My Modern Met

July 20, 2016

Stray Pit Bull Can’t Stop Smiling Since Being Rescued by Loving Man

Even if you aren't a pit bull fan, this dog's infectious grin will have you smiling in no time. With so much happiness captured in each frame, it's hard to think that just over 12 years ago, Brinks was a stray dog abandoned on the streets of Brooklyn. Luckily, he was taken in by a loving human named Jon, who already was a seasoned dog companion.

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Tattoos

July 19, 2016

Delicate Floral and Nature Tattoos Inspired by Changing Seasons

Crimean artist Pis Saro takes inspiration from her travels and innate fascination with nature to create her soft and dreamlike tattoo designs.

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Art

July 18, 2016

Two Unopened Rolls of 1880s Kodak Film Completes Museum’s Remarkably Rare Collection

There hasn’t been a more fitting Kodak moment for the George Eastman Museum than when they recently purchased two remarkably rare boxes...

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Art

July 16, 2016

Majestic Animal Illustrations Hand Drawn with Intricately Hypnotizing Patterns

UK-based artist Faye Halliday creates art that's inspired by a combination of her travels, her attempts to inspire love, creativity, and adventure in others, and her desire to understand and capture beauty. She uses ink and intricate patterns to create elaborate portraits of animals and symbols. “I've always been inspired by beauty. Never on a superficial level, but more so as a concept; an interpretation and what it means to different people.

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Photography

July 15, 2016

Can You Find the Cell Phone Hiding in Plain Sight?

Internet optical illusions are the modern day Magic Eye puzzles that stump millions of users who struggle to find what’s hiding...

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Cityscape Photography

July 14, 2016

Macro Photos of Entire Cityscapes Captured Within a Single Drop of Rainwater

Photographer Dusan Stojancevic depicts metropolises contained within tiny droplets of rainwater.

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Art

July 13, 2016

Creative Before and After Tattoos Transform Bad Body Art into Incredible Ink

Tattoos offer a high risk with a high reward—if you love a design, you’ll be delighted to wear it for the rest of your life. Bad body art, however, feels like the opposite—it makes you continually lament that it’s on your skin forever. Luckily, there’s no need to keep a tattoo that you hate.

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Art

July 13, 2016

Colorful Paper Quilled Portraits Explore the Stories Told Through Faces of the Elderly

Russian-born, UK-based artist Yulia Brodskaya has made an international name for herself as a gifted paper quilling genius.

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Inspiring

July 12, 2016

Artist Explores His 91-Year-Old Mother’s Playfulness in Sweetly Surreal Collaboration

Life is full of surprises, and some of the best come from the people we’ve known all our lives—the ones...

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Wedding

July 12, 2016

Wedding Photographer Shrinks Couples Into Tiny People with Big Love Stories

In the surrealist world of Thai photographer Ekkachai Saelow, wedding rings grow on trees. His whimsical wedding photography business, literally translated as Small Person, transforms engaged couples and newlyweds into miniature versions of themselves, living in a more fantastical world. To achieve his imaginative brand of absurdism, Saelow crops his subjects out of original photographs and inserts them into a small-scale landscape (such as a toy truck or a tree branch).

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