Art

August 11, 2013

Shaping Fire Into Artistic Forms

Rob Prideaux has created a fantastic series entitled Smoke & Fire. The body of work originated after Prideaux was unable to find a suitable fire image for a project he was working on. Each of his scenes features bright bursts of fire captured against a stark white background. The photos were taken in the split second they were visible before vanishing, and then were slightly touched up.

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August 8, 2013

Beautiful African Beach Calligraphy by Andrew van der Merwe

While we've seen incredible sand drawings before, like those by England-based artist Tony Plant, and while we'll always be a fan of calligraphy, especially when it's mixed with graffiti, we've never thought of putting the two art forms together…until now. Today, we stumbled upon the work of Andrew van der Merwe, a professional calligrapher, based in Cape Town, South Africa, who also goes by the title, “world's first beach calligrapher.

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August 7, 2013

Miniature People Living in an Unusually Whimsical World

In this series entitled Minimize, photographer William Kass produces an unusual viewpoint of life as experienced by miniature little people. He blends toy figures with a variety of regular sized props to create the illusion of great proportions within a very small space. Utilizing immense patience and precision, Kass composes each scene within the frame of his camera, obtaining the perfect perspective in order to capture the playfully whimsical narratives.

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August 5, 2013

Ghostly Silhouettes of People as Faint Memories

Fleeted Happenings is a series by photographer Andrew Lyman that presents portraits of people who appear like ghostly figures on Earthy landscapes. The Savannah, Georgia-based artist's collection explores “the transcendence of memory through time in relation to space.” Like a scene from one's own memory, each frame presents a dim, translucent snapshot of these people yearning to recall their time in a specific location.

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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.