Gold has been highly valued in many societies throughout the ages. In keeping with this it has often had a strongly positive symbolic meaning closely connected to the values held in the highest esteem in the society in question. Gold may symbolize power, strength, wealth, warmth, happiness, love, hope, optimism, intelligence, justice, balance, perfection, summer, […]
Locks of love are the padlocks fixed by loving couples, on to a fence or a pole or metallic chain/string alongside some wall etc at a public place, to symbolize their eternal love. A couple would hang a padlock after inscribing their name or initials on it and throw the key away so that their […]
TCB, short for Twin Cities Brightest (or Them Chernobyl Buds depending on your street cred ) is a light art performance photographer in the Twin Cities. This Saint Paul native combines photography, graphic design, and performance to create unique, magical, almost supernatural images and landscapes, or “lightscapes” rather. What you see here has not been […]
A gynoid is a humanoid robot designed to look like a human female, as compared to an android modeled after a male. The term gynoid was coined by Gwyneth Jones in her 1985 novel Divine Endurance to describe a robot slave character in a futuristic China, that is judged by her beauty. The term is […]
Glass found on beaches along oceans, bays, rivers or large lakes that has been tumbled and smoothed by the waves, water and sand, creating smooth, frosted shards of glass. The color of sea glass is determined by its original source. Most sea glass comes from bottles, but it can also come from jars, plates, windows, […]
Scientific photographer Steve Gschmeissner, 61, from Bedford, uses a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) to magnify his favourite specimens by up to a million times. The results show incredibly detailed images of creepy crawlies in 3D. The SEM is far more powerful than regular light microscopes that can only magnify by up to 1000 times. It […]
Extraordinary sculptures by Saúl Hernández (from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico). The “208 OSEOsidades” is a collection of 21 bronze sculptures of 21 centimeters in height. He uses the most common representation of death which is the human skeleton in a 1:8 scale replica of a real skeleton. His sculptures represent the character in different every day […]
Christopher (or C.K.) Wilde is a collagist who creates with currency. Wilde painstakingly cuts various shapes out of paper money from around the world to form collages with economic and political undertones and overlays. The relationship between art and commerce is another theme that cannot be avoided when an artist cuts and pastes with money. […]
Pollen may be associated by many of us in spring with hayfever, but as Swiss scientific photographer Martin Oeggerli reveals, it has a whole hidden life.Delving into the miniscule world of pollen, the “micronaut” shows that the grains are in fact very varied and very beautiful. His work recently featured in National Geographic, which devoted […]
The Naica Mine of Chihuahua, Mexico, is a working mine that is known for its extraordinary crystals. Naica is a lead, zinc and silver mine in which large voids have been found, containing crystals of selenite (gypsum) as large as 4 feet in diameter and 50 feet long. The chamber holding these crystals is known […]
Village on the bank of the Niger river, Mali. Photo by: Yann Arthus-Bertrand Village located in Himalayas, Tibet. Photo by: Coolbie Re Mountain Village, Iran. Photo by: Mohammadreza Momeni Riomaggiore is a village and comune in the province of La Spezia, situated in a small valley in the Liguria region of Italy. Photo by: James […]
Some of the best friendships are the product of the most unlikely pairings. Case in point? The union of Peggy the wombat and Anzac the kangaroo. Orphaned at birth, the dynamic–and devastatingly adorable–duo first met at an animal rescue center in Victoria, Australia. As evidenced by the following photos, their friendship is certainly a vibrant […]
Meet Zonkey, adorable Italian half zebra, half donkey. About four months ago, an adorable half-zebra, half-donkey was born in Italy named Ippo. The rare crossbreed, known as a zonkey, is the offspring of a male zebra and female donkey. There are a variety of zebroids (a hybrid of zebra and any other member of the […]
One of the latest online hits – cats in stockings. I’m sure – if they could, they would have done the same thing to their stupid owners
Artist and freelance graphic designer Pez created this remarkable series, called Distroy, in which the many cute cartoon characters whom we have grown to know and love are transformed into unexpectedly gruesome illustrations.
Photography project “Genetic Portraits” takes “You look just like your mother” to a new level! French-Canadian photographer Ulric Collette created mash-ups in which he takes photographs of two family members, edits half of each face and creates one seamless portrait. By doing this he is trying to show how strong family resemblances are. Mother/Daughter: Francine, […]
In her amazing works, Poland-based watercolor artist Maja Wronska has captured some lovely scenes from Paris, Venice, Prague, and elsewhere. Catch more of her work over on DeviantArt. (via my darkened eyes) Via my darkened eyes.
It seems improbable, but these photographs by Anatoly Beloshchin tell the story of a hidden underwater river in in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula called Cenote Angelita or “Little Angel”. While it appears as though the divers are hovering in the air above a small creek, the photos were shot entirely in a submerged cave formed from […]