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I Photographed Transylvanian Elders Who Preserve Centuries-Old Traditions And Habits

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 14:37:04 +0300

English travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor wrote in 1934: "Transylvania had been a familiar name as long as I could remember. It was the very essence and symbol of remote, leafy, half-mythical strangeness; and, on the spot, it seemed remoter still and more fraught with charms." This quote represents landscapes and places in this region so well. But this visual story is not about landscape. It is about the human soul.

German Photographer Shows The Behind The Scenes Of His Stunning Female Portraits

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:10:17 +0300

Kai Böttcher is a talented 25-year-old self-taught photographer and retoucher who decided to share the behind the scenes of his stunning photoshoots. When he was only 14 years old, digital art became his passion and he started editing pictures and creating brand logos. As he got older, he became more interested in surrealism and photo manipulation.

This Sculptor Bends Metal Wire Into Incredible Sculptures Of Historical Figures

Thu, 25 Jul 2019 12:58:23 +0300

Darius Hulea is an artist from Romania known for his masterful portraits made from iron, stainless steel, copper and brass wires. The artist successfully combines elements of both contemporary and classical art to bring his sculptures to life. Using industrial materials, Darius molds them into recognizable portraits of famous historical figures.

Artist Spends 200 Hours Making Stunning Portrait Of Bill Murray Out Of Rolled Vinyl Tape

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 12:38:00 +0300

Danny Schleibe, the creator of a unique art form called “tapigami”, spent a whopping 200 hours making an awe-inspiring portrait of actor Bill Murray exclusively out of hundreds of rolled pieces of vinyl tape glued to a wooden panel.

Pet Photographer Photographer Fell In Love With Foxes After Taking Their Photos In Her Studio

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 09:26:50 +0300

Pet photographer Rhiannon Buckle has recently has came across something she described as a “one in a lifetime opportunity” – she got to take portraits of foxes in her studio!

Polish Photographer Travels Across India To Show How Incredibly Beautiful Its Local People Are

Fri, 15 Feb 2019 09:49:48 +0300

Meeting people from different backgrounds and understanding that you're different and the same at the same time really broadens your horizons. This UK-based Polish photographer has traveled to India with a camera in her hand and took quite a few portraits of the locals. And they're so powerful, you can almost feel the emotions the subjects were going through at the time.

Photographer Puts Dogs And Their Owners Side By Side, And The Resemblance Is Uncanny

Wed, 05 Sep 2018 12:31:34 +0300

Like owner, like dog... This saying has never been so true. Why? Just take a look at this fun series created by British photographer Gerrard Gethings who is known for his animal portraits that are always full of character. This time Gethings brought the best appearance traits of both people and their beloved pets to the public eye by pairing them together.

In 1917 This Woman Helped Deformed WWI Soldiers By Creating Incredibly Accurate Face Masks

Mon, 13 Aug 2018 11:09:49 +0300

World War I brought out the best and the worst of mankind and the people involved have been remembered either for the terror they brought or the compassion they showed. One of those compassionate individuals was Anna Coleman Watts Ladd, an American sculptor who moved to France with her husband in 1917. She created portrait-masks for severely injured WWI soldiers. Needless to say, her work changed many people’s lives

If Countries Were People

Mon, 12 Feb 2018 14:01:16 +0300

In the global arena, every country has its image, but how would they look as people? That was the question that Russian artist Anastasia Bulgakova thought about for a year before starting her latest project.

10+ Illustrations With Deep Meanings Created By An Artist Struggling With Depression

Fri, 04 Aug 2017 12:33:19 +0300

At first glance, DestinyBlue's art may only strike you as colourful, somewhat melancholy Anime-inspired portraits. If you look a little closer, however, you'll notice hidden messages that tell the story of the British artist's harrowing struggle with depression.

We Made A 3D Screw Portrait That A Blind Artist Could ‘See’ With His Hands

Mon, 23 May 2016 10:09:39 +0300

This is the story of how we made a portrait of George Wurtzel, a blind artist. It was the first portrait ever that he could feel and recognize as himself. The sculpture by Andrew Myers is made of 4,000 hand-painted screws. Warning: you might want to cry (but in a good way!).

