Inspiring
May 9, 2017

Case of Mistaken Identity Accidentally Turns Social Worker into a Successful Fashion Model

Few people can name the moment when their life completely changed, but Fordham University professor and social worker Lyn Slater can recall the date. In September 2014, she was waiting for a friend near Manhattan's Lincoln Center to see shows at Fashion Week. While standing on the street, foreign photographers mistook the 63-year-old for someone much more famous—they thought she was a fashion icon!

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Photography
May 8, 2017

Photo Retoucher Transforms Real-Life Animals into Cubed Creatures From Minecraft

Photo manipulation ideas can come from anywhere. For Aditya Aryanto, inspiration struck from the wildly popular computer game called Minecraft, in which players build things out of textured cubes in an ever-expanding 3D world. Similarly, his series called Minecraft in Real Life (or Anicube) imagines photographed furry animals in the same cubic format you'd see in the game.

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Photography
May 6, 2017

Photographer Explores Concept of Vanity By Placing Mirrors in Isolated Scenes of Nature

In his striking series titled Vanity, self-taught photographer Murray Fredericks places a mirror in otherwise undisturbed scenes of nature. As a conceptual twist on traditional landscape photography, the series plays with reflections to offer unexpected and unexplored perspectives. In Vanity, Fredericks repeatedly introduces a simple, square mirror to the barren, nearly dried up terrain of Australia's Lake Eyre. The images don't offer traditionally idyllic natural settings. The press release even states: “It is possibly the most ‘empty’ landscape imaginable.

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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.