Spectacular Winning Images From The Ecology Photo Contest 2025
Overall Winner: “Wouldn’t Hurt a Fly” by Zeke Rowe
Nature’s indifference is exactly what gives these photographs their power, and the 2025 Capturing Ecology Photo Contest from the British Ecological Society puts that truth on full display. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Images from The Society of Photographers’ Photographer of the Year 2025
Photographer of the Year 2025 – 1st Place by Therese Asplund
Photography reached new heights in 2025, with the Society of Photographers unveiling an extraordinary lineup of Photographer of the Year winners. Continue reading »
Artist Draws Haunting Graphite Worlds Where Women, Animals And Architecture Share The Same Fragile, Ghostly Grace
Dasha Pliska is a Ukrainian artist and illustrator from near Odesa who works primarily in graphite, charcoal and pencil, creating monochrome drawings with rough textures, delicate shading and a strong sense of drama and “ghostly grace.” Continue reading »
Spectacular Underwater Winners from the 2025 reFocus Photographer of the Year Awards
Underwater Photographer of the Year: “Radiance” by Remuna Beca
Underwater photography carries a unique, almost otherworldly atmosphere that feels like entering a hidden realm. Continue reading »
Mariusz Lewandowski Painted Apocalyptic Monoliths And Lone Witnesses To Cosmic Horror, Turning Personal Nightmares Into Surreal Oil Masterpieces
Mariusz Lewandowski was a Polish surrealist painter (1960–2022) from Działdowo who lived and worked in Górowo Iławeckie, Warmia and Masuria, creating oil‑on‑canvas works dominated by mystical, apocalyptic and otherworldly motifs. Continue reading »
Stunning Wildlife Winners of the 2025 Refocus Photographer of the Year Awards
Wildlife Photographer of the Year: “The Perfect Heist” by Baiju Patil
Wildlife photography is as much about timing and patience as it is about the animals themselves, and the 2025 Refocus Photographer of the Year Awards proved it. Continue reading »
This Lone Ranger Atomic Bomb Ring Contained Polonium-210, One of the Most Dangerous Radioactive Isotopes Known to Man
The 1940s were swept up in an atomic fever, with nuclear power hailed as the dazzling symbol of a bold new future. Continue reading »
Striking Winning Photos from National Portrait Gallery’s 2025 Teen Portrait Competition
Age 13-15: Winner – “Rest” by Matilda Myers
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has unveiled the winners of its 2025 Teen Portrait Competition, showcasing powerful portraits created by young artists who use photography to explore identity, pressure, and modern adolescence. Continue reading »
Artist Duo Paint Fairy‑tale‑like Scenes Suspended Between Sweetness And Menace, As If A Bedtime Story Had Started To Go Wrong
Aleksey and Anton Tvorogov (Tvorogov Brothers) are Moscow‑born twin artists (both 1988) who work as a duo, known for painterly, slightly uncanny scenes that feel like fragments of a fairy tale caught between childhood and adulthood. Continue reading »
Anna Mond Twists Everyday Archetypes Into Mask‑like Creatures Whose Expressions Refuse To Reveal Whether They’re Joking, Judging, Or Just Lonely
Anna Mond is a German artist best known for her ongoing series Fantastical Beings – oil and acrylic portraits of cigarette‑smoking, beer‑drinking, priest‑cosmonauts, cowboys and other strange humanoids who stare back at the viewer with unsettling, magnetic eyes. Continue reading »
French Ceramicist Creates Adorable Blobby “Specimens” With Stone‑like Bodies And Tiny Faces Turning Alien Life Into Pocket‑sized Companions
Monsieur Cailloux is a Paris‑based ceramic artist and self‑styled explorer who has invented an imaginary planet, MRCX, populated by the “Cailloux Tribe” – small, blobby, stone‑like beings he sculpts in clay. Continue reading »
Illustrator Creates The “Dead Cat” Painting Series With Grim Reaper And Cat Sidekick Wandering Through A Whimsical, Soft‑spoken Afterlife