I Took Christmas-Themed Dog Portraits To Wish You Happy Holidays

Thu, 24 Dec 2015 13:20:53 +0300

I just want to wish happy holidays to everyone with a couple Christmas-themed dog portraits that I took. Every dog deserves a Christmas present! Sometimes people get confused seeing these kind of pics, so here’s a disclaimer: we took these photos with LOVE, therefore no dogs were harmed in the process. They were not forced, they did it willingly for tasty bits of super delicious treats. :)

50-Hour High-Detail Drawing Of Morgan Freeman In Color Pencils

Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:17:24 +0300

Néstor Canavarro spent about 50 hours in this Morgan Freeman portrait. He uses only colored pencils in all the drawing. The size of this work is 30 x 40 cm. The skin texture detail, take him a lot of time.

Jolita Vaitkutė Made A Putin’s Portrait From Bread And Let Chickens Eat It

Thu, 19 Nov 2015 13:45:13 +0300

Jolita Vaitkutė is a young 19-year-old artist from Lithuania. This is a silent artistic protest. The picture was made of bread, and the chickens participated at the performance.

Photographer Documents His Own Depression In Dark Self-Portraits

Tue, 22 Sep 2015 10:54:57 +0300

Different people have different ways of coping with depression, and for Edward Honaker, that coping mechanism is his self-portrait photography. His photos turn his depression into something that can be seen and, hopefully, better understood.

THE 50 MOST AWKWARD PREGNANCY PORTRAITS EVER

Wed, 24 Jun 2015 13:46:54 +0300

I think it's safe to say these poor kids never stood a chance.

Expressive Animal Portraits Reveal Their Strong ‘Human’ Emotions

Mon, 08 Jun 2015 11:14:20 +0300

Many of us see animals as human beings’ equals, so it’s only natural that some photographers see them this way as well. Vincent Lagrange, a photographer in Antwerp, Belgium, captured the human side of animals by taking serious and dignified portraits of the sort that us humans like to take of each other. His photo series is called “Human Animal.” “I tried to photograph the animals as humans, depicting their emotion and human-like characteristics in a sombre way,” Lagrange told Yatzer. And indeed, the serious mood of these photos encourages us to examine these animals’ faces and read into their facial expressions.

There Are So Many Reasons Why I Love My Golden Retriever

Fri, 05 Jun 2015 13:17:04 +0300

Mali has been my companion for 5 years. In these 5 years, he has already had to go through 3 operations. And yet he is a happy, more alert dog who drags me with his good mood every day.

How It Feels To Have An Anxiety Disorder Explained In 12 Self Portrait

Tue, 26 May 2015 10:33:52 +0300

Photographer Katie Joy Crawford has wrestled with anxiety disorder her entire life, which is why she was especially qualified to create this gripping photo series showing us what it’s like to live with this burden. “Anxiety bars the sufferer from the risk of discovery, the desire to explore new ideas, and the possibility of exiting a comfort zone,” she writes in the description of her project, ‘My Anxious Heart.’ “It makes sure that it will never be alone. It finds you when you’re in the midst of joy, or alone in your own mind. It is quiet and steady, reminding you of your past failures, and fabricating your future outcomes.”

I Make Star Wars Characters Irresistibly Adorable

Wed, 13 May 2015 11:59:08 +0300

I am a professional San Antonio artist. I took these 7 popular Star Wars characters and made them absolutely adorable!

Splattered Ink Animal Portraits By Chinese Artist Hua Tunan

Tue, 12 May 2015 09:28:29 +0300

Chinese-born paint-splatter and street artist Hua Tunan is back it again with a series of stunning new animal portraits. Using a unique combination of traditional Chinese painting and Western street art, his work has won acclaim around the world. We previously wrote about him here, when he first went viral after creating a beautiful owl out of multicolored dashes of paint.

Spine-Chilling Clown Portraits

Tue, 05 May 2015 12:34:56 +0300

Clownville, a photo series featuring grotesque portraits of terrifying clowns, is the photographic nightmare of French-born photographer Eolo Perfido. Perfido says he was inspired by silent film stars like Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, who were forced to exaggerate their emotions because they were unable to speak.

