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Are World's Fairs a Thing of the Past? The Role that Architecture Played on One of History's Biggest Stages

1964 World's Fair held in New York City. Image Courtesy of Abandoned NYC World's Fairs seem to be a memory of the distant past. These mega-scale events once brought us culinary...
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Blue Dunes Ripple Across Mars' Surface in a New Infrared Composite from NASA

1 day ago | Colossal

Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU A striking new image captured by Mars Odyssey is a stark contrast to the rust-colored, rugged landscape that's synonymous with the Red...
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Little Big World: The Beauty of Moldova Captured in Miniature

1 day ago | Peta Pixel

Photographer Joerg Daiber of the YouTube Channel Little Big World has published a 3-minute timelapse, tilt-shift-style aerial video along with a set of photos that captures one...
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How to Photograph the Milky Way: The Preparation

3 days ago | Peta Pixel

Milky Way photos should first and foremost do one thing: fascinate. When the viewer's gaze loses itself in the vastness of the motif and he begins to dream, the photographer...
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Oscar Live-Action Shorts: A History

3 days ago | NY Times

Live-action shorts were once as mainstream as best picture. Now they're treated as afterthoughts. Their history reflects the evolution of Hollywood.
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150,000 Hearts Representing Lives Lost to Coronavirus in the UK Line the COVID Memorial Wall in London

4 days ago | Colossal

All photos © Henri Calderon for Colossal Nearly 500 meters of small, red hearts will soon cover an expanse of concrete facing the River Thames in London. Now dubbed the...
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Figures Experience Constraint and Confinement in Bronze Sculptures by Khaled DAWWA

4 days ago | Colossal

“Sans titre” (2020), bronze, 35 x 14 x 13 centimeters. All images © Khaled DAWWA, shared with permission Whether folded into a box, bound by cords, or fragmented and stacked...
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Massive Curved Vaults Mimicking Traditional Kilns House a Jingdezhen Museum Dedicated to Porcelain Production

7 days ago | Colossal

All images © Studio Zhu-Pei Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China is widely recognized as the porcelain capital of the world with a more than 2,000-year history of producing prized...
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Playboy Enters the NFT Market, Plans to Sell Art and Support Creators

7 days ago | Peta Pixel

Lifestyle and entertainment giant, Playboy , is entering the non-fungible token market with plans to sell its extensive art collection and to support emerging artists. Today...
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Crossing Borders with Poet and NEA Creative Writing Fellow Javier Zamora

8 days ago | Arts

Crossing Borders with Poet and NEA Creative Writing Fellow Javier Zamora Date Fri, 04/09/2021 - 12:00 Paulette Beete Fri, 04/09/2021 - 00:03 Author By Paulette Beete Teaser...
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Emma Elliott presents new marble sculptures at on form 18

Emma Elliott is one of forty sculptors selected for on form 18, a biennial exhibition of sculpture in stone at Asthall Manor in the Cotswolds. She joins world renowned and... Read more ...

The First-Ever Camera Collar Footage Shot by a Wild Wolf

You can now see the world from a wolf's point of view. This 3-minute video is the first-ever camera collar footage shot from the perspective of a wild wolf. The video was... Read more ...

Why Are So Many Cameras Limited by Design?

Expensive cameras often lack basic features. The most common limitations-by-design are fixed screens and no flash. I suspect that some camera designers aren't photographers and... Read more ...

ROBERT FAWCETT'S MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

Even a boring spot illustration of a postal clerk can become an exciting trip through an abstract art exhibition when the illustrator is Robert Fawcett. Take a closer look... Read more ...

Tutorial: How to paint Vargskyr from Warhammer Quest Cursed City

In this post, I'll show you how to paint Vargskyr from Warhammer Quest Cursed City in 19 easy to follow steps. You'll learn how I layer Contrast paints to paint the fur, use... Read more ...

Contemporary Abstract Acrylic Quadruvium Painting "Quadruvium CLXXX" by...

CLICK IMAGE FOR LARGER VIEW A beautiful red and gold acrylic Quadrivium with symbols that have meanings. 22"x6.5"x1.5"/Available Read more ...

Contemporary Abstract Art Painting, Mixed Media Collage “Razzle Dazzle” by...

12"x12" Collage on Glossy photo paper adhered to canvas $275 Available HERE Visit to Read more ...

O America!

December 1940. "Religious sign on highway between Columbus and Augusta, Georgia, indicating revival of interest in religion. This sign was painted red, white and blue." Under... Read more ...

The Piney Hotel: 1941

September 1941. "Hotel in Big Piney, Wyoming." Last glimpsed here. Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Read more ...

Everyday Objects Are Sliced and Re-Assembled into Distorted Sculptures by...

“Heisenberg Object V - Cortez” (2021), leather, foam, and resin, 30 x 18 x 15 centimeters. All images © Fabian Oefner, shared with permission In Heisenberg Objects , Fabian... Read more ...

How Adobe Super Resolution Works for Smartphone Photos

When Adobe first unveiled Super Resolution , it gave photos a chance to increase in size without losing any quality, but it wasn't clear whether that kind of magic extended to... Read more ...