Posts by Alyssa Anda

Photography
August 10, 2011

Past Meets Present

Remember Young Me, Now Me? Photographer Sander Koot has created a similar series, called Back from the Future, where he places old photographs of people next to pictures of their present selves. “In this project, I ask people to find old portraits of themselves, of which they have good memories,” says Koot. “When talking to them about the picture, you see them reliving the happy moment.

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Art
August 6, 2011

Banana Oxidation Art

Australian artist Jun Gil Park has the unique talent of carving drawings into bananas! He allows the natural oxidation of the scraped skin to bring the image out. What an incredibly creative way of making food art!

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Environment
August 5, 2011

Incredibly Colorful Magnified Grains of Sand

Viewed at an astounding magnification of over 250 times, tiny grains of sand are surprisingly colorful and extremely unique. Each piece is either a fragment of crystals, spiral fragments of shells or crumbs of volcanic rock. To see these incredible images, Dr. Gary Greenberg goes through a painstakingly lengthy process. First, he takes many photos from different points of focus. Then, he combines them using software to produce one spectacular image.

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Design
August 4, 2011

Incredibly Creative View-Master Wedding Invitations

When it comes to weddings, being the most unique and creative go hand in hand. These custom-made View-Master wedding invitations have just the right amount of both that everyone, both young and old, will enjoy them! Brooklyn, New York-based Melangerie created these retro-wonderful invites which have images that appear 3-D when looked through the classic red device.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.