Photography

May 25, 2019

Interview: Delicately Painted Photos Look Like Portraits of Fading Memories

Artist Casper Faassen creates work that oscillates two worlds. Through his Asia Series, the Netherlands-based creative fuses photography and painting to create works that, while featuring real humans and ceramic objects, give off the impression that they are fleeting figments of our imagination. Faassen has a deep interest in the traditional culture of Japan. The concept of Mono no Aware has been particularly influential in the development of Asia Series.

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May 16, 2019

Interview: Photographer Transforms Our Ordinary World into Impossibly Surreal Scenes

A cyclist glides down the road only to find out that the path forward has been cut in half like scissors to a piece of paper. In a different part of the world, a man approaches the shore in his canoe and discovers that the ripples have shattered the water into mirrored glass shards. These surreal moments are the subjects of two fantastical photographs by Erik Johansson.

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May 6, 2019

It Took 1,060 Hours to Capture This Stunning Photo of the Galaxy

Ten months in the making, this incredible mosaic of nearly 4,000 photos gives a detailed look at the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). This satellite galaxy is visible as a faint cloud for those living in the Southern Hemisphere, so getting an close-up vision of the LMC is a real treat. The photograph, which was named NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day, came together thanks to the work of five dedicated amateur astronomers.

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