Posts by Kristine Mitchell

Environment
January 26, 2016

Dreamy Portraits of Women Living in Harmony with Wild Animals

Russian photographer Katerina Plotnikova specializes in creating images that seem plucked straight from a children's fairy tale. In her digital fantasy world, hauntingly beautiful women live side by side with wild beasts in the middle of the woods. The young photographer, whose work we have previously featured with elk, bears, and elephants as her wild models, just continues to impress with her depictions of a surreal wonderland where woman and animal commune in harmony.

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Art
January 24, 2016

Artist Illustrates Amazingly Detailed Plant-life with Millions of Dots

Sometimes art pieces look effortless, and sometimes it is clear to see the intense time and labour commitment given to a project. Xavier Casalta‘s floral illustrations most definitely fall into the latter category. Created using a stippling technique, Casalta's insanely intricate pieces are formed out of millions and millions of tiny dots. Here we have featured images from his collection Flowers & Fruits as well as the elaborate piece, Autumn, which took over 370 hours to complete.

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Science
January 22, 2016

Gorgeous Cat Has Magically Beautiful Eyes That Are Each Two Different Colors

This cat has a fabulous pair of eyeballs, but there is a perfectly normal explanation for its magical looking peepers. The technical name for the condition is sectoral heterochromia, a genetic mutation that causes one iris to contain two completely different colours. This is a subtype of Heterochromia Iridis, which basically can be translated from Greek into “different coloured irises.

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Environment
January 20, 2016

Interview: Capturing the Ever-Shifting Moods of the Ocean at Surface-Level with Che Chorley

Submerging himself in the brine, Che Chorley spends hours bobbing in the water, soaking up the natural atmosphere and waiting for that perfect shot to develop. An award winning photographer, Che is passionate about exploring the shifting moods of the water, as seen through his camera lens. The Australia-based artist captures the ever-changing nature of the immense element, his talented photographs expressing its raw power and beauty.

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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.