Here is the End of All Things (Thistle seeds, bluebottles, a taxidermy barn owl, nylon, lead, acrylic)
London-based artist Claire Morgan has already had quite the busy 2011. Using her trademark suspension style, she creates a great deal of energy around these… Continue
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Currently "flying" around the web is a cool new series by Danny Haas where he takes some of our most popular superheroes, splits them in half, and then shows us their aliases. Got to love the retro feel to these.
"It took us 90 minutes to fly to Grimsvotn with a strong wind against us," said filmmaker Jon Gustafsson a couple days ago. "The eruption looked magnificent in the sunset. Once we landed 5 miles away from the crater the cold glacier air hit us like a truck. We tried to work outside but I only lasted for a couple of minutes.
"Pilot Reynir Petursson also didn’t want to stay on the ground for too long since it was very windy and the ash fall was unpredictable.… Continue
Are you looking at pictures of a boutique hotel? Not exactly. German creative agency Dan Pearlman redesigned the MTV Networks Headquarters in Berlin, making it one of the most modern office buildings we've ever seen! With wide open space, they clearly wanted MTV employees to enjoy a greater freedom of movement, thereby promoting a better work-life balance.
We've all seen the black and white version of this photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt. It was taken on V-J Day in Times Square and was published in Life magazine in 1945.
Reddit user mygrapefruit colorized the photo using Photoshop CS 5 on a Wacom tablet.… Continue
As 2010 comes to a close, we take a close-up look at the action-packed year in review. In this three-part series by The Big Picture , each photo tells its own tale, weaving together an incredible story...…
Christopher St. Leger creates his version of a modern metropolis in watercolor - and it's absolutely fantastic. Integrating skateboard street culture, city life, and nature, St. Leger creates works so realistic, it's almost as if we're looking at the world through his eyes.
"I respond to the elusive yet commonplace things I encounter en route to my destination," he… Continue
When I first laid eyes on these beautiful murals by street artist Neuzz aka Miguel Mejía, I was really impressed with how his work is so enriched in Mexican culture. If you look closely, it's hard not to blown away by the amount of detail he puts into them. In particular, his use of color and contrast is incredible.
Journalist Laura Ling provides harrowing details of how she and producer Euna Lee were apprehended and held in North Korea while on assignment covering human trafficking in Asia. Personal accounts, letters and never-before-seen footage from Ling, Lee and producer Mitch Koss reveal the team's experiences at the center of a widely publicized international… Continue
Due to popular demand, Banksy's "Exit Through The Gift Shop" will be opening in a ton of new cities and theaters this coming Friday, May 14th:
St. Louis (Tivoli), Austin (Alamo South Lamar, and Regal Arbor), Milwaukee (Oriental), Santa Barbara (Fiesta), Portland, OR (Fox Tower), New York City (1st & 62nd, Kew Gardens), Greenburgh, NY (Cinema 100), Brooklyn (Cobble Hill), Greenwich CT (Greenwich Plaza), Amherst, MA (Amherst 3), Mill… Continue
Photographer Jacques Dequeker goes three-dimensional on us in Vogue Mexico’s April 2010 issue, which features gorgeous Brazilian supermodel Isabeli Fontana. Makes you wish you had a pair of 3D glasses lying around, doesn't it?…
"A short trailer of the first three sculptures installed in the National Marine Park of Cancun, Isla Mujeres and Punta Nizuc. The placements mark the opening of the new Cancun and Isla Mujeres underwater… Continue
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This epic lightsaber battle is one of the coolest stop motion videos I've seen in awhile. Jordan Johnson of Fancy Pants Productions created this as his entry to the animation challenge on Bricks in Motion, a website specializing in stop motion animation using Lego bricks.
The special effects, such as the lightsabers and blaster effects, were done in Photoshop. The rest was done one frame at a time, moving Lego men around, and capturing every single… Continue
There aren't many woman who look sexier eating in bed than Padma Lakshmi. By licking dripping chocolate off herself and filling up on pasta and ribs with her hands, the Top Chef host fulfilled the fantasies of many men around the world. The lucky photographer was Greg Kadel.…
When I first saw this set by 26-year-old Icelandic photographer Silja Magg, it instantly drew me in. There's something really honest and pure about these images. The beautiful girl she photographed matches perfectly with her forest scene, and she did a wonderful job seamlessly blending in the soft tones in the background.…
Once constructed, Okhta Center in St. Petersburg, Russia will be the tallest building in Europe, and one of the most environmentally sustainable buildings in the word. The twisting tower, designed architecture firm RMJM, will primarily serve as the headquarters for Gazprom's oil unit OAO Gazprom Neft, with additional spaces dedicated to a concert hall, museum, hotel and…
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