Photography

February 4, 2014

Tiny Tony Montana Gets Overly Excited at the Sight of Flour

Tumblr artist VSE OK continues to hilariously recreate mini scenes with toys of iconic characters and real-life objects. This time, he features Scarface‘s Tony Montana coming across a package filled with a mysterious “white powder.” The tiny drug lord rips into the sack and proceeds to dunk his whole face into the bleached dust. To his dismay, mini Montana comes to the realization that the presumed drug is actually just flour.

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February 3, 2014

Tiny Bruce Lee Uses Martial Arts to Prepare Breakfast

A Tumblr artist known simply as VSE OK has created a hilariously clever sequence of eight images that depict Bruce Lee, using his expert martial arts skills, creatively preparing a balanced breakfast. The photographer does not accompany the photos with any background or guiding narrative in the form of text. Instead, VSE OK (said to be an artist hailing from Russia) allows the images to speak for themselves.

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January 31, 2014

Colorized B&W Portraits of Celebrities from the Past

Betty White Younger versions of legendary stars like Betty White and Angela Lansbury are revitalized through colorizations skillfully administered by Wayne Degan of MetaColor. The Bangor, Maine-based creative takes old, black and white photos he stumbles upon and carefully adds pigments to them through Photoshop–a process that can take anywhere from two to twenty hours, depending on the detail of the image.

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January 30, 2014

New in the Shop: Michael Aldo’s Surreal Dreams

Indonesian photographer Mikael Aldo visualizes the depths of his imagination through his photography. The young fine art photographer's images are both surreal and raw at the same time, offering the viewer an extraordinary blend of ‘unbelievable' and ‘absolutely relatable.' Each emotionally-charged photo signifies a pure feelings that range from self-doubt to apathy and extreme passion.

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