Photography
April 14, 2016

Photographer Uses 17 Square Meters of Mirror to Create Incredible Surreal Scene

Swedish-born, Berlin-Based photographer and digital artist Erik Johansson is a master photo manipulator. He brings an astounding and imaginative perspective to his creative photo series. Johansson is able to take ordinary situations and create fantastical scenarios through a series of retouched and layered composites. However, not all of what one sees in Johansson's magical portfolio is created using a computer.

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Art
April 7, 2016

Wasp Colony Given Colored Construction Paper Builds an Amazing Rainbow Nest

Biology student Mattia Menchetti performed an experiment on a colony of European paper wasps which yielded some very colorful results. Paper wasps are known for their water-resistant nests constructed out of fibers of dead wood and plant stems which have been chewed into a pulp and mixed with saliva. Menchetti provided a captive colony of these wasps with colored paper and in a beautiful display of entomological artwork, the insects produced a vibrant, rainbow nest.

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Photography
April 6, 2016

Four Women Over 75 Years Old Become Models for an Important Issue Affecting Seniors

In these captivating images, photographed by Eli Driu and styled by .1Concept for the April issue of Unica Magazine, four elderly Romanian women–all over the age of 75–posed in traditional Romanian outfits with the poise and sophistication of high-fashion models. Though the pictures are stunning testaments to the timelessness of true beauty, they also offer a message that's more than skin-deep.

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My Modern Met

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