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A sunken military ship, USNS General Hoyt S.Vandenberg located off the coast of Florida, functions as the first underwater gallery for ghostly photographs of Viennese artist Andreas Franke. "It's like bringing the Vandenberg back to life," Franke said. He took some pictures of the ship with special underwater cameras, then photoraphed models in 1940s and 1950s costumes in his studio, after which he superimposed the model images over the top of the Vandenberg ship, creating an eerie underwater world frozen in time. "It's a huge empty ship with fish swimming around at 27 meters below the surface, the sunlight is this beautiful blue green color. I shot the models in the studio with the same lens, so the images matched." Truly a spectacular approach to art!

There are virtually no limits to creativity the world of literary art. Not only are the creations and sculptures incredibly vivid and dramatic, but the materials they are made out of have their own artistic and intellectual value. Unfortunately books are slowly getting lost in the shuffle with all the digital technology that is taking the world by storm. 

 I wish I was there to see it's opening ceremony, heard it was amazing despite the unstable San Francisco weather. Bay Lights is installed on the north side of the western span of the bridge (attached with 60,000 zip ties) between San Francisco and Yerba Buena Island. The project has been privately funded, and is still raising the final quarter of their $8 Million goal. It is estimated the lights will use only $30 of electricity a day or $11,000 over 2 years.

The International Body-painting Festival was held at Duryu park in Daegu, South Korea on September 1-2nd, 2012. The grandiosity of the event and the artistic use of various materials besides paint has made quite an impact, and today the festival is one of the biggest annual event of the body painting culture!

The purple/blue/metallic coloration of this tiny fruit called the Pollia Condensata is the most intense of any known biological material in the world, and is quite mesmerizing. This plant grows in the forest regions of Africa, and has long been used for decorative purposes because of an unusual and intense color properties. The impressive fruits preserve their vibrant colors for many years and even decades after being picked.

In the clever portrait series “Couples,” two models are transformed into a series of very different couples through changes in their hair, clothes & make up. The series is by Madrid-based photographer Nacho Rojo. Pretty cool, check it out.

Since Beckham came out with his ultra sexy H&M undies ads, menswear underwear has been getting bolder and bolder in their advertising. 

What's your favorite hot manderwear ad?

French photographer Romain Laurent has just released a new set of photos called Something Real. It tells a story about an ordinary man walking the streets of New York with a large bubble around his head.

Another project from The Romain Laurent, can't get enough of this guy. 'H2O' photo series are absolutely spectacular. Although water as a photo medium is not new, this is an exquisite and rather original take on the life-sustaining element.

Thornton, Colorado-based artist and designer Heather Sitarzewski created a great series of custom bento boxes that depict pop culture characters from films, video games and television shows. You can view them all at herLunchboxAwesome blog. You can now enjoy your favorite characters and eat them too!