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Glimpse into Another World Through the Top Underwater Photos of 2020
The ninth-annual Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition has published it's 2020 winners whose entrants spanned 80 countries and thousands of photos. The organization applauds...
4 days ago - Peta Pixel
Faking an Oceanside Photo Shoot with a Swimming Pool and a Toy SUV
Earlier this year, PetaPixel featured photographer Kunal Kelker and his inventive shoot involving a treadmill and a toy car. In his latest project, he replicates the classic...
1 month ago - Peta Pixel
Arresting Sculptural Reliefs by Artist Anne Samat Layer Everyday Objects with Meticulously Woven Threads
“Follow Your Heart Wholeheartedly” (2020), rattan sticks, yarn, rakes, washers, plastic swords, toy soldiers, beads, metal and plastic ornaments, 131.5 x 141.75 x 11.75 inches...
1 month ago - Colossal
Photog Builds LEGO 4×5 Camera After Being Forced to Sell Favorite Camera
A photographer in Japan was forced to sell his favorite camera earlier this year after being impacted by the COVID-19 recession. Instead of letting that put a stop to his art...
2 monthes ago - Peta Pixel
Playfulness and Imagination Inform the Textured Wooden Sculptures of Artist Efraïm Rodríguez
“At line” (2020), linden wood and painted okume board, 115 x 55 x 43 centimeters. All images © Efraïm Rodríguez, shared with permission From fallen trees, planks, and old...
2 monthes ago - Colossal
Miniature Figures Navigate Human-Sized Threats in Slinkachu's Humorous Interventions
All images © Slinkachu, shared with permission At first glance, Slinkachu 's scenes might appear to be a heap of multi-colored pills or a mess of children's toys left behind on...
2 monthes ago - Colossal
Photographer Shoots Epic Formula 1 ‘Race' in His Bedroom with Toy Cars
25-year-old toy photographer Benedek Lampert isn't gonna let a pandemic stand between him and Formula 1 this season. Since he can't go to a Grand Prix, he decided to build his...
5 monthes ago - Peta Pixel
1930s Toys: Comic Types and Characters
I asked toy collector Mel Birnkrant : As you get into the 1930s, was there a difference in the imagery, the sorts of characters, and the "attitude" of the comic types? Today...
5 monthes ago - Gurney Journey
Batman Intro Remade with Toy Figure, Household Items, and Light Painting
Photographer Arjun Menon loved watching the highly-acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series growing up, and he recently recreated an iconic shot from the opening sequence using an...
5 monthes ago - Peta Pixel
Mix and Match Magnetic, Wooden Animal Parts to Invent Bizarre New Creatures
All images © ESNAF Toys, shared with permission As interest in analog entertainment for children grows, a new collection from ESNAF Toys prompts kids to piece together...
5 monthes ago - Colossal - 2 articles
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Frederick Sands Brunner, Yet Another Successful Unknown Illustrator
Frederick Sands Brunner (1886-1954) specialized in illustration art featuring pretty young women. He had at least one Saturday Evening Post cover and two Coca-Cola images to...
Sir Richard Rogers' First Residential Project in New York City Nears Completion
Courtesy of ir Richard Rogers and Graham Stirk of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners have unveiled images of their latest venture, No. 33 Park Row...
OMA, MVRDV and Heatherwick Among Finalists to Transform Azca Financial...
Picasso Tower, Madrid. Image © César Astudillo under license CC BY-NC 2.0 The RENAZCA international competition has released a shortlist for the design of the financial...
Expressive Polycarbonate: Creating Colored Translucent Facades
Tetris Hotel / MVRDV. Image © Ossip van Duivenbode, Rodeca Systems b.v. Courtesy of Rodeca Polycarbonate has become an alluring alternative to glass in facades, as it has...
Architects Are Workers
A demonstration in front of the Philadelphia Center for Architecture. Image © Peggy Deamer Most of the practicing architecture is drudgery, and this is rather unfair. As...
Books, Art
I long ago fell out of the habit of posting my book reviews here, but I just took a notion to link to some recent ones and accompany them with a little vaguely related art I...
1909
The little boy in this picture is my maternal grandfather. (I wrote about him a while back in Still .) He was born in 1906. His older sister here was born in 1905, and the baby...
A woman for our time
I volunteered to participate in one of those Facebook art memes, and my good friend Jennifer assigned me the work of Paolo Uccello. I dutifully spent part of my afternoon...
The Long, Long Factory: 1941
October 1941. "General Motors Fisher Body Ternstedt Division manufacturing plant. West Trenton, New Jersey." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon. View full size.
Little Kittens: 1941
March 1941. "Girls at trailer camp for defense workers. Ocean View, Virginia, outskirts of Norfolk." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon. View full size.