Brandon James Scott is an award‑winning Canadian artist who splits his time between animation and picture‑book illustration, best known as the creator of the Netflix preschool series “Justin Time.” Continue reading »
“Smile… But Not Too Much”: The Fashion and Posing of ’90s Family Photos
Studio family portraits from the 1990s carry a timeless nostalgia, defined by their carefully staged aesthetics. Continue reading »
“Hundai Second Star”: Artist Duo Create Superb Futuristic Concept of the Hundai Car
Created by designers Chris Min and Hyunbeen Kye for Hyundai’s 2025 Stellar Restomod Competition, the Hyundai Second Star transforms the iconic Stellar into a contemporary vision. Instead of simply reviving retro charm, the project is anchored in storytelling—imagining the journey of a family leader who once depended on the original model and is now stepping into a new chapter of life. Continue reading »
Laust Højgaard Creates Grotesque, Post‑apocalyptic Giant Portraits With Dark Humour and Heavy Texture Turning Misfits Into Fragile Gods
Laust Højgaard is a Danish painter (born 1989) whose large acrylic works depict “grotesque and quirky” giant figures—misfits, outsiders and fragile titans—set in a surreal, almost post‑apocalyptic universe. Continue reading »
Spectacular Award-Winning Landscape and Wildlife Photos from the Mobile Photography Awards
1st Place Winner: “Encounter with a Fox” by Krasimir Matarov
The 14th Annual Mobile Photography Awards unveiled breathtaking winners, proving that phone cameras can rival pro gear. Continue reading »
Artist Creates Giant Anatomical Murals With Dissected Humans, Animals, and Cartoons, Turning City Walls Into Open‑air Anatomy Lessons
Nychos (previously featured) is an Austrian‑born, Los Angeles–based street artist, illustrator, and muralist known for huge, hyper‑detailed paintings that “dissect” humans, animals, and pop‑culture characters to reveal their skeletons, muscles, and organs in exploding cross‑sections. Continue reading »
Spectacular Award-Winning Macro Photos from the 2025 Mobile Photography Awards
1st Place Winner: “Assassin Fly” by Linda Repasky
Mobile phones proved their artistic power with these stunning macro shots from the 14th Annual Mobile Photography Awards. Continue reading »
Vintage Mugshots of Victorian Child Offenders Jailed for Stealing Items for Christmas Day
Thomas Thompson, 14, was given 21 days hard labor at Wandsworth Prison for stealing one shilling in January 1873.
In the early 1870s, Wandsworth Prison in London produced haunting photographs of child offenders at a time when photography itself was still a novelty. Continue reading »
Meet Karin Hosono and Her Delicate and Humorous Cat Drawings
Karin Hosono is a Japanese artist born in 1998 in Aichi Prefecture, known for her unique and delicate depictions of cats. Continue reading »
The Wild and Spiritual: The Feminine Illustrations of Valeria Hipocampo
Valeria Hipocampo is a full-time independent illustrator and also an art historian. Continue reading »
Old Taiwanse Couple Find Fun Wearing Clothes Left At Their Laundry
A married couple, Hsu Sho-Er and Chang Wan-Ji, ran a laundry in Taichung, Taiwan, where many unclaimed clothes were left for years. Continue reading »
Powerful Winners from the 2025 Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year Awards
Winner: “The Gorgeous Ring” by Shuchang Dong, Geshuang Che
Celebrating its tenth year, the Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year Awards continues to showcase awe-inspiring images that reveal the dramatic beauty of Earth’s atmosphere. Continue reading »
Artist Rutger Paulusse Turns Geometry into Living, Breathing Sculptures
Rutger Paulusse is a Dutch visual artist, art director, and designer from Eindhoven currently based in Amsterdam, known for his masterful fusion of geometry, color, light, and materiality across digital and physical mediums. Continue reading »
In the Middle Ages, the Italian City of Bologna Had Over 100 Skyscraper-Like Towers
Between the 12th and 13th centuries, Bologna was densely packed with tall, defensive stone towers, some reaching up to 97 meters. Continue reading »
