using them as a canvas for his paintings. Continue reading »
Elegantly Surreal Portraits Of Blue Women From Montreal
“Blue Gals” is a series by Montreal-based artist Etienne Dufresne featuring models with blue skin going about everyday activities. For this artist, shooting his strange portraits is a way to bring to life the characters he drew in school while growing up. Continue reading »
Marvelous Portraits Of Ballet Dancers Practicing On The Streets Of Dallas By Kiera Brooks
Mesmerizing street portraits of ballerinas by Kiera Brooks, a talented young photographer, retoucher, and artist currently based in Dallas, Texas. Kiera focuses mainly on street portraiture. She has captured gorgeous pictures of ballet dancers practicing on the streets of Dallas. Continue reading »
Fabulous Portraits By Ukrainian Photo Artist Irina Dzhul
Irina Dzhul is a Ukrainian professional photographer from Kiev. She has thousands fans all across the world, her pictures have millions views. Irina’s photos are full of magic and beauty. What else to say.. just enjoy the fabulous artwork. Continue reading »
Marvelous Portraits Of Ballerinas Practicing On The Streets Of Chicago By Peter Hinsdale
Awesome street portraits of ballet dancers by Peter Hinsdale a.k.a. chippercentral, a gifted portrait photographer, and retoucher based in Chicago, Illinois. Continue reading »
19-Year-Old Artist Takes Self Portraits To Create These Surreal Compositions
Alexandra Chertulova, who is also known by an artist’s name Rayda Ealvay, is a 19-year-old self-taught photographer, retoucher and artist from Perm, Russia. She’s constantly surprising her more than 10k followers on Instagram with her dreamlike photo manipulations that she creates using Photoshop. Continue reading »
“The Last Days Of Martinique”: Rare Portraits Of Martinique Residents Before The Deadly Volcano Eruption In 1902
Portraits of men and women from Martinique through a collection of old postcards.
Like most of the Lesser Antilles, Martinique was built by volcanoes. It’s part of an active island arc that traces the boundary where the oceanic crust of the North American Plate subducts beneath the Caribbean Plate, forming a lush, perforated barrier between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Continue reading »
This Photographer Takes Beautiful Portraits Of People With Acne
Blackheads, whiteheads, ones with no heads, zits, acne, hormonal cysts, spots that burrow under your skin, spots that nestle gently upon it, whatever you wanna call it, those fuckers are a pain in the ass. It’s not even the spots themselves, it’s the bouts of self-hatred, self-consciousness and pure unadulterated anxiety that comes with them. What’s weird though is that no one seems to be questioning it. Well, that is until recently. Continue reading »
Unbelievable Portraits By Viktor Miller-Gausa
Viktor Miller-Gausa is a talented illustrator from Russia. He started doing caricatures as a bet from his friend and now has developed his talents to the point where he captures genuine emotion in his humorous work. Continue reading »
