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Finland-based artist Janne Parviainen creates the most magical photographs in this series of vibrant light paintings. Varying his camera exposures from a few seconds to hours at a time, Parviainen uses an empty room as the canvas for these enchanting paintings. He says, "What interests me most in light painting is the ability to draw in three dimensional space and the possibility to alter…

You should consider always keeping your curtains closed if you are neighbors with photographer Gail Albert Halaban! Based in New York, the artist gets to know her neighbors by photographing the unsuspecting subjects through open and exposed apartment windows. At first, the project, Out My Window, seems a little bit invasive, but after reading a bit more, it turns out that she…

We knew Brian M. Viveros was someone to keep an eye on when we featured him in the past and fell completely in love with his artwork. The American artist is celebrated as a fetish artist, capturing the sensual side of women in his mixture of…

You won't have to search very far for a seat when you visit this installation located in Freedom Park in Atlanta, Georgia. Created by New York design collaboration E/B Office, SEAT utilizes 400 simple wooden chairs stacked in a wavelike shape that rises and falls in an undulating pattern. Partners Yong Ju Lee and Brian Brush's SEAT is the winning design selected as a part of…

London-based artist Ellie Davies creates lengthy paths through the forest as a form of installation art. Just like Hansel and Gretel left a trail of pebbles to find their way home through the trees, Davies guides her viewers along prominently placed trails of ferns and foliage in this project entitled Constructed Pathways. After creating an extremely conspicuous…

A passionate couple dances the Underwater Tango in this spectacular series by Russian artist Katerina Bodrunova. Without giving away much evidence of floating in the middle of deep blue water, the dancers elegantly move with each other into the variety of graceful poses. Bodrunova's bio explains that many of her photographs "defy conventional physics and show her subjects as…

For more than forty years, artist Dale Chihuly has wowed us with his expert glass sculpting skills. We have seen all kinds of amazing swirls, spheres, and floral glass sculptures and, according to his website, he has created more than a dozen extremely successful series of…

We all have hidden aspects of our personality that we don't always want others to see. Whether it's a private and reflective moment or a secret that we don't want to share with others, we all have the ability to shield pieces of ourselves from the world. In these portraits, a series entitled Two Sides of Personality, Japanese artist Miki Takahashi decided to visually bring…

Australian artist Damienne Bingham, better known online as GreenEyedHarpy, is a freelance photographer and graphic designer based in Cape Town, South Africa. In her project entitled Colour of Life, a single drop lingering on the tip of a flower petal is the main focus of each photograph. Through the development of this project, Bingham has identified ways of capturing the…

Artist Peter Root enjoys what others might define as a tedious process of constructing cities and landscapes on very tiny scales. Much of Root's traditional work explores all kinds of "fictional landscapes created through an exploration of techniques," from everyday office supplies to carved potatoes. In this project entitled Ephemicropolis, Root took simple staples and transformed them…

When creating his artwork, American artist Christian Faur does not utilize pure dabs of paint to create these Pointillist-style images. He uses simple crayons as the medium for his artwork, but not in the way that one might typically expect. Working with thousands of colorful wax sticks, Faur stands the crayons up and arranges the tips into pixelated patterns that form stunning portraits.

Some have equated Faur's work to an interpretation of digital photography. The…

French photographer Léo Caillard visualized this project which brings a little modern flair to some perfectly sculpted, centuries-old masterpieces. To create this project called Street Stone, Caillard first photographed the statues and then he photographed his friends in similar poses, wearing selected trendy outfits. Using digital manipulation, and with some photo…

New York-based artist Yuken Teruya was commissioned by the New York Times to create this piece entitled Green Economy. The article, written by Paul Krugman, asks the main question, "Is it possible to make drastic cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions without destroying our economy?"

To complement the New York Times informative article, Teruya cut these very precise nature designs…

This house created by Minnesota-based artist Chris North has literally been frozen in time. Deep North is a project consisting of an installation that the artist photographed and video recorded to convey the idea of an abandoned home, lost to the frozen temperatures of a cold climate. Viewers can experience the harsh conditions of Larson's creation without having to step foot into the…

Movies like Forrest Gump and Pirates of the Caribbean have been around for a long time, yet we've never seen anything like these before. Brazilian ad agency Globalcomm developed this series of advertisements to promote a new movie theater in Praia de Belas Shopping Center, located in Brazil. The theater boasts six rooms, two with 3D digital technology, larger and more…

Boutique hotel Grotta Palasezze, located in the town of Polignano a Mare, sits along the eastern coast of Italy with a stunning view of the Adriatic Sea. The hotel and restaurants within have been carved out of the limestone rocks along the shores and according to the hotel website, "For well over 250 years the cavern has been at the heart of the region’s festivities and still today…

This project is so incredibly hilarious and inspiring at the same time! In 2003, when Bob Carey and his wife moved to the East Coast, Carey started making The Tutu Project as a way of mixing his old life with his new life, with a little pink frill. Six months after their move, he and his wife, Linda, discovered that she had breast cancer. Since then, Linda has been fighting the disease…

When I'm at the beach, I like to create patterns in the sand, but I've never created something as spectacular as this! In A Sign In Space, Artist Gunilla Klingberg created a special system where graphic patterns are created from the treads fixed onto the wheel of a beach tractor. Along Spain's Laga Beach, Klingberg drives the tractor during low tide to build beautiful and…

These intense photographs by German artist Lisa Stroeher feel so powerful and otherworldly. Each glowing portrait features colorful, neon, paint-splattered model Esther under exaggerated lighting. The artist created the shots with just a black light, using no photo manipulation. Since one of the images from the series was recently selected as a 'photo of the day' contest winner, Stroeher…

In honor of the recently released movie, or possibly in honor of all of the Batman movies as a whole, a private home owner in California is having Elite Home Theater Seating of Surrey, British Columbia design this Batman-themed home theater for the owner's personal movie enjoyment. The company will collaborate with builders to construct the $2 million room, which they say was based on fusing…