Overlooked Black Dogs Get Adopted With Beautiful Portraits

Wed, 11 Feb 2015 11:03:35 +0300

Black dogs can have a tough time getting adopted from shelters – perhaps because low-quality photos don’t do their adorable mugs justice. Guinnevere Shuster, a photographer who works with the Humane Society of Utah, is trying to change that with a beautiful (and remarkably effective) series of portraits taken to show just how lovable black dogs really are.

Incredible Portrait Comprised of 20,000 Tea Bags by Red Hong Yi

Thu, 05 Feb 2015 12:32:42 +0300

Artist-architect ‘Red’ Hong Yi creates stunning works of art without the help of a pencil or paintbrush. Instead, she uses unconventional materials to form larger-than-life portraits that are impressive in both their technique and scale. 20,000 stained tea bags make up her most recent composition featuring a “teh tarik man,” which is a common scene in her native Malaysia. “Teh tarik” means “pulled-tea” in Malay, and it’s a sweet and milky drink served in local cafes that becomes frothy when poured between two containers. The piece depicts a man performing this routine as well as cans and a shaved ice machine that are usually found in these places, too.

Collection Of Ink Portraits Based On Famous Women

Thu, 29 Jan 2015 09:58:09 +0300

These ink drawings are a great combination between Zoran Cardula's passion for art and his work as a designer. He finds his inspiration in the old photographs of famous people like Madonna, Amy Winehouse, Cher, Anjelica Huston, Coco Chanel and famous woman of the begging of 20th century.

An Adorable Portrait Of A Showering Dog Is Actually Made Of Sprinkles

Mon, 18 Aug 2014 13:54:13 +0400

It looks like an ordinary photo, perhaps a painting, or even a drawing of a cute dog being bathed, but the truth is… this image is actually 221,184 sprinkles made up of only 6 colors that have been carefully placed on a canvas lined with double-sided sticky tape.

Bernard Pras Forms Incredible Anamorphic Portrait Out of Found Objects

Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:27:39 +0400

French artist Bernard Pras, who is known for creating mind-boggling anamorphic illusions out of found objects, unveiled his latest installation at Le palais idéal in Hauterives, France. When viewed from the right perspective, a seemingly random pile of trash is revealed to be an enormous sculptural portrait of Ferdinand Cheval, a simple French postman who spent 33 years stacking stones to construct Le palais ideal.

Amazing Bottle Cap Self Portrait

Thu, 20 Mar 2014 12:41:49 +0400

Chicago artist Mary Ellen Croteau created a self portrait. That inspired a large scale self-portrait made entirely of plastic bottle caps. Measuring 8 feet by 7 feet, “CLOSE“ is one an amazing piece of work.

Headless Portraits

Thu, 12 Sep 2013 10:47:50 +0400

There was no Photoshop in the 19th century but people already knew how to manipulate their photos. Headless portraits was a trend.

Optical Illusions Portraits

Sat, 07 Sep 2013 14:47:56 +0400

Optical illusions is just a fancy way of saying eye trickery, except it’s bigger words and harder to spell. This is a series of cray cray portraits, chock full of optical illusions aka eye trickery. The kinda stuff that’s gonna make your eyeballs be all “WAIT WUT?” and your brain say “This is too much for me to take in, I need a nap.” And is that what you want? IS IT? The person responsible for this madness is Ukrainian artist Oleg Shuplyak. Great job, Oleg! I mean, seriously? My eyeballs closed up shop indefinitely and my brain just packed up and left town. So thanks! Thanks for that.

Celebrities as Sloths

Fri, 30 Aug 2013 14:28:12 +0400

The UK artist Shitty Watercolour has become semi-famous on the Internet for his funny and clever paintings. Here’s a roundup of a few of his celebrity portraits as sloths.

Emotionally Charged Portraits of Faceless Shadows

Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:31:32 +0400

Paris-based photographer Alexandre Bordereau (aka aRe-y0u-iN) features silhouettes of anonymous people artistically adorned with splashes of white paint for his B&W Portrait series. The unidentified individuals in the self-taught photographer's ongoing collection are all faceless shadows that manage to evoke different emotions through body language and carefully placed embellishments that makes each portraiture seem like its own universe.