All Blog Posts Tagged 'pics' (11)

Passion captured on film. The great thing about photography is the emotions we can express, perhaps unknowingly but still it's cool when a picture speaks louder than words.

Living Proof magazine teamed up with photographer Ellen Stagg to produce this super-sexy limited-edition skate deck, as part of their Artist Alliance project. The deck features a photograph of Justine Joli, and is available exclusively through Living Proof's online store. $60.…

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Alexa Meade thinks completely backwards. Most artists use acrylic paints to create portraits of people on canvas. But not Meade - she applies acrylic paints on her subjects and makes them appear to be a part of the painting!



Meade is an installation artist based in the Washington, DC area. Her innovative use of paint on the three dimensional surfaces of found objects, live models,…

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Going against conventional wisdom, Diesel's newest ad campaign urges people to "be stupid." Launched by new artistic director Bruno Collins, the ads imply that in many ways, being stupid translates to living on the edge and taking risks. They suggest that sometimes it is better to live with your heart, not with your head.



What are your thoughts? Are these…

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This painting by Torrance-based Greg "Craola" Simkins is totally insane. The piece, titled The Puppet Pathos, features a hyper-realistic monster that steals the dreams and thoughts of all creatures. The exquisite detail and three-dimensional perspectives in this painting are truly remarkable.



If you're interested in seeing Simkins's work in person, you…

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With Disney recently purchasing Marvel, we're seeing photoshoppers go to town with creative mashups. Here are some more awesome hybrid characters we found courtesy of Worth1000.…

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Saint Patrick's Day is an annual feast day which celebrates Saint Patrick (circa AD 385–461), one of the patron saints of Ireland, and is celebrated on March 17. It is celebrated worldwide by the those of Irish descent and increasingly by non-Irish people (usually in New Zealand, Australia, and North America).



Celebrations are generally themed around all… Continue

Amazing iPhone Pictures

By Live Crunch at 12 March, 2009, 7:33 pm



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Here's the thing. I like these photos posted on LiveCrunch. Many of them are interesting and cool. But the author of the article uses the "Amazing" moniker in the headline. Is anybody else growing weary and wary of this word?



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Late Wednesday night, Mumbai, India found itself the target of a ferocious terrorist attack, and the situation remains unresolved even now, three days later. According to reports, upwards of 60 young men entered Mumbai in small inflatable boats on Wednesday night, carrying bags filled with weapons and ammunition, and spread out to nine locations to begin their attacks. Lobbing grenades and firing their weapons, they entered hotels, a railway station and several other buildings, killing scores… Continue

This last Tuesday was Veterans day, a day set aside to honor those who have served in the military. As civilians, it's hard to imagine the grind these troops must go through. Getty Images photographer John Moore spent some time recently in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, near the Pakistani border, with Viper Company of the 1-26 Infantry, and brought back these images,… Continue

In the eastern mountains of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), a rebel army led by Laurent Nkunda - a former General of the DR Congo armed forces - recently launched attacks and captured territory after a peace treaty had failed with the government. Nkunda's forces are Tutsi rebels, fighting against the DR Congo government forces and U.N. peacekeeeping forces. The U.N. has over 17,000 troops in the Congo right now, but they are widely dispersed, and have been unable to fully…